This year’s Grammys ceremony will be remembered as one in which music justice was finally served – in more ways than one.
But the night wasn’t just about Beyoncé’s landmark Album Of The Year win.
Given how much great pop music came out in the last year, the 2025 Grammys saw a host of new talents getting recognition from the Recording Academy, while others who’ve been quietly working away for years also got the accolades they deserved.
Here are all the key singers, musicians and other artist who picked up their first Grammy win on Sunday night…
After a 2024 that saw her spending around half of the year sitting at the top of the UK singles chart, Sabrina Carpenter kicked off her 2025 with her first Grammy wins.
In fact, the Please Please Please singer picked up two awards during Sunday’s ceremony, taking home Best Pop Solo Performance for her hit Espresso before the ceremony began, and accepting the Best Pop Vocal Album prize for Short N’ Sweet after her show-stopping inaugural Grammys performance.
Charli XCX actually came away with three awards on Grammys night – even if none of them were dished out during the main ceremony broadcast.
Earlier in the evening, Charli was awarded Best Dance/Electronic Album for Brat, Best Dance Pop Recording for Von Dutch and, interestingly, Best Recording Package for her most recent album.
She rounded off a night of three wins with her first ever Grammys performance, delivering a medley of Brat tunes towards the end of the ceremony.
After shooting to fame in 2024 thanks to her album The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, Chappell Roan beat some seriously stiff competition when she triumphed in the Best New Artist category.
Chappell also made headlines during her acceptance speech, when she highlighted a need for major changes within the music industry, while reflecting on her own experiences as a struggling artist.
We’ve been singing Doechii’s praises for years, so it feels great that 2025 could be the year she finally gets her flowers.
As well as delivering a stand-out performance, the Floridian musician made history when she became only the third woman to ever pick up the Best Rap Album award at the Grammys for her 2024 mixtape Alligator Bites Don’t Heal.
Later in the evening, Doechii performed a mash-up of songs from the collection during a showcase of the Best New Artist nominees.
Of this year’s first-time winners, it was folk singer Sierra Ferrell who took home the most awards.
However, because they were all genre-specific (Best American Roots Performance, Best American Roots Song, Best Americana Performance and Best Americana Album), Sierra didn’t get to make any of her acceptance speeches during the main event.
You might not think you’re familiar with Amy Allen, but you definitely know her work.
The US performer is the first woman to ever pick up the Songwriter Of The Year (Non-Classical) title – first introduced in 2023 – thanks to her contributions to hits like Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso, Taste and Please Please Please, Tate McRae’s Run For The Hills and Justin Timberlake’s Selfish.
The son of music legend John Lennon and conceptual artist Yoko Ono was awarded his first Grammy in 2025.
If you’re curious, he picked up the Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package for his contributions to an elaborate replack of his late father’s solo album, Mind Games, released last year.
Yeah, alright, so we probably shouldn’t include Beyoncé on this list, given that she literally went into Sunday night’s ceremony as the artist with the most Grammy wins already under her belt.
However, this year’s awards show saw her breaking new ground by finally winning Album Of The Year on her fifth try, so we’ve added her in as a bonus.