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Beyoncé Wins Album Of The Year At the 67th Grammy Awards
Taylor Swift presented Beyoncé with her trophy
SOURCE: bbc.com
The star was recognized for her eighth album, Cowboy Carter, which celebrates and contextualizes the black roots of country music. She had previously been passed over for the ceremony’s main prize on four separate occasions.
As her name was read out, Beyoncé hugged her daughter Blue Ivy, then her husband Jay-Z, before walking to the stage in a gold paisley dress to accept the trophy.
“I just feel very full and very honored,” she said. “It’s been many, many years.”
The singer dedicated her award to Linda Martell, one of the pioneers for black musicians in country music and the first black woman to perform solo at the Grand Ole Opry (Ms Martell features on several of Cowboy Carter’s songs).
“I hope we just keep pushing forward [and] opening doors,” Beyoncé continued. “God bless y’all. Thank you so much.”
The star’s victory comes 25 years after her first Grammy nomination, as part of the R&B group Destiny’s Child.
She went on to become the most-awarded artist in Grammys history, with a haul of 35 trophies – but the main prize eluded her until Sunday night.
In the end, it took a switch of genre to earn the Texas-born musician a win.
Focusing on country and Americana, Cowboy Carter is the second part of a trilogy of albums that interrogates American musical traditions and uncovers the often-unheralded contributions made by black artists.
Notably, it makes Beyoncé the first black woman to win album of the year since 1999, when Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill took the title.
Earlier in the evening, Cowboy Carter also won the Grammy for best country album – to Beyoncé’s evident surprise.
A stunned expression shot across the 43-year-old’s face as her name was read out.
The star and her husband Jay-Z (behind centre) looked shocked as the announcement was made
In a moment laced with symbolism, that announcement came from Taylor Swift – another artist who successfully switched genres, and who previously beat Beyoncé to the album of the year prize in 2010.
“Wow, I really was not expecting this,” said Beyoncé in her acceptance speech, thanking “all of the incredible country artists” who had voted for the prize.
The recognition came five months after she was snubbed at the Country Music Awards – even after she became the first black woman to have a number one hit on the Hot Country Songs chart, with Texas Hold ‘Em.
That song was also nominated for record of the year at the Grammys, but lost to Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us.