Having won her fourth award last night, she has become the most decorated artist in the show’s history. This surpasses the record of 26 years that was once held by the late Hungarian-British conductor Georg Solti and makes her the most decorated artist of all time. “I’m trying my best not to get too emotional,” Patton said to her husband, Jay-Z, who clapped for her as she bowed down to him, after expressing her gratitude for the support that she had received from her parents, her husband, and her children.
Having won 32 awards in total, Beyoncé now has more than $24 million in earnings and an impressive compilation of singles in the R&B category. Among them are “Cuff It”, a song she recorded for the dance-electric genre called “Break My Soul,” a traditional R&B performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa”, and a dance-electric record titled “Renaissance,” which is also nominated for album of the year.
There is no way Beyoncé was able to be present when she tied Solti’s record, which has stood since 1997. Host Trevor Noah told the audience that she was on her way to the ceremony but blamed traffic for her inability to attend. There are several writers contributed to the writing of the song, including Beyonce, the Dream, Nile Rodgers, and Raphael Saadiq. It was Noah who presented the best R&B song award at Beyoncé’s table at the end of the night, after the star, who had been the night’s leading nominee, finally arrived.
The veteran singer-songwriter won the Song of the Year award after overcoming big-name rivals like Adele, Taylor Swift, and Beyoncé. Raitt spoke in a visibly stunned tone and said, “I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to do.” Raitt added that her song “Just Like That” explores organ donation. In addition to the Grammy, Raitt also won two other Grammys that evening—one for best Americana performance and one for best American roots song.
For the epic, rousing 15 minutes of hip-hop royalty to mark its 50th anniversary, a who’s who list of hip-hop royalty took the stage. As part of the performance, Grandmaster Flash performed parts of his seminal hit “The Message”, along with Run DMC, Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Ice-T, Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes, and Nelly all taking the stage.
After the song ended, all the people on stage yelled “Multigenerational!” and LL Cool J shouted, “Fifty years!”. At Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, Bad Bunny opened the show with a festive, high-energy performance that brought many of the crowd to their feet, including Taylor Swift who danced near her table and rose to her feet at the beginning of the performance.
