Grammy 2025: The Night of Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar

The 67th edition of the Grammy, the biggest night in music, took place in Los Angeles on Sunday night, the 2nd. Here’s a brief summary of the night’s highlights.The Night of BeyoncéUntil Sunday night (2), the most awarded Grammy winner of all time — with 35 wins out of 99 nominations — had never won the Grammy’s top prize: album of the year. With “Cowboy Carter,” which also won the award for best country album, Beyoncé finally took home the Grammy she coveted the most.Beyoncé also won two more awards: with Miley Cyrus on the song “II MOST WANTED”; she also won the award for best country duo/group performance.Kendrick Lamar’s Night as Well“Not Like Us” by Lamar was nominated for five Grammys on Sunday: record of the year, song of the year, best rap song, best rap performance, and best music video. He won all five.With Lamar as the headliner for the Super Bowl Halftime Show next weekend, and then embarking on a stadium tour with SZA, the rapper’s big year has just begun.Brazil Left OutThe Brazilians lost all the awards they were competing for at the Grammy Awards 2025.Anitta lost the award for Best Latin Pop Album for “Funk Generation” to Shakira, who was competing with the album “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran.” This was the first time the artist, who had previously been nominated for the Best New Artist award in 2023, competed in this category.Singer Milton Nascimento, 82, lost the award for Best Vocal Jazz Album. The artist was competing against the albums “Journey in Black” by Christie Dashiell, “Wildflowers Vol. 1” by Kurt Elling and Sullivan Fortner, “My Ideal” by Catherine Russell and Sean Mason, and “A Joyful Holiday” by Samara Joy, who ended up winning the category.Singer Eliane Elias — who has received six nominations for the award and brought home two — was competing with the work “Time and Again” for Best Latin Jazz Album. In the same category, Brazilian violinist Hamilton de Holanda was nominated for the first time with the album “Collab,” in partnership with Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba. The two were beaten by the album “Cubop Lives!” by Zaccai Curtis.Political GrammyIn light of so many controversies happening in the U.S., politics was not left out on music’s night.”There have been some changes in Washington. So, I’m going to enjoy this night because this may be the last time I present something in this country,” said South African comedian and Grammy host Trevor Noah to an audience of thousands at the Crypto.com Arena.Shakira, who performed Sunday night, dedicated her Grammy win for best Latin pop album “to all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country.”Other artists expressed support for LGBTQ+ rights and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.”It’s an honor to sing for all of you. I just want to say tonight that trans people are not invisible,” said Lady Gaga in her speech upon winning in the best pop duo/group performance category. “Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be uplifted.””This is not the time to silence a diversity of voices,” said Alicia Keys while accepting a global impact award. “We saw on this stage talented and hardworking people from different backgrounds with different viewpoints, and that changes the game. DEI is not a threat — it’s a gift.Sources: NPR, Uol, and Axios