Yahoo Lifestyle Beyoncé Becomes the First Black Woman to Win Best Country Album at the 2025 Grammys
If Beyoncé knows how to do anything, it's how to make history.
During the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Beyoncé became the first Black woman to ever take home the award for Best Country Album. She was nominated alongside fellow stars like Post Malone, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson, and more and was awarded the honor by fellow megastar and former country music darling, Taylor Swift. The star was visibly shocked as she accepted the honor; since she skipped the red carpet earlier in the evening her winning Best Country Album was the first glimpse fans had of the superstar for music's biggest night. She was joined by her husband Jay Z and her daughter Blue Ivy Carter for the occassion.
"Wow! I really was not expecting this," the singer said onstage while the entirety of Los Angeles's Crypto.com Arena gave her a standing ovation. "I want to thank God — oh my, God—that I'm still able to do what I love after so many years. I want to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this album — we worked so hard on it. I think sometimes that genre is a cold word meant to keep us in our place as artists and I just want to encourage people to do what they're passionate about and to stay consistent. Wow, I want to thank my beautiful family, all of the artists that were collaborators, thank you, this wouldn't have been this album without you. And I want to thank God again and my fans and I am still in shock so thank you so much for this honor."
Beyoncé was already a winner before stepping foot inside of the Grammy Awards tonight, however. Her collaboration with Miley Cyrus, "II Most Wanted" won Best Country Duo/Group Performance, as well.
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