There were many deserving artists in that category last night (and Jacob Collier!) But to act like Beyonce didn’t deserve it is honestly embarrassing ddd. Personal taste aside, the quality of music in Cowboy Carter is no lesser than the quality of music on any of her other albums and the "This is worse than Renaissance/Lemonade/Beyonce" opinion is absolutely genre/personal preference related and not at all about the actual quality of the music on Cowboy Carter. Charli will be just fine. She's been fighting to be recognized beyond her loud and vocal f word fanbase and last night was a huge win for her. 3 wins and a great performance for an album that catapulted her success and stardom. Billie will be just fine. At 23 she is only the second person in history to win the Big 4 awards in a single night and she did it with her first album, so I struggle to feel badly for her and I feel like she would say the same ddd. Chappell got the amazing recognition she deserved for her standout year. Sabrina won where it counted.
And in case there was any doubt, I am not happy that Beyonce won because it was overdue (it was) or that I really wanted other albums of hers to win (I did), I am happy that Beyonce won because Cowboy Carter was the best album of 2024. (And Deeper Well.)
Man, it sounds like I'm a country girlie and I'm really not ddd.