Despite Beyonc茅, Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar, ratings for the Grammys fall

Beyonce accepts the award for album of the year for "COWBOY CARTER during the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles. Blue Ivy Carter looks on from right.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥 Ratings for the Grammy Awards dipped from last year, despite the nail-biting tension of whether Beyonc茅 would win album of the year and a surprise appearance by The Weeknd.

Sunday nightsa国际传媒 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

鈥 with Trevor Noah once again hosting 鈥 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 鈥淣ot Like Us,鈥 taking home two of the nightsa国际传媒 most prestigious awards, and Shakira won Latin pop album for

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