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Beyoncé won Best Country Album for Cowboy Carter at the 2025 Grammy Awards, there is a glimmer of hope for the year. Low bar, we know.
While her husband Jay-Z and her daughter Blue Ivy looked on from their seats, Bey went on stage and accepted her award from Taylor Swift, who introduced the categoy.
“Wow, I really was not expecting this,” she said, before adding, “I want to thank God.”
Cowboy Carter beat out projects from Post Malone, who appears on the album, Kacey Musgraves, Chris Stapleton and Lainey Wilson.
Bey is the most nominated artist at the Grammys with 11 nominations, four of them in the Country category (including Best Country Song (“Texas Hold ‘Em”), Best Country Solo Performance (“16 Carriages”) and Best Country Duo/Group Performance (“II Most Wanted,” with Miley Cyrus). Earlier in the evening, she won in the aforementioned Best Country Duo/Group Performance cagtegory.
“I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about,” Beyoncé said during her Best Country Album speech. Yeah, this is a Hip-Hop website, but real recognize real.