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Harry Styles may have won Album of the Year, arguably the biggest prize of the night, with his hit “Harry’s House” but it was Beyoncé aka Queen Bey who made history during the 65th Grammy Awards.
During his acceptance speech, Styles said, ” On nights like tonight, there are no such things as ‘best’ in music. This is really, really kind. I’m so grateful. This doesn’t happen to people like me very often.”
Styles went up against powerhouse artists like Beyoncé, Lizzo, Mary J Blige, Kendrick Lamar and more to claim this top award.
Beyoncé won four awards, becoming the winningest Grammy artist of all time. Her awards included: Best Dance Recording for “Break My Soul”, Best Dance/Electronica Album for “Renaissance”, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa” and Best R&B Song for “Cuff It”.
Kennedy Harrison, a senior political science major from Dallas, Texas believes the top award should have gone to Queen Bey.
I feel like Beyonce got snubbed for the Album of the Year Grammy. This is typical of the Grammys because they never recognize black artists properly,” said Harrison. “Regardless of the snub, Beyoncé is the greatest artist of all time.”
Joel Murchison, a junior music education from Atlanta, Ga., believes Styles deserved the Grammy for Album of the Year.
“Everybody is talking about how Beyoncé lost to Harry Styles. Honestly, he deserved it. This wasn’t even Beyoncés best album. If anything it should’ve been Bad Bunny (who won). Beyoncé losing with “Lemonade” was crazy but that’s the past and this is now. She did not have the best album this year,” said Murchison.
Many fans were surprised when blues singer Bonnie Raitt was announced as the winner of the Song of the Year with her hit “Just Like That”.
Lizzo’s song “About Damn Time” which always brings listeners to their feet, gave an acceptance speech that also had the audience on their feet. The artists thanked everyone from Beyoncé to pop legend Prince, who she dedicated her Record of the Year award.
“When we lost Prince, I decided to dedicate my life to making positive music. This was a time when positive music wasn’t mainstream at that point. I felt very misunderstood … but I stayed true to myself. Because I wanted to make the world a better place, so I had to be that change to make the world a better place,” Lizzo tearfully explained.
Lizzo went on to thank Queen Bey.
“You changed my life. The way you made me feel, I was like, ‘I want to make people feel this way with my music,’” she said.
During all the fan fanfare, many did not notice that Mary J. Blige, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, who had six Grammy nominations, received her first ever nomination for Album of the Year with “Good Morning Gorgeous” as a solo artist.
One of the most emotional parts of the ceremony was Migos member Quavo’s salute to Takeoff, along with the recognition of other artists who passed in 2022.
“The tribute to Takeoff by QUAVO was amazing, I liked how they included all of the heavy hitters and other people that meant a lot to the industry as they played three different songs to honor them,” said Jayden Potts, a freshman music technology major from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Potts was able to attend the ceremony in person.
For a complete list of Grammy Award winners, visit: https://www.grammy.com/awards/65th-annual-grammy-awards-2022
Elizabeth Duncan contributed to this article.
