What was your favorite part of the Grammys 2025?
Of course, for most of womankind, the answer is obvious. Beyoncé finally, finally, finally won Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter, her dazzling country masterpiece. Watching such an icon be recognized (FINALLY) with the night’s biggest honor was incredible. She even brought her daughter, Blue Ivy, onstage to celebrate.
However, there were plenty of standouts for the girls. For me, it was Doechii becoming just the third woman ever to win best rap album and give a poignant yet joyful speech to celebrate. Then, like five minutes later, she performed a mash-up of her songs “Catfish” and “Denial is a River” that proved why she’s the artist everyone’s talking about in 2025.
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The rapper was only one of many amazing performances of the night. We’d be remiss to not mention Charli XCX’s Grammy performance turned club night—which featured several of her cache of It Girls (like Gabbriette and Alex Consani) dancing in a pile of underwear (which, the show noted, would be donated to a domestic violence charity) under a strobe light.
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Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan gave performances that were basically their own mini-concerts, with full visuals, costumes, vocals, and even physical comedy. Raye stunned the crowd with her vocals. And Billie Eilish gave a beautiful tribute to her hometown, Los Angeles.
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And men…also performed!
In addition to keeping us all entertained, women artists also had a huge night of Grammys 2025 wins. That shouldn’t be too surprising, considering how much they dominated the nominations. Out of the 16 nominations in the biggest two awards (album of the year and record of the year), men got four.
The rest of the spots were filled by the women who have been ruling music this year: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish, and Charli XCX.
Beyoncé not only made history as the first Black woman to ever win best country album, but she also made an instantly iconic new meme when she was visibly shocked by winning it.
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Doechii and Roan used their time on stage to speak truth to power. In Doechii’s case, her message was for all those who want to follow in her footsteps.
“I know there is some Black girl out there, so many Black women out there, who are watching me right now, and I wanna tell you, you can do it,” she said. “Anything is possible. Don’t allow anybody to project any stereotypes on you that tell you that you can’t be here, that you’re too dark, or that you’re not smart enough, or that you’re too dramatic or you’re too loud. You are exactly who you need to be to be right where you are and I am a testimony.”
Roan, who was dropped by her label in 2020, used her speech for winning best new artist to call on record labels to treat their up-and-coming talent better.
“I told myself if I ever won a Grammy…I would demand that labels and the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage and healthcare, especially to developing artists,” she said.
They were’t alone. Lady Gaga, who shared the trophy for best pop duo/group performance with Bruno Mars, used her time on stage to support trans rights.
“Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love, the queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love,” she said.
And Shakira, who won best latin pop album for Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, showed support for immigrants in the US, saying, “in this country, you are loved. You are worth it, and I will always fight for you.”
And men…also won! Well, Kendrick Lamar did.
Lamar, won record of the year and song of the year for “Not Like Us,” and Mars also won with Gaga. But besides Lamar’s wins, women completely dominated the categories announced during Sunday night’s ceremony.
In many ways, it felt like the Grammys were a celebration of the impact women have made in music over the past few years. It feels good to have the main pop girls not only dominating our Spotify playlists but being celebrated on such a big scale. And women in music are making an impact in tangible ways. A 2024 study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found that women are making strides in closing the gender gap in music.
So the Grammys 2025 felt in many ways, a celebration for the girls. And at a time when women’s rights are facing new attack and misogyny is a gross new “trend,” it feels extra sweet to have a night that felt just for us.
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