Beyoncé Wins Album Of The Year For 'cowboy Carter' At The 2025 Grammys — Her First Triumph In The Awards Show's Biggest Category

Beyoncé accepts the award for best country album at the 2025 Grammys.

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• Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" won album of the year at the 2025 Grammys on Sunday.
• It marks the first time Beyoncé has won the top award after racking up five nominations.
• She was previously nominated for "Renaissance," "Lemonade," "Beyoncé," and "I Am... Sasha Fierce."

Beyoncé won album of the year at the 2025 Grammy Awards, a milestone win for the legendary singer and performer.

Beyoncé received the top prize on Sunday for "Cowboy Carter," her critically acclaimed eighth studio album. Earlier in the evening, Beyoncé also won best country duo/group performance for "II Most Wanted" featuring Miley Cyrus and best country album.

"I'd like to thank all the incredible country artists that accepted this album. We worked so hard on it," Beyoncé said during her acceptance speech for the latter award, which was presented by Taylor Swift.

"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," Beyoncé continued. "Wow. I'd like to thank my beautiful family, all of the artists that were collaborators, thank you. This album wouldn't have been without you."

Despite becoming the most-awarded artist in Grammy history in 2023, Beyoncé had never won album of the year. She was previously nominated for "Renaissance" in 2023, "Lemonade" in 2017, "Beyoncé" in 2015, and "I Am... Sasha Fierce" in 2010.

In fact, she had only won a general-field award (sometimes called a "Big Four" award) once in her career, taking home song of the year for "Single Ladies" in 2010.