Beyonce's shock reaction to winning Best Country Album at the 2025 Grammys became a meme on Sunday. The superstar, 43, froze and adopted a robot-inspired stance as it was revealed Cowboy Carter had scored her her first ever win in the category. The glamorous star, who skipped the red carpet - quickly unfroze and hugged daughter Blue Ivy, 13 and husband Jay-Z, 55. Fans quickly took to social media to quip about the surprise reaction, with one writing: 'She was gagged !!!! while a second typed: 'Blue was the only one not gagged, she was like “girl that’s you, get up”.

'If I send you this it means you just won. 'The genuine shock is sending me.'. Beyonce's shock reaction to winning Best Country Album at the 2025 Grammys became a meme on Sunday. 'I thought she was playing when she jumped like that but she was deadass serious. 'new beyoncé reaction just dropped.'. She beat out an impressive field including: Chris Stapleton - Higher, Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well, Lainey Wilson - Whirlwind, and Post Malone - F-1 Trillion.

Beyonce was famously snubbed by the Country Music Association Awards back in September so no doubt to be bestowed this honor came as a complete shock. The singer said during her acceptance speech: 'Oh, my god. Wow. I really was not expecting this. Wow. I want to thank god. Oh, my god. That I am able to still do what I love after so many years. Oh, my god. I would like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this album. We work so hard on it.

I think sometimes, genre is a cold word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they're passionate about. And to stay persistent. Wow.'. She concluded her epic speech by thanking her family - including daughter Blue Ivy - and everyone who helped her work on the critically-acclaimed project. Beyonce said: 'I'd like to thank my beautiful family. All of the artists that were collaborators. Thank you. This ones have been this album without you. I'd like to thank god, again, and my fans. I still am in shock, so thank you so much for this honor.'.

Sabrina Carpenter defeated her mentor Taylor Swift to earn the coveted Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammy Awards 2025. The superstar, 43, froze and adopted a robot-inspired stance as it was revealed Cowboy Carter had scored her her first ever win in the category. The glamorous star, who skipped the red carpet - quickly unfroze and hugged daughter Blue Ivy, 13 and husband Jay-Z, 55. The superstar was told to get up by her daughter.

Jay-Z hugged and kissed his wife on the night. The 25-year-old artist was recognized for her acclaimed album Short 'N Sweet as she won over a very impressive field including: Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft, Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine, Chappell Roan – The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, and Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department. No doubt it was a momentous moment Sabrina was an opener on Taylor's massive The Eras Tour as she has always spoken highly of her mentor.

Sabrina - who performed hit Espresso earlier in the night - said during her acceptance speech: 'Hello. I'm still out of breath from the performance, so I really was not expecting this, and all those nominees that were just on the screen are some of my favorite artists in the world, and I can't believe I'm nominated against them or even in this room. 'This is my first Grammy, some going to cry, but -- I wrote my name. It's probably a messed up. Thank you to the Recording Academy for having me, and having everyone here tonight. In celebration in honor of everything that's happened.

'I feel so lucky to be able to come together and do something so special and beautiful, and celebrate music. I want to thank all the fans that let my music be heard by the Recording Academy. I want to thank my mom for driving me to every voice lesson. I want to thank my dad and my sisters.'. She went on to thank her entire team before concluding: 'Thank you, you have no idea how much this album means to me. Thank you.'.

Chappell Roan won the coveted Best New Artist award as she triumphed over a very impressive field including: Benson Boone, Doechii, Khruangbin, Raye, Sabrina Carpenter, Shaboozey, and Teddy Swims. The 26-year-old Good Luck Babe hitmaker used her shining moment to shed a light on artist rights. The singer said during her acceptance speech: 'Oh, my god. Wow. I really was not expecting this. Wow. I want to thank god. Oh, my god. That I am able to still do what I love after so many years. Oh, my god. I would like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this album. We work so hard on it'.

She began her powerful message by saying: 'I told myself that if I ever won a Grammy and got to stand up here before the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels in the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage and health care, especially developing artists. 'Because I got signed so young, I got signed as a minor. When I got dropped, I had zero job experience under my belt, and like most people, I had a difficult job finding -- -- quite a difficult time finding a job in the pandemic and cannot afford insurance.