Kacey Musgraves Shuts Down Claims She Shaded Beyoncé at 2025 Grammys
Written by djfrosty on February 4, 2025
Kacey Musgraves is stopping false rumors in their tracks regarding her reaction to Beyoncé‘s best country album win at the 2025 Grammys.
The “Rainbow” singer and Bey were two of several artists nominated for best country album at the awards show Sunday, for Deeper Well and Cowboy Carter, respectively. Ultimately, the prize went to the latter — as presented by a beaming Taylor Swift — and after capturing several seconds of the Destiny’s Child alum’s stunned reaction, cameras cut to Musgraves respectfully clapping in the audience at Crypto.com Arena.
Some fans, however, thought they detected sour feelings on the 36-year-old country star’s face — something a rep for Musgraves has now shut down in a statement shared with E! a day after the ceremony. “It’s a sensationalistic false narrative meant to pit two talented female artists against each other,” the spokesperson told the publication. “There was simply no scowl or expression made,” they added.
Musgraves may not have taken home best country album for Deeper Well — which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in March last year, tying Same Trailer Different Park for her highest peak on the chart — but she did beat out Bey’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” for best country song, winning for “The Architect.” The win makes Musgraves an eight-time Grammy winner, with the singer/songwriter winning her first set of gramophones back in 2014.
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Meanwhile, Beyoncé’s three wins at the 2025 awards brings her Grammy count to 35, with the star expanding her record for the most awards of any artist. Her best country album victory made her the first Black artist to triumph in the category. Cowboy Carter also won for album of the year Sunday night, while Bey’s “II Most Wanted” duet with Miley Cyrus scored best country duo/group performance.
During her best country album acceptance speech, the “16 Carriages” vocalist reminded viewers that genre shouldn’t confine artists to one sound. “I think sometimes ‘genre’ is a code word to keep us in our place as artists,” she said. “I just want to encourage people to do what they are passionate about and to stay persistent.”