Earlier (2017) NYT: Crisis! Beyonce Has Won Only 22 Grammys
From the Washington Post pop culture section:
Beyoncé is being punished for being too good
She’s lost the Grammy for album of the year four times. But she’ll never stop.
Perspective [sic] by Helena Andrews-Dyer
Columnist
February 6, 2023 at 5:50 p.m. ESTBeyoncé is being crushed under the weight of her excellence.
Do not insert eye roll here. Because while it’s admittedly hard to see that fact clearly as we squint at the superstar perched atop the mountain of her 32 record-breaking Grammy awards, it’s still happening.
What other explanation could there be for the whiplash that was the 65th annual Grammy awards? Where the “Renaissance” singer made history by earning more statuettes than any artist dead or alive—then lost the coveted album of the year award to Harry Styles?
Sadly, the absurdity of being celebrated one moment and snubbed the very next is familiar territory for the 41-year-old singer.
In the future, would the Grammy Awards please just give all the Grammys to Beyonce? Judging from the many articles exactly like this that appear in the MSM whenever Beyonce doesn’t win all the Grammys, Beyonce winning some but not every Grammy is simply too much heartbreak for black women and gay men to endure.
