Beyonce

The singer took home four awards in a night that also saw major wins for Kendrick Lamar, Adele and Harry Styles.

The Dr Dre global impact award was awarded to Dr Dre himself in the year that marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. “Music isn’t just the harmony of sound but the harmony of human beings,” he said. Bad Bunny also won the Grammy for best musica urbana album. “I would like to thank the culture for allowing me to evolve,” he said in an acceptance speech, referring to the album Mr. Kim Petras also became the second transgender woman to win a Grammy, bringing home the award for best pop duo/group performance with Sam Smith for their song Unholy. Hajipour was arrested two days after the song was published, but was later released on bail. “I’m so surprised, I don’t know what to say,” she said before paying tribute to her friend and inspiration John Prine. “I want to dedicate this award to Prince. “I’m trying not to be too emotional,” the 41-year-old said on stage after winning the record-breaking prize for dance/electronic album. Morale & the Big Steppers as one of his “toughest” projects. Adele won best pop solo performance for Easy on Me, her sixteenth Grammy to date. “I think on nights like tonight it’s so important to remember there is no such thing as best in music …

The pop superstar, 41, made history as she won the best dance/electronic music album award for her house music-sampling album Renaissance.

In the opening minutes of the show, Adele was given the chance to meet one of her heroes, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Host Trevor Noah jokingly assured the audience she was “on her way” before later handing the prize directly to her at her table, where she was sat with husband Jay-Z. The award was presented by British TV host James Corden, who said it was an “honour” to be given the duty. In reference to her album, which drew on the history of LGBTQ culture, she added: “I’d like to thank the queer community – you invented the genre.” She thanked her husband Jay-Z, their children, God and her uncle Jonny, who introduced her to queer dance music, saying he “is not here but he is here in spirit”. “I’m trying not to be too emotional, I’m trying to just receive this night,” she said after taking to the stage.

Beyoncé has become the most decorated Grammy artist of all time, collecting her 32nd trophy at this year's ceremony.

I’d like to thank my beautiful husband, my beautiful children who are watching at home." "I want to thank God for protecting me… "I want to thank my fans for trusting me with these stories." Becoming emotional on stage, he said: "First and foremost I want to thank my family for giving me the courage and vulnerability to share my truth with this album. I’m trying to just receive this night. "I’d like to thank my parents, my father, my mother, for loving me, for pushing me.

Beyoncé set a record for the most career Grammys won by any artist but was once again shut out of the biggest awards as the ceremony returned to a Los ...

The Tennessee State University Marching Band was the first college marching band ever nominated for best roots gospel album, and it won with “The Urban Hymnal.” Kendrick Lamar won three rap prizes: best performance and best song, for “The Heart Part 5,” and best album, for “Mr. For an industry that has lately gotten worried about the difficulty minting stars amid the fire hose of content in the age of streaming and social media, this year’s list of nominations was about as good as it gets. The prize was chosen by what the academy described as a “blue-ribbon committee.” Raitt, 73, was the surprise winner of song of the year — beating Adele, Beyoncé, Swift, Lizzo and Styles, whose songs were huge hits — for “Just Like That,” a tender meditation about an organ donation that had only modest commercial success. “Harry’s House” also won Styles the award for pop vocal album. Accepting her 32nd career award, Beyoncé thanked God and her family, and honored her “Uncle Jonny,” a gay relative whom she has described in the past as her “godmother” and as the person who exposed her to L.G.B.T.Q. The power of stardom was another of the night’s major underlying themes. “I hope that there’s a future where gender and identity and all these labels don’t matter that much,” Petras told reporters backstage. “You clearly are the artist of our lives!” she shouted. She had been the most nominated artist of the evening, with nine nods. But she was once again shut out of the major categories, winning all four of her prizes for the night in down-ballot genre categories.

With four new prizes tonight, the megastar has now won more Grammy Awards than any other artist in the prizes' 65-year history. She has now won 32 Grammys.

"I want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me so I could be here tonight," she added, shouting out the late trans pop artist SOPHIE in her speech, as well as Madonna and her mother for inspiration. The night was filled with a number of excellent live performances, from longtime Grammy favorites to new-comers to the stage. [Kendrick Lamar](https://www.npr.org/artists/166009689/kendrick-lamar) took home the Grammy for best rap album for his Mr. The 23-year-old cried through her whole acceptance speech, marveling that she won one of the Grammy's biggest prizes "just by being myself." "Sam graciously wanted me to accept this award because I'm the first transgender woman to win this award," Petras said in her speech. Bonnie Raitt won the song of the year prize for "Just Like That." A half an hour into the show, Beyoncé — who was reportedly late to the awards thanks to LA traffic — tied the all-time record for most Grammys won when she and a team of co-writers won best R&B song for "Cuff It." Lizzo took song of the year for "About Damn Time." Later, she gave credit to her forbearers and inspiration, adding: "I would like to thank the queer community for your love, and for inventing the genre," referring to the house music that grounded RENAISSANCE. "This is so kind," Styles said of the album of the year award, as Beyoncé gave him a standing ovation. (Adele took home took home best pop solo performance for her song "Easy on Me." Beyoncé has now captured more Grammy awards than any other artist, thanks to a quartet of trophies for her album RENAISSANCE.

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Beyoncé sits alone atop the Grammy throne as the ceremony's most decorated artist in history, but at the end of Sunday's show it was ...

The actor gave an emotional speech and emphatically said "I just EGOT" after she marched on stage to collect her award. Noah hosted the ceremony as well, which saw [Jon Batiste take home](https://apnews.com/article/grammy-awards-chris-rock-covid-entertainment-health-6ce7f74b3cc70f3ead2659135415f839) album of the year. "I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola, to honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything," Davis said. … I would like to thank the culture for allowing me to evolve in order to make this. Thank you.” She has released two albums as a lead artist and also won the Grammy for best jazz vocal album earlier in the night. A who’s who of hip-hop royalty took the stage for an epic, rousing 15 minute tribute to the genre’s 50th anniversary. Veteran singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt shrugged off big-name rivals like Adele, Swift and Beyoncé to win the song of the year award. The New Yorker was virtually in tears when she collected the award and noted that her little brother was her date. “It feels like validation that you’re on the right path,” said the singer backstage. “I’m trying not to be too emotional,” the superstar said after her historic win as her husband Jay-Z stood and applauded her. The singer thanked her late uncle, her parents, Jay-Z and her children for supporting her. But the superstar was a constant presence throughout the night, even when she wasn't in the room, especially once she won her 32nd award and surpassed late composer Georg Solti in all-time wins.

Beyonce has become the most decorated Grammy artist of all time, collecting her 32nd trophy at this year's ceremony. The pop superstar, 41, made history as ...

In the opening minutes of the show, Adele was given the chance to meet one of her heroes, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Host Trevor Noah jokingly assured the audience she was “on her way” before later handing the prize directly to her at her table, where she was sat with husband Jay-Z. The award was presented by British TV host James Corden, who said it was an “honour” to be given the duty. In reference to her album, which drew on the history of LGBTQ culture, she added: “I’d like to thank the queer community – you invented the genre.” She thanked her husband Jay-Z, their children, God and her uncle Jonny, who introduced her to queer dance music, saying he “is not here but he is here in spirit”. “I’m trying not to be too emotional, I’m trying to just receive this night,” she said after taking to the stage.

Viola Davis accepts the award for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording for “Finding Me: A Memoir” at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, ...

"I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola, to honor her, her life, her joy, her trauma, everything," Davis said. The actor gave an emotional speech and emphatically said "I just EGOT" after she marched on stage to collect her award. "It has just been such a journey." "I don't think I could be here without Madonna," Petras said. Sam Smith and Kim Petras won best pop duo-group performance for their song "Unholy." Veteran singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt shrugged off big-name rivals like Adele, Swift and Beyoncé to win the song of the year award. She has released two albums as a lead artist and also won the Grammy for best jazz vocal album earlier in the night. She added four trophies to her collection for her album "Renaissance." Now, I look around and see these songs are about loving your body and feeling comfortable in your skin and feeling good." It feels really nice to feel like 'Oh, that's the right thing to do.'" "It feels like validation that you're on the right path," said the singer backstage. "I'm trying not to be too emotional," the superstar said after her historic win as her husband Jay-Z stood and applauded her.

Beyoncé won a record-breaking 32nd Grammy Award, while Harry Styles won album of the year.

Accepting the album award, he thanked his family “for giving me the courage and giving me the vulnerability to share my truth and share these stories.” It was won by Tobias Jesso Jr., who has written songs for Adele, Styles and others. The prize was chosen by what the academy described as a “blue-ribbon committee.” Harry’s House also won Styles the award for pop vocal album. Raitt (73), was the surprise winner of song of the year – beating Adele, Beyoncé, Swift, Lizzo and Styles, whose songs were huge hits – for Just Like That, a tender meditation about an organ donation that had only modest commercial success. The power of stardom was another of the night’s big underlying themes. “I hope that there’s a future where gender and identity and all these labels don’t matter that much,” Petras told reporters backstage. Gender freedom was a theme running through the night. She had been the most nominated artist of the evening, with nine nods. “You clearly are the artist of our lives!” she shouted. (Even so, Beyoncé faced a backlash recently when she performed a private concert in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where homosexuality is illegal.) But she was once again shut out of the big categories, winning all four of her prizes for the night in down-ballot genre categories.

The pop superstar (41) made history as she won the best dance/electronic music album award for her house music-sampling album Renaissance. This took her one ...

In the opening minutes of the show, Adele was given the chance to meet one of her heroes, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Host Trevor Noah jokingly assured the audience she was “on her way” before later handing the prize directly to her at her table, where she was sat with husband Jay-Z. In reference to her album, which drew on the history of LGBTQ culture, she added: “I’d like to thank the queer community – you invented the genre.” The award was presented by British TV host James Corden, who said it was an “honour” to be given the duty. She thanked her husband Jay-Z, their children, God and her uncle Jonny, who introduced her to queer dance music, saying he “is not here but he is here in spirit”. “I’m trying not to be too emotional, I’m trying to just receive this night,” she said after taking to the stage.

The award that put her over the top was a win for best dance/electronic album for “Renaissance.” Beyoncé was on hand at the arena to accept this one, unlike ...

Credited as a songwriter on “Renaissance,” Jay-Z is nominated alongside Beyoncé for album of the year and song of the year. He came into the 2023 ceremony tied for that record with Kanye West, with 24 wins prior to this year. [Beyonce led the 2023 nominations](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grammy-nominations-2023-complete-list-nominees-1235433127/) with nine, putting her in a tie for all-time Grammy nominations with her husband, Jay-Z — 88 each. This year marked Beyoncé’s first nominations in the dance/electronic categories, along with her R&B and general-field nods. The-Dream, a co-writer and co-producer, came to the podium and made a quip about “CP time,” cut out as it went out over the air. “I’m trying not to be too emotional and I’m trying to just receive this night,” she said, after breaking the record a little more than two hours into the main telecast.

The queen of pop broke records – though not for the big gongs, again. But if the Recording Academy has a history of unexpected choices, this year's wins for ...

[Harry Styles](https://www.theguardian.com/music/harry-styles)’s Harry’s House beating Renaissance to album of the year doesn’t feel the same as Beck’s Morning Phase triumphing over [Beyoncé](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/13/beyonce-album-first-review) in 2015, nor does it feel the same as if, say, Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres had won this year. [Beyoncé](https://www.theguardian.com/music/beyonce) has only ever won one of them once – song of the year in 2010 for Single Ladies – which seems a fairly inexplicable state of affairs: you don’t need to be a rabid member of the Bey Hive to know that she’s had an immense cultural and commercial impact over the last 20 years. Under the circumstances, Samara Joy – a hugely gifted jazz vocalist, gradually emerging as a significant songwriter as well as an adept interpreter of standards – feels like a worthwhile choice: rooted in tradition, but too soulful to qualify as easy listening. The weirdest success was Bonnie Raitt’s [Just Like That](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skd0XR3twCA) winning song of the year, at least from the perspective of the UK, where the album it’s from didn’t even make the charts. Certainly they’re one of the biggest-selling groups in a field where several of the nominees didn’t even seem particularly new: Molly Tuttle’s first album came out in 2006; Tobe Nwigwe’s first EP six years ago; Muni Long is 34 and released her debut album, albeit under her real name, Priscilla Renea, in 2009. Without wishing to cast shade on those doughtily toiling away in the areas covered by the best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media and best new age ambient or chant album categories, the Grammys are ultimately about four awards: album of the year, record of the year, song of the year and best new artist.

That prize went to Harry Styles for his album Harry's House. The fact that Recording Academy voters shut Beyonce out of a major category — and that Styles beat ...

[acknowledged the madness](https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/adele-thanks-beyonc-in-grammys-speech.html) of Beyoncé losing in her acceptance speech. But somehow, once again, she [was snubbed](https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/best-moments-2023-grammys-recap.html) of the Album of the Year award. [Beyoncé made history](https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/beyonce-grammys-2023.html) as the artist with the most Grammys ever when she won four awards for Renaissance — for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, Best Traditional R&B Performance, Best Dance Recording, and Best Dance and Electronic Album.

In a controversial upset, Harry Styles won the 2023 Grammy Award for album of the year over Beyoncé. And the BeyHive is not happy about it.

Blige (“Good Morning Gorgeous”); Brandi Carlile (“In These Silent Days”); Coldplay (“Music of the Spheres”); Kendrick Lamar (“Mr. [tweeted @sirmaxwell301](https://twitter.com/sirmaxwell301/status/1622625621804187648?s=20&t=YJ4Edcfv7nnhR5P4V8_RFg) [.](https://twitter.com/sirmaxwell301) [tweeted @_Zeets](https://twitter.com/_Zeets/status/1622459744093933568?s=20&t=YJ4Edcfv7nnhR5P4V8_RFg) [.](https://twitter.com/_Zeets) [tweeted @thedigitaldash_](https://twitter.com/thedigitaldash_/status/1622458699515142144?s=20&t=yCJXzGdn1EkkVTqdS_8fOg) [.](https://twitter.com/thedigitaldash_) [Beyoncé made history](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-02-05/beyonce-breaks-record-most-wins-ever-32-grammys-2023) by surpassing orchestra conductor Georg Solti as the artist with the most Grammy Awards of all time. Rounding out the 2023 nominees in the album of the year category were ABBA (“Voyage”); Adele (“30”); Bad Bunny (“Un Verano Sin Ti”); Mary J. Hosted by Trevor Noah, Sunday’s Grammy Awards featured highlights from everyone from Beyoncé to Bonnie Raitt. Morale & the Big Steppers”); and Lizzo (“Special”) — who credited Beyoncé with inspiring her while accepting the award for record of the year (“About Damn Time”). Styles received the honor for his third solo record, “Harry’s House,” while Beyoncé was nominated (and expected by many to finally win) for her seventh studio album, “Renaissance.” [tweeted @adaenechi](https://twitter.com/adaenechi/status/1622510919476559872?s=20&t=YJ4Edcfv7nnhR5P4V8_RFg) [.](https://twitter.com/adaenechi) She’s among the most honored artists in Grammy history, but has never won album of the year. On Sunday, the Grammys are out of excuses.

The star, who won a record-breaking 32nd Grammy Award on Sunday, has not held a solo tour since 2016. It is seen as the first major test for Ticketmaster since ...

Are you trying to buy tickets for the UK Beyoncé tour? You can also get in touch in the following ways: We'd like to hear how the process goes for you. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. after being stressed for days waiting to get an email or message for the [access] code, I got the code 2 minutes into the sale & was able to secure a ticket!" If you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing last month to investigate a "lack of competition" in the ticketing industry following the Taylor Swift problems. One fan wrote: "I got my Beyoncé tickets... He explained that defending against bots is an active area of security research, but there is no silver bullet yet. [The committee earlier tweeted "we're watching" at Ticketmaster](https://twitter.com/JudiciaryDems/status/1621191756531236866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1621191756531236866%7Ctwgr%5E1df4d71ed3e7b275241306906c48d5cf589970aa%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fsenate%2F3841857-senate-judiciary-committee-sends-warning-to-ticketmaster-over-beyonce-tour-tickets%2F) in response to a post announcing the Beyoncé tour. The deadline to register was Sunday, and those that managed to do so ahead of time were entered into a "lottery-style process" after demand outstripped the number of available tickets. If there are remaining tickets after those on the waiting list have been offered a chance to buy, then they will go on general sale.

Pop superstar Beyonce broke the record for most career wins at music's Grammy awards on Sunday but lost again in the prestigious album of the year category, ...

"All of you are so inspiring to me." That accolade went to Iranian singer and songwriter Shervin Hajipour for "Baraye," which Biden calleda "powerful and poetic call for freedom and women’s rights." Lizzo's upbeat "About Damn Time" won record of the year. I am trying just to receive this night," Beyonce said. "On nights like tonight, it's obviously so important for us to remember that there is no such thing as best in music." Styles took home that honor on Sunday for "Harry's House."

Beyoncé's Album of the Year loss is part of a long history of the Recording Academy failing to recognize the achievements of Black female musicians.

The institution’s leaders have vowed to make changes on the diversity and inclusion front, including by [expanding the membership](https://time.com/5415630/grammys-new-members/) of its [12,000-plus body](https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/recording-academy-new-voting-members-invitations-1235108187/) of voting members in an effort to diversify its ranks, as well as shaking up its leadership. [come under fire](https://time.com/5770558/deborah-dugan-grammys-controversy/) in recent years for issues relating to gender and diversity. Only three Black women have won Album of the Year in the ceremony’s 65-year history, the last time being when Lauryn Hill won for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1999. [an average score of 83 on Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/music/harrys-house/harry-styles). Throughout the history of the awards, there have been other upsets with Black women nominated for Album of the Year. The single “Formation” generated controversy because of the song and video’s staunchly anti-police perspective. (Even Adele famously tried to reject her own win over Beyoncé’s Lemonade in 2017.) But the Recording Academy has long ignored Beyoncé when it comes to the Big Four Categories—Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year. When Harry Styles was announced as the winner, there was what appeared to be a brief pause before the room erupted into applause. Among those emotions were anger, frustration, and resignation at the Recording Academy’s history of overlooking Black artists, and specifically Black women, in this major category. There was a noticeable hush in the room right after host Trevor Noah announced the nominees for the night’s biggest award. Over on Twitter, meanwhile, things immediately devolved into chaos as critics and fans expressed a range of reactions to the perceived snub for Beyoncé and Renaissance.

Two categories into last night's Grammy Awards broadcast, Beyoncé found herself once again achieving an awkward status within the universe of the Recording ...

[Bonnie Raitt](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/a-conversation-with-bonnie-raitt-plus-public-enemys-chuck-d) took home Song of the Year, for “Just Like That,” presented by Jill Biden, and Lizzo took home Record of the Year. “You clearly are the artist of our lives.” [Harry Styles](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/notes-on-hollywood/is-harry-styles-a-movie-star) looked a bit stunned as he accepted the night’s final award, for Album of the Year, for “Harry’s House.” “I think, on nights like tonight, it’s obviously so important for us to remember there’s no such thing as ‘best in music,’ ” he said. The ‘ [Lemonade](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/30/beyonces-lemonade)’ album was so monumental.” Song for “Cuff It,” a highlight from her 2022 album, “ [Renaissance](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/beyonces-renaissance-shocks-some-life-into-a-culture-gone-inert),” she tied with the conductor Georg Solti for the highest number of Grammy wins. When [Adele](https://www.newyorker.com/tag/adele) won Album of the Year over Beyoncé, in 2017, there was such a sense of cosmic injustice that Adele herself could not bear the result. Like Adele, Lizzo was compelled to use the end of her stage time to state the obvious: “Thank you so much,” she told Beyoncé. Bad Bunny—who won in the Música Urbana Album category but was otherwise snubbed, despite his global dominance—kicked off the show with an electrifying tribute to historical Latin genres, offering up a maximalist version of his merengue-minded single, “Después de la Playa.” It was such a dynamic performance that This was the overt story line of the evening, but the louder subtext was the question of whether the Recording Academy was finally prepared to give Beyoncé the major awards. When the performance wrapped, the cameras found Jay-Z, who was shooting a finger gun in ecstatic celebration. It was the sort of thing that could have come off like a PowerPoint presentation. [Trevor Noah](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/how-the-daily-show-squandered-the-opportunity-that-was-trevor-noah), worked overtime this year to remind the audience of the Grammys’ respect for her towering greatness, and the historic nature of the evening. [Beyoncé](https://www.newyorker.com/tag/beyonce) found herself once again achieving an awkward status within the universe of the Recording Academy.

Beyoncé is now the Recording Academy's GOAT. She won four Grammy awards Sunday night for her album RENAISSANCE — bringing her career total to 32.

Every year, she covers the Oscars and the Grammy awards for NPR, as well as the Sundance Film Festival and other events. He came to NPR in 2021 and is based out of NPR West. A Martínez is one of the hosts of Morning Edition and Up First.

Harry Styles gave his thoughts about whether he thought Beyoncé would win album of the year at the 2023 Grammy Awards.

Morale & The Big Steppers.” This is so, so nice. Blige’s “Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe),” Brandi Carlile’s “In These Silent Days,” Lizzo’s “Special,” Coldplay’s “Music Of The Spheres” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Mr. This is so, so kind. “I don’t think you can look at any of the nominees and not feel like they’re deserving. I feel like when you look, when I look at this category, it’s all people who have inspired me at different times.

Beyoncé lost Album of the Year for Renaissance at the Grammys, for a fourth time, to Harry Styles's album Harry's House. Why did Harry Styles win the top ...

In [the new Songwriter of the Year award](https://www.vulture.com/2022/11/songwriter-of-the-year-grammy-why-it-matters.html), two of the five nominees had cuts on Styles’s album, including the eventual winner, Tobias Jesso Jr. (It’s a little surprising “As It Was” didn’t earn any hardware, but the wins for Harry’s House seem to be recognition of the album as a body of hits.) After the Academy was criticized for giving Jon Batiste’s We Are, an album without a single top-40 hit, AOTY last year, Styles’s project gave them the opportunity to be on the pulse, at no expense of its perspective. [Shania Twain](https://www.vulture.com/2022/04/harry-styles-late-night-talking-boyfriends-shania-twain-coachella.html)) and present ( [Lizzo](https://www.vulture.com/2022/04/harry-styles-lizzo-i-will-survive-coachella-surprise-guest.html)). As it faded out, Styles and his team teed up hits-in-waiting “Late Night Talking” and “Music for A Sushi Restaurant,” both of which hit the top ten. Styles had a hold on the charts as well, with “As It Was” logging a record five separate runs atop the Hot 100, from its No. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, or Lizzo stole votes from her, why didn’t the same happen to Styles with ABBA, Adele, or Coldplay?) It also feels beside the point to argue whether Styles deserved AOTY over Beyoncé — [we’ve done that with her past two snubs for Beyoncé and Lemonade](https://www.vulture.com/2017/02/what-more-does-beyonc-have-to-do-to-win-album-of-the-year.html), and the answer remains a resounding yes. Beyoncé, on the other hand, added a fourth snub for the top honor to her career, this time for [Renaissance](https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/beyonce-renaissance-review.html), a spectacular, holistic project celebrating Blackness and queerness that [many critics](https://www.vulture.com/article/best-albums-2022.html) had already declared the record of 2022. Then when the record came out in May — logging over a half-million units, the second biggest week of the year behind Taylor Swift’s debut for Midnights — Styles hit the road. [took Best New Artist](https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/grammys-2023-samara-joy-best-new-artist.html) (the second jazz BNA win in less than 15 years, if you can believe it). [On Sunday evening](https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/grammys-2023-recap-best-worst-performances-winners.html), it was a different British pop star who stood between her and her first Grammy for Album of the Year: Harry Styles. Anyone other than Bey winning would’ve been met with some level of vitriol — especially after the Grammys spent the entire night hyping AOTY, and especially after [she became ](https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/beyonce-most-grammy-awards-history.html)the winningest artist in the Recording Academy’s history earlier in the ceremony. Styles won on his first AOTY nomination, for his third (solo) album [Harry’s House](https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/harry-styles-harrys-house-album-review.html), a pleasant but too-comfortable set of songs influenced by ‘80s synthpop and classic rock.

Racism, sexism, fuddy-duddyism: They're all reasons why the winningest artist in Grammy history lost album of the year yet again, this time to Harry Styles.

Because she gathers so many collaborators to help execute her plans, voters seem stubbornly unwilling to accept Beyoncé as the auteur in control of her music — a vexing if hardly novel problem running along both race and gender lines. But if she doesn’t need the Grammys, the Grammys need her: Overnight ratings for Sunday’s telecast were up 30% from 2022, a jump attributable at least in part to the suspense surrounding Beyoncé’s opportunity to break the all-time record. Nor do a growing number of intrepid Black artists — Drake, Frank Ocean and the Weeknd among them — who’ve decided the Grammys’ values don’t align with theirs. But “to ensure music creators are voting in the categories in which they are most knowledgeable and qualified,” as the academy rules put it, members can vote on only 10 of the dozens of more specific awards (such as R&B performance), and all 10 of those must be within no more than three genres. After all, Beyonce’s latest loss comes amid a larger historical context, which is that a mere three Black women — Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston and Lauryn Hill — have won album of the year in the Grammys’ 65 years. Lose the trailblazers and you risk losing those who come behind them. All 11,000 or so of the academy’s voting members are allowed to vote in the Grammys’ four general categories of album, record and song of the year and best new artist. This explains the cognitive dissonance stemming from the fact that Beyoncé is both the most-awarded artist in Grammys history and a trendsetter who keeps getting robbed. That’s a clear distortion of Black women’s importance in pop music that undermines the Grammys’ role as a record-keeping enterprise. But with its intricate weave of samples and interpolations, it’s also structurally daring in a way that obviously triggered the academy’s suspicions about “real music” — suspicions foreshadowed in the Grammys’ pretelevised ceremony when Beyoncé’s longtime collaborator In fact, of the 32 Grammys that Beyoncé has collected over the last two decades, only one — one! [Beyoncé lost the award for album of the year](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-02-02/grammys-2023-beyonce-renaissance-album-of-the-year) to “Harry’s House” by Harry Styles.

Beyoncé became the Grammys GOAT but Harry Styles pulled off an album of the year win. That means it was more of the same on "music's biggest night."

And while “crowded and unfun” doesn’t have the same ring as “music’s biggest night,” it certainly rings more true. And while many have criticized the Grammys for failing to properly recognize rap music over the years, the show’s organizers tried to make amends by booking a sprawling performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with rap icons LL Cool J and Questlove presiding over a posse cut for the ages — a medley that included Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Too Short, Big Boi, Method Man, Lil Baby, Scarface, Salt N Pepa and many more. So if we take “best” out of the equation, Beyoncé’s consolation prize was “most,” and when she won best electronic/dance album for her gorgeous, disco-infused “Renaissance,” she instantly became the biggest Grammy winner of all time with 32 golden gramophones to her name. As for Styles, his big performance was cluttered with dancers dressed like normies, perhaps to make his tinsel-shag jumpsuit look extra fabulous, but who ultimately made the whole thing feel crowded and unfun. Bad Bunny, whose “Un Verano Sin Ti” was nominated for album of the year, seemed entirely up to the task, opening the show with a blitz of high-spirited merengue rhythms that instantly lifted everyone out of their seats, (including Swift who, at this point, might just attend awards shows for the dancing). “There is no such thing as ‘best’ in music,” Styles said from the stage, cradling his new trophy, exuding a humility that felt as genuine as his statement felt factual.

February 6, 2023 4:58 p.m.. Beyoncé accepts the Best Dance ...

It’s not [Messi](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lionel-Messi). It’s [Beyoncé](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Beyonce).” It’s not [Jordan](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michael-Jordan). [acceptance speech](https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a42764558/beyonce-award-acceptance-speech-grammys-2023/). It’s not [LeBron](https://www.britannica.com/biography/LeBron-James). It’s not [Tom Brady](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tom-Brady). [accused of racial discrimination](https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/media/grammys-diversity/index.html), particularly towards Black artists. [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/arts/music/grammy-awards-beyonce-harry-styles.html)’ Ben Sisario. Since her first nomination in 2000, her notable wins have included Song of the Year for 2008’s “ [Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)](https://open.spotify.com/track/5R9a4t5t5O0IsznsrKPVro?autoplay=true)” and Best Music Film for 2019’s [Homecoming](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10147546/). She thanked her family, including her late [uncle Johnny](https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/beyonce-renaissance-uncle-johnny), who introduced her to house music and queer culture. During the pre-show, the album’s number-one single “ [Break My Soul](https://open.spotify.com/track/53wEJEYmRgvpAxM0JUgM95?autoplay=true)” took home the award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, and “ [Plastic Off the Sofa](https://open.spotify.com/track/6ufcuVInt0ocHrUimDjGlb?autoplay=true)” won as Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. [Trevor Noah](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Trevor-Noah) declared at the 65th annual [Grammy Awards](https://www.grammy.com/) last night.