It was a big night for Beyoncé after she won the prestigious title of the most decorated Grammy Award winner of all time, but the I’m That Girl star’s hubby (and icon in his own right) JAY-Z, is speaking up about her losing the show’s most coveted award, Album of the Year – for the fourth time.
Beyoncé was first nominated for Album of the Year in 2010 for her work on I Am…Sasha Fierce, but lost to Taylor Swift’s Fearless. In 2015, after dropping the self-titled Beyoncé album, she was nominated again but lost to Beck’s Morning Phase. She then lost to Adele’s 25 after releasing the visual album, Lemonade in 2017. And then last Sunday, her dance/electronic album Renaissance lost to Harry Style’s Harry’s House.
“The truth is, we grew up wanting to be on the Grammys, and it was our goal. We just want them to get it right. That’s what we want,”the Roc Nation mogul told TIDAL in an exclusive interview.
“Obviously, it’s music and it’s all subjective, but you got to be in the ballpark. That’s all we want. We just want them to get it right because we love it so much. We grew up watching Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder won three out of four years in a row.”
JAY-Z is no stranger to losses himself after taking home zero Grammys after being nominated eight times for his latest solo album, 4:44.
“In that moment, I was like, ‘They missed the opportunity’ because people emulate success. In that moment, that album, 4:44, was a moment for us to say, ‘Hip-hop is viewed as a young man’s sport. Now here is this album that could take us into the next sphere.'”
He continued: “I feel like they missed the moment. I didn’t feel bad for myself, because I know it’s the Grammys: I probably won some joints I shouldn’t have won and I probably lost some joints I should’ve won. That’s the way it goes, so I actually had a party. I had a great time, staying out until 6 in the morning.”
Ultimately, he believes (like the rest of the beyhive) that Sunday night was his wife’s night to shine. Hopefully, she will have her much-deserved moment one day soon.
“We knew that was her moment,” the Brooklyn rapper said. “We wanted to witness that moment and celebrate her. She made something that’s going to stand the test of time.”
