Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, Kacey Musgraves among early Grammy winners

Kacey Musgraves won her eighth Grammy award early Sunday afternoon, taking home the award for best country song for “The Architect,” which is off her sixth studio album “Deeper Well.”

She previously won Grammys for country song for “Space Cowboy” in 2019 and “Merry Go Round” in 2014.

“Ultimately, I just want to say there’s so much darkness in this world right now, and it just feels so good to be able to fight some of that darkness with a song,” said Musgraves. “It’s such an honor.”

Immediately after, Sierra Ferrell brought home her fourth award of the day for American roots performance, for “Lighthouse.”

Beyoncé, who netted 11 nominations for the 67th Grammys, won her first award of the day for best country duo/group performance for “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus, bringing her Grammy total to 33 and counting.

The superstar was already the most decorated artist in Grammy history and with the 67th edition she became the most nominated artist as well.

Neither Beyoncé nor Cyrus was on hand to accept the award at the Premiere Ceremony.

In a decadent, all-white gown, Americana singer Sierra Ferrell accepted three consecutive Grammys during the Premiere Ceremony.

“Honestly, this is kinda hilarious,” she said.

She won Grammys for Americana album for “Trail of Flowers,” Americana performance and American roots song for “American Dreaming.”

During the Premiere Ceremony, 85 Grammys will be handed out and the first one went to a notable star.

The first award given was for pop solo performance, which had heavy-hitting nominees Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish and Chappell Roan.

Carpenter’s “Espresso” won the prize, but she was not present to accept.

“Cheers for Sabrina!” premiere ceremony host and charismatic songwriter Justin Tranter said before moving on to the next award.

See the full list of winners, which we are updating live.

Hours before millions tune in on TV to watch the Grammys, dozens of awards are given out during the Grammys Premiere Ceremony.

The ceremony began with a gospel and blues-tinged performance of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” from Yolanda Adams, Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Scott Hoying, Angelique Kidjo and Taj Mahal.

Most of the genre awards are announced in this early ceremony, which is happening at the Peacock Theater in L.A.

You can watch the premiere ceremony live on YouTube.

Just hours before tonight’s 67th Grammy Awards, Beyoncé has announced the Cowboy Carter tour via Instagram. Supporting her 2024 release, the tour comes less than a year after her Renaissance world tour. No dates for the tour have been announced yet.

Beyoncé leads the pack with 11 nominations, bringing her career total to 99 Grammy nominations. “Cowboy Carter,” the singer’s country exploration, is in the running for album of the year, a category she has never won.

With 32 Grammys to her name, the most of any recording artist, all eyes are on the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer to see if she can finally bring it home.

During last year’s ceremony, her husband Jay-Z publicly called out the Recording Academy saying, “I don’t want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone and never won album of the year. So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work.”

But tonight might be the night it all changes.

As soon as Harvey Mason Jr. was convinced that firefighters had gotten a handle on this month’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires, the head of the Recording Academy turned his mind to a somewhat less dramatic matter.

Hotel rooms.

Deadheads mixed with bigwigs Friday night at the annual MusiCares Persons of the Year gala, where the members of the Grateful Dead were honored by the Recording Academy for their philanthropy and cultural impact 60 years after the iconic jam band formed in 1965.

“Longevity was never a major concern of ours,” the Dead’s Bobby Weir said to laughs in the audience as he accepted the award. “Lighting folks up and spreading joy through the music was all we ever really had in mind, and we got plenty of that done.”

The record of the year category for the 2025 Grammys is full of zesty pop hits from young female acts such as Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter. There’s also Kendrick Lamar’s operatically vicious “Not Like Us” and some poignant, expansive work from Beyoncé and Billie Eilish.

Then there’s the Beatles’ “Now and Then.” The quartet is back on the Grammy leaderboard a full six decades after winning their first statuette. “Now and Then,” salvaged from a famously muddy demo from John Lennon, was made possible with the AI-driven, instrument-isolating mix technology first showcased in the documentary series “The Beatles: Get Back.”

What makes a record of the year? At the Grammy Awards, it can be a stunning performance or an ingenious production, a glimpse into the future or a glance at the past, a worldwide smash or an obscurity by a longtime fave. Ahead of Sunday’s 67th Grammys, here’s a ranked list of all 66 songs that have won record of the year since the Recording Academy’s first ceremony in 1959. Arranged from worst to best, the rundown includes expert commentary from half a dozen previous winners: Sheryl Crow, Toto’s Steve Lukather, producer Mark Ronson, Michael McDonald, Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Charles Kelley of the country trio Lady A.

In the aftermath of wildfires that devastated much of Southern California this month, the Recording Academy says it has reoriented Sunday’s 67th Grammy Awards around fundraising efforts and a mission to celebrate “the spirit of the city of Los Angeles.”

But of course, there are still awards to hand out: Beyoncé leads the field with 11 nominations, followed by Charli XCX and Post Malone with eight apiece and Billie Eilish and Kendrick Lamar, each of whom has seven. The telecast, set to air live on CBS from Crypto.com Arena, will be hosted by Trevor Noah and will feature performances by Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Doechii, Shakira, Stevie Wonder, Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow and Herbie Hancock, among others.

Here is the full list of nominees for the 67th Grammy Awards.

This year’s list of top nominees include Beyoncé (11), Charli XCX (seven), Billie Eilish (seven), Kendrick Lamar (seven), Post Malone (seven), Sabrina Carpenter (six), Chappell Roan (six), and Taylor Swift (six).

The 67th Grammy Awards will have a bit of a pall over them Sunday after the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

However, after a blockbuster year for pop music, with huge singles and albums from veterans Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and the Beatles, alongside newcomers Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, there’s still a lot to celebrate and debate. Here’s everything you need to know to watch and weigh in.