The biggest night in music has arrived. The 2025 Grammy Awards will take centre stage tonight at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, as the world’s biggest stars in pop, rock, and hip-hop gather for a night of celebration and show-stopping performances.
Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter lead a star-studded list of nominees, while, comedian Trevor Noah returns to host for the fifth consecutive year.
This year’s ceremony takes place against the backdrop of devastating wildfires that have torn through California in recent weeks. In response, the Recording Academy has pledged to use the event to support local relief efforts, ensuring that music’s biggest stage also serves as a platform for solidarity.
The action kicks off at 8pm EST / 5pm PT / 1am GMT, with a live broadcast on CBS and Paramount+.
As always, the night will be packed with electrifying performances, with Shakira, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, British star RAYE, and viral breakthrough Teddy Swims among those set to take the stage.
Follow live updates below:
Grammys 2025 key poi
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Our predictions for the Big Four categories: who will win, and who should win
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The Grammy nominations in full
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Grammys 2025: When to watch, how to stream and who’s performing
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Beyonce announces Cowboy Carter tour
Kanye West and Bianca Censori turn up in typically attention-seeking fashion
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Kanye West has rocked up with his wife, Bianca Censori, who seems to be daring an arrest for indecent exposure with her outfit of… nothing? I think there’s some sheer material over her body but that’s about it.
2025 Grammy winners updating live, from The Beatles to Charli XCX
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2025 Grammy winners in full, from The Beatles to Charli XCX
2025 Grammy nominations in full: From Taylor Swift and Beyonce to Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan
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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter among 2025 Grammy nominees
Our predictions for Record of the Year
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The Beatles – “Now and Then”
Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ’Em”
Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
Charli XCX – “360”
Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Chappell Roan – “Good Luck, Babe!”
Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – “Fortnight”
A reminder for the uninitiated: the Record of the Year prize is distinguished from Song of the Year by recognising the artists, producers and engineers who contributed to the recording, while Song of the Year deals more with the composition and recognises the songwriters behind the track. That said, most people – voters included – don’t often find much meaningful difference between the two.
If we are following those Grammy guidelines, though, The Beatles could be a controversial win due to the use of AI technology to retrieve the vocal and instrument stems of a muddled recording by John Lennon at his piano in the years before his death. It’s certainly clever, perhaps even groundbreaking, and The Beatles’ status alone could help to sway voters.
However, there’s plenty of competition from Kendrick Lamar’s slick and sharp “Not Like Us”, a Monk Higgins’-sampling diss track aimed at fellow hip-hop star Drake that served – to many – as the killshot in their longstanding feud. Charli XCX’s “360”, the second single from her critically adored album Brat, incorporates hyperpop and electropop fizz from regular collaborators AG Cook and Cirkut.
Grammys favourites Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Beyoncé are all in the mix: Swift with her gloomy, Eighties-influenced “Fortnight” ft Post Malone, Eilish with her sleeper hit “Birds of a Feather”, and Beyoncé with “Texas Hold ’Em”, her foray into country music.
Relative newcomer Chappell Roan is nominated for her runaway hit, the shuffly, squelchy baroque-synth bop “Good Luck, Babe!”, while her fellow breakthrough star, Sabrina Carpenter, feels like a potential shoo-in thanks to “Espresso”, a shot of perfectly produced pop.
Should win: Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Will win: Sabrina Carpenter – “Espresso”
Beyonce announces Cowboy Carter tour
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Sabrina Carpenter review, Short n’ Sweet: Confidently hair-flips its way between TikTok pop, yacht rock, and country
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Sabrina Carpenter leans into her man-eating sizzle on Short n’ Sweet – review
Who will (and who should) win at the 2025 Grammy Awards
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The Grammy Awards are notorious for getting it wrong. Over the years, the Recording Academy has caused uproar as it either snubs those artists deemed most deserving or goes with a rogue choice that no one saw coming. This means that each year it’s really anyone’s guess, no matter how much of a certainty an artist might seem.
In 2025, the “big four” categories of Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist are as competitive as ever, with breakthrough pop stars Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter muscling up against heavyweights like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.
Pioneering British artist Charli XCX and groundbreaking, Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar are up against The Beatles; UK singer and Grammys first-timer RAYE is competing with viral stars Benson Boone and Teddy Swims.
Ahead of the ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday 2 February, here’s a look at the runners and riders for the big four categories at the Grammys.
Who will (and who should) win at the 2025 Grammy Awards
Charli XCX, BRAT review: Dance-pop star slips a little vulnerability into her clever, anarchic beats
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Read our critic Helen Brown’s review of Charli XCX’s Grammy-nominated album
Charli XCX is her best brattish self on these clever, anarchic beats – review
FLASHBACK: Stars arrive at the Grammys in 2024
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Chappell Roan on Elton John, queer stardom, and Olivia Rodrigo’s advice
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Back in 2023, we interviewed Chappell Roan ahead of the release of her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. With Chappell now up for a number of Grammys, including the coveted Album of the Year award, have a read here:
Chappell Roan on Elton John, queer stardom, and Olivia Rodrigo’s advice
Sabrina Carpenter: How the Espresso singer rode frothy, flirty fun to Gen Z pop stardom
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Sabrina Carpenter: How the Espresso singer became queen of Gen Z pop
The Grammy nominations in full
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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter among 2025 Grammy nominees
VIDEO: Highlights from the 2024 Grammy Awards
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Grammys 2025: When to watch, how to stream and who’s performing
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The 2025 Grammys are right around the corner, ready to bring together and celebrate the standout voices shaping today’s music scene.
This year’s ceremony will welcome back Trevor Noah as host for the fifth consecutive year.
As the ceremony is slated to take place in Los Angeles, which has been ravaged by devastating wildfires, the Recording Academy has announced it has refocused its aim to support local relief efforts.
The Recording Academy will be “raising additional funds to support wildfire relief efforts and honoring the bravery and dedication of first responders who risk their lives to protect ours,” CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and Board of Trustees Chair Tammy Hurt told members in a recent statement.
Read below for everything you need to know about the forthcoming 2025 Grammys, from when and how to watch the ceremony to who will be performing and who’s been nominated.
Grammys 2025: When to watch, how to stream and who’s performing
2025 Grammy nominations in full: From Taylor Swift and Beyonce to Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan
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The biggest names in music have been recognised for their contributions to the industry made throughout the past year. Here are the nominations in full!
Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter among 2025 Grammy nominees
REVIEW: Charli XCX, BRAT: Dance-pop star slips a little vulnerability into her clever, anarchic beats
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Poised at the precipice of mainstream, the Essex artist gets busy untangling the contradictions of her ‘cult classic’ status
Charli XCX is her best brattish self on these clever, anarchic beats – review
Sabrina Carpenter: How the Espresso singer rode frothy, flirty fun to Gen Z pop stardom
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Sabrina Carpenter: How the Espresso singer became queen of Gen Z pop
Sabrina Carpenter review, Short n’ Sweet: Confidently hair-flips its way between TikTok pop, yacht rock, and country
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Sabrina Carpenter leans into her man-eating sizzle on Short n’ Sweet – review
Grammys 2025: When to watch, how to stream and who’s performing
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This year’s ceremony will welcome back Trevor Noah as host for the fifth consecutive year.
As the ceremony is slated to take place in Los Angeles, which has been ravaged by devastating wildfires, the Recording Academy has announced it has refocused its aim to support local relief efforts.
The Recording Academy will be “raising additional funds to support wildfire relief efforts and honoring the bravery and dedication of first responders who risk their lives to protect ours,” CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and Board of Trustees Chair Tammy Hurt told members in a recent statement.
Read below for everything you need to know about the forthcoming 2025 Grammys, from when and how to watch the ceremony to who will be performing and who’s been nominated.
Grammys 2025: When to watch, how to stream and who’s performing
2025 Grammy nominations in full: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter among nominees
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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter among 2025 Grammy nominees
