Grammys 2025: Taylor Swift celebrates Beyoncé’s win with Jay Z after missing out on Album of the Year Grammy

It’s the bittersweet reality of all awards shows – there can only be one winner.

As it came time for the much-anticipated Album of the Year Grammy Award to be announced, friends and fellow nominees in the category Taylor Swift and Beyoncé waited patiently alongside the rest of the star-studded crowd for the winner to be announced.

The win went to Beyoncé’s album Cowboy Carter and as she walked up to accept her first-ever Album of the Year Grammy, Swift graciously accepted defeat.

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Taylor Swift cheers with Jay Z
Taylor Swift was spotted celebrating with Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z. (Twitter/ @SpencerAlthouse)

The Fortnight singer, who won the same award last year for her album Midnights, was spotted celebrating Beyoncé’s big win with Jay-Z.

A moment caught on camera during the broadcast showed pop star and the rapper, who is Beyoncé’s husband, smiling as they clinked their champagne glasses together in a toast to Queen Bey and said “cheers”.

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Beyonce accepts the Grammy for Best Country Album at the 2025 Grammys.
Beyoncé was awarded Album of the Year for the first time despite holding the record for most Grammy wins. (CBS)

Swift and Beyoncé were both nominated in the album of the year category. Beyoncé for her album Cowboy Carter and Swift for her album The Tortured Poets Department.

André 3000, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Jacob Collier and Chappell Roan were also among the nominees in the coveted category.

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Despite Beyoncé holding the record for the most Grammy wins in history, this is the first time she has won Album of the Year.

The star now has a haul of 35 Grammy Awards after winning three awards in total during the evening.

Grammys 2025 red carpet click through
(9honey Style/Polly Hanning)

Meanwhile Swift, who has won 14 Grammys to date, left this year’s award ceremony empty-handed.

The Down Bad singer was one of the most nominated artists of the night with nominations in six different categories- Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Pop Duo/ Group Performance and Best Music Video.

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Beyoncé accepts the Best Country Album award for Cowboy Carter from Taylor Swift onstage during the 67th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
Beyoncé accepts the Best Country Album award for Cowboy Carter from Taylor Swift. (Amy Sussman/Getty )

The star seemed unphased by the losses and instead celebrated the various winners and performers while in the audience. On several occasions, she was spotted standing in the audience and raising a glass to her peers.

Earlier in the evening, she also took to the stage to present Beyoncé with the trophy for best country album.

If Swift had won the esteemed album of the year award this year, it would have been her fifth win in the category. She has previously won the award for her albums Fearless, 1989, Folklore and Midnights.

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