Beyoncé just graced the 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony with her presence.While she skipped the red carpet (as BeyHive anticipated), the superstar was spotted entering Los Angeles’s Crypto.com Arena at the tail-end of Chappell Roan’s performance—and just before she was announced as the winner for Best Country Album.
For the occasion, Beyoncé wore a glittering gold bodycon gown custom-made by Schiaparelli. The dress nodded to Cowboy Carter, with western details like the white embroidery of a paisley bandana pattern. To match, she added sequined opera gloves and gold Lorraine Schwartz jewelry.
Tonight,Beyoncé leads the pack of Grammy nominees with a whopping 11 nominations—including her first-ever in the country music genre categories. Naturally, her eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter, is a contender in some of the night’s top categories, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. Will this finally be the year that the Recording Academy recognizes the singer with the coveted Album of the Year golden gramophone? Time will tell.
“It’s been many, many years,” Beyoncé said in her speech. “I want to dedicate this to Ms. Martell,” she said, referencing Linda Martell, the performer who became the first Black woman to play the Grand Ole Opry.“We finally saw it happen, everyone,” host Trevor Noah said, nodding to the long overdue achievement for one of music’s transcendent artists.
Beyoncé previously reflected on the genre-bending and history-making impact of Cowboy Carter via an Instagram post last year. “I feel honored to be the first Black woman with the number one single on the Hot Country Songs chart,” she wrote at the time. “That would not have happened without the outpouring of support from each and every one of you. My hope is that years from now, the mention of an artist’s race, as it relates to releasing genres of music, will be irrelevant.”
She added, “This album has been over five years in the making. It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn’t. But, because of that experience, I did a deeper dive into the history of Country music and studied our rich musical archive. It feels good to see how music can unite so many people around the world, while also amplifying the voices of some of the people who have dedicated so much of their lives educating on our musical history.”
Author: Seyi Awoleye
Los-Angeles, USA
seyiawoleye@yahoo.com
