The great doubt of the Grammy of 2025, who would win the Gordo Award, the album of the year, was resolved after almost four hours of gala, at 20.47 in the afternoon, time of the West of the United States: Beyoncé Knowles. After 99 nominations and more than 30 awards – the most award in the history of the Grammy – but without ever won the best album, the Texana triumphed . “I feel full and honest. There have been many years, ”he said among applause, thanking each“ composer, collaborator, producer ”, and with his daughter Blue Ivy on stage. In the armchair, Jay-Z, her husband, gave with champagne with Taylor Swift, the great defeated of the night, who with six nominations for and starting as a favorite in this category-there would be broken-, he left empty.
The staging was round, because it was the “easiest work,” as the presenter Trevor Noah said, who delivered the award. “Thank you for your support and for recognizing all these heroes,” they said, thanking the recording academy. “It is a huge honor and privilege,” said Anthony Marrone, the fire chief, who thanked the first response emergency services and also remembered all the deceased, about thirty,: “I have confidence that we will recover and recover and We will rebuild together, because in Los Angeles we are pure strength. ”
They were the thread of the evening. The gala started at five in the afternoon (two in the morning, Spanish peninsular time) with a speech of a serious Noah talking about the devastation caused by fires, and how the city tries to recover with a huge solidarity response . Noah talked about how artists like Chappell Roan or Stevie Wonder have inspired themselves in the city to create some of their great successes. Hence the gala will start with a duo called Dawes, formed by two Angelinos brothers, Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith, who have lost their home in the fires. They sang a theme called We Love LA Acompañados de John Legend, St. John the Baptist. Vincent or Sheryl Crow.
The 1,300 voters of the Recording Academy deliver a total of 94 awards, but only nine are given at the gala, so the actions are the salt of a long evening of more than three hours, that the many pauses for ads can make Soporífera Trevor Noah joked, not only because the gala can become infinite, but explaining that these ads are very expensive and pay the event, and that they have given advertising spaces to local businesses affected by fires. And so it was: among powerful cafes or pharmaceuticals, ads of Altadena florists or martial arts academies of Pasadena were sneaked. During the gala, images of people who had lost everything were seen, while Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga honored the city with an emotional acoustic version of the success of 1965 California Dreamin’by The Mamas & The Popes, a symbol of love for the city.
The fat prizes of the night were distributed mainly to women, from seven of the nine most important. The only man who won was Kendrick Lamar, double with best song and best recording of the year for Not Like Uswho next week will occupy headlines for acting in. Native of the Compton neighborhood, a African -American majority and in the hearts of Los Angeles, especially reminded the families affected by fires. The best duo went to Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga for Die With a Smile. In one of the scarce social and political interventions of the night, Gaga said: “Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love. The community queer It deserves to be supported. Music is love. ”
The Grammy have lived a year of tribute and reflection, with the city that welcomes them and also past errors. Without being heavy or repetitive (and very little political: together with Gaga, only Shakira proclaims for immigrants), the awards managed to convey the message. The executive director of the Academy talked about the criticisms he has received, even showed the many holders of when and they have heard them, incorporating younger members, more women and people from different races. “Every voice in our community counts. There is work to be done, but I think we are on the right path. Music is a powerful force for good, heals us, ”recognized Harvey Mason Jr. as a symbol of that change, The Weeknd sing again on the scenario of the awards. Even, he presented a tribute to the deceased Quincy Jones, “simply Q”, who sang with great elegance Cynthia Erivo; In addition to the country’s star Lainey Wilson; Stevie Wonder with a choir of children who lost their schools in the fires singing We Are The World; and Janelle Monaé finishing with Don’t Stop ‘til You Get Enough, Moonwalk including.
With his third suit of the night and a notebook, he went out to collect his nervous award, telling how he had felt “betrayed by the industry” during the COVID, because he could not pay his medical insurance, and asked the large companies in The best moment of the year, when all are listening. “Records should treat musicians as value employees, and give them protection and health insurance,” he said, in a few words that made those who applaud it from the armchair.
The best rap album award went to Alligator Bites Never Healof Doechii, with a very applauded speech. As she recalled, since the category was created in 1999 and until now only two women had won it, Lauryn Hill and Cardi B, being the third. Later, his performance was one of the most cane at night, putting the public standing. Another of the most disputed categories was in the best pop album where, thanks to Short N’ SweetSabrina Carpenter beat Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande and even her mentor, Taylor Swift, for which she
Taylor Swift presented the Best Country album award, at which time he remembered how he had raised with that same award almost 15 years ago (for his Fearless album; then he had two more nominations, but he didn’t win it again). Swift gave it to his great competitor of the night, Beyoncé, who seemed really impressed to have achieved it with his Cowboy Carter; especially after not having a single nomination in the country music awards. He thanked God, but also to all the artists who had won him. Also to her “beautiful family” (her husband, Jay-Z, and her eldest daughter, Blue Ivy) accompanied. He is the first black artist to win that award.
Jennifer Lopez presented the award for best Latin album, in which he said he had been “a sensational year”, and that Shakira took for Women no longer cry. “This is incredible, thank you very much. I want to dedicate this award to all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country. You are dear, you are valuable, I will always fight for you. To all the women who work every day to provide your families with everything: you are the true shelters, ”he said, also dedicating it to their children, Milan and Sasha, sitting in the public, and who held the prize with it and the 48 years that I was doing this Sunday.
To liven up the very long event (which started many hours before with a task where names such as Sierra Ferrell, an American singer -songwriter, with four awards, or Kendrick Lamar, with three previous), the main course are the performances are triumphed. Billie Eilish started with her intimid with her Birds of a Featherbut the show and power of the Grammy arrived with a cabareter number, full of brightness, feathers and stuck, which sang Espresso y Please Please Please Going down a staircase like a chorist from the fifties. After her, another, triumphing from Misuri for the world, which came to congregate 110,000 people at the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago. He got on a giant pink poni to sing his love letter to Los Angeles, Pink Pony Club.
The Heidi Klum model and the presenter Nikki Glasser took Benson Boone the suit, in the armchair courty Beautiful Things. Shakira also shone, hypnotic with her hip movement and her interpretations of Eyes like thisof 1998, and of. The last performance of the night was the rave that he mounted, that to finish off he threw dozens of panties on stage. They were donated to victims of sexist violence.
