10 takeaways from the 2023 Grammy Awards: Whose big night was it?
The Grammys love to brand themselves as "Music's Biggest Night," so it's fitting that this year's awards honored so many of music's biggest names. Beyoncé, Adele, Harry Styles, Lizzo, Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny all took home trophies during Sunday night's telecast, but some won bigger than others. Here are the storylines and takeaways that dominated the night.
1. The Grammys will have you believe this was Beyoncé's night.
The star, whose RENAISSANCE was a towering career highlight, did set the biggest Grammy record of them all: With four wins Sunday, she has won the most Grammys of anyone, ever, with 32. In your face, Georg Solti!
But this was Grammy Groundhog Day for Beyoncé: She wins big in specialized categories — in this case ones centered on dance/electronic music and R&B — but gets shut out when it comes time for the general lost album of the year to Harry Styles' , while "Break My Soul" lost record of the year to Lizzo's "About Damn Time" and song of the year (a prize honoring songwriters specifically) to longtime Grammy favorite and her song "Just Like That." Beyoncé made history Sunday, but there's a glass ceiling the Grammys just won't let her crack.
