Editor’s Note: This article was updated Friday, March 29, 2024, to reflect the results of the 2024 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards.
Beyoncé isn't your typical GRAMMY Awards winner. With 32 GRAMMY wins to date, Beyoncé made history at the 2023 GRAMMYs when she became the artist with the most GRAMMY wins ever, joining a rarified circle that includes producer Quincy Jones, who counts 28 GRAMMY wins, and the late classical conductor Georg Solti, who won 31 GRAMMYs for his recorded work.
Beyoncé's nine nominations for the 2023 GRAMMY Awards adds to the superstar's illustrious GRAMMY history. She now has a total of 88 nominations to date, which ties her for the most nominated artist in GRAMMY history — tied with none other than her husband, Jay-Z.
Simply put, slaying at Music's Biggest Night is just what Beyoncé does. As she celebrates her latest GRAMMY nominations, let's break down her most wondrous GRAMMY feats.
The 2023 GRAMMY nominations are officially here. See the complete list of nominees across all 91 GRAMMY categories.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z are the most nominated artists in GRAMMY history.
In 2021, Jay-Z set the record as the artist with the most GRAMMY nominations ever at the time with 83. Jay-Z adds five GRAMMY nominations this year, bringing his total GRAMMY nominations to 88. With Beyoncé adding nine to her 79 nominations, the pair both sit pretty at a record-setting 88 nominations each.
Of course, the couple has in part helped each other achieve such feats. They've been nominated together 17 times, including two in 2023 for their work on Beyoncé's RENAISSANCE; they've won five GRAMMYs together over the years.
Beyoncé has the most GRAMMYs of any woman in history.
Even before Beyoncé became one of the two most nominated artists in GRAMMY history, she was already the most nominated woman of all time. Her 32 wins to date also make Bey the woman who has won the most GRAMMY Awards, surpassing Alison Krauss, who has 27 wins.
She's been nominated countless times with other artists.
In addition to her 17 nominations with Jay-Z and nine nominations with Destiny's Child, Beyoncé has seen GRAMMY success with several other artists. She has won golden gramophones for her collaborations with Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Megan Thee Stallion, Saint Jhn and Wizkid, and even got to celebrate a GRAMMY win with her daughter Blue Ivy Carter in 2021. Bey has also received nominations for her work with Shakira, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Andre 3000, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, and T.I. and Lil Wayne.
Beyoncé has been nominated for solo and group work in the same year.
At the 2006 GRAMMY Awards, Destiny's Child received four nominations. The same year, Bey won Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals for "So Amazing," a duet with Stevie Wonder, and was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her solo version of Rose Royce's 1977 single, "Wishing On a Star."
Beyoncé received 10 nominations in one year.
Her nine nominations for the 2023 GRAMMYs are impressive, but they're not the most nominations she has received in a single year. In 2009, Beyoncé was nominated in 10 different categories, including Record Of The Year for "Halo," Album Of The Year for I Am… Sasha Fierce, and Song Of The Year for "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" — the latter of which won. And that certainly wasn't her only win that night: Beyoncé took home a total of six.
She has received the most nominations for Record Of The Year.
Beyoncé's RENAISSANCE smash "BREAK MY SOUL" is nominated for Record Of The Year at the 2023 GRAMMYs, which marks her eighth nomination in the category — and sets yet another record. She is now the artist with the most Record Of The Year nominations of all time.
Bey's first Record Of the Year nomination came in 2000, when Destiny's Child was nominated for "Say My Name." She has since been up for Record Of The Year on her own and with other artists, earning nominations for "Crazy in Love" with Jay-Z in 2004, "Irreplaceable" in 2008, "Halo" in 2010, and "Formation" in 2017. And in 2021, Beyoncé received two nominations for Record Of The Year, for "Black Parade" from The Lion King: The Gift and for "Savage," her duet with fellow Texan Megan Thee Stallion.
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She has won awards across categories and fields.
Among her 88 career nominations, Beyoncé has earned nods and wins across various fields that span several genres. Before the 2023 GRAMMY nominations arrived, Bey competed in eight different fields: R&B, Pop, Rock, Rap, Music for Visual Media, Music Video/Film, Production and General Field.
She adds yet another field to her impressive GRAMMY resumé, earning nominations in the Dance/Electronic Music field for the first time. "BREAK MY SOUL" is up for Best Dance/Electronic Recording, and Renaissance is nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album.
Beyoncé is nominated in nine categories across four fields — including three of the coveted General Field categories, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year — in 2023. Along with Dance/Electronic Music and General Field, she is also nominated in the R&B and Music for Visual Media fields.
Beyoncé shares a record with Adele.
With her six wins in 2010, Beyoncé set the record for the most GRAMMYs won by a female artist in one night. Just two years later, Adele also won six GRAMMYs in one night in 2012. As of press time, they share the honor of being the women with the most wins in one night.
The story may change at the 2023 GRAMMYs, as Adele received seven nominations alongside Beyoncé's nine. The two will once again compete in the Album, Record and Song Of The Year categories, bringing some déjà vu for those who watched their last face-off in 2017.
Tune into the 2023 GRAMMYs on Feb. 5, 2023 to see if Beyoncé makes even more history!
The 2023 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 65th GRAMMY Awards, returns to Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, and will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8-11:30 p.m. ET/5-8:30 p.m. PT.
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