The 2025 Grammy Awards drew a large viewers however fell wanting final yr’s present.
Sunday’s CBS telecast of the 67th Grammys drew 15.4 million viewers, in response to same-day rankings from Nielsen. That’s down about 10 % from the 17.09 million who watched the 2024 present, which set a post-pandemic excessive for the Grammys.
Whereas the on-air numbers are off yr to yr, CBS says the Grammys delivered essentially the most social media visitors ever for a TV broadcast, in accordance analytics agency Talkwalker’s social content material rankings. The present recorded 102.2 million such interactions, greater than any single program (together with Tremendous Bowls) ever has.
CBS and the Recording Academy additionally be aware that the Grammys helped elevate $9 million for wildfire reduction efforts in Los Angeles on Sunday, and over the weekend, the academy and MusiCares introduced in $24 million in charitable giving.
Hosted by Trevor Noah, the well-reviewed awards featured performances by greatest new artist winner Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Doechii, The Weeknd, Charli XCX, Stevie Marvel and a bunch of others. Beyoncé gained her first album of the yr award for Cowboy Carter, and Kendrick Lamar took house honors for “Not Like Us.”
The 15.4 million TV viewers for the Grammys marks the third largest viewers for the present within the 2020s. The 2020 awards, which aired about six weeks earlier than the primary COVID-19 lockdowns within the Unites States, introduced in 18.69 million viewers. Within the pandemic years of 2021 and ’22, the awards averaged underneath 10 million viewers. The present climbed to 12.55 million viewers in 2023 earlier than final yr’s post-pandemic excessive mark.