Beyoncé has surpassed the record for the most Grammys ever won, with 32, after receiving four awards from the Recording Academy during the 2023 ceremony.
The prize for best dance/electronic album for “Renaissance” propelled her to the top. Beyoncé was present at the stadium to receive this award, as opposed to earlier in the CBS show, when she was not there for the win that tied her for best R&B song and earned her win number 31.
“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. “I want to thank God for protecting me. … I’d like to thank my uncle Johnny, who’s not here, but he’s here in spirit.” She thanked her parents, husband and three children before concluding, “I’d like to thank the queer community for your love and for inventing this genre.”
Two of her prizes were presented during the non-televised Premiere event in the afternoon, and she has since chosen two more during the prime-time programme, with three categories in which she is nominated remaining.
When she won in absentia at the half-hour mark of the prime time programme for “Cuff It,” jokes abound. A half-hour into the programme, “Beyoncé is on her way,” host Trevor Noah said while he made a joke about L.A. traffic as the R&B song award was presented without the honouree in attendance. The-Dream, a co-writer and co-producer, approached the platform and made a remark about “CP time,” which was taken off as it went over the air. Nile Rodgers, who competed on the track, also spoke briefly at the podium, unbleeped.
In the pre-telecast procedures, Beyoncé received two awards: best dance/electronic recording for “Break My Soul” and best traditional R&B performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa” (both from her “Renaissance” album).
Fans who believe Beyoncé should have won album of the year or song of the year by now will be disappointed; on Sunday night, both accolades went to Harry Styles and Lizzo, respectively. Bonnie Raitt received Song of the Year, which she had previously won just once as a member of Destiny’s Child.
Prior to the 2023 Grammys, classical music icon Georg Solti held the record for most Grammy victories with 31 – a milestone established all the way back in 1997 when he received his final award, for best opera album. Solti died the next year.
Beyonce topped the 2023 nominees with nine, tying her with her husband, Jay-Z, for the most all-time Grammy nominations (88). Beyoncé’s total includes her work as a part of Destiny’s Child prior to her solo career. She had earned 28 Grammys before to Sunday’s ceremony, making her the most honoured female performer in Grammy history.
Jay has received 24 Grammy awards. Prior to 2023, he held the record for most nominations, with 83.
Along with her R&B and general-field accolades, Beyoncé received her first nominations in the dance/electronic categories this year. Her “Renaissance” album was nominated for best dance/electronic album rather than best R&B album.
Jay-Z, who is credited as a songwriter on “Renaissance,” is nominated for album of the year and song of the year alongside Beyoncé. His contributions to DJ Khaled’s “God Did” are also nominated for song of the year, rap song, and rap performance.
If Jay-Z wins even one Grammy during the nighttime show, he would set a new record for the most all-time victories by a rapper. With 24 victories before to this year, he was tied for the record at the 2023 ceremony with Kanye West.
Main Image: Beyonce/ Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
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