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Beyoncé has now captured more Grammy awards than any other artist

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Beyoncé is now the Recording² Academy's GOAT. She won four Grammy awards Sunday night for her album RENAISSANCE³ — bringing her career total to 32. Harry⁴ Styles won album of the year.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

History was made at the Grammy Awards last night.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Beyonce added four more trophies⁵ to her collection, bringing her to a record-breaking 32. She won the extra four for her album "Renaissance" but did not win the most prestigious⁶ award, album of the year.

MART?NEZ: NPR's Mandalit del Barco is here to explain what happened. Let's start, Mandalit, with Beyonce. What happened?

MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE⁷: With "Renaissance," Beyonce is now the Recording Academy's GOAT - the greatest of all time.

(SOUNDBITE OF 64TH GRAMMY AWARDS)

BEYONCE: I'd like to thank the queer community for your love...

(APPLAUSE)

BEYONCE: ...And for inventing the genre⁸. God bless you. Thank you so much to the Grammys. Thank you.

DEL BARCO: But, you know, the night was bittersweet for Beyonce. She didn't win any of the big awards - record, album or song of the year. And Beyonce fans will tell you that the Grammys have perpetually snubbed her even as she's racked up these smaller awards.

MART?NEZ: So who did get those awards?

DEL BARCO: Well, Adele's "Easy On Me" won for best pop solo performance. And album of the year went to Harry Styles for "Harry's House."

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AS IT WAS")

HARRY STYLES: (Singing) Nothing to say when everything gets in the way. Seems you cannot be replaced. And I'm the one who will stay, oh.

DEL BARCO: And record of the year went to Lizzo for "About Damn Time." She dedicated⁹ her Grammy to Prince, and she gave a shoutout to Beyonce.

MART?NEZ: It's almost like Harry Styles lives in my car, as often as I've heard that song. So what were the biggest surprises?

DEL BARCO: Well, song of the year, which most people had expected to go to Adele or Beyonce or even Taylor Swift - instead, it went to Bonnie Raitt, and that was for a song she wrote inspired by the late singer John Prine. She looked totally flabbergasted, standing¹⁰ with her mouth open for the longest time before she accepted her songwriter award. Best new artist went to 23-year-old jazz vocalist Samara Joy. And J. Ivy¹¹, who I profiled for NPR - he won the best spoken word poetry album Grammy, the first ever. Actress Viola Davis - she won for the audiobook of her memoir¹². And so she's now an EGOT, winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.

MART?NEZ: Now, the live performances at the Grammys are usually stuff that everyone talks about the next day. So any standouts this year?

DEL BARCO: Yes, there were. The Grammys are celebrating 50 years of hip-hop this year, a global phenomenon that started when DJ Kool Herc was breaking beats on Central Avenue in the Bronx. LL Cool J introduced producer Andre Young, known as Dr. Dre. He inaugurated the Grammys' new Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, and he accepted by honoring pioneers of hip-hop.

(SOUNDBITE OF 64TH GRAMMY AWARDS)

DR DRE: It started with a song called "The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel."

(CHEERING)

DR DRE: Yeah.

GRANDMASTER FLASH: (Singing) Ha-ha-ha-ha. It's like a - hey - come on. Somebody scream.

(APPLAUSE)

DEL BARCO: Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge. Grandmaster Flash himself took the stage with Run-DMC, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa, Busta Rhymes, all these OG hip-hop heads and newer ones. For those of us who grew up in the earlier days of New York hip-hop, it was such a nostalgic treat seeing them rocking the mic with emcees scratching the turntables, with b-boys dancing, the tracksuits, the suitcase-sized boomboxes. You know, back in the day, the Grammys didn't respect hip-hop. So this felt like a real moment, you know, till the break of day.

MART?NEZ: Yeah, only took 40 years. That's NPR culture correspondent...

DEL BARCO: Fifty.

MART?NEZ: ...Mandalit del Barco. Yeah, 50. Mandalit del Barco, thanks.

DEL BARCO: Sure.

(SOUNDBITE OF SOULS OF MISCHIEF SONG, "93 'TIL INFINITY")

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

3 renaissance   

n.复活，复兴，文艺复兴

参考例句：

• The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
• The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。

4 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

5 trophies   

n.（为竞赛获胜者颁发的）奖品( trophy的名词复数 )；奖杯；（尤指狩猎或战争中获得的）纪念品；（用于比赛或赛跑名称）奖

参考例句：

• His football trophies were prominently displayed in the kitchen. 他的足球奖杯陈列在厨房里显眼的位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The hunter kept the lion's skin and head as trophies. 这猎人保存狮子的皮和头作为纪念品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

7 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

8 genre   

n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格

参考例句：

• My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
• Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看， 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

9 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

10 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

11 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。

12 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。