Grammys Snubs and Surprises: Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift Shut Out as Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ Wins – Hollywood Reporter
Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterOther notable snubs include Post Malone failing to win an award this year despite seven nominations and Charli XCX winning only three awards, all presented in the Premiere Ceremony.
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Hilary Lewis
Deputy Editor, East Coast, THR.com
The 2025 Grammys highlighted some of the young women dominating the pop music world, with a best new artist win for Chappell Roan and three wins, two of which were presented in the Grammys‘ Premiere Ceremony before the main broadcast awards presentation on CBS, for Sabrina Carpenter, both of whom delivered high-energy performances.
And Beyoncé extended her reign as the queen of the Grammys, winning even more awards to break her own record as the winningest artist, and finally captured the elusive album of the year top prize for her country album, Cowboy Carter. While a number of pundits predicted this would finally be the year that Beyonce scored an album of the year win, the triumph was still a surprise to pessimistic viewers who had gotten used to seeing Beyoncé lose the top award she deserved to win.
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But despite those plaudits, two women who have dominated past editions of the Grammys surprisingly walked away without a single trophy this year. Neither Billie Eilish nor Taylor Swift won a single Grammy on Sunday night.
Eilish, a seven-time nominee this year and favorite for song and record of the year, both awards that went to Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track, “Not Like Us,” went home empty-handed just years after she swept the big four categories at the 2020 Grammys. Taylor Swift, a six-time nominee for the album she announced when she won big at last year’s Grammys (an Inception-like moment, as Trevor Noah joked), landing her fourth album of the year win, also failed to land a Grammy this year.
But both Swift and Eilish had their moments during the show, with Swift presenting best country album to Beyoncé and dancing in the audience, as usual, and Eilish performing and having a humorous exchange with Noah after one of the commercial breaks.
Other notable snubs included seven-time nominee Post Malone also being shut out and Charli XCX winning three awards, but all presented in the Premiere Ceremony and not the main awards ceremony broadcast on CBS. Still, Charli XCX also delivered a memorable performance.
The Premiere Ceremony also saw actor/writer/director Bradley Cooper win his third Grammy, this time for his work on the soundtrack to Maestro, which Cooper co-wrote, directed and starred in as Leonard Bernstein. While Cooper previously won for “Shallow” and A Star Is Born, the Maestro triumph comes after the film had a disappointing run on the film awards circuit last year, being nominated for multiple prizes at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, BAFTAs, SAG Awards and Oscars, but failing to win a single one from any of those organizations.Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every daySign up for THR news straight to your inbox every daySubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSend us a tip using our anonymous form.
