Beyonce won her first-ever Album of the Year Grammy on Sunday, finally taking home the coveted prize for her sweeping country revue, “Cowboy Carter”.
The 43-year-old music legend won the most prestigious award of the night over Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish in fierce competition.
Beyonce, the most nominated and decorated artist ever for the Recording Academy, was vindicated in this moment of justice. For more than ten years, she has been routinely snubbed for top Grammys.
“It’s been many, many years”, she said in accepting the prize, which she dedicated to Linda Martell, a pioneering Black woman in country who performed on the album.
“I hope we just keep pushing forward, opening doors”, Beyonce said.
It was her fifth album to receive the top prize, having previously been defeated by Swift, Beck, Adele, and Harry Styles.
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And Beyonce is only the first Black woman to win the award in the twenty-first century, joining only Lauryn Hill and Natalie Cole, who followed her in the footsteps of Whitney Houston and Natalie Cole.
“Cowboy Carter” is a rhinestone-studded, genre-bending, historically grounded honky tonk of an album that pays homage to Beyonce’s southern heritage.
The 27-track second act in her “Renaissance” trilogy, “Cowboy Carter” magnified a wider conversation on the long history of Black artists in country music, and the persistent racist backlash they have continued to experience.
Beyonce entered the night with the most chances at Grammys gold, having garnered 11 nominations, including in the major fields along with pop, country, Americana and melodic rap performance.
In the end, she won three awards, including Best Country Duo and Best Country Group Performance with Miley Cyrus.
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