Beyoncé becomes All-Time Grammy Champion with 32nd Win

[JamesG]

Beyoncé becomes All-Time Grammy Champion with 32nd Career Win
by Bruce Haring, Armando Tinoco
February 5, 2023


Beyoncé has broken the career Grammy Awards record and is now the most-awarded artist of all time.

Going into the live telecast of the Grammys, Beyoncé only needed two more wins to top the late composer Georg Solti’s record of 31 wins. During the CBS broadcast, Beyoncé tied the record after she took a win for “Cuff It” for Best R&B Song and broke it with a win for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album (Renaissance).

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[Zoneboy]

I've always believed the Grammy awards are fixed and this doesn't help matters any.

[JO Sweet Heart]

Alison Krauss used to be the most awarded female. The reason why she may not ever be at the top is due to the following two reasons. She doesn't rush like other acts apparently do when it comes to releasing new music and when she does get new music out there, her material is not submitted for as many Grammy awards compared to the music from other acts. Seven submissions were sent in for last night's show. Only two nominations were issued from those seven submissions. Then those two awards were given to other acts. In other words, you can lead a brain to Stanford, but you can't make it study. If you don't know what I mean by that, I mean that the brain trains of the Grammy award show powers that be can only travel so far a distance.

God bless you and the angel always!!!

Holly (a fan of her since 1994)

P.S. May her newest duet score her another Grammy award win!

[TMC]

The 2023 Grammy Awards were as clunky, underwhelming and awkward as the "Before Times Grammys."

BY LORRAINE ALI
FEB. 5, 2023 10:26 PM PT

Fifty years of hip-hop, a record-breaking run by Beyoncé and a massive snub stopped the 65th Grammy Awards ceremony from turning music’s biggest night into its sleepiest during Sunday’s show at L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena.

Despite performances by some of pop’s most vibrant artists, energy and excitement were in short supply during the three-hour-plus show broadcast live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. The event marked the return of the Grammys to L.A. after a stint in Las Vegas last year, and an intimate, pared-down production in 2021 due to restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The award show’s return to downtown L.A., in a large venue and with a star-studded audience, should have been a coming out of sorts. A jubilant affair where the freedom of finally being able to watch music together again in a concert-like setting was honored with a lively, inventive and well-orchestrated production.

Instead, the evening was a return to the usual churn of the Before Times Grammys, where big, clunky sets, underwhelming sound, awkward staging and way too much filler were the norm. Ironically, it was the scaled-down Grammys of 2021 at the Los Angeles Convention Center that signaled the awards show had potential to move in a new, fresh direction.

Mid-pandemic, nominees sat at socially distanced tables on an outdoor veranda overlooking the event’s previous home, Staples Center (since renamed the Crypto.com Arena). Overblown dance numbers and an arena packed with half-invested audience members were not an option, and we learned that such an intimate setting was for the better. It was the best celebration thrown by the Recording Academy in recent memory.

This year, organizers brought back former “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, which was a smart move. He’s a great choice, given his improv experience, impromptu humor and abundant love of popular music and the artists who make the hits.

But even Noah struggled Sunday to pump life into a flat show. His dialogue between awards and performances felt wooden and rehearsed, sprinkled with the usual scripted fare about the “power of music” and “music bringing people together” in hard times. Stars such as Taylor Swift sat around tables near the stage, a layout that featured stragglers passing in front of Noah as they looked for their seats, and the sight of folks chatting during his introductions.

Sets by normally effervescent artists Bad Bunny, Lizzo and Harry Styles were subdued, their momentum interrupted by snoozy, taped interludes of a round-table with fans. They debated which of their favorite artists should win, and it was like watching a social media scroll, but less exciting.

The big boost the ceremony got: A tribute to 50 years of hip-hop, curated by Ahmir Khalib “Questlove” Thompson, that featured a multigenerational performance of rappers on that same stage. Run-DMC, Grandmaster Flash, Chuck D and Flavor Flav of Public Enemy, Salt-N-Pepa, Ice-T, Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, Method Man and Missy Elliott and Rakim were among the hip-hop luminaries and boundary-breakers performing snippets of their hits from various eras of the genre.

The other high point of the evening was Beyoncé breaking the record for the most Grammy wins ever, when she won for best dance/electronic album. It was a moment everyone seemed to be waiting for, but hopes were dashed for her finally taking home the award for album of the year; it went to Styles. It marked the billionth time the Grammys had snubbed her for the top award.

Aside from those moments, there was more tension and drama on the Ticketmaster site, where Beyoncé fans dangled in suspense on the Renaissance tour waitlist. An ad for Chex Mix, featuring Sir Mix-A-Lot, also proved to have more of a pulse than the run of the show.

Madonna acknowledged the low energy in the place — “Come on, people. Let’s make some noise. You all are going to sleep over here” — when she took the stage to introduce a steamy performance of “Unholy” by Sam Smith and Kim Petras. They won the award for pop duo/group performance. Other winners included Styles for best pop vocal album for “Harry’s House,” Beyoncé for best R&B song for “Cuff It” and Kendrick Lamar for rap album with “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.” Lizzo won record of the year with “About Damn Time” and Bonnie Raitt landed song of the year honors, announced by First Lady Jill Biden, for her number “Just Like That.” A dynamic performance by Jay-Z closed the show, but the chance for fireworks had passed.

Although live television is risky and difficult, it can also provide the kind of unexpected moments where pop and hip-hop thrive. Those magical mistakes were few and far between Sunday, unless you factor in the number of folks who were late due to L.A. traffic, Beyoncé included.

The Grammys played it too safe after three years of uncertainty, causing the show itself to be the night’s biggest loser.

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[Hawkee]

From her days as part of Destiny's Child to releasing her first solo album Dangerously In Love Beyonce has shown what makes a singer successful in music and when that album was released it made her a huge superstar and sold billions of copies but it wasn't Beyonce's actual solo debut. Beyonce actually made her solo debut singing a ballad with a singer named Marc Wilson called After All Is Said In Done from The Best Man soundtrack. But it was actually B-Day her second album that made Beyonce a well-known household name and that album rocketed her up the charts. And when people ask how Beyonce manages to do it all? There really is no answer to the question of how a singer like Beyonce does it all and I mean act be a successful businesswoman with her House Of Dereon clothing line and sing but she has successfully tried it all. I think with the release of her current album Beyonce is trying to expand her horizons and gain a wider audience to her music. And I think she will become the Madonna of the 2020's because like Madonna Beyonce has talent and will continue to be a rising star for years to come
Bestie