Beyonce finally wins Grammy album of the year award after 99 nominations

Beyonce has won her archetypal ever medium of the twelvemonth Grammy Award astatine her 5th attempt.

The 44-year-old vocalist is the ceremony’s astir decorated creator ever with 99 wide nominations, but has ne'er won the prestigious prize contempt making the shortlist 4 times before.

She was thrilled her state grounds Cowboy Carter yet secured her the accolade connected Sunday night, arsenic her hubby Jay-Z toasted with his wife’s chap nominee Taylor Swift successful the audience.

Joined connected signifier by her 13-year-old girl Blue Ivy Carter, Beyonce said: ‘I conscionable consciousness precise afloat and precise honoured. It’s been many, galore years and I conscionable privation to convey the Grammys, each songwriter, each collaborator, each producer, each the hard work.’

The Texas Hold ‘Em hitmaker – who is lone the 4th Black pistillate creator to triumph the grant – ended her abbreviated code with a dedication to Linda Martell, a Black trailblazer successful state music.

‘I privation to dedicate this to Miss Martell, and I’ll conscionable hopefully support pushing forward, opening doors. God Bless y’all,’ she added.

The grant was handed retired by dozens of Los Angeles firefighters, who received the biggest lasting ovation of the nighttime astatine the Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles.

Fire main Anthony Marrone thanked archetypal responders ‘who came from adjacent and far’ to conflict the blazes, portion Beyonce took a infinitesimal to wage tribute to them earlier her acceptance speech.

She said: ‘I’d similar to convey and admit and praise each the firefighters for keeping america safe.’

Referencing Beyonce’s hubby Jay-Z’s deed 99 Problems. big Trevor Noah quipped afterwards: ‘She had 99 nominations, and present an medium of the twelvemonth triumph is one.’

She faced stiff contention for the prize, with different nominees including Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, Charli XCX’s Brat, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, Andre 3000’s New Blue Sun, Taylor’s The Tortured Poets Department, Jacob Collier’s Djesse Vol. 4, and Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.

Earlier successful the evening, Taylor presented Queen Bey with the champion state medium gong, arsenic she became the archetypal Black pistillate to triumph the prize.

‘Wow, I truly was not expecting this. I privation to convey God that I’m capable to bash what I emotion aft truthful galore years,’ she said.

‘Genre is simply a codification connection to support america successful spot arsenic artists, and I conscionable privation to promote america to bash what we’re passionate about.’

Kendrick Lamar was the large victor connected the nighttime astatine the Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles, with 5 prizes.

His Drake diss way Not Like Us earned him a haul of statuettes, including grounds and opus of the twelvemonth wins, positive champion euphony video, champion rap opus and champion rap performance.

Accepting the grounds of the twelvemonth gong, helium said: ‘What’s up? First and foremost, praise to the astir precocious we woke up this morning. Dre, what’s up? Swiss what’s up?

‘We gonna dedicate this 1 to this city: Compton, Long Beach, Englewood, Hollywood, retired to the Valley, San Bernardino, each that. This is my cervix of the woods that held maine down since a young pup, since I was successful the workplace scrapping to constitute the champion raps and each that to constitute ones similar these.

‘I can’t springiness capable acknowledgment to these places that I rolled astir since precocious school.

‘Most importantly, the radical and the families retired successful the Palisades and Altadena. This is simply a existent testament that we tin alteration and reconstruct this city. Keep rocking. My lad Mustard, wherever you at?’

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