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Without fail, each year, the Grammy nominations list kicks off spirited conversations online. For the 2025 Grammy Awards, the most controversial category turned out to be Best New Artist. Despite the longstanding myth that claims the category is cursed, rising acts dream of snatching the gramophone for it.

Today (February 2), during the 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony, Chappell Roan did just that beating out some stiff competition.

During Roan’s emotional speech (viewable here), she used her time on stage to demand a livable wage for rising artists from their respective labels. “Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection,” she said. “Labels, we got you — but do you got us?”

The callout earned Roan a standing ovation from her peers.

Roan’s name now follows Victoria Monét in the Grammy history books, who took home the win at last year’s ceremony.

The 2025 Grammys Best New Artist nominees also included Benson Boone, Doechii, Khruangbin, Raye, Sabrina Carpenter, Shaboozey, and Teddy Swims. Prior to the event, users online had a difficult time calling a winner, while others predicted Roan would come out victorious considering the impressive year she had in 2024

Check out our full coverage of the 2025 Grammys here. To view the full 2025 Grammy Awards nominations and winners list, click here.

There’s more to the Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars story than their No. 1 collaborative hit “Die With A Smile”: At the 2025 Grammys, the two reunited to perform a cover of “California Dreamin” (most famously recorded by The Mamas & The Papas). The two kept it minimal, letting their era-defining voices do the heavy lifting as they were accompanied by some light instrumentation.

Watch the performance here.

Speaking of “Die With A Smile,” the track earned two nominations this year, for Song Of The Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Those are the sole nominations this year for both artists. While this year is relatively light for them, they both have especially strong (and very similar numbers-wise, actually) Grammy histories: Gaga has 13 career wins and 38 nominations, while Mars has 15 and 33.

Find the full list of nominees and winners at the 2025 Grammys here.

In 2024, Doechii went from being a relative unknown with a handful of viral hits to a legit Grammy nominee and Billboard hitmaker with the release of her debut mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal. To highlight the achievements of the past year, she was selected as one of the performers at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, where she put on yet another in a line of signature imaginative performances, this time of her songs, “Catfish” and “Denial Is A River.”

The performance revolved around a “clone factory,” with the Florida native’s trademark airboat making an appearance, and incorporated her recognizable elaborate choreography. It was part of a whole medley performance of the Best New Artist nominees, following Benson Boone and preceding Teddy Swims.

In addition to performing tonight, the TDE rapper was nominated for four awards, including Best New Artist (which she won), Best Remixed Recording (for “Alter Ego [Kaytranada Remix]” with JT and Kaytranada), Best Rap Performance (for “Nissan Altima”), and Best Rap Album. While Sabrina Carpenter took home Best Remixed Recording (for “Espresso [Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix]”) and Kendrick Lamar won (for “Not Like Us,” naturally), as of this writing, Doechii can still secure Best New Artist and Best Rap Album.

Watch Doechii’s performance of “Catfish” and “Denial Is A River” from the 2025 Grammys above and here.

Check out Uproxx’s full list of 2025 Grammy Award winners here.

Grab your spurs and wind up your lassos; Beyoncé just won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album for Cowboy Carter. Just hours after becoming the first Black woman to win a Grammy in the country genre in over 50 years (Best Country Duo/group Performance for “II MOST WANTED” featuring Miley Cyrus), Beyoncé made history again, becoming the first Black artist EVER to win Best Country Album.

While Beyoncé herself appeared to be dumbfounded when Taylor Swift — yes, Taylor Swift — announced she’d won, I don’t think anyone else was surprised when they saw the woman with whom she’s been inextricably linked take the stage to present the award. Flanked by her husband Jay-Z and her daughter Blue, Beyoncé made one heck of a face before climbing the steps to accept her award and give her speech. Check it out:

Beyoncé WINS Best Country Album 😂😂 #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/hfeNi5HKFO

— BEYONCÉ LEGION 𐚁 (@BeyLegion) February 3, 2025

Bey’s historical achievement comes on the heels of the teaser of the dates for her upcoming Cowboy Carter Tour, which hit social media just hours before the ceremony after being postponed due to the LA wildfires. Tonight’s ceremony doubles as a benefit for victims and first responders.

Beyoncé was nominated for 11 awards coming into tonight’s ceremony, including Best Country Song (“Texas Hold ‘Em”), which went to Kacey Musgraves for “The Architect”; Best Americana Performance (“Ya Ya”); Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year (“Texas Hold ‘Em”); and Album Of The Year for Cowboy Carter. Stay tuned, and follow along with the winners in real time here and check out Beyoncé’s historic speech above.

Chappell Roan was feeling very “emo” ahead of the Grammys, but the “The Giver” was straight-up happy at the 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony. For her debut performance (viewable here) at the beloved music event, Roan performed her breakout song “Pink Pony Club.”

While the Grammys crowd pales in comparison to the massive crowds she amassed last year — including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, ACL Fest — the Grammys stage still carries a heavy weight, but it was no match for Roan’s star power.

With an army of beautiful misfits, Roan stormed the Grammys stage with vengeance. Sat atop a massive pink pony, Roan demonstrated that she’s above the expectations, critiques, and even her own self-doubts. Although digital streams and a fun TikTok trend shows that Roan’s track “Hot To Go!” has stolen fans’ hearts, “Pink Pony Club” is a full showing of Roan’s artistic arsenal.

As far as awards go, Roan secured nominations for Record Of The Year (“Good Luck, Babe!”), Album Of The Year (The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess), Song Of The Year (“Good Luck, Babe!”), Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance (“Good Luck, Babe!”), and Best Pop Vocal Album (The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess).

Check out our full coverage of the 2025 Grammys here. To view the full 2025 Grammy Awards list, click here.

Doechii shed tears, shouted out Cardi B and Lauryn Hill, and got her mic cut off for cussing in her acceptance speech for the Best Rap Album of 2024 at the 67th Grammy Awards for her debut mixtape, Alligator Bites Never Heal. Doechii’s win makes her just the third Black woman since the award’s inception in 1989 to win Best Rap Album, following Cardi B in 2019 and Lauryn Hill in 1999. The best part? She was presented the award by none other than Cardi B. Thankfully, it didn’t take 20 years for her to follow Cardi’s historic win, suggesting a hopeful future for the awards show.

The Tampa-bred artist acknowledged that she might not be the most well-known artist in the field, which included The Auditorium Vol. 1 by Common & Pete Rock, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) by Eminem, We Don’t Trust You by Future & Metro Boomin, and Might Delete Later by J. Cole. But she used the opportunity to share her testimony, holding herself up as an example for young Black girls to reach for their dreams — no matter how unlikely they might be. “I know there’s some black girl, so many black women watching me right now,” she said. “And I wanna tell you, you can do it. Anything is possible. Don’t allow anybody to project any stereotypes on you.”

Alligator Bites was part of a huge breakout year for Doechii, driven by the success of powerful performances of songs like “Denial Is A River” and standout raps on “Boom Bap.”

You can check out the rest of the Grammy winners here.

De’Aaron Fox‘s time as a member of the Sacramento Kings has come to an end. Fox, who was reportedly made available by the Kings in the lead-up to the deadline, is on his way out the door, as he’ll team up with Victor Wembanyama on the San Antonio Spurs in a blockbuster move that considerably shakes things up in the Western Conference.

The news of the deal was broken by Shams Charania of ESPN, who mentioned that this is a multi-team trade. While Fox is heading to the Spurs along with Jordan McLaughlin, Zach LaVine of the Chicago Bulls is on his way to the Sacramento Kings with Sidy Cissoko. Sam Amick of The Athletic reports that Kevin Huerter, Zach Collins, and Tre Jones will go to Chicago, while the Kings will get three future first-round picks (although, the 2025 lottery-protected Hornets pick will almost assuredly become two seconds). Charania also reported that the Bulls will acquire their own 2025 first-round pick back from the Spurs (which was top-10 protected). The complete trade details are below.

Spurs get: De’Aaron Fox and Jordan McLaughlin
Kings get: Zach LaVine, three first round picks (2025 lottery-protected Hornets pick, 2027 Spurs, 2031 Timberwolves), and three second round picks (2025 Bulls, 2028 Nuggets, 2028 Kings)
Bulls get: Zach Collins, Tre Jones, Kevin Huerter, and their own 2025 pick back from the Spurs

Fox’s future in Sacramento had been the subject of speculation for some time, with reports coming out in the last week that the Kings were open to trading their star guard whose eyes were on the 2026 offseason, when he is slated to become an unrestricted free agent and could receive a 5-year deal worth up to $345 million. It was easy to presume that Fox would have his eyes on San Antonio if he ever wanted out, as he is a Texas native whose game fits extremely well alongside Wembanyama, and not long after the reports that he could hit the open market came out, additional reporting indicating that the Spurs were his preferred destination.

As for LaVine, much has been made of Chicago’s inability to move him on the heels of a contract extension he signed back in 2022 — the 5-year, $215 million max deal has one year remaining after this, along with a player option for 2026-27 worth just under $49 million. Perhaps it’s unsurprising that the conversation around LaVine has changed this season, as largely been able to remain healthy and has gotten back to being an efficient scorer who brings rebounding and playmaking to the Bulls. Now, he’ll reunite with former Chicago teammate DeMar DeRozan in Sacramento.

For the Bulls, it stands to reason that getting their 2025 first back means they’re going to further look to the future and focus on lottery balls to land someone from a loaded NBA Draft class. Given the pick was top-10 protected, it mostly alleviates a disaster scenario of falling to 11th in the lottery or something and not having their pick at all. While they got back some good pros in Huerter, Collins, and Jones, the team is currently 21-29 and holding onto the final Play-In spot in the Eastern Conference by a game.

As a first-time Grammy Awards nominee, Sabrina Carpenter must have been filled with nerves. But during the 2025 Grammys ceremony, the singer did a phenomenal job of hiding it.

With the pressure of winning off her plate having taken home two gramophones already, Carpenter served up a pipping hot offering of Short N Sweet‘s breakout songs “Espresso” and “Please Please Please.”

Although Carpenter had to clean up her humor to fit broadcast television standard, she definitely included it in her performance (viewable here). While Carpenter is a budding pop darling, she decided to jazz it up by incorporating the genre’s vocal styling into her delivery. She also let the jazz enter her toes with a fun tap dance routine. While Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet Tour has long since ended, on the 2025 Grammy Awards stage, everyone witnessed exactly what the glamorous set had to offer.

In addition to the victorious performance, Sabrina Carpenter had much more to write home about. Earlier in the evening, Carpenter snagged wins for Best Pop Solo Performance (“Espresso”) and Best Remixed Recording (“Espresso” Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix).

Check out our full coverage of the 2025 Grammys here. To view the full 2025 Grammy Awards list, click here.

Billie Eilish just turned 23 years old a couple months ago, but she’s already become a Grammys mainstay: Heading into the 2025 Grammys, she had earned 9 career wins from an impressive 32 nominations. (Perhaps her most notable Grammy year was 2020, when she won the “big four” awards of Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Record Of The Year, and Best New Artist.)

At this point, it wouldn’t be a Grammys without Eilish, and sure enough, she showed up to the 2025 ceremony, both as a nominee and as a performer.

Eilish, Finneas, and a backing band delivered a performance of her hit “Birds Of A Feather,” on a gorgeous stage set-up inspired by the warm-colored California landscape (a fitting setting in light of the evening’s focus on Los Angeles wildfire relief). Specifically, the backdrop was of the San Gabriel Mountains and Eaton Canyon in Altadena, near where Eilish and Finneas grew up. Images from the pair’s childhood were also shown throughout their performance.

Eilish has had a huge night aside from the performance, as she earned 7 Grammy nominations: Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Best Pop Solo Performance (all for “Birds Of A Feather”), Album Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album (both for Hit Me Hard And Soft), Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (her and Charli XCX’s “Guess”), and Best Dance Pop Recording (“L’Amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]”).

Check out a clip of Eilish’s performance here.

Find the full list of nominees and winners at the 2025 Grammys here.

Everyone was stunned when the first Shams Charania tweet dropped late Saturday night to tell the world that Luka Doncic was being traded to the Lakers for Anthony Davis. It wasn’t just fans that were unaware the blockbuster deal was on the horizon, but the players involved, their co-stars that remain in Dallas and L.A., and executives around the league were all in the dark until that first word broke just after midnight.

Doncic was reportedly blindsided by the trade and reportedly did not return Mavs GM Nico Harrison’s calls or texts after the trade got announced. After spending seven seasons with the Mavs, making first-team All-NBA each of the last five years, and leading Dallas to the Finals last summer, Doncic was extremely high on the list of players that figured to be untouchable in trade talks. Instead, his own team shopped him to the Lakers, who couldn’t say no to the chance to acquire a top-5 player in the league entering his prime, even if it makes things a little murky this season with LeBron James and now no high-end big man.

While figuring out how to maximize this year’s group is now the challenge facing Doncic, James, and first-year head coach JJ Redick, Doncic used Sunday to reflect on the last seven years and released a statement to Mavs fans thanking them for everything.

Seven years ago, I came here as a teenager to pursue my dream of playing basketball at the highest level. I thought I’d spend my career here and I wanted so badly to bring you a championship. The love and support you all have given me is more than I could have ever dreamed of. For a young kid from Slovenia coming to the U.S. for the first time, you made North Texas feel like home. In the good times and bad, from injuries to the NBA Finals, your support never changed. Thank you not only for sharing my joy in our best moments, but also for lifting me up when I needed it most.

To all the organizations I’ve worked with throughout the Dallas community, thank you for letting me contribute to your important work and join you in bringing light to those who need it. As I start the next part of my basketball journey, I am leaving a city that will always feel like a home away from home.

Dallas is a special place, and Mavs fans are special fans. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Unsurprisingly, Doncic’s statement doesn’t mention anyone in the organization that just traded him suddenly in the middle of the night and explained they had concerns about his conditioning. The second sentence is the one that will eat at Mavs fans for a long time, saying he thought he’d spend his whole career in Dallas. Whether that would’ve remained the case in a year or two years, by trying to anticipate Doncic potentially asking out or trying to leave as a free agent, the Mavs ensured they looked like the bad guys in this situation. That’s great for Luka, who will likely get a king’s welcome every time he plays in Dallas from now through the end of his career rather than hearing boos cascade down on him like players who push their way out.