"With 35 trophies to her name, the pop superstar is the winningest artist in the nearly seven-decade history of music's most prestigious awards show; with 99 nods, she's the most-nominated act of all time too."
"Yet despite her steady presence over the last quarter-century at pop's creative vanguard, it took the singer until this last February to finally win the Recording Academy's top prize, album of the year, with "Cowboy Carter" - a long-overdue victory that prompted countless think pieces about the academy's fraught relationship with race, gender and genre."
"In addition to taking the album award, "Cowboy Carter" - Beyoncé's thorny and audacious exploration of the Black roots of country music - also won for country album at the 67th Grammys, which made her the first Black woman ever to win in that category."
"In June, the academy announced that, starting with the 68th Grammys, it would split the country album award into two: one prize for contemporary country album and another for traditional country album."
Beyoncé holds 35 Grammys and 99 nominations, making her the most-awarded and most-nominated artist in Grammy history. She won album of the year in February for "Cowboy Carter," which explores the Black roots of country music. "Cowboy Carter" also won country album at the 67th Grammys, making her the first Black woman to win that category. In June, the Recording Academy announced it would split the country album award into contemporary and traditional prizes starting with the 68th Grammys. Observers suggested the split responded to Nashville complaints about the album's experimental approach. The Academy already separates traditional and contemporary categories in blues and R&B.
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