The 68th Grammy Awards was held on Sunday, Feb. 1, and history was set throughout the evening.
Kendrick Lamar continued his impressive run from last year, totaling nine nominations and winning five, surpassing Jay-Z to become the most awarded rap performer of all time. Two of these awards, Record of the Year and Song of the Year, both awarded to the track “Luther (With SZA),” were both title defenses from last year, when “Not Like Us” won both honors.
Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny took home his first “Big 4” award with “DtMF” winning Album of the Year. This is the first Spanish-language album to receive that honor, and it comes just a week before his performance at Super Bowl LX, where he will also become the first Spanish-speaking singer to perform as a solo act.
Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas O’Connell, were awarded Song of the Year for “Wildflower.” Although it was initially a part of her 2024 album “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” Eilish re-released it as a single in February of 2025, within the window of this edition’s Grammy selection period.
Eilish, who already holds the honor of being the youngest lead artist to win Record of the Year and Song of the Year, combines with O’Connell to become the first songwriters to win Song of the Year three times, the previous two instances being in 2020 and 2024.
Other notable results included Steven Spielberg becoming the 28th person to achieve EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), Olivia Dean taking home Best New Artist, Lola Young winning Best Pop Solo Performance, and Amy Allen collecting Songwriter of the Year.
This iteration of the Grammys featured tributes to Ozzy Osbourne, D’Angelo and Roberta Flack. Post Malone, Chad Smith, Slash, Reba McEntire and Lauryn Hill were just some of the artists who performed in the tribute. Alongside these performances, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was honored through a video narrated by Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Weir and Sly Stone were also memorialized through video.
The 68th Grammy Awards was also the last to be held on CBS, as Disney bought the rights for the next 10 years, moving the ceremony to its family of networks. Trevor Noah, the host, announced that this was his sixth and final show in his role.
For a full list of winners, head to https://www.grammy.com.
