GRAMMY AWARDS
Adele takes home five Grammys at highly politicised ceremony
Beyonce had hoped to win her first album of the year Grammy but that award went to Adele’s 25 at a show marked by political statements and emotional tributes
Los Angeles — Adele swept the Grammy Awards on Sunday, taking home statuettes for the top prizes — album, record and song of the year — in a shock, history-making victory over Beyonce on a night marked by political statements and emotional tributes. Adele won all five Grammys for which she was nominated, including for her comeback album 25 and her soaring ballad Hello. She became the first person in Grammy history to win the top three awards twice, following her wins for her last album 21 in 2012. Beyonce had gone into Sunday’s awards show with a leading nine nominations for her powerful Lemonade album about race, feminism, and betrayal. She had been hoping to win her first album of the year Grammy. Moments later, Adele literally stopped the show after flubbing the start of a tribute to the late British pop star George Michael. "I’m sorry. I know it’s live TV," she said, cursing, stopping her slow ballad version of Michael’s Fastlove and asking to start again. "I can’t mess this up ...
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