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.

Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy The Album of the Year category at the 2025 Grammy Awards was stacked with talent, but only one artist walked away with the trophy. Beyoncé ultimately earned the honor for Cowboy Carter during the Sunday,

Beyoncé earned her first album of the year award at this year's Grammys for her acclaimed eighth studio album, "Cowboy Carter."

When Captain Sheila Kelliher Berkoh announced Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter as the winner of album of the year at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards (Feb. 2), the rapturous standing ovation that swept across Crypto.

Beyoncé’s history-making turn at the Grammy Awards last night was just the boost she needed for “Cowboy Carter” to surge back up on streaming, as her eighth album saw a 795 percent increase on Spotify compared to the day prior.

In an emotional moment during Sunday night's Grammy Awards show, Houston native Beyoncé was escorted to the stage by her daughter Blue Ivy Carter to accept the award for Album of the Year for “Cowboy Carter.