The 67th Annual: Grammy Awards -2025-2025

Rock Field: In a move that pleased purists, The Rolling Stones won Best Rock Album for Hackney Diamonds. At 81, Mick Jagger performed a high-octane version of “Angry” with Lady Gaga, who stepped in for the late Tina Turner in a bluesy duet. It was a moment of intergenerational respect. Paramore took home Best Rock Song for “This Is Why,” cementing their post-hiatus return.

Rap Field: The narrative of the night belonged to Nicki Minaj. After years of public feuds with the Recording Academy and multiple snubs, she finally won her first competitive Grammy: Best Rap Album for Pink Friday 3. But the shock came earlier: Best Rap Song went to Central Cee & Dave for “Sprinter,” marking the first time a UK drill track won a major US rap category. The performance featured a rotating stage built to look like a London Underground carriage. The 67th Annual Grammy Awards -2025-2025

Country Field: In a controversial twist, the Best Country Solo Performance was awarded to Beyoncé for “Texas Hold ‘Em” (from Act II: Cowboy Carter). The win was met with a mixture of cheers and audible boos inside the arena. Beyoncé did not attend the ceremony (she was reportedly working on the visual component of Act III), but her creative director accepted, saying, “Genre is a code. And codes are meant to be broken.” Rock Field: In a move that pleased purists,

Ariana Grande took home her second Song of the Year trophy (her first was for "Thank U, Next" in 2020). Co-written with Max Martin, the song—which interpolates the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind—was lauded for its lyrical deconstruction of public divorce and media villainization. Paramore took home Best Rock Song for “This

As the night concluded with SZA’s triumphant reprise of “Kill Bill” (complete with a theatrical sword fight on the stage screen), the Recording Academy announced that the 68th Annual Grammy Awards would return to New York City’s Madison Square Garden for the first time since 2018. Early predictions for 2026 already include heavy hitters like Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism, the debut of whatever supergroup Taylor Swift forms next, and the potential posthumous release of a certain unreleased Prince album.