Beyonce makes history with most trophies
LOS ANGELES - Beyonce got tearful as she thanked her husband, children, and late uncle as she broke the all time record for most wins ever with 32 at the 65th Grammy Awards after arriving fashionably late to a night where Adele and Lizzo also won big.
The 41-year-old A-lister had missed her previous wins and even the star-studded red carpet but she did not miss the milestone moment where she took home her 32nd gold gramophone trophy at the gala event held at the Crypto.com Center in Los Angeles, California.
Tears
She tried to stop her tears as she expressed her gratitude toward her loved ones as she said: “Thank you so much. I’m trying not to be too emotional. And I’m trying to just receive this night. I want to thank God for protecting me. Thank you, God. I’d like to thank my uncle Jonny, who’s not here. But he’s here in spirit.”
She looked gorgeous as ever as she sported a dazzling silver dress and finished her speech by saying: ‘I’d like to thank my parents, my father, my mother, for loving me and pushing me. I’d like to thank my beautiful husband, my beautiful three children who are at home watching.
‘‘I’d like to thank the queer community for your love. And for inventing this genre. God bless you. Thank you so much to the Grammys. Thank you.’’
Beyonce had previously dedicated her album Renaissance to her late gay uncle Johnny as she called him her ‘godmother’ and ‘the first person to expose me to a lot of the music and culture that serve as inspiration for this album.’
Earlier in the night the 41-year-old A-lister was not in attendance at the event as she was announced as the winner of Best R&B Song bringing her to total of 31 wins and tying the original record.
Host Trevor Noah explained Beyonce’s absence as he said: ‘So, for real, Beyonce is on her way. But you know the upside of hosting the Grammys in LA. Is that everyone can be here. The downside of hosting in. LA is the traffic.’
Music legend Nile Rodgers ended up accepting the honour on Beyonce’s behalf as he was one of the writers on the hit track alongside Nova Wav, Morten Ristorp, Raphael Saadiq and The-Dream.
The Queen Bey beat out stiff competition including: Jazmine Sullivan - Hurt Me So Good, Mary J. Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous, Muni Long - Hrs & Hrs, and PJ Morton - Please Don’t Walk Away.