“Cowboy Carter” — a groundbreaking, genre-bucking country collection — lassoed the top Grammy that had long eluded the pop superstar.“I just feel very full and very honored.
It’s been many, many years,” she said in a victory speech that was a long time coming.Despite her staggering success on music’s biggest night — she became the most-awarded artist in Grammy history in 2023 — Beyoncé had never won the award that matters most: Album of the Year.
But after losses for “I Am … Sasha Fierce” in 2010, “Beyoncé” in 2015, “Lemonade” in 2017 and “Renaissance” in 2023, she broke the streak on Sunday night at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.Her big victory comes one year after hubby Jay-Z called the Grammys out about as he accepted the Dr.
Dre Global Impact Award last year: “She has more Grammys than everyone and never won Album of the Year. So even by your own metrics, that doesn’t work.”Beyoncé led the contenders with 11 nominations on Sunday night — the most ever by a female artist in a single year.
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