So cozy! Beyoncé joined husband Jay-Z on the 2023 Grammy Awards after lacking her first win of the evening.
The Dreamgirls star, 41, sat beside Jay-Z, 53, inside the Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 5, with host Trevor Noah personally handing her the trophy for Finest R&B Tune. The class was introduced earlier within the evening, however Beyoncé had not but arrived.
“The queen is formally within the constructing. … I used to be shocked to search out out that visitors may cease you, I believed you traveled by area and time,” the Day by day Present host, 38, mentioned as he offered her with the Grammy.
The previous Future’s Little one singer is up for 9 trophies at Sunday’s awards present, together with Album of the 12 months for her seventh studio file, Renaissance. The album dropped to rave evaluations in July 2022 and can also be nominated within the Finest Dance/Digital Album class.
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The previous Future’s Little one singer is up for 9 trophies at Sunday’s awards present, together with Album of the 12 months for her seventh studio file, Renaissance. The album dropped to rave evaluations in July 2022 and can also be nominated within the Finest Dance/Digital Album class.
The lead single off Renaissance, “Break My Soul,” is acknowledged for Document of the 12 months, Tune of the 12 months and Finest Dance/Digital Recording, whereas “Virgo’s Groove” is nominated for Finest R&B Efficiency. Beyoncé additionally has the prospect to take dwelling wins for Finest Conventional R&B Efficiency, Finest R&B Tune and Finest Tune Written for Visible Media. (The Texas native contributed “Be Alive” to the King Richard soundtrack.)
Beyoncé is the most-nominated artist on the 2023 ceremony. Her 9 nods introduced her profession complete to 88 Grammy nominations — which means she’s tied along with her husband for essentially the most nominations of all time.
In March 2021, the “Formation” songstress turned the most-awarded feminine artist in Grammys historical past when she racked up her twenty eighth trophy. “I’m so honored. I’m so excited,” she gushed on the 63rd annual occasion. “As an artist, I think about it my job and all of our jobs to mirror the instances, and it’s been such a tough time [during the COVID-19 pandemic].”
The Obsessed actress continued: “I needed to uplift encourage and rejoice the entire stunning Black queens and kings that proceed to encourage me and encourage the entire world. That is so overwhelming. I’ve been working my complete life, and I can’t consider this occurred. It’s such a magical evening. Thanks a lot.”
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Whereas the “Drunk in Love” singer is an undisputed powerhouse inside the leisure business, there’s one Grammy that has evaded her: Album of the 12 months. She has been nominated within the class 4 instances — in 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2023 — however has by no means received.
Beyoncé’s Lemonade misplaced to Adele’s 25 on the 2017 ceremony — and nobody was extra shocked than the British pop star herself.
“I can’t probably settle for this award, and I’m very humbled and really grateful and gracious, however my life is Beyoncé. … all us artists adore you. You’re our gentle. And the best way that you simply make me and my pals really feel, the best way you make my Black pals really feel is empowering, and also you make them rise up for themselves. And I really like you. I at all times have,” Adele, 34, gushed after her huge win.
She added whereas chatting with press backstage: “I felt prefer it was her time to win. What the f–okay does she need to do to win Album of the 12 months? … My album of the 12 months was Lemonade, so a bit of me did die inside, as a Beyoncé fan.”
Alongside together with his spouse, Jay-Z earned a handful of nominations at Sunday’s Grammys. As a featured artist on DJ Khaled‘s “God Did,” the New York native is up for Finest Rap Tune and Finest Rap Efficiency. He may gather trophies for Tune of the 12 months and Album of the 12 months as a credited songwriter on “Break My Soul” and Renaissance.
