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GrammysThis past weekend, the 2025 Grammy Awards celebrated the very best in music from the past year. There were so many incredible winners, performances, and more.
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So, here are 31 of the best behind-the-scenes moments from this year's Grammys:
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1. First, when Cynthia Erivo arrived as the ceremony was starting, Taylor Swift shared her seat with her because it looked like Cynthia couldn't sneak over to her table as Trevor Noah was doing his opening monologue in the audience:
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2. During Trevor Noah's opening monologue, you can see Taylor Swift seemingly recreate the "holding space" meme from the Wicked press tour with Cynthia Erivo:
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3. Here's Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan embracing and posing for a pic during a commercial break:
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4. Lady Gaga was spotted crying while Beyoncé accepted her long-overdue award for Album of the Year for Cowboy Carter:
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5. And, Billie Eilish was seen getting emotional during the moment as well:
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6. Beyoncé was stopped backstage after finally winning Album of the Year and gave a shoutout to her devoted fans:
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7. During Janelle Monáe's performance for the tribute to Quincy Jones, she flung her blazer into the audience, where Taylor Swift caught it and put it on for the rest of the evening:
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8. Shakira walked hand-in-hand with her two sons, Milan and Sasha, backstage:
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She won for Best Latin Pop Album.
9. During a break, fans spotted Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter hugging and chatting:
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10. And at the same time, Taylor Swift was seen talking with Olivia Rodrigo's boyfriend, actor Louis Partridge:
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11. Billie Eilish had this extremely relatable reaction to Doechii's amazing Grammys performance:
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12. And here's Doechii and her dancers jumped around and celebrated after performing:
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Doechii notably won Best Rap Album and was nominated for Best New Artist.
13. Charli XCX was backstage when she won Best Dance Pop Recording, and she posted on her Instagram a sweet video of her and her team finding out the news:
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14. After Kendrick Lamar won Record of the Year, the entire crowd sang the "A Minor" line from the song "Not Like Us," which is notably a diss track directed at Drake:
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15. Taylor Swift gave Sabrina Carpenter a little kiss on the head:
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Sabrina won her first Grammys for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance.
16. Here's Jack Antonoff, Margaret Qualley, and Taylor Swift congratulating Sabrina Carpenter:
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17. Taylor Swift whispering something to Chappell Roan at the end of the evening:
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18. Here's Willow Smith and Will Smith running around the arena together while Willow films:
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19. Lainey Wilson showed off the sneakers she had on underneath her very stylish black dress:
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20. Disney Channel darlings Miley Cyrus and Sabrina Carpenter shared this cute moment:
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21. Chappell Roan did what any of us would do: went over and talked to Beyoncé and Blue Ivy during a break:
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22. Here's Cynthia Erivo, Sabrina Carpenter, and Lady Gaga looking stunning while posing for a photo:
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23. Coco Jones scored a selfie with Samara Joy during a commercial break:
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24. While accepting her award for Best Rock Song for "Broken Man" prior to the start of the main broadcast, St. Vincent publicly mentioned her wife and daughter for the first time:
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25. Alicia Keys and her son Genesis ran into Shakira and her sons, Milan and Sasha, while backstage and got to chatting:
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26. Taylor Swift was spotted holding a champagne bottle and seemingly wearing Jack Antonoff's glasses while dancing to Charli XCX's performance:
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27. Sabrina Carpenter was all smiles while talking to Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers:
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28. Chappell Roan and Shaboozey got to chat in-between commercial breaks:
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29. Here's Cynthia Erivo and Billie Eilish having a heart-to-heart that I honestly wish I was part of:
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30. Olivia Rodrigo, Chase Stokes, Kelsea Ballerini, and Noah Kahan posed for photos together:
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31. And finally, Taylor Swift and Jay Z clinked glasses and toasted Beyoncé after her Album of the Year win:
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