The album category of the year in 2025 Grammy Awards was collected with talent, but only one artist left with the trophy.
Beyoncé eventually won the honor for rancher On Sunday, February 2, the ceremony at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, marking her first album victory of the year. André 3000 New blue sun, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n ‘sweet, Charli XCX’s Bracelet, Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4, Billie Soulish’s Hit me hard and soft, Chappell Roan’s The rise and fall of a Midwest Princess AND Taylor Swift’s Department of tortured poets were also named in this category.
Beyoncé, who was joined by her daughter Blue Ivy, 13, was awarded the award by members of the Los Angeles Fire Department. She began her acceptance speech thanking the first responses they kept “safe” in the midst of the fires of LA.
“I just feel very fully honored advertising. There have been many years, many years, and I just want to thank Grammys, every songwriter, every collaborator, every producer, all the hard work,” she continued. “I want to dedicate this to Mrs. (Birth)) MartellAnd I hope we just keep moving forward, opening the doors. God bless him. Thank you very much. “
The album of the year is one of the several awards that Beyoncé, 43, took home on Sunday, including the country’s best album and the country’s best band/group and performance Miley Cyrus‘Cowboy Carter Collab “II the most wanted”.
Its Nomination Swift, which introduced it to the country’s best album earlier in the evening, has a long history with the album category of the year. In February 2024, she became the first artist to ever get the award four times when she won for midnight. Swift, 35, previously dominated the category with Untreated In 2010, 1989 In 2016 and Folklore in 2021.
“I would like to tell you that this is the best moment of my life, but I feel this happy when writing a song, or hitting the code in a song I want, or when I’m scoring a music video or I am practicing with my group either repeating with my dancers or preparing to fly to Tokyo to perform, “said Swift in her 2024 acceptance speech.” For me, reward is work. “

Elsewhere during the Grammys of 2024, Jay-z clashing awards to never get to know Beyoncé with an album victory of the year.
“I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more grams than everyone and never won the album of the year. So even from your metrics, it doesn’t work,” Jay-Z said, while accepted Dr. Dre Global Impact. “Think about it: More Grammys. He never won the album of the year. This does not work. ”
Before Sunday ceremony, Beyoncé had 32 grams and six nominations for the album of the year – including for I’m… Sasha Fierce In 2010, Lady Gaga’s Monster of fame In 2011, Beyoncé In 2015, Lemonade In 2017, rebirth in 2023 and rancher In 2025 – throughout her career.
Of the remaining 2025 candidates, both andré 3000, 49, and Eilish, 23, are the winners of last year album for Outkast Folk -Boxxx/Love Below In 2004 and Eilish’s When we all fall asleep, where do we go? In 2020, respectively. André 3000 was previously named in category for Stankon with outkast in 2002, as manufacturer in Gwen Stefani Angel love baby music. in 2006 and as an artist presented in Frank Ocean’s Channel In 2013, while Eilish took a node for Happier than ever in 2022.
Collier, 30, was also previously nominated for the year album twice: for Djesse Vol. 3 In 2021 and as a producer, songwriter and artist presented to Coldplay’s The music of the spheres in 2023.
As for Carpenter, 25, Charli, 32 and Roan, 26, each received their first album of the year in 2025.