Beyoncé won her first career Album of the Year award and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” took Song, Record and Rap Song of the Year tonight at the 67th annual Grammy Awards, in an evening dedicated to those affected by the L.A.
wildfire tragedies last month. The win for Cowboy Carter, which also took Country Album of the Year, added to Queen Bey’s record career haul — her 35th Grammy overall and third of the night. “I’d like to thank and acknowledge and praise all of the firefighters for keeping us safe,” Beyoncé said in accepting the top award. “I just feel very full and very honored.” Watch her full speech here: RELATED: Grammy Album Of The Year Winners Through The Years – Photo Gallery Earlier, Lamar called out Los Angeles and many of its neighborhoods upon winning the Record prize. “I can’t give enough thanks to these places that I rolled around since high school, and most importantly to the people and the families out in the Palisades and Altadena.” Watch his Song and Record of the Year speeches here: Lamar went 5-for-5 tonight, winning every category for which he was nominated.
He was double-nominated for Best Rap Song and Best Music Video. It marked quite a departure from last year, when Music’s Biggest Night became Ladies Night as women swept the four marquee categories of Album, Record and Song of the Year and Best New Artist, with Taylor Swift taking Album of the Year a record fourth time, for Midnights. RELATED: Grammy Best New Artist Winners Through The Years – Photo Gallery Swift, who won Best Country Album two years ago, presented this year’s award to Beyoncé for Cowboy Carter, her first stab at that genre.
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