Before they were 2025 Grammy Award winners, they were Tiny Desk performers

Many of the major players on music’s biggest night have graced the Tiny Desk, including Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, Doechii and more. Watch their performances here.

Sabrina Carpenter
Grammy wins: best pop vocal album, best pop solo performance

Sabrina Carpenter Tiny Desk Concert ( (Photo: Zayrha Rodriguez))

Chappell Roan
Grammy win: best new artist

Chappell Roan Tiny Desk Concert ( (Photo: Elizabeth Gillis/NPR))

Doechii
Grammy win: best rap album

Doechii: Tiny Desk Concert ( (Photo: Alanté Serene))

Lucky Daye
Grammy win: best traditional R&B performance

Avery*Sunshine
Grammy win: best progressive R&B album

Rapsody and Erykah Badu
Grammy win: best melodic rap performance

Rapsody Tiny Desk Concert ( (NPR))

Kacey Musgraves
Grammy win: best country song

Kacey Musgraves Tiny Desk Concert ( (NPR))

Chris Stapleton
Grammy win: best country solo performance

Norah Jones
Grammy win: best traditional pop vocal album

Norah Jones: Tiny Desk Concert ( (Photo: Michael Zamora))

Sierra Ferrell
Grammy wins: best Americana album, best American roots song, best Americana performance, best American roots performance

Sierra Ferrell TDC Video ( (Photo: Elizabeth Gillis))

Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Grammy win: best gospel performance/song

Cory Henry
Grammy win: best roots gospel album

Rawayana
Grammy win: best Latin rock or alternative album

St. Vincent
Grammy wins: best rock song, best alternative music performance, best alternative music album

Chick Corea and Béla Fleck
Grammy win: best jazz instrumental album

Chick Corea & Gary Burton Tiny Desk Concert ( (NPR))
Bela Fleck Tiny Desk Concert

Jacob Collier
Grammy win: best arrangement, instrumental or a cappella

Meshell Ndegeocello
Grammy win: best alternative jazz album

Meshell Ndegeocello Tiny Desk Concert ( (Photo: Ben De La Cruz))

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Grammy win: best folk album

Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch Tiny Desk Concert ( (NPR))

Jon Batiste
Grammy wins: best song written for visual media, best music film

The Crossing
Grammy win: best choral performance

Sean Ono Lennon of The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
Grammy win: best boxed or special limited edition package (for John Lennon)

Sō Percussion
Grammy win: best chamber music/small ensemble performance

Víkingur Ólafsson
Grammy win: best classical instrumental solo

Anderson .Paak of NxWorries
Grammy win: best progressive R&B album

Sheila E.
Grammy win: best global music performance

Sheila E. TDC Video

Tems
Grammy win: best African music performance

Tems: Tiny Desk Concert ( (Photo: Estefania Mitre))

Tank And The Bangas
Grammy win: best spoken word poetry album

Bonus! Alicia Keys
Grammy: Dr. Dre global impact award

 

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