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It's been quite a year for music, from Beyoncé's unbreakable soul and Adele's "Easy" listening to Bad Bunny's hot-boy Verano and Harry Style's House party. But now we finally know who'll need a U-Haul to take home all their trophies from the 65th annual Grammy Awards.
Bey went in with the most nominations (nine) and wound up breaking the record for the most Grammy wins by a single artist ever: a staggering 32. But if she scooped up several awards at the ceremony, she failed to net three of the biggest: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year, the last of which many (including EW) thought she had in, well, her bag.
Those wins, which were announced in the final hour of the show, would surprise even the artists who won them. Visibly stunned veteran singer-songwriter (and now 13-time winner) Bonnie Raitt snagged the award for Song of the Year for her track "Just Like That," the first song written by a solo songwriter to take the prize since Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" 15 years ago.
Record of the Year went to an equally shocked Lizzo for her feel-good anthem "About Damn Time." She dedicated her golden gramophone to her idols, including Prince and Bey. "Beyoncé, in the fifth grade I skipped school to see you perform," she said. "You changed my life… So thank you so much. You clearly are the artist of our lives. I love you!"
And then there was the night's most coveted trophy — Album of the Year — a category that once again pitted Adele (for 30) against Beyoncé (for Renaissance). But neither diva would snatch the statch (nor would Bad Bunny, ABBA, Mary J. Blige, Lizzo, Brandi Carlile, or Coldplay). The award instead went to Harry Styles for Harry's House. Like Lizzo, the "As It Was" singer used his acceptance speech to praise his fellow nominees. "Man, I've been so, so inspired by every artist in this category with me," he said. "And I think on nights like tonight it's so important for us to remember that there is no such thing as best in music. I don't think any of us sit in the studio making decisions based on what is going to get us one of these."
Trevor Noah returned for his third year as host of the proceedings, having left his day job at The Daily Show. "Sometimes when you're doing a live award show you can focus so much on the production of it that you forget what's happening right in front of your eyes. And that is, some of the greatest talents of a generation are performing live in front of you," Noah told EW's Awardist podcast. "It's just this live volcano that's erupting in front of our eyes, and it's beautiful to be a part of."
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