She finally did it!
On Sunday evening at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, Beyoncé finally received one of the accolades her fans have long been waiting for: the superstar’s eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter, took home the award for Album of the Year.
She is the first Black woman to win the award since Lauryn Hill.
Beyoncé’s career spans 30 years. She is the most awarded Grammy winner of all time, and her many albums—from her self-titled record, Lemonade, and Cowboy Carter’s predecessor, Renaissance—have been culture-shifting. But still, the superstar has never brought home the Grammy’s highest honor, until tonight.
Cowboy Carter has quickly become known as one of Beyoncé’s most daring bodies of work; highlighting the Black roots of country music while uplifting a number of burgeoning Black country talents whom were featured on the project.
At the Grammys tonight, the singer was joined by her eldest daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, onstage to accept her award. Proud husband Jay-Z looked on in the audience, and multiple fellow celebrities, including Billie Eilish and Bey’s former collaborator Lady Gaga, cried in reaction to her happy news.
The award was presented to Beyoncé by a number of firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department, who were honored during the evening for their tireless work in fighting the wildfires that recently ravaged Los Angeles.
The “Texas Hold ’Em” singer is known for her quick and soft spoken speeches, and was visibly moved when she went onstage to accept her golden gramophone. “I would like to thank and acknowledge and praise all of the firefighters for keeping us safe. I just feel very full and very honored—it’s been many, many years,” she said. “I just want to thank the Grammys, every songwriter, every collaborator, every producer, all of the hard work. I want to dedicate this to Miss [Linda] Martell. I hope we keep pushing it forward—God bless ya’ll.”
