Shakira won her fourth Grammy award on Sunday (Feb. 2) — the day of her birthday — for Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, which took home the trophy for best Latin pop album.

Jennifer Lopez presented the award to Shakira, who took the stage after hugging her two children. “Wow, this is incredible, thank you so much. I want to dedicate this award to all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country,” Shakira said. “You’re loved, worth it and I will always fight with you. And to all of those women who work really hard every day to provide for their families, you are the real she wolves. So this is for you, too. I want to share this award with my kids, Milan and Sasha, who are here with me. I’m so proud of you guys, with your kind hearts. Thank you for supporting me the way you do. I love you.”

Shakira’s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran was up against Luis Fonsi’s El Viaje, Orquídeas by Kali Uchis, Anitta’s Funk Generation and Kany García’s García. The set, Shakira’s first album in seven years, is home to hits such as “(Entre Paréntesis),” “Te Felicito” and “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53.” The LP peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums and at No. 13 on the Billboard 200.

Other Latin winners of the night included Carin León, who took home best música Mexicana album (including tejano); Rawayanam who won best Latin rock or alternative album; and Residente was awarded best Música urbana album.

Beyoncé leads the evening’s nominees with 11 nominations, with Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone just behind her with seven nominations each.

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars threw it back to the ’60s for their performance at the 2025 Grammys, singing The Mamas and the Papas’ iconic hit “California Dreamin” midway through the ceremony at Crypto.com Arena Sunday (Feb. 2).

Taking the stage just after a video played highlighting the destruction in the Los Angeles area — which has been left devastated following January’s deadly wildfire crisis — the two singers added a bittersweet edge to the cheerful 1965 tune by slowing the song down and pouring emotion into their powerful vocals. When one duet partner was singing lead, the other would join in on backup vocals.

“All the leaves are brown,” Mars sang toward the end while Gaga leaned her head on his shoulder, echoing the line back to him. “And the sky is gray/ I’ve been for a walk/ On a winter’s day.”

The ceremony comes three days after Gaga joined numerous other stars in performing at the FireAid benefit concert in L.A., raising money for the city’s rebuilding efforts after the blazes displaced tens of thousands of residents and destroyed countless homes. The musician is also gearing up to release her highly anticipated seventh studio album, Mayhem, in March.

Leading up to the Grammys broadcast, fans had heard only two songs from the LP: “Die With a Smile,” Gaga’s smash hit duet with the Silk Sonic star, and “Disease,” which dropped in October. The former spent eight weeks atop the Billboard Global 200 and last month reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 more than four months after it first entered the chart. “Die With a Smile” is also nominated for both song of the year and best pop duo/group performance at this year’s Grammys.

Shortly after Gaga performed with Mars, Mother Monster premiered a third single and music video titled “Abracadabra” from Mayhem during a commercial break. The choreography-filled project featured one Gaga, dressed in a scarlet corset and puffy skirt, surveying a desolate warehouse space as another Gaga, sporting a white jumpsuit, dramatically dances with dozens of other performers.

Chappell Roan has never been one to shy away from making a point, and she made sure to make her voice heard at the 2025 Grammys Sunday (Feb. 2) when she won best new artist at the annual ceremony.

After she was announced as the category’s winner, Roan — who was dressed in a conical princess hat and a satin gray dress — took to the stage at the Crypto.com Arena and immediately offered a series of shout-outs. “Thank you to my fellow nominees, whose music got me through this past year — Brat was the best night of my life this year,” she said with a laugh. “Thank you all who listened to get me here today, and Dan, and Island Records, Amusement Records, my friends and my family, and above all my papa Chappell, who I named myself after.”

Then, the “Pink Pony Club” singer steered her speech to ask the music labels watching to provide better healthcare and financial support for their artists. “I told myself if I ever won a Grammy and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels and the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage and healthcare, especially for developing artists,” she said, reading out of a notebook.

Roan shared her own experience with being dropped from a major label, and how the lack of support she received affected her. “I got signed so young … and when I got dropped, I had zero job experience under my belt, and like most people, I had a difficult time finding a job in the pandemic, and could not afford health insurance,” she said. “It was so devastating to feel so committed to my art and to feel so betrayed by the system and to be so dehumanized to not have healthcare. If my label would have prioritized artists’ health, I could have been provided care by a company I was giving everything to.”

In closing her speech, Roan left executives with a powerful note: “Labels, we got you — but do you got us?”

Roan was nominated in a stacked best new artist category, featuring stars including Sabrina Carpenter, Benson Boone, Doechii, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims and others. The “Femininomenon” singer also received five other nominations at the annual awards show, including in the other Big Four categories for album of the year (The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess), record of the year and song of the year (“Good Luck, Babe”).

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter has won best country album at the 2025 Grammys ceremony on Sunday (Feb. 2). The triumph makes Beyoncé the first Black woman to win in the best country album category.

Taylor Swift presented the trophy for best country album, telling the audience, “They say you never forget where you came from, and I will never forget standing here right on this spot almost exactly 15 years ago, accepting the award for best country album. It’s an honor that has gone to great artists that I admire so much, like The Chicks, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, George Strait, Faith Hill, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss and Shania Twain.”

Swift announced Beyoncé as the winner, with the audience cheering as Beyoncé rose from her seat in the crowd, hugging her husband Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy, and then taking the stage to accept the honor.

After greeting Swift, Beyoncé addressed the audience. “Wow. I want to thank God — oh my God — that I’m still able to do what I love after all these years. I’d like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this album. We worked so hard on it. I think sometimes ‘genre’ is a cold word to keep us in our place as artists. I just want to encourage people to do what they are passionate about and to stay persistent.”

She thanked her family as well as her collaborators on Cowboy Carter. “This wouldn’t have been this album without you,” Beyoncé said, thanking God and her fans.

“I still am in shock, so thank you so much for this honor,” she concluded.

Cowboy Carter spent two weeks atop the all-genre Billboard 200 when it debuted in April. The project featured an array of artists including Country Music Hall of Famers such as Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson, but also, crucially, the project paid homage to Black country trailblazers such as Linda Martell (who appears on the tracks “Spaghettii” and “The Linda Martell Show”), and put a spotlight on modern-day Black country artists. Shaboozey appeared on multiple songs on the project, including “Spaghettii” and “Sweet Honey Buckiin,” while Black women country artists Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts traded harmonies with Beyoncé on “Blackbiird.”

Earlier in the evening, Bey became the first Black female artist to win a country Grammy in the past five decades, when she took home the trophy for best country duo/group performance for “II Most Wanted,” her collaboration with Miley Cyrus. The Pointer Sisters had previously won a Grammy for best country vocal performance by a duo or group in 1975.

Beyoncé led the Grammy nominees this year with 11 nominations going into the ceremony. The 2025 Grammy Awards aired on CBS, live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.