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How Beyoncé Finally Won Album of the Year
The Cowboy Carter calls were too loud to ignore.
As deserving as 2022’s Renaissance was, looking back, it’s obvious it was never going to snag AOTY — only one dance album ever has, and it was Daft Punk’s tame, Pharrell-featuring Random Access Memories. Beyoncé didn’t tour Renaissance until after the Grammys, meaning older members who were already skeptical of that synthetic sound never got to hear it live before voting. Earlier in the night, while welcoming back the Weeknd, CEO Harvey Mason Jr. touted how the Academy had “completely re-made our membership” this decade, adding younger members, more people of color, and more women.
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