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67th Grammy Award Winners 2025

Julio Cortez/AP

The 67th Grammy Awards were presented last night! Did any of your favorites win? The full list of winners is below!

Album of the Year

“Cowboy Carter” — Beyoncé | WINNER

Song of the Year

“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) | WINNER

Record of the Year

“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar | WINNER

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

“Die With A Smile” — Lady Gaga &and Bruno Mars | WINNER

Best Latin Pop Album

“Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” — Shakira | WINNER

Best New Artist

Chappell Roan | WINNER

Best Country Album

“Cowboy Carter” — Beyoncé | WINNER
Best Pop Vocal Album

“Short n’ Sweet” — Sabrina Carpenter | WINNER

Best Rap Album

“Alligator Bites Never Heal”— Doechii | WINNER

Best Classical Compendium

“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer | WINNER

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

“Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johanye Kendrick and Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje featuring Regina Carter) | WINNER

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

“Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly and John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier featuring John Legend and Tori Kelly) | WINNER

Best Musical Theater Album

“Hell’s Kitchen” — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis and Meleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys and Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer and lyricist) (original Broadway cast) | WINNER

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

“The Heart, the Mind, the Soul” — Tank and the Bangas | WINNER

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

“Beyond the Years — Unpublished Songs of Florence Price” — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist | WINNER

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

“Bach: Goldberg Variations” — Víkingur Ólafsson | WINNER

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

“Rectangles and Circumstance” — Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion | WINNER

Best Choral Performance

“Ochre” — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing) | WINNER

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale) | WINNER

Best Orchestral Performance

“Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) | WINNER

Best Instrumental Composition

“Strands” — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf and Christian Euman) | WINNER

Best Immersive Audio Album

“i/o (In-Side Mix)” — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel and Richard Russell, immersive producers (Peter Gabriel) | WINNER

Producer of the Year, Classical

Elaine Martone | WINNER

Best Engineered Album, Classical

“Bruckner: Symphony No. 7”; “Bates: Resurrexit” — Mark Donahue and John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) | WINNER

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

“Triveni “— Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon | WINNER

Best Reggae Album

“Bob Marley: One Love — Music Inspired by the Film (Deluxe)”—Various Artists | WINNER

Best Global Music Album

“Alkebulan II” — Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | WINNER

Best African Music Performance

“Love Me JeJe” — Tems | WINNER

Best Global Music Performance

“Bemba Colorá” — Sheila E. featuring Gloria Estefan and Mimy Succar | WINNER

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

“Plot Armor” — Taylor Eigsti | WINNER

Best Alternative Jazz Album

“No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin” — Meshell Ndegeocello | WINNER

Best Latin Jazz Album

“Cubop Lives!” — Zaccai Curtis | WINNER

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

“Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence” — Dan Pugach Big Band | WINNER

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

“Remembrance” — Chick Corea and Béla Fleck | WINNER

Best Jazz Vocal Album

“A Joyful Holiday” — Samara Joy | WINNER

Best Jazz Performance

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”— Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner | WINNER

Best Engineered Album, Nonclassical

“i/o” — Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May and Dom Shaw, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel) | WINNER

Best Song Written for Visual Media

“It Never Went Away” [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste) | WINNER

Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

“Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord” — Winifred Phillips, composer | WINNER

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Includes Film and Televison)

“Dune: Part Two” — Hans Zimmer, composer | WINNER

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

“Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein” — London Symphony Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bradley Cooper | WINNER

Best Alternative Music Album

“All Born Screaming” — St. Vincent | WINNER

Best Alternative Music Performance

“Flea”— St. Vincent | WINNER

Best Rock Album

“Hackney Diamonds” — The Rolling Stones | WINNER

Best Rock Song

“Broken Man” — Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent) | WINNER

Best Metal Performance

“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” — Gojira, Marina Viotti &and Victor Le Masne | WINNER

Best Rock Performance

“Now And Then” — The Beatles | WINNER

Producer of the Year, Nonclassical

Daniel Nigro | WINNER

Best Historical Album

“Centennial” — Meagan Hennessey and Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and various artists) | WINNER

Best Album Notes

“Centennial” — Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and various artists) | WINNER

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

“Mind Games” — Simon Hilton and Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon) | WINNER

Best Recording Package

“Brat” — Brent David Freaney and Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli XCX) | WINNER

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

“Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration” — Jimmy Carter | WINNER

Best Comedy Album

“The Dreamer” — Dave Chappelle | WINNER

Best Children’s Music Album

“Brillo, Brillo!” — Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band | WINNER

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

“Visions” — Norah Jones | WINNER

Best Music Film

“American Symphony” — Jon Batiste; Matthew Heineman, video director; Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman and Joedan Okun, video producers | WINNER

Best Music Video

“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar; Dave Free and Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jack Begert, Sam Canter and Jamie Rabineau, video producers | WINNER

Best Rap Song

“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) WINNER

Best Melodic Rap Performance

“3:AM” — Rapsody featuring Erykah Badu | WINNER

Best Rap Performance

“Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar | WINNER

Best R&B Album

“11:11 (Deluxe)” — Chris Brown | WINNER

Best Progressive R&B Album

“So Glad to Know You” — Avery*Sunshine | WINNER
“Why Lawd?” — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) | WINNER

Best R&B Song

“Saturn” — Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon and Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA) | WINNER

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“That’s You” — Lucky Daye | WINNER

Best R&B Performance

“Made For Me (Live on BET)” — Muni Long | WINNER

Songwriter of the Year, Nonclassical

Amy Allen | WINNER

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album

“¿Quién trae las cornetas?” — Rawayana | WINNER

Best Contemporary Blues Album

Mileage — Ruthie Foster | WINNER

Best Traditional Blues Album

“Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa”— The Taj Mahal Sextet | WINNER

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

“That’s My King” — CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Lloyd Nicks and Jess Russ, songwriters | WINNER

Best Gospel Performance/Song

“One Hallelujah”— Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell and Israel Houghton featuring Jonathan McReynolds and Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Naomi Raine, songwriters | WINNER

Best Tropical Latin Album

“Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional)” — Tony Succar and Mimy Succar | WINNER

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

“Boca Chueca, Vol. 1” — Carín León | WINNER

Best Música Urbana Album

“LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN” “Las Letras Ya No Importan” — Residente | WINNER

Best Gospel Album

“More Than This “ — CeCe Winans | WINNER

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

“Heart of a Human” — DOE | WINNER

Best Roots Gospel Album

“Church” — Cory Henry | WINNER

Best Country Song

“The Architect” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) | WINNER

Best Country Solo Performance

“It Takes A Woman”— Chris Stapleton | WINNER

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

“II Most Wanted” — Beyoncé featuring Miley Cyrus | WINNER

Best Bluegrass Album

“Live Vol. 1” — Billy Strings | WINNER

Best Folk Album

“Woodland”— Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | WINNER

Best Regional Roots Music Album

“Kuini”— Kalani Pe’a | WINNER

Best American Roots Song

“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell and Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell) | WINNER

Best American Roots Performance

“Lighthouse” — Sierra Ferrell | WINNER

Best Americana Album

“Trail of Flowers” — Sierra Ferrell | WINNER

Best Americana Performance

“American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell | WINNER

Best Remixed Recording

“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” — FNZ &and Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter) | WINNER

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

“Neverender” — Justice & Tame Impala | WINNER

Best Dance/Electronic Album

“Brat” — Charli XCX | WINNER

Best Dance Pop Recording

“Von dutch” — Charli XCX | WINNER

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Espresso” — Sabrina Carpenter | WINNER

 

DeBraun Thomas fell in love with radio at a young age but only had interest in working in radio after learning Funk musician Sly Stone got his start in radio. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Thomas moved to Lexington in 2009 to attend the University of Kentucky and pursue a career in radio. Thomas joined WRFL in 2009 and through the UK school of Journalism, Thomas had 2 features air on WUKY. In October of 2012, Thomas began interning at WUKY and produced the Unghosting of Medgar Evers. In August of 2013 Thomas became a staff member at WUKY and since that time, Thomas regularly produces the weekly segment Local Music Mondays which highlights local musicians in Lexington. Thomas hosts the Crunkadelic Funk Show which airs Saturday nights at 9pm and also produced a documentary on the 50th anniversary of the March on Frankfort. In addition to producing and hosting a radio show, Thomas also explores his other passion as a musician in Lexington.