Beyoncé won two Grammy Awards at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017.
The ceremony took place on February 12, 2017, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Beyoncé’s nominations centered heavily on Lemonade, her 2016 visual album, which explored themes of identity, betrayal, family, and Black womanhood through music and film.
She won Best Urban Contemporary Album for Lemonade and Best Music Film for Lemonade. Her performance of “Love Drought” and “Sandcastles” at the ceremony was staged with elaborate imagery and became one of the night’s most discussed moments.
A common source of confusion is the number of nominations Beyoncé received that year: she was nominated in nine categories and became the most nominated woman in Grammy history at that point. Adele won Album, Record, and Song of the Year, while Beyoncé’s two wins recognized the album’s sound and visual presentation.