Beyoncé took home album of the year at the 2025 Grammys for "Cowboy Carter." She is only the 12th Black artist to win the coveted award.

This was the ninth time in Grammy history that Black lead or co-lead artists won in both of the most closely-watched categories. This was Bey's fifth album of the year nomination

Every time someone presented one of the show’s major prizes — album of the year, record of the year, song of the year, best new artist — he or she rattled off the line before revealing the winner. It was a small but telling detail that demonstrated how the academy wants to be perceived after years of being portrayed as a shadowy record-industry cabal.