Beyoncé became the most crowned artist of all time at the Grammy Awards on Sunday February 5, winning four awards, for a total of thirty-two during her career, at the ceremony in Los Angeles, California. The American singer was awarded the prize for the best electronic dance music album for Renaissance, released in the summer of 2022, and some of her songs. The previous record was held by conductor Georg Solti (thirty-one trophies).
The 65th ceremony, broadcast on CBS and hosted by comedian Trevor Noah, opened with a performance by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, one of the most commercially successful artists in the world in 2022; nominated in three categories, he won a gramophone in Latin Urban Music.
The glowing Crypto.com Arena was filled with stars, from Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z, to Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre, to Stevie Wonder, who paid homage to Motown, or Madonna, Lizzo and Mary J. Blige.
British pop star Harry Styles scooped the first award of the night, Best Pop Vocal Album (Harry’s House), before performing his hit As It Was, all dressed in glittering fringe. It also blew Beyoncé’s Best Album award. “It doesn’t happen that often to people like me and it’s so neat,” said the singer, who was faced with blockbuster pop titans.
For her part, arriving a little late, “Queen B” was not yet there that a first gramophone was intended for her, that of the best R’n’B song for Cuff it. In a dress with a silver train, she then went on stage to collect the best electronic dance album, under the shining eyes of her husband, rapper Jay-Z. “I’m trying not to be too emotional,” she said, thanking her parents, her “beautiful husband” and her “three beautiful children” and “the queer community” who have always supported her. .
Viola Davis in the “EGOT” club
Even before the ceremony, history was already in motion for Beyoncé: with the nominations for this edition, she had equaled her husband, Jay-Z’s record as the most nominated artist in the history of these awards (88) .
Other stars shone, like Adele – who took home the award for best pop solo performance – rapper Kendrick Lamar, who garnered three awards out of eight nominations, with best rap performance and best rap song for The Heart Part 5 and Best Album, with Mr. Morale
And finally, it was Lizzo who overtook big favorites Beyoncé and Adele by winning the award for best recording of the year, thanks to her title About Damn Time.
Seven-nominated American folk rock star Brandi Carlile turned three into gramophones, including Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance with Broken Horses. Young American jazz singer Samara Joy has won the coveted Grammy Award for Newcomer of the Year. This 23-year-old African-American from the Bronx, New York, triumphed over Brazilian pop-star Anitta, Franco-American duo Domi
Among the first sensations of the pre-ceremony, actress Viola Davis joined the very select club of artists who won the four major American awards, the Oscar (cinema), the Emmy (television), the Tony (theater) and , Sunday evening, a Grammy, in the category “audio book, narration” for her memoir Finding Me. She is the eighteenth artist to accomplish this exceptional performance, baptized “EGOT”, after in particular Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks, or Rita Moreno.
The first award of its kind in the history of the Grammys, the prize for best music in a video game went to American Stephanie Economou, for the music of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok.
