Album of the Year

Beyoncé's moment-finally

- - TAYLOR CRUMPTON

WHEN BEYONCÉ WON THE Album of the Year award for Cowboy Carter at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, she became the first Black woman to win the award this century-and the fourth ever.

All I can say is: Finally. And what a win it was.

It's one thing to win the night's most prestigious award. It's another to win for an album that weaves the singer's personal story of growing up as a Black girl in Texas with the expansive history of Black country music: from honoring Linda Martell, country music's first Black woman superstar, to helping propel the careers of modern-day Black country singers, to paying homage to the entertainers who toured the Chitlin' Circuit.