Luke Combs had a very excellent cause for missing the 2025 Grammy Awards.Dan and Shay, along with the other four musicians on this list, may have had more pressing matters to attend to.
Simply said, those explanations are less obvious.
On Sunday night, more Grammy-nominated country musicians did not attend the show than did.Shaboozey, Lainey Wilson, and BeyoncBrad Paisley (who was not nominated) joined for a show-opening homage to Los Angeles, while Kacey Musgrave held it down.
Even though Post Malone didn’t work the red carpet and cameras never captured him, he was confirmed to be there and accounted for, even if it was only to find out that he didn’t win any of the eight awards for which he was nominated.
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Beyonc was
country music’s top Grammy winner
with three, although Americana artist Sierra Ferrell won four Grammys.
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Kelsea Ballerini
was one of the relatively few country artists who attended the show without a role to play on stage.
- The 2025 Grammy Awards were held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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We won’t guess as to why the artists on this list didn’t make it to the Grammys. For most country stars, these events are expensive during a season of rest, and traveling to L.A. requires a lot of work. Even Nevertheless, it would have been good to know that all three victors might have appeared on stage during the Premiere Ceremony.
At least every winner who was revealed during the ceremony’s televised segment was there to accept their awards.
