Beyoncé made history by becoming the most awarded artist ever at the Grammys after taking home four statuettes at the 65th edition of the awards, which were presented this morning in Los Angeles.
Beyoncé now has 32 Grammys, surpassing Anglo-Hungarian conductor Georg Solti as the artist with the most Oscars from the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, breaking a record in 1997.
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– Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) February 6, 2023
“I’m trying not to get too emotional,” Beyoncé said in her best dance/electronic album acceptance speech for “Renaissance” to an ovation from an audience of her peers. “I want to thank God for protecting me,” he continued.
Beyoncé also thanked her family and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, and addressed her fans, especially in the LGBTQ+ community. “I want to thank the gay community for your love,” he said.
Beyoncé was the most nominated artist of the night, with nominations in nine categories, and the four she won catapulted her to the top of the Grammys podium. It won Best Dance/Electronic Album for “Renaissance”, Best Electronic/Dance Recording for “Break my Soul”, Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Plastic off the Sofa”, and “Cuff it”, Best R&B Song.
With this edition, the singer has accumulated a total of 88 Grammy nominations in her career and is linked with her husband Jay-Z. Both are the most nominated artists in Academy history, with Beyoncé already the most awarded female artist ever.
However, the singer was considered one of the favorites in the most coveted awards – Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year – but did not win in any of these categories. Beyoncé never won Album of the Year, despite consecutive nominations, with only three African-American artists achieving the feat: Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston, and Lauryn Hill.
In 2020, singer John Legend said it was “almost impossible” for an African-American artist to win Album of the Year and pointed out the multiple times Beyoncé has lost the category.
On stage, one of the winners spoke about the influence of Beyoncé Lizzo, who won Record of the Year with the song “About Damn Time” from the album “Special”.
“You changed my life,” Lizzo said. “When I was in 5th grade, I skipped classes to go to one of your concerts,” he revealed.
Harry Styles saw his album “Harry’s House” win the night’s most coveted award, Album of the Year, and also took home the statuette for Pop Vocal Album of the Year.
“This doesn’t happen often to people like me,” said the British singer on stage, marveling at the Grammy when it was expected that victory would go to Beyoncé, with the album “Renaissance”.
“I feel a little carried away,” Harry Styles later told reporters holding the statuette. “I feel like it’s confirmation that I’m on the right track,” he said. “Because when we go into the studio to record an album, we’re making the music we want to make.”
Contrary to Styles’ sparse words, Lizzo screamed enthusiastic mottos and bounced as she accepted the Grammy for Record of the Year for her song “About Damn Time” from the album “Special.” The singer dedicated the victory to one of the artists who inspired her most, Prince, who passed away in 2016.
“When we lost Prince, I decided to dedicate my life to making positive music,” he said. “This was at a time when positive music (…) wasn’t mainstream and I felt very misunderstood. I felt like I was looking in from the outside,” she described.
The title of Song of the Year went to Bonnie Raitt’s “Just Like That”, which won against nominees such as “As It Was” (Harry Styles), “Break my Soul” (Beyoncé) or “All too Well” (Taylor Swift) . .
“I’m so surprised I don’t know what to say,” said Bonnie Raitt onstage, after muttering, “Are you kidding me?” when he heard First Lady Jill Biden, who presented the award, announce her name.
In the interview room, Raitt explained that he had not expected to win given the songs that were big hits.
In pop performance, Adele won the solo category with “Easy on me”, which she dedicated to her son Angelo, and Kim Petras and Sam Smith won duet or group with “Unholy”. Petras became the first transgender woman to be honored in this category.
The revelation of the year was Samara Joy, who defeated nominees such as the Brazilian Anitta and the Italian band Måneskin (Eurovision winner 2021). Joy also won Best Jazz Vocal Album for “Linger Awhile”.
Puerto Rican Bad Bunny took home the Best Urban Music Album award again, with “Un Verano Sin Ti”, after winning in the same category last year.
The 65th Annual Grammy Awards, presented by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, took place this morning at the Crytpo.com Arena in Los Angeles, with a presentation by comedian Trevor Noah.
List of major winners:
Album of the Year: “Harry’s House”, Harry Styles
Record of the Year: “About Damn Time”, Lizzo
Song of the Year: “Just Like That”, Bonnie Raitt
Best Solo Pop Performance: “Easy on Me”, Adele
Best Pop Duet or Group Performance: “Unholy,” Sam Smith and Kim Petras
Best Dance/Electronic Album: “Renaissance”, Beyoncé
Best Dance/Electronic Recording: “Break my Soul”, Beyonce
Best Pop Vocal Album: “Harry’s House”, Harry Styles
Best Traditional Pop Album: “Higher”, Michael Bublé
Breakthrough of the Year: Samara Joy
Best Rock Album: “Patient Number 9”, Ozzy Osbourne
Best Rock Song: “Broken Horses”, Brandi Carlile
Best Alternative Music Album: “Wet Leg”, Wet Leg
Best R&B Album: “Black Radio III”, Robert Glasper
Best R&B Song: “Cuff It”, Beyoncé
Best Urban Music Album: “Un Verano Sin Ti”, Bad Bunny (already won in 2022)
Best Alternative Rock or Latin Album: “Motomami”, Rosalía
Best Latin American Pop Album: “Pasieros”, Rubén Blades & Boca Livre
Best Rap Album: “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers”, Kendrick Lamar
Best Country Album: “A Beautiful Time,” Willie Nelson
Best Vocal Jazz Album: “Linger Awhile”, Samara Joy
Best Soundtrack Compilation for Visual Media: “Encanto”
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Jack Antonoff
Best Music Video: “All Too Well: The Short Film”, Taylor Swift
Source: DN
