This ain’t Texas—it’s Beyoncé at the 2025 Grammys.
And this year, the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer—who is the most decorated artist in Grammys history—was honored with her very first Album of the Year trophy for her genre-bending smash Cowboy Carter, becoming the first Black woman to do so in the 21st century. (Click here for the complete list of winners.)
“I just feel very full and very honored,” she said onstage at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 2. “It’s been many, many years.”
In fact, Beyoncé alluded to how she had been locked out of a win for over two decades in “Sweet Honey Buckin’,” one of her two collabs with Schaboozey on her 2024 album.
“A-O-T-Y, I ain’t win (Let’s go) / I ain’t stuntin’ ’bout them,” she sang. “Take that s–t on the chin/ Come back and fuck up the pen (Yeah).”
Her husband Jay-Z has been equally vocal about the snub. While accepting the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at last year’s Grammys, the “99 Problems” rapper said in a message to Grammy voters, “We want y’all to get it right—at least get it close to right.”
