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Beyoncé Reigns And Billie Eilish Repeats At 2021 Grammy Awards

In a Grammy ceremony filled that mixed surprisingly intimate moments with familiar staged bombast, Megan Thee Stallion won best new artist and Beyoncé became the most awarded performer of all time.

Beyoncé won four Grammy Awards to become the most celebrated performer in the awards show's history during an unpredictable ceremony that mixed the arrival of major new artists with repeat victories by Grammy favorites and surprisingly intimate performances with more familiar staged bombast.

The two biggest awards of the night went to Billie Eilish's "Everything I Wanted," which won record of the year and Taylor Swift's quarantine-produced which picked up the album of the year prize. After coming up empty in her first five nominations Sunday, Swift had to wait for most of the ceremony before taking home her third career Grammy in that category, becoming just the fourth artist

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