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Beyonce, 35, went into music's biggest night with a leading
nine nominations including the top awards of the night - album,
record and song of the year - but lost all three to Britain's
Adele.
"The 'Lemonade' album is so monumental and so well thought out
and so beautiful and soul-baring, and we got to see another side
to you that you don't always let us see and we appreciate that,"
Adele said, addressing Beyonce, as she accepted the album of the
year award for "25."
Beyonce, dressed in a red sequined gown, mouthed 'thank you,' as
she looked on.
The R&B singer did win two Grammy awards, including best urban
contemporary album for "Lemonade."
"My intention was to create a body of work that would give voice
to our pain, our struggles, our darkness and our history,"
Beyonce said as she accepted her Grammy trophy.
While Beyonce is usually known to deliver energetic dance-filled
performances, the singer opted to slow things down now she is
expecting twins and instead centered her set on the theme of
motherhood.
For her performance of "Love Drought" and "Sandcastles," a video
projection of Beyonce dressed in a gold chain bikini and gold
halo crown appeared on stage, as she caressed her pregnant belly
and posed with her mother Tina Lawson and 5-year-old daughter
Blue Ivy.
Beyonce then appeared for real on stage, dressed in a nude
sequined dress and crown, strutting along the top of a long
table strewn with flowers while her dancers, dressed in flowing
dresses, surrounded her. At one point, she sat on a chair on top
of the table, which tipped back as she sang.
The performance ended with the singer standing in the spotlight
as her dancers raised their intertwined arms behind her, looking
upwards as Beyonce's voice recites, "If we're going to heal, let
it be glorious."
A proud Jay Z wiped tears from his eyes as he cuddled Blue Ivy,
who was dressed in a pink tuxedo in homage to Prince.
Beyonce's mother introduced her performance, praising the singer
for her "devotion and love" and her "powerful words and music."
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Michael Perry)
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