The 65th Grammy Awards ceremony happened on February 6, 2023. The fans were taken by surprise when Beyonce created history with nine nominations. Moreover, she now has a record-breaking 88 nominations in total. However, she lost the Album of the Year award to Harry Styles. This decision sent the Internet into a frenzy as many believe that she was once again robbed of the award. Now, her husband is coming to her rescue. Jay-Z has opened up about how he felt after her wife was not named the winner.
However, this is not the first time that it is happening to Beyonce. She has previously lost the award thrice – I Am… Sasha Fierce lost to Taylor Swift’s Fearless in 2010, her self-titled Beyoncé album lost to Beck’s Morning Phase in 2015, and Lemonade lost to Adele’s 25 in 2017. But the singer did not go empty-handed. She accepted the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album Award for “Renaissance” at the 65th Grammy Awards. Let’s see what her husband has said about this outcome.
Jay-Z speaks about Beyonce’s loss at the 65th Grammies
Jay-Z says, “Look what it’s done to the culture. Look how the energy of the world moved. They play her whole album in the club. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that. The whole entire joint – like, everything?! Every remix is amazing. Everyone’s inspired. It has inspired the world. Every remix is better than the other one. It’s inspiring creativity. When it just inspires creativity, that’s an album. That has to be Album of the Year. It has to be.”
He continues, “Even with Bey, I felt like they missed the moment. Not just Lemonade; [also] when Beck won over her [for Album of the Year at the 2015 show]. I was like, ‘Oh, y’all missed it.’ For the culture, I love this s**t so much I want them to get it right. I want to experience those moments when it’s the culmination of when Michael popped off. That moment left an indelible mark on us forever. Or when Lauryn Hill came through and it was Miseducation and she won those joints [five Grammy Awards in 1999]. We knew that was her moment. We wanted to witness that moment and celebrate her. She made something that’s going to stand the test of time.”
What is the Internet saying about Harry Styles’ win?
One user said:
harry styles’ album wasn’t bad but winning album of the year over beyoncé, adele, kendrick lamar, and bad bunny is ridiculous to me lmao. grammys really manage to do this every year
Idky the #GRAMMYs is HELL BENT on robbing Beyoncé of AOTY but now I’m ready to jump the committee and Harry Styles
They called Harry Styles the new King of Pop and gave him AOTY over the best body of work released in recent memory. And hyped the entire show on Beyonce’s back to drive ratings. I wish I could say I’m shocked.
“This doesn’t happen to people like me often” – @Harry_Styles. We beg to differ, Harry. Mediocre white men get glamourized, rewarded and awarded over exceptionally talented, amazing Black women like @Beyonce all day, every day. Case in point is this AOTY win.
So Harry Styles wins over Beyonce and Adele? He’s f*cking with the director of this shit because there’s NO WAY
snubbing Beyoncé for Harry Styles reminds me of when they snubbed Mariah Carey’s iconic album “The Emancipation of Mimi” and gave it to… U2
