Finally, Beyoncé Wins Album of the Year at the Grammys

Isn't it great that after vacillating for a while, "to postpone or not, to postpone or not...etc." because of the raging wildfire in Los Angeles, the organizers of the Grammy Awards finally decided to go on with the show? And what a show it was.

- BABY A. GIL

Held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles last Feb. 2, the 67th Annual Grammy awards once again honored the best accomplishments in music from Sept. 16, 2023 to Aug. 30, 2024. And after 99 nominations and 35 Grammy wins, Beyoncé finally bagged the prize that has eluded her for many, many years.

Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter, an epic take on country-western music laced with pop, soul and hip-hop, was named Album of the Year. I say, there was no way anybody could beat that. Not all the late-night musings of Taylor Swift or the angst of Billie Eilish could have sidelined the amazing Cowboy Carter. And doubly amazing, after all that controversy about whether Beyoncé is country or not, she also bagged the Best Country Album.

Well-earned and well-deserved achievement by Bey. Everybody seemed so happy for her and also for Kendrick Lamar who got both Record of the Year and Song of the Year for his diss recording Not Like Us.

I do not think fellow rapper Drake was happy about that, but for recording quality, execution and creativity even if it was dissing Drake, Not Like Us deserved the Grammy.