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Missouri native Chappell Roan misses out on last Grammys 

10:48 p.m.: With a slew of awards in his pocket, rapper Kendrick Lamar took to the stage once again to accept the award for Song of the Year, beating out Missouri native Chappell Roan in another category. Also nominated for Song of the Year was Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” Although the song earned the country singer four nominations, the “Tipsy” interpolation didn’t win in any categories.

As the award ceremony concluded, Beyonce won Album of the Year, winning over Roan’s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.” This is Beyonce’s first-time winning Album of the Year.

Kendrick Lamar bests Chappell Roan for Record of the Year

10:14 p.m.: Rapper Kendrick Lamar triumphed over pop star Chappell Roan when his song “Not Like Us” snagged the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Roan, nominated for her song, "Good Luck, Babe," is the second Missouri native to lose to Lamar at the 67th annual award show. Earlier in the evening, Lamar’s song beat super producer Metro Boomin in both the Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance categories.

Roan is still nominated for Album of the Year and Song of the Year.

Chappell Roan wins Best New Artist Grammy 

8:44 p.m.: After making her Grammy performance debut, Missouri native Chappell Roan won the award for Best New Artist.

Roan’s competition in the category was steep. Breakout country singer Shaboozey, whose song “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is an interpolation of ӣ����Ƶ native J-Kwon's 2004 hit “Tipsy,” was also nominated. Other nominees included Best Rap Album winner Doechii, singer Teddy Swims and Sabrina Carpenter, who beat Roan out for two awards earlier in the night.

Once she made her way to the stage, Roan used her acceptance speech to voice her opinion on how record labels treat artists.

“Record labels, we’ve got you. But do you got us?” she asked at the end of her speech after explaining how being dropped from a label as a child signee left her unable to get a job and without health insurance during the pandemic.

“It was so devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system and so dehumanized,” she said.

This was Roan’s first win of the night. She is also nominated for Song of the Year, Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

Chappell Roan loses Grammys but wows with 'Pink Pony Club' performance

8:14 p.m.: Missouri native and Midwest princess Chappell Roan lost back-to-back awards to pop star Sabrina Carpenter when the “Espresso” singer snagged the Best Pop Album award. Roan, who hails from Willard, Missouri, near Springfield, lost Best Pop Solo Performance to Carpenter earlier in the evening.

Immediately after the loss, Roan made her Grammy performance debut. Introduced by her friend, fellow pop singer and three-time Grammy winner Olivia Rodrigo, the 26-year-old singer hit the stage sitting atop a pink My Little Pony-esque giant horse surrounded by dancing cowboys in clown makeup to perform “Pink Pony Club.”

With her dazzling, eccentric makeup and armor-like bodysuit, Roan turned the Grammy stage into a flamboyant wild, wild West. The crowd sang along as she sang the song’s final bridge, waving her hands high and garnering smiles from singers Alicia Keys and Janelle Monae. Roan sang the closing lyrics, shouting “I’m gonna keep dancing” before blowing a kiss to the audience.

She's nominated for more, so stay tuned. 

ӣ����Ƶ mega producer Metro Boomin loses in all nominated categories

7:48 p.m.: Metro Boomin lost in all nominated categories at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards after female rapper Doechii won Best Rap Album. The ӣ����Ƶ native and “We Don’t Trust You” producer started out the evening with four rap category nominations for his 2024 collaborations with rapper Future. However, as the evening continued, the pickings became slim.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” beat Metro out of two awards during the pre-ceremony including Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. Ironically, Metro Boomin’s “Like That” record ignited Lamar’s viral 2024 wave that led to the release of the Compton rapper’s Drake diss, which won multiple Grammys throughout the night. Rapper Rhapsody took home the award for Best Melodic Rap Song.

Metro Boomin attended Parkway North High School. 

Sheryl Crow opens the Grammys

7:12 p.m.: Missouri native Sheryl Crow hit the stage to rock the guitar during the Grammy Awards' opening “I Love LA Tribute.”

The “If It Makes You Happy” singer was joined by a slew of music All-Stars including John Legend, Brad Paisley, Brittany Howard and St. Vincent. The cadre rocked out to the 1983 Randy Newman song “I Love LA,” honoring the City of Angels as the award show kicked off.

Crow grew up in Kennett, in Missouri's Bootheel. 

Nikki Glaser says she learned she lost Grammy while getting her hair done

6:50 p.m.: ӣ����Ƶan Nikki Glaser said she found out she didn't win for best comedy album while she was getting her hair and makeup done for the Grammy red carpet.

Her album, "Someday You'll Die" lost out to Dave Chappelle's "The Dreamer" in the Grammy premiere show, which is live-streamed before the Grammy ceremony.

Opera singer Julia Bullock, a ӣ����Ƶ native, loses Grammy for soloist work

6:25 p.m.: Nominated for her soloist work on the John Adams and Los Angeles Philharmonic album “Adams: Girls of the Golden West,” opera singer Julia Bullock lost the Best Opera Recording Grammy to “Saariaho: Adriana Mater.”

The ӣ����Ƶ native won a Grammy in 2024 for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for her and conductor Christian Reif’s album “Walking in the Dark.”

Keyon Harrold loses bid for jazz Grammy to Meshell Ngedeocello

5:55 p.m.: Ferguson native and jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold lost the Best Alternative Jazz Album award to singer, songwriter and instrumentalist Meshell Ndegeocello.

Harrold’s Grammy-nominated album “Foreverland” featured an array of musical players including rapper Common, singer Jean Baylor of the Baylor Project and fellow category nominee Robert Glasper. The McCluer High School graduate brought “Foreverland” to ӣ����Ƶ when he performed songs from the album live at Music at the Intersection in 2024.

The musician was the trumpeter behind the sounds on the 2015 Grammy-winning film “Miles Ahead” starring Don Cheadle.

Missouri native Sheryl Crow on the red carpet 

5:49 p.m.: Missouri native Sheryl Crow arrives at the 67th annual Grammy Awards. The nine-time Grammy winner is expected to perform during the telecast. She will be playing the bass in "I Love LA" to open up the 67^th annual Grammy Awards.

Baylor Project misses out on jazz Grammy 

5:33 p.m.: The Baylor Project, a jazz duo that includes ӣ����Ƶ native Marcus Baylor and his wife, Jean, lost the Best Jazz Performance Grammy Award to American jazz singer Samara Joy's "Twinkle Twinkle Little Me" featuring Sullivan Fortner.

The Baylors were nominated for their song "Walk With Me, Lord (SOUND | SPIRIT).” This is the jazz duo’s seventh Grammy nomination and seventh loss.

Chappell Roan on the red carpet 

5:02 p.m.: Missouri native Chappell Roan arrives at the 67th annual Grammy Awards. Roan grew up in Willard, Missouri, near Springfield.

Nikki Glaser loses Grammy to Dave Chappelle 

4:50 p.m.: Stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser, who lives in ӣ����Ƶ, loses to Dave Chappelle’s “The Dreamer” for Best Comedy Album.

After a dynamic year roasting football legend Tom Brady and making history as the first solo female host of the Golden Globes, Glaser earned a Grammy nomination for her comedy special “Someday You’ll Die.”

ӣ����Ƶ native SZA wins Grammy 

4:30 p.m.: R&B singer and ӣ����Ƶ native SZA wins her fifth Grammy during the Premiere Ceremony. Her song “Saturn” won Best R&B Song.

The artist born Solana Rowe in ӣ����Ƶ also was nominated Best R&B Performance Sunday but did not win. Her previous Grammy wins include Best Pop Duo/Group Performance (twice), Best Progressive R&B Album and Best Traditional R&B Performance.

The songwriters for “Saturn” took to the stage to accept the award. Although SZA did not attend the premiere ceremony, a few of the song’s collaborators including Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Jared Solomon and Scott Zhang accepted the award.  

The songwriters mentioned that they didn’t expect “Saturn” to win a Grammy when it was originally written. However, they say surrounding themselves with some of the best talents in the industry like SZA has led them to this moment.  

Metro Boomin loses (twice) at Grammy awards

4:30 p.m.: Super producer Metro Boomin loses to Best Melodic Rap Performance to Rhapsody's "3:AM" featuring Erykah Badu.

Metro Boomin takes another loss, with the Kendrick Lamar diss song toward rapper Drake ("Not Like Us") beating his "Like That" record for Best Rap Song.

Lloyd Nicks of Cahokia wins Grammy for CeCe Winans song

4:10 p.m. Christian artist and songwriter Lloyd Nicks wins his first Grammy for co-writing CeCe Winans' song “That’s My King.” Nicks was joined on stage by fellow songwriters Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble and Jess Russ. The song was featured on Winans' 2024 Grammy-nominated album “More Than This.”

Nicks and the other songwriters expressed how unexpected the win was, with the Cahokia native describing himself as “the oddball and weird guy who never fit in in school.” 

After winning his award, Nicks’ first thought was about his mother who died eight years ago on his birthday.

“She’s not here, but I thank her for her sacrifice and her years of making $15,000 a year and making sure I never knew we were even struggling,” Nicks says.

Cahokia native, nominated for CeCe Winans song, arrives on red carpet

2:15 p.m. Lloyd Nicks from Cahokia arrived on the Grammy red carpet this afternoon. He’s nominated for best contemporary Christian music performance/song for co-writing the CeCe Winans song “That’s My King,” which has topped the gospel airplay charts. This is Nicks' first nomination.

Nicks said he didn’t grow up listening to gospel music. “I grew up listening to a mixture of rock ‘n’ roll and R&B. My first introduction to Fred Hammond, I was 13 and I was hooked by the sound and the possibilities of what it could be like to pursue a career in gospel.”

He also says that his journey from East ӣ����Ƶ to the Grammy red carpet was not an easy one. “I am a product of miracle after miracle,” he said. His life took a lot of unexpected turns. “I seem to tell people all the time that everything that could go wrong in my life did. This is a product of defeating the odds.”

A guide to the ӣ����Ƶans who racked up Grammy nods

Seven ӣ����Ƶ and Metro East natives are heading to the 67th annual Grammy Awards as nominees.

By category:

• Best jazz performance: Marcus Baylor of the Baylor project
• Best opera recording: Julia Bullock
• Best alternative jazz album: Keyon Harrold
• Best melodic rap performance, best rap album, best rap performance and best rap song: Metro Boomin
• Best comedy album: Nikki Glaser
• Best R&B performance and Best R&B song: SZA
• Best contemporary Christian music performance/song: Lloyd Nicks

While other ӣ����Ƶ natives received nods from the Recording Academy, they won’t be getting trophies this year. Despite being originally announced as 2025 nominees for their involvement in the hit Shaboozey song “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” rapper J-Kwon and producer Mark “Tarboy” Williams were deemed ineligible to receive Grammy trophies.