Making history is nothing new for Beyoncé, and nothing is slowing her down from setting more records.
The cultural icon, who went into the 2025 Grammy Awards with 11 nominations, continued to claim her rightful throne in music throughout the Sunday night ceremony, where she broke more records.
While she is already the most-awarded Grammy artist in history (she set that record in 2023 with her album Renaissance), she extended her record on Sunday. She won three awards during the 2025 ceremony, bringing her total number of trophies to 35.
Beyoncé also finally won album of the year for Cowboy Carter after years of being nominated for but not winning the top award. The win gets rid of her “record” as the most nominated female artist without a win in the album of the year category. (She was previously nominated for I Am…Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé, Lemonade and Renaissance.)
“I just feel very full and very honored. It’s been many, many years,” she says while accepting the long-awaited award. “I just wanna thank the Grammys, every songwriter, every collaborator, every producer, all of the hard work. I want to dedicate this to Ms. [Linda] Martell, and I hope we just keep pushing forward, opening doors. God bless y’all. Thank you so much.”
Elsewhere during the ceremony, Beyoncé also became the first Black woman to win the best country album Grammy for Cowboy Carter.
“Wow, I really was not expecting this,” she said while accepting the award after being presented by Taylor Swift. “Wow, I wanna thank God — Oh my God! — that I’m able to still do what I love after so many years. Oh my God!”
She continued, “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 code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about, and to stay persistent. Wow, I’d like to thank my beautiful family, all of the artists that were collaborators… thank you! This wouldn’t have been this album without you. I’d like to thank God again and my fans, and I still am in shock. So thank you so much for this honor.”
Earlier, during the premiere ceremony, Beyoncé also became the first Black woman to win a country Grammy in 50 years. She took home the award for best country duo/group performance for “II MOST WANTED” featuring Miley Cyrus. (The Pointer Sisters previously won the Grammy for best country vocal performance by a duo or group in 1975.)
Cowboy Carter, which was released in March 2024, was not only a historic effort for the singer, but it also put a spotlight on other Black artists in the country music space. Beyoncé has been open about not feeling “welcomed” in the country genre when she initially tried to enter the scene years ago.
Heading into the Grammys, Beyoncé led the awards with 11 nominations, including album of the year and best country album for Cowboy Carter. Her No. 1 country hit “Texas Hold ‘Em” also scored nods for song of the year, record of the year and best country song. She was also nominated for best country solo performance for “16 Carriages” and best Americana performance for “Ya Ya.”
Two years ago, at the 2023 ceremony, Beyoncé became the most awarded artist in Grammys history, with 32 wins, surpassing late conductor Georg Solti for the all-time record. She achieved the honor with her 2022 album Renaissance.
