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And Beyoncé, despite her three prior album of the year nominations and general reputation as one of this century's greatest album artists, had still yet to win ...

The combination made it feel like the entire rest of the evening — awards, performances and all — was just a prelude to the album of the year showdown, and that it wasn’t so much a 10-way competition for the top prize as it was Beyoncé vs. The Grammys did paint themselves in a little bit of a corner with this year’s ceremony, though — both via the incredible emphasis placed on Beyoncé Watch throughout the evening’s proceedings, and with the massive hyping of this album of the year race. It wasn’t to be for 2023, though, and it’s hard to imagine what year it will be for at this point. Of course, it must be said that as much as the Grammys are often discussed as if the producers themselves are the ones autonomously deciding to reward artists of their choosing, the Recording Academy in fact has thousands of voting members — from all across various backgrounds and genres within the industry — who vote on the awards, with a variety of voting interests beyond what winners would be best for the Academy. well, they really coulda used a Beyoncé win to give the show a little bit of an enduring identity. While the Recording Academy has long been accused of being out of touch with pop’s mainstream, that’s certainly not a credible criticism with regards to Harry’s House — one of the best-performing and best-liked pop albums released in 2022. But as artists from so many marginalized groups are fighting so hard to be properly recognized and represented in the industry’s mainstream, for a good-looking cis white man — who’s spent nearly his entire career at the top — to claim any kind of underdog or outsider status doesn’t quite track, especially when a Black woman like Beyoncé — who’s been around for decades longer than Styles, at a consistently sky-high commercial and artistic level — still can’t get through that door. And when host Noah handed the microphone to 78-year-old Harry Styles superfan Reina to read the name of the winner, it was pretty clear Not Beyoncé would triumph for another year. But Beyoncé’s continued shutout within the category, after being at least a co-favorite in each of her last three nominations, will certainly raise concerns about whether the right voting system (or voting body) is currently in place — either to recognize Beyoncé specifically or contemporary hip-hop and R&B artists in general. Upon “About Damn Time” beating Renaissance single “Break My Soul” for record of the year, Lizzo paid special tribute to the artist she said she’d skipped her 5th grade literature class to see live decades earlier, calling her “the artist of our lives.” The spotlight on the album of the year award just got brighter and brighter throughout the proceedings, and whoever would ultimately rise up to accept it: Beyoncé or Not Beyoncé. And Beyoncé, despite her three prior album of the year nominations and general reputation as one of this century’s greatest album artists, had still yet to win the big one going into this year’s ceremonies. traffic and promising “she’s on the way!” when she was nowhere to be found upon her “Cuff It” winning best R&B song early in the proceedings.

Beyoncé made history at the Grammys. The singer-songwriter-dancer won four awards—best dance/electronic album for Renaissance, best R&B song for “Cuff It,” ...

[said in her acceptance speech](https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/kim-petras-2023-grammy-win-makes-history-sam-smith-1235213081/). The 25-year-old singer charged with “propaganda against the regime” and “instigating the violence” was seen wiping away tears in a darkened room in [an online video](https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-singer-faces-prison-wins-grammy-protest-anthem-96915454) when the award was announced. [a surprising win](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bonnie-raitt-song-of-the-year-2023-grammys-1234669204/). Besides her supportive mother, Petras also [gave a shout out](https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/kim-petras-2023-grammy-win-makes-history-sam-smith-123521308) to Madonna and paid tribute to the late Sophie, a trans electronic producer and DJ who died in 2021. [anthem of Iran’s protest movement](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/arts/music/baraye-iran-protest-grammy.html). 2 Variety article](https://variety.com/2023/music/news/grammy-voters-secret-ballots-top-categories-beyonce-harry-styles-adele-1235511331/amp/), several Grammy voters didn’t choose Queen Bey simply because she had won a number of times already—that was the reason a thirty-something female singer and a Grammy-winning producer-engineer, both unnamed in the article, gave for choosing to vote for people other than frontrunners like Beyoncé and Adele. “He was arrested but this song continues to resonate around the world for its powerful theme: women, life, freedom,” first lady [Jill Biden said](https://www.grammy.com/news/shervin-hajipour-baraye-winner-best-song-for-social-change-watch-2023-grammys-65th-grammy-awards-acceptance-speech) while presenting the award. [achieve the EGOT](http://autobiography Finding Me) winner status with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. [won 31](https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/04/01/the-story-of-georg-solti-the-most-awarded-artist-at-the-grammys/). Beyoncé at the Grammys, by the digits [28:](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/beyonce-grammys-record-most-awards-female-artist-4149465/) Grammy awards Beyoncé had won before last night’s ceremony. That already made her the female artist—and singer, male or female—with the most Grammy wins [9:](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grammy-nominations-2023-complete-list-nominees-1235433127/) Categories Beyoncé was nominated for last night—the highest number of the lot during the ceremony [88:](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grammy-nominations-2023-complete-list-nominees-1235433127/) The number of nominations Beyoncé has received over the years at the Grammys, in a tie with her husband Jay-Z. The classical music legend won his final award [in 1997](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grammy-nominations-2023-complete-list-nominees-1235433127/) for Best Opera Recording for Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg, and died later that year.

Beyonce's album 'Renaissance' is full of samples (tunes or words of existing songs that are taken by another artist) from some iconic disco hits, ...

As the decade drew to a close, overexposure to the genre became a cause for its falling popularity, along with opposition to disco from more conservative music listeners. As the idea made its way over to the US from France, the term then meant a genre of music that was invented at such clubs. The word ‘disco’ originally referred to the French term ‘discotheque’ and meant a place in the 1960s where music was played. The more highbrow clubs would not grant them entrance and there was also a threat of violence. We take a look at the history – and the role of the LGBTQ community in pioneering them. A singer since she was a child, Beyonce’s popularity rose as part of the girl group Destiny’s Child in the 2000s.

From Beyonce breaking records to Wet Leg's surprise, these are the key takeaways from last night's ceremony. Beyonce and her team celebrate her Grammy wins.

It was a big night for the Isle of Wight: indie duo Wet Leg scooped Best Alternative Album – beating the likes of Bjork and Arcade Fire – and Best Alternative Music Performance for their song “Chaise Longue”. She won for her audiobook recording of her autobiography Finding Me, which details Davis’s extraordinary life from a childhood of poverty and trauma to Hollywood actor.Davis picked up the prize at the “premiere ceremony”, which covers the technical categories. She paid tribute to Madonna, her mother and the late hyperpop producer SOPHIE, who was also trans, for “kicking these doors open”. Accepting the prize, Styles said: “On nights like tonight, it’s obviously so important for us to remember that there is no such thing as best in music”. Best Album went to Harry Styles’ Harry’s House in a major upset, beating favourites Beyonce with Renaissance and Adele with her divorce album 30 (Styles also won Best Pop Vocal album over Lizzo and Abba). Though she missed out on the coveted Best Album award, breaking the record is a fitting result for Beyonce, who is undoubtedly the defining artist of our time.

After the 2023 GRAMMY Awards, Beyoncé is now the most awarded artist in the Recording Academy's history! Here's a breakdown of all her wins over the years.

- Best R&B Performance - Best R&B Song Here's a breakdown of all her wins over the years...

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.

Beyonce has a total 32 Grammy wins and holds the record for most awarded artist. Michael Kovac. Her hive is strong and loyal. And she knows she wouldn't ...

Big thank you for the BREAK MY SOUL and CUFF IT wins!!! To The Dream, Tricky, HOV, and Big Freedia. She has been singing since she was nine and she rose to fame as the lead singer of musical group Destiny's Child. To my Hive, thank y’all so much for all of your love and loyalty! She's also tied with rapper-producer husband Jay-Z for most Grammy nominations ever – with 88. Her hive is strong and loyal.

This year, UK singer Harry Styles won Album of the Year for Harry's House and Lizzo picked up Record of the Year for her viral hit About Damn Time. Such a ...

“I can’t possibly accept this award,” she said. Top-tier artists of her ilk don’t enter the industry to win awards for genre and format-specific categories such as Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Song Written For Visual Media. Three years later, Beyonce stepped up to the podium as a solo artist when her debut album Dangerously in Love gathered five Grammy awards, including Best Contemporary RnB Album and Best RnB Song for lead single Crazy in Love. In 2001, the Grammys said her name for the first time when former group Destiny's Child won trophies for Best RnB Song and Best RnB Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. This year, UK singer Harry Styles won Album of the Year for Harry’s House and Lizzo picked up Record of the Year for her viral hit About Damn Time. [twin marquee prizes](https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music-stage/2023/02/06/grammys-2023-winners-list-beyonce/): Album of the Year and Record of the Year, despite being nominated for both categories four and six times respectively.

She paid special tribute to the queer community, who she credited with inventing the genre she celebrated in her historically layered record that pays homage to ...

She has twice performed at halftime of the Super Bowl. The way you make me feel, I was like, I want to make people feel this way with my music. She has appeared in a handful of films including Dreamgirls. So thank you so much. “In the fifth grade, I skipped school to see you perform,” she said at the podium, speaking directly to a clearly touched Beyoncé. You changed my life.

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 Harry Styles who walked ...

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. It feels really nice to feel like 'Oh, that's the right thing to do.'" She added four trophies to her collection for her album "Renaissance." "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 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.

Beyonce 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 Harry Styles who walked ...

The actor gave an emotional speech and emphatically said “I just EGOT” after she marched on stage to collect her award. … I would like to thank the culture for allowing me to evolve in order to make this. I wouldn’t be here without her and her support.” 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 Beyonce 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. Host Trevor Noah said she was on her way to the ceremony but blamed Los Angeles traffic for not being in person to accept it. “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. It feels really nice to feel like `Oh, that’s the right thing to do.”’ The singer thanked her late uncle, her parents, Jay-Z and her children for supporting her.

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.

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.

LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Pop superstar Beyonce broke the record for most career wins at music's Grammy awards on Sunday but lost again in the ...

Lizzo also saluted Beyonce and recalled how she skipped out of school in fifth grade to see the “Halo” singer in concert. Earlier, Beyonce was absent when she was named the winner of best R&B song for “Cuff It.” Host Trevor Noah said the singer was stuck in traffic. I’ve been watching you all on TV for so long,” she said. For best rap album, Kendrick Lamar triumphed with “Mr. “Beyonce has yet again been robbed,” Twitter user @coreynmarie wrote. Styles took home that honour on Sunday for “Harry’s House.”

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 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 on Sunday broke the record for the most Grammy wins of any artist, scoring her 32nd prize ever and fourth of the night to resounding applause.

"I'd like to thank my parents, my father, my mother, for loving me and pushing me. Beyoncé's Renaissance, her seventh solo studio album, is a pulsating, sweaty collection of club tracks aimed at liberating a world consumed by ennui. "I'm trying not to be too emotional.