LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ratings for the Grammy Awards dipped from last year, despite the nail-biting tension of whether Beyoncé would win album of the year and a surprise appearance by The Weeknd.
Sunday night’s broadcast on CBS was seen by 15.4 million viewers according to Nielsen. That represents a decline from 2024, which was seen by 16.9 million, a 34% increase from the year before.
The numbers so far only account for viewers on CBS. The telecast was also available to stream by those who purchased the Paramount+ With Showtime package. Due to last month's devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, the Grammys scaled back marketing efforts ahead of the Grammys and
— with Trevor Noah once again hosting — took place in a Los Angeles still reeling from the wildfires and celebrated the past year's most popular artists, with performances by Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter and Charli xcx.
The show raised nearly $9 million for
Kendrick Lamar for his diss track “Not Like Us,” taking home two of the night’s most prestigious awards, and Shakira won Latin pop album for
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