Biggest Grammys wins and snubs as Beyoncé makes history at the 2023 ceremony

Beyoncé made history at the 2023 Grammy Awards, held on Sunday, February 5th at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

The singer took home four music awards trophies and is now the most Grammy-winning artist of all time with 32 wins.

Beyoncé received Best Dance/Electronic Recording for “Break My Soul” and Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa” in the non-televised portion of the Grammys earlier in the day on Sunday.

Her song “Cuff It” then won Best R&B Song at the star-studded television ceremony and her album Renaissance won in the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album category.

Her fourth trophy of the 2023 Awards saw the 41-year-old star, who announced her highly anticipated world tour last week, surpass classical music conductor Georg Solti’s record 31 Grammys, which had stood since 1998.

While accepting her award for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album, the star told the audience, “Trying not to be overly emotional and just embracing this night… Thank you to the queer community for your love and for making this happen.” invented genre, bless you.”

When the 2023 Grammy nominations were announced in November 2022, Beyoncé was announced as the year’s top nominee with nine nominations, also increasing her career nomination to a total of 88, tying her with husband Jay-Z for most Grammys Nominations received from artists.

Although Beyhive, Beyoncé’s fans, were delighted with her record-breaking wins, they were disappointed when she lost the coveted Album of the Year award Renaissanceto Harry Styles’ Harry’s house.

Beyoncé has been nominated for the award four times during her career, but has yet to be crowned a winner.

Elsewhere at the Grammys, actress Viola Davis earned coveted EGOT status and has now gone on to receive Grammy, Emmy, Oscar and Tony awards.

The Woman King star won her first Grammy for her performance of the audio book of her memoir, Find meand is the third black woman in history to receive this honor.

Only 18 people have achieved EGOT status throughout history, including Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Jennifer Hudson.

Distinguished presenters at the 2023 Grammy Awards included first lady Jill Biden, rapper Cardi B, actor and presenter James Corden, actors Billy Crystal and Dwayne Johnson, three-time Grammy winner Olivia Rodrigo and five-time Grammy winner Shania Twain.

Bad Bunny, Mary J. Blige, Brandi Carlile, Luke Combs, Steve Lacy, Lizzo, Kim Petras, Sam Smith and Harry Styles took the stage to perform at various points throughout the night and there was a star-studded in too Memoriam section paying tribute to some of the members of the creative community who passed away in the last year.

The segment featured Kacey Musgraves performing “Coal Miner’s Daughter” in a tribute to Loretta Lynn; Sheryl Crow, Mick Fleetwood and Bonnie Raitt honor Christine McVie with “Songbird”; and Maverick City Music joined Quavo for “Without You,” honoring late Migos star Takeoff.

news week has the list of those who took home the top awards at the 2023 Grammys. The full list of nominees and winners for each category of this year’s awards can be viewed on the Grammy website.

Grammy Winner 2023

album of the year

Harry Styles- Harry’s house

record of the year

Lizzo – “About Damn Time”

song of the year

Bonnie Raitt – “Just Like That”

Best New Artist

Samara joy

Best Pop Solo Performance

Adele – “Already to Me”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Sam Smith and Kim Petras – “Unholy”

Best Pop Vocal Album

Harry Styles- Harry’s house

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Michael Buble – Higher

Best Rap Album

Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale and the big steppers

Best Rap Performance

Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5”

Best traditional R&B performance

Beyoncé – “Plastic from the Sofa”

Best R&B Song

Beyoncé – “Cuff It”

Best Country Album

Willie Nelson- A nice time

Best Rock Album

Ozzy Osbourne- Patient number 9

Best Alternative Music Album

wet leg – wet leg

Best Alternative Music Performance

Wet Leg – “Chaise Longue”

Best Dance/Electronic Performance

Beyonce – “Break My Soul”

Best Música Urbana Album

bad rabbit – trapeze

Best Visual Media Song

Encanto – “We don’t talk about Bruno”

Best Music Video/Movie

Taylor Swift- All too good: the short film

Best Audiobook, Narrative and Storytelling Recording

Viola Davis – Find me