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Everything That Happened at the 2025 Grammys
This year’s event is caught between the past and the future.
After becoming the most-awarded artist in Grammys history, Beyoncé is back in contention, jockeying for 11 awards for Cowboy Carter — including her first country trophies and her still-elusive first Album of the Year win. The Grammy premiere ceremony yielded the first spin of the Recording Academy improbability matrix: A cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s 1971 Record and Song of the Year winner “Bridge Over Troubled Water” featured Beninese-French icon Angélique Kidjo; TV and now musical theater’s Wayne Brady; award-show gospel-segment closers Deborah Cox and Yolanda Adams; blues vet Taj Mahal; and, for some reason, Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying. It’s hard to stuff all 94 categories into the main show, which is why each Grammys Sunday begins with the pre-telecast, a three-hour midday ceremony where most of the year’s winners are announced.
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