British star Charli XCX among early winners at Grammy Awards 2025
The awards were handed out at the Grammys premiere ceremony on Sunday.
British star Charli XCX is among the early Grammy winners as the biggest night in music gets underway in Los Angeles.
The singerâs first Grammy wins include best dance/electronic album for her culture-shaping sixth record Brat and best dance pop recording for its lead single Von Dutch.
The awards were handed out at the Grammys premiere ceremony on Sunday which precedes the main event being held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Sabrina Carpenter arrives at the 67th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Australian singer Troye Sivan, who was nominated for best dance pop recording for his song Got Me Started, praised Charli XCX for picking up the prize, describing her as an âincredibleâ artist.
Sivan, who features on a remix of the British singerâs Talk Talk, said on the Grammy red carpet: âWeâre sitting together tonight. I mean this from the bottom of my heart, tonight, for me, is about her.
âIâm just so, so, so excited for her and Iâve been lucky enough to spend the last year with her, celebrating her, and seeing the rest of the world catch up to just how incredible she is.
âAnd so I feel like this is her big night, so itâs very exciting, itâs beautiful.â
The hashtag #BRATSWEEP has been gaining traction on social media off the back of the album Brat, which inspired a summer trend, already securing a number of prizes.
Leading nominee Beyonce has picked up her first award of the night for her song featuring Miley Cyrus, titled II Most Wanted, winning the country duo/group performance gong.
The US superstar leads the nominations with 11 nods for her chart-topping country album Cowboy Carter, which marked the follow-up to act one of the trilogy, Renaissance.
Chappell Roan will perform at the 67th annual Grammy Awards ceremony (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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It could make Grammy history on Sunday as the most decorated album, a title currently held by Santanaâs Supernatural which received nine awards in 2000.
She currently holds the title of most Grammy wins in a lifetime after the singer made history when she picked up her 32nd gong in 2023.
However, the star has never won the prestigious album of the year prize and she will be hoping to rectify that this year as Cowboy Carter is up for the coveted award.
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter was the first winner of the night, securing the best pop solo performance award for her summer hit Espresso which marks her first Grammy win.
The US singer is among those set to perform at the main ceremony, with Charli XCX, Bird Of A Feather singer Billie Eilish and Good Luck, Babe! singer Chappell Roan also set to dazzle the audience with a rendition of one of their hits.
US rapper Kendrick Lamarâs Not Like Us has also picked up a slew of early prizes including best music video, best rap performance and best rap song.
The premiere ceremony opened with a soulful rendition of Simon & Garfunkelâs Bridge Over Troubled Water by a host of singers including Yolanda Adams, Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, Pentatonixâs Scott Hoying, Angelique Kidjo and Taj Mahal.