Beyonce

The singer took home four awards in a night that also saw major wins for Kendrick Lamar, Adele and Nigeria's Tems. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 5: 65th ...

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. The song was also nominated for the Best Rap Song award. “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.

Beyoncé is now the most awarded Artist in the history of the GRAMMY Awards. On Sunday night, during the 65th annual ceremony, she won her 32nd trophy for ...

“I’d like to thank the queer community for your love and for inventing this genre. I’d like to thank my parents, my father, my mother, for loving me and pushing me.” I’d like to thank my uncle Johnny, who’s not here.

Beyonce 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. “I’d like to thank the queer community for your love, and for inventing this genre.” “I’m trying not to be too emotional.

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.

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 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.

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.

American singer-songwriter and actress Beyonce has become the most awarded artiste in the Grammy's history. Beyonce took home four awards on Sunday night,

Thank you to the queer community for your love and inventing the genre. Speaking during the award night, Beyonce said “I’m trying not to be too emotional and just receive this night. American singer-songwriter and actress Beyonce has become the most awarded artiste in the Grammy’s history.

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.

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."

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.

he Grammys mark the biggest night in music, and this year's event was a historic one on all fronts – Kim Petras became the first transgender woman to win ...

The last time this happened was 24 years ago, in 1999, when Lauryn Hill picked up the award for her debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Despite having become the most awarded artist in Grammy history, she has famously never won in the biggest category of the awards show. The singer was indeed faultless in his efforts on his latest album Harry’s House.

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.

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.

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.

Legendary American singer and songwriter, Beyonce, has recently flaunted her wins after bagging three plaques at the recently held Grammy awards ceremony.

“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. “It feels great to be honoured for the vocal performance. Big thank you for the BREAK MY SOUL and CUFF IT wins!!!

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.

It was billed as the shock of the Grammys 2023: Harry Styles took home Album of the Year instead of Beyoncé. But should we be surprised?

This is the fourth Beyoncé album to be snubbed for album of the year at the Grammys, each time she’s been beaten by a white artist: Taylor Swift, Adele, Beck and now Harry Styles. In 66 years of the Grammys, only 15 Black artists have won Album of the Year, ostensibly the top prize at the awards. Black artists are allowed to do well in the R&B, Rap and Reggae categories, maybe sometimes in the pop and vocal performance categories, but the biggest awards seem ring-fenced. Thank you!” He seemed honestly moved and appreciative, and sincerely complimented the rest of the records in his category. He is the absolute prototype for the sort of person this happens to. “This doesn’t happen to people like me very often,” Harry Styles said accepting the Album of the Year award at this year’s Grammys for his excellent 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.

Beyonce breaks the record for most career Grammy wins. During the music awards show Sunday night, the pop star added four new Grammys, bringing her lifetime ...

Sam Smith and Kim Petras won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/ Group Performance for their song Unholy. Blues singer Bonnie Raitt won the award for Song of the Year for Just Like That, a single about organ donation. In other categories, Bad Bunny took home the award for Best Música Urbana Album for Un Verano Sin Ti. Or you may create one on the Disqus system. During the show, Beyoncé was nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year for her latest work, Renaissance. All of you are so inspiring to me." Morale & the Big Steppers. "You clearly are the artist of our lives," Lizzo told the singer. Styles took home the Album of the Year award for Harry’s House, and also won two other Grammys. She noted a time she missed school in fifth grade to see Beyoncé perform in concert. She dedicated the award to Prince, saying the late artist had a big influence on her to make positive music. This broke the old record held by music conductor Georg Solti.

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.

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.