Beyoncé Makes Grammy History

Beyoncé made history at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, presented in Los Angeles on Sunday.

She won four awards and broke the record for the most wins of any artist in history with 32 wins.

The acclaimed singer won best dance/electronic recording for “Break My Soul,” best traditional R&B performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa,” best R&B song for “Cuff It” and best dance/electronic album for Renaissance.

Beyoncé surpassed the late classical conductor Sir Georg Solti for the most wins, who won 31 Grammys between 1963 and 1998.

The superstar has been setting records at the Grammys for years. In 2010, she became the first female artist to win six Grammys in one night. In 2020, the superstar became the woman with the most career Grammy wins (28), surpassing Alison Krauss.

Beyoncé won her first two Grammys with Destiny’s Child in 2001 for “Say My Name”. The classic took the best R&B song and best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal. Only one of her 32 Grammys has come in a Big Four category — when she won song of the year for co-writing “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” 13 years ago. Again this year, she lost album, record and song of the year.

Even though Beyoncé has taken the overall title, Solti remains the person born outside the U.S. with the most Grammys. Solti was born in Hungary. He received a trustees award in 1967 and a lifetime achievement award in 1996. Solti died in September 1997 at age 84.

The Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor won best opera recording in 1963 for Verdi: Aida. He won in that same category posthumously 35 years later for conducting Wagner: Die, Meistersinger Von Nurnberg.

Solti’s biggest night at the Grammys came in 1984 when he won four awards, including two for Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D, which was voted best classical album and best orchestral recording.

Solti was one of the night’s biggest winners, along with Michael Jackson, who took a record-setting eight awards, and Quincy Jones, who also won four. That was the highest-rated Grammy telecast in history.