Beyonce makes history by becoming first black woman to win Grammy for country music with 'Cowboy Carter'

LOS ANGELES: American singer Beyoncé made history at the 67th Grammy Awards. Beyonce's 'Cowboy Carter' won Album of the Year. This is the first time Beyonce has won Album of the Year Grammy.

Beyonce also won the Best Country Album and Best Country Duo/Group Performance categories this time. Beyonce is the first black person to win the award for a country album. She won this with Cowboy Carter.

Beyonce is also the first black person to win Album of the Year Grammy since 1999. Beyonce has won 35 Grammys so far, having received 99 Grammy nominations. In 2023, Beyonce became the person with the most Grammys.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' won 5 Grammys, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Other awards:

Pop Solo Performance - Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

Rock Performance - The Beatles - Now And Then

Rock Album - The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

Latin Pop Album - Shakira - Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

Indian presence

'Triveni' was named the best new age album. The album was co-produced by Indian-American musician and entrepreneur Chandrika Tandon, Wouter Kellerman (South Africa), and Eru Matsumoto (Japan). Chandrika is the sister of former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi.

Controversy

American singer Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori caused controversy with her nude show. Bianca arrived wearing a completely transparent dress. She took off the black coat she was wearing over the dress and posed for pictures with Kanye. Later, both of them voluntarily left the stage. There were reports that both of them were thrown out of the event.