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Beyonce makes Grammy Awards history

Beyonce made history at the Grammy Awards on Sunday by becoming the most awarded singer ever. The Crazy in Love superstar picked up four trophies at the prizegiving, including Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for her Savage collaboration with fellow Texan Megan Thee Stallion, taking her career tally to 28. That ties her with music legend Quincy Jones and puts her three wins behind German conductor Georg Solti on the all-time Grammy wins list, but now Beyonce is the most awarded singer and female artist. Hitmaker Jimmy Jam announced the news as he presented the award for Best R&B Performance to Beyonce, stating: "History has just been made. Breaking the all-time record for the most Grammy wins ever by any female artist or any singer, male or female, the Grammy goes to Beyonce." The star took the mic and said: "As an artist, I believe it's my job - and all of our jobs- to reflect the times. It's been such a difficult time, so I wanted to uplift, encourage and celebrate all of the beautiful black queens and kings that continue to inspire me and inspire the whole world." Beyonce's daughter, Blue Ivy, was also a Grammy winner on Sunday - she picked up her first award when she was named among the visionaries behind her mother's Brown Skin Girl promo, which was named Best Music Video. Taylor Swift also made history by becoming the first female artist to win the Best Album award three times. She picked up her 11th overall Grammy on Sunday night for Folklore and thanked her boyfriend, actor Joe Alwyn, for helping to inspire her through the COVID lockdown, calling him "the first person that I play every single song that I write", and adding, "I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine". Meanwhile, Megan Thee Stallion was a triple winner as she also picked up Best New Artist at the top of the televised part of the show and she appeared stunned when she realised she would be receiving the Best Rap Song award with her Savage collaborator Beyonce, as the two superstars took to the stage. The rapper giggled through her acceptance speech after the Crazy In Love singer initially left her speechless, thanking Beyonce and stating: "If you know me, you have to know that ever since I was little I was like, 'You know what, one day when I grow up I'm gonna be, like, the rap Beyonce'. That was definitely my goal." Holding back tears, she also thanked Beyonce's husband JAY-Z for "putting me on Roc Nation", adding: "My life has changed." There were double wins for Billie Eilish, Fiona Apple, Maria Schneider, Kaytranada, and late stars John Prine and Chick Corea, while the night's biggest honours went to Taylor Swift (Album of the Year), H.E.R (Song of the Year), and Eilish (Record of the Year). The full list of 63rd annual Grammy Award winners is: Record Of The Year EVERYTHING I WANTED Billie Eilish Album Of The Year FOLKLORE Taylor Swift Song Of The Year I CAN'T BREATHE Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.) Best Pop Vocal Album FUTURE NOSTALGIA Dua Lipa Best Rap Song SAVAGE Beyonce, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyonce) Best Pop Solo Performance WATERMELON SUGAR Harry Styles Best R&B Performance BLACK PARADE Beyonce Best New Artist Megan Thee Stallion Best Country Album WILDCARD Miranda Lambert Best Melodic Rap Performance LOCKDOWN Anderson .Paak Best Latin Pop or Urban Abum YHLQMDLG Bad Bunny Best Alternative Music Album FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS Fiona Apple Best Dance Recording 10% Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis Best Dance/Electronic Album BUBBA Kaytranada Best Contemporary Instrumental Album LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL Snarky Puppy Best New Age Album MORE GUITAR STORIES Jim 'Kimo' West Best Gospel Performance/Song MOVIN' ON Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song THERE WAS JESUS Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters Best Gospel Album GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PJ PJ Morton Best Contemporary Christian Music Album JESUS IS KING Kanye West Best Roots Gospel Album CELEBRATING FISK! (THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM) Fisk Jubilee Singers Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album LA CONQUISTA DEL ESPACIO Fito Paez Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) UN CANTO POR MÉXICO, VOL. 1 Natalia Lafourcade Best Tropical Latin Album 40 - Grupo Niche Best American Roots Performance I REMEMBER EVERYTHING John Prine Best American Roots Song I REMEMBER EVERYTHING Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriters (John Prine) Best Americana Album WORLD ON THE GROUND Sarah Jarosz Best Bluegrass Album HOME Billy Strings Best Traditional Blues Album RAWER THAN RAW Bobby Rush Best Contemporary Blues Album HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND YET? Fantastic Negrito Best Folk Album ALL THE GOOD TIMES Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Best Regional Roots Music Album ATMOSPHERE New Orleans Nightcrawlers Best Reggae Album GOT TO BE TOUGH Toots & The Maytals Best Global Music Album TWICE AS TALL Burna Boy Best Children's Music Album ALL THE LADIES Joanie Leeds Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling) BLOWOUT: CORRUPTED DEMOCRACY, ROGUE STATE RUSSIA, AND THE RICHEST, MOST DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRY ON EARTH Rachel Maddow Best Comedy Album BLACK MITZVAH Tiffany Haddish Best Musical Theater Album JAGGED LITTLE PILL Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen & Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media JOJO RABBIT Taika Waititi, compilation producer Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media JOKER Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer Best Song Written For Visual Media NO TIME TO DIE Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas Baird O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish) Best Instrumental Composition SPUTNIK Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider) Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella DONNA LEE John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley) Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals HE WON'T HOLD YOU Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody) Best Recording Package VOLS. 11 & 12 Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions) Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package ODE TO JOY Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco) Best Album Notes DEAD MAN'S POP Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements) Best Historical Album IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING: THE BEST OF MISTER ROGERS Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers) Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical HYPERSPACE Beck Best Remixed Recording ROSES (IMANBEK REMIX) Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN) Best Engineered Album, Classical SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 13, 'BABI YAR' David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra) Producer Of The Year, Classical David Frost Best Orchestral Performance IVES: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) Best Opera Recording GERSHWIN: PORGY AND BESS David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) Best Choral Performance DANIELPOUR: THE PASSION OF YESHUAH JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J'Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers) Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance CONTEMPORARY VOICES Pacifica Quartet Best Classical Instrumental Solo THEOFANIDIS: CONCERTO FOR VIOLA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Richard O'Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony) Best Classical Solo Vocal Album SMYTH: THE PRISON Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra) Best Classical Compendium THOMAS, M.T.: FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK & MEDITATIONS ON RILKE Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer Best Contemporary Classical Composition ROUSE: SYMPHONY NO. 5 Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony) Best Improvised Jazz Solo ALL BLUES Chick Corea, soloist Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade) Best Jazz Vocal Album SECRETS ARE THE BEST STORIES Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez Best Jazz Instrumental Album TRILOGY 2 Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album DATA LORDS Maria Schneider Orchestra Best Latin Jazz Album FOUR QUESTIONS Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Best Traditional R&B Performance ANYTHING FOR YOU Ledisi Best R&B Song BETTER THAN I IMAGINED Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello) Best Progressive R&B Album IT IS WHAT IT IS Thundercat Best R&B Album BIGGER LOVE John Legend Best Rap Album KING'S DISEASE Nas Best Rap Performance SAVAGE Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyonce Best Pop Duo/Group Performance RAIN ON ME Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album AMERICAN STANDARD James Taylor Best Rock Performance SHAMEIKA Fiona Apple Best Metal Performance BUM-RUSH Body Count Best Rock Song STAY HIGH Brittany Howard Best Rock Album THE NEW ABNORMAL The Strokes Best Country Solo Performance WHEN MY AMY PRAYS Vince Gill Best Country Duo/Group Performance 10,000 HOURS Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber Best Country Song CROWDED TABLE Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen) Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical​ Andrew Watt Best Music Video BROWN SKIN GIRL Beyonce, Blue Ivy & WizKid Best Music Film LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE