Every start of the year, the celebration of many creative musical minds takes place. Especially in this year’s Grammys, many takes and turns – considered quite controversial in some ways – happened.

One of the biggest questions of this Grammy was whether Beyoncé would finally win Album of the Year. Previously, Beyoncé was known for her previous four losses of the category, and with her new album Cowboy Carter, it seemed that she had continuing ambitions for Album of the Year category. Among the nominees for Album of the Year, there were quite many big artists such as Billie Eilish and Tyler Swift. During the Grammys, Beyoncé ended up winning Album of the Year.

But many people speculate something suspicious about Beyoncé’s win. One of the reasons why Beyoncé’s win is so controversial, is because of the too frequent number of wins Beyonce gets every year. Beyonce won a total of 35 Grammys and every Grammys Beyoncé is known to get some sort of award. This consistent pattern made the media question the constant wins Beyoncé gets every year and eventually leading to many suspicions. Another factor of the controversy is related to her album Cowboy Carter. According to Independent.co The album Cowboy Carter contains great concepts such as African-American culture and country music. But compared to her other albums it did not stand out so much. Beyonce’s Dangerously In Love album sold 6 million copies while Cowboy Carter sold only 1.5 million. This opinion led to the highlight of other nominated songs being better than Cowboy Carter. All of these factors led to many controversial conversations within the media and the questioning of the Grammys. Another big winner of Grammy 2025 would be rapper Kendrick Lamar. One of the biggest rappers in America, Kendrick Lamar, won five Grammys for his song “Not Like Us” according to usatoday. The track gained much popularity and hype due to the catchy beats and the fact that it is a Drake diss song. In the song “Not Like Us” it contains many lyrics that mentions Drake’s controversial outputs, mostly related to his rumored past relationship. Due to this song, the drama behind Lamar and Drake became more visible, and Lamar was able to gain more titles as a renowned rapper.