Ariana Grande did not make her highly anticipated return to the 2025 Grammy Awards, marking her fifth consecutive absence from music’s biggest night.
The 31-year-old pop star was notably missing from the ceremony held on Sunday, February 2, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Despite being nominated for three awards—Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “The Boy Is Mine” with Brandy and Monica, Best Pop Vocal Album for Eternal Sunshine, and Best Dance Pop Recording for “Yes, And?”—she opted not to attend.
Prior to this year’s event, Grande had already secured two Grammy wins: Best Pop Vocal Album for Sweetener in 2019 and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for her “Rain on Me” collaboration with Lady Gaga in 2021. Over the course of her career, she has accumulated a total of 18 nominations.
Grande previously skipped the 2019 Grammy Awards—the same year she won her first trophy—following a reported dispute with producers over her planned performance of “7 Rings.”
Ariana Grande (Photo: WireImage)
She returned the following year in 2020, delivering a medley of hits, including “7 Rings,” “Imagine,” and “Thank U, Next,” marking her last appearance at the ceremony.
In 2021, despite winning her second Grammy alongside Lady Gaga, who was then filming House of Gucci in Italy, Grande once again did not attend the event.
Her absence continued in 2022, when she chose not to appear despite being nominated in three categories. At the time, she expressed her gratitude via Instagram, writing that it was “an honor to be recognized” and extending well wishes to her fellow nominees, emphasizing that she was “celebrating all of you there.”
The 2025 Grammy Awards coincide with an exceptionally busy period in Grande’s career. In January, she received her first-ever Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Galinda in the 2024 musical Wicked.
She is set to compete for Actress in a Supporting Role at the March 2 ceremony against A Complete Unknown’s Monica Barbaro, The Brutalist’s Felicity Jones, Conclave’s Isabella Rossellini, and Emilia Pérez’s Zoe Saldaña.
“Picking my head up in between sobs to say thank you so much to @theacademy for this unfathomable recognition. I cannot stop crying, to no one’s surprise,” Grande shared via Instagram following the announcement of her Oscar nomination.
“I’m humbled and deeply honored to be in such brilliant company and sharing this with tiny Ari who sat and studied Judy Garland singing ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ just before the big, beautiful bubble entered. I’m so proud of you, tiny.”
