The star looked in great spirits as he rang in the night with Beyonce, 42, and daughter Blue Ivy, 12, who was onstage during his controversial acceptance speech.
Jay-Z used his acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards to condemn the academy for failing to give his wife Beyonce the best album award, despite her 32 wins in other categories.
The Brooklyn-born rapper was honored with the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award for his contribution to the music industry.
Jay-Z drank cognac out of his Grammy Award on Sunday - after putting the show on blast for never giving his wife Beyonce the Album of the Year awardHe flashed his diamond ring as he poured the drink into the iconic gongHe looked like he was having a whale of a time as he drank his cognacThe music mogul celebrated his win by pouring his own-brand D'ussé cognac into his GrammyHe looked pretty proud as he posed for photos with the award in his hand
With his 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy standing on stage beside him, and wife Beyonce looking on from their table in the audience, dressed in just-off-the-catwalk Louis Vuitton by Pharrell Williams, Jay-Z spoke about the importance of dreams, drive and ambition.
He said that there were more important things in life than winning Grammys, noting they were subjective - and pointing out his superstar wife had never won best album.
'I don't want to embarrass this young lady, but she has more Grammys than everyone and never won Album of the Year,' Jay-Z said. 'So even by your own metrics, that doesn't work. Think about that. The most Grammys; never won Album of the Year. That doesn't work.'
The camera cut to Beyonce, looking slightly apprehensive in the audience.
Jay-Z has been nominated for 88 competitive Grammy Awards, winning 24 of them. Six of his nominations have been for Album of the Year.
Beyonce has also been nominated for 88 competitive Grammy Awards, winning 32 of them.
Like her husband, Beyonce has been nominated six times for Album of the Year, but never won.
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In 2015, when Beyonce lost out on Album of the Year to Beck, Kanye West pretended to storm the stage in protest.
The moment drew parallels to West's actions in 2009, when he famously interrupted Swift as she accepted the Best Female Video award at the MTV Video Music Awards, telling her: 'Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. ... but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time.'
Jay-Z raised a Grammy to his own success, sipping from the award as he joked his daughter didJay-Z is seen delivering a passionate rebuke of the Grammys for failing to give his wife Beyonce a best album awardJay-Z, 54, is seen with his 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy on stage at the Grammy AwardsBeyonce looked rather apprehensive as her husband spokeJay-Z is seen delivering his acceptance speech as Blue Ivy looks onKanye West is seen in 2009 storming the stage to protest at Taylor Swift winning the Best Video award at the MTV Video Music Awards. West said Beyonce should have wonWest is seen in 2015 with Beck, pretending to protest Beck winning Album of the Year instead of BeyonceWest left the stage as Beck said to him: 'Come back!' After, Beck said: 'Absolutely I thought she was going to win. You can't please everybody. I still love him and think he's genius. I aspire to what he does. How many great records has he put out in the last five years, right?'
West in 2015 mimed storming the stage again, protesting that her album 'Beyonce' lost out to Beck's 'Morning Phase.'
Recording Academy voters choose who wins Album of the Year, and in 2015 the voter base was split between Pharrell, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith. Beck's support was united, leading to Beck's win.
Beck said after the show: 'Absolutely I thought she was going to win. You can't please everybody.
'I still love him and think he's genius. I aspire to what he does. How many great records has he put out in the last five years, right?'
West, a protégée of Jay-Z's, insisted in interviews in 2015 that Beyonce had been robbed.
'All I know is if the Grammys want real artists to keep coming back, they need to stop playing with us. We ain't gonna play with them no more,' he said.
'Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyoncé, and at this point, we tired of it.'
Jay-Z on Sunday said the awards were subjective - but nice to win.
At the start of his speech, he joked that his Grammy Awards used to be used as sippy cups for Blue Ivy - but now 'she has her own Grammys,' he said.
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Jay-Z and Beyonce celebrate his accolade, as Blue Ivy looks onBeyonce listens as her husband delivers his acceptance speech
She won her first Grammy aged 9, with a writing credit for Brown Skin Girl, which won in 2021 for her mother.
Jay-Z continued: 'How far we've come from Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff winning their first Grammy in '89 and boycotting because it wasn't televised.
'And then they went to the hotel and watched the Grammys. I didn't even understand. It wasn't a great boycott.'
He said that he then did a similar thing.
'But then '98, I took a page out of their book. I was nominated for Best Rap Album, and DMX had dropped two albums that year. They both were number one — shout out to DMX — and he wasn't nominated at all.
'So I boycotted and I watched the Grammys.
'I'm just saying, we want y'all to get it right. We love y'all. We love y'all. We love y'all. We want y'all to get it right. At least get it close to right.'
The 54-year-old is seen delivering his acceptance speech
He then launched into his critique of the awards, and his condemnation of the failure to recognize his wife.
'Obviously it's subjective because it's music and it's opinion-based,' he said.
Last year, she became the most awarded artist in Grammy Awards history - but with only one win in a Big Four category.
'So even by your own metrics, that doesn't work,' Jay-Z said.
'Some of you are gonna go home tonight and feel like you've been robbed. Some of you may get robbed. Some of you don't belong in the category. When I get nervous, I tell the truth.'
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He added: 'But outside of that, we got to keep showing up — and forget the greatness for a second, just in life.
'As my daughter sits and stares at me nervous as I am, you got to keep showing up. Just keep showing up to get the Grammys.
'You got to keep showing up until they give you all those accolades you feel you deserve. Until they call you champion, until they call you a genius, until they call you the greatest of all time.'
The Global Impact Award is presented to black artists in recognition of their 'dedication to the art form that has greatly influenced the industry,' according to the official Grammy Awards website.
This year's honor was shared by Jay-Z, Lenny Kravitz and Mariah Carey.
The award, created in 2022, has previously been presented to John Legend, Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne, and music executive Sylvia Rhone.
Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
SZA - SOS
Taylor Swift - Midnights - WINNER
Taylor, 34, made history as she earned her fourth Album Of The Year for Midnights
Record of the Year
Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Boygenius - Not Strong Enough
Jon Batiste - Worship
Miley Cyrus - Flowers - WINNER
Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
SZA - Kill Bill
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
Victoria Monét - On My Mama
Song of the Year
Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”] - WINNER
Dua Lipa - Dance the Night (From Barbie the Album)
Jon Batiste - Butterfly
Lana Del Rey - A&W
Miley Cyrus - Flowers
Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
SZA - Kill Bill
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
One of the biggest awards of the night - Song Of The Year- went to Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas for What Was I Made For? which was featured on the soundtrack for top grossing film of 2023 Barbie
Best New Artist
Coco Jones
Gracie Abrams
Fred Again..
Ice Spice
Jelly Roll
Noah Kahan
Victoria Monét - WINNER
The War and Treaty
Best Pop Solo Performance
Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? [From the Motion Picture “Barbie”]
Doja Cat - Paint the Town Red
Miley Cyrus - Flowers - WINNER
Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
Miley Cyrus was one of the biggest winners of the night as she earned the coveted Song Of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for her hit track Flowers
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Labrinth Featuring Billie Eilish - Never Felt So Alone
Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste - Candy Necklace
Miley Cyrus Featuring Brandi Carlile - Thousand Miles
SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers - Ghost in the Machine - WINNER
Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice - Karma
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Bruce Springsteen - Only the Strong Survive
Laufey - Bewitched - WINNER
Liz Callaway - To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
Pentatonix - Holidays Around the World
Rickie Lee Jones - Pieces of Treasure
Various - Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3
Best Pop Vocal Album
Ed Sheeran - - (Subtract)
Kelly Clarkson - Chemistry
Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation
Olivia Rodrigo - Guts
Taylor Swift - Midnights - WINNER
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
Disclosure - Higher Than Ever Before
James Blake - Loading
Romy & Fred Again.. - Strong
Skrillex, Fred Again.. & Flowdan - Rumble - WINNER
Best Pop Dance Recording
Bebe Rexha & David Guetta - One in a Million
Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding - Miracle
David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray - Baby Don’t Hurt Me
Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam - WINNER
Troye Sivan - Rush
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
James Blake - Playing Robots Into Heaven
The Chemical Brothers - For That Beautiful Feeling
Fred Again.. - Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022) - WINNER
Kx5 - Kx5
Skrillex - Quest for Fire
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia - As We Speak - WINNER
Ben Wendel - All One
Bob James - Jazz Hands
House of Waters - On Becoming
Julian Lage - The Layers
Best Rock Performance
Arctic Monkeys - Sculptures of Anything Goes
Black Pumas - More Than a Love Song
Boygenius - Not Strong Enough - WINNER
Foo Fighters - Rescued
Metallica - Lux Æterna
Best Metal Performance
Disturbed - Bad Man
Ghost - Phantom of the Opera
Metallica - 72 Seasons - WINNER
Slipknot - Hive Mind
Spiritbox - Jaded
Best Rock Song
Boygenius - Not Strong Enough - WINNER
Foo Fighters - Rescued
Olivia Rodrigo - Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl
Queens of the Stone Age - Emotion Sickness
The Rolling Stones - Angry
Boygenius (pictured left to right: Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker) earned Best Rock Song for Not Strong Enough
Best Rock Album
Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
Greta Van Fleet - Starcatcher
Metallica - 72 Seasons
Paramore - This Is Why - WINNER
Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman…
Best Alternative Music Performance
Alvvays - Belinda Says
Arctic Monkeys - Body Paint
Boygenius - Cool About It
Lana Del Rey - A&W
Paramore - This Is Why - WINNER
Best Alternative Music Album
Arctic Monkeys - The Car
Boygenius - The Record - WINNER
Gorillaz - Cracker Island
Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying
Best R&B Performance
Chris Brown - Summer Too Hot
Coco Jones - ICU - WINNER
Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley - Back to Love
SZA - Kill Bill
Victoria Monét - How Does It Make You Feel
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Babyface Featuring Coco Jones - Simple
Kenyon Dixon - Lucky
PJ Morton Featuring Susan Carol - Good Morning - WINNER
SZA - Love Language
Victoria Monét Featuring Earth, Wind & Fire & Hazel Monét - Hollywood
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones - ICU
Halle - Angel
Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley - Back to Love
SZA - Snooze - WINNER
Victoria Monét - On My Mama
Best Progressive R&B Album
Diddy - The Love Album: Off the Grid
Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy - Nova
Janelle Monáe - The Age of Pleasure
SZA - SOS - WINNER
6lack - Since I Have a Lover
Best R&B Album
Babyface - Girls Night Out
Coco Jones - What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe)
Emily King - Special Occasion
Summer Walker - Clear 2: Soft Life EP
Victoria Monét - Jaguar II - WINNER
Best Rap Performance
Baby Keem Featuring Kendrick Lamar - The Hillbillies
Black Thought - Love Letter
Coi Leray - Players
Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex
Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane - Scientists & Engineers - WINNER
Best Melodic Rap Performance
Burna Boy Featuring 21 Savage - Sittin’ on Top of the World
Doja Cat - Attention
Drake & 21 Savage - Spin Bout U
Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole - All My Life - WINNER
SZA - Low
Best Rap Song
Doja Cat - Attention
Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex
Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane - Scientists & Engineers - WINNER
Lil Uzi Vert - Just Wanna Rock
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua - Barbie World [From Barbie the Album]
Best Rap Album
Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss
Killer Mike - Michael - WINNER
Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains
Nas - King’s Disease III
Travis Scott - Utopia
Best Country Solo Performance
Brandy Clark - Buried
Chris Stapleton - White Horse - WINNER
Dolly Parton - The Last Thing on My Mind
Luke Combs - Fast Car
Tyler Childers - In Your Love
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Brothers Osborne - Nobody’s Nobody
Carly Pearce Featuring Chris Stapleton - We Don’t Fight Anymore
Dierks Bentley Furingeat Billy Strings - High Note
Jelly Roll With Lainey Wilson - Save Me
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin - Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)
Share or comment on this article: Grammys 2024: Jay-Z drinks cognac out of his AWARD as he parties the night away - after slamming show for NEVER giving wife Beyonce Album of the Year
Jay-Z drank cognac out of his Grammy Award on Sunday - after putting the show on blast for never giving his wife Beyonce the Album of the Year award
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He flashed his diamond ring as he poured the drink into the iconic gong
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He looked like he was having a whale of a time as he drank his cognac
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The music mogul celebrated his win by pouring his own-brand D'ussé cognac into his Grammy
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He looked pretty proud as he posed for photos with the award in his hand
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Jay-Z raised a Grammy to his own success, sipping from the award as he joked his daughter did
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Jay-Z is seen delivering a passionate rebuke of the Grammys for failing to give his wife Beyonce a best album award
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Jay-Z, 54, is seen with his 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy on stage at the Grammy Awards
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Beyonce looked rather apprehensive as her husband spoke
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Jay-Z is seen delivering his acceptance speech as Blue Ivy looks on
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Kanye West is seen in 2009 storming the stage to protest at Taylor Swift winning the Best Video award at the MTV Video Music Awards. West said Beyonce should have won
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West is seen in 2015 with Beck, pretending to protest Beck winning Album of the Year instead of Beyonce
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West left the stage as Beck said to him: 'Come back!' After, Beck said: 'Absolutely I thought she was going to win. You can't please everybody. I still love him and think he's genius. I aspire to what he does. How many great records has he put out in the last five years, right?'
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Taylor Swift made history as she earned her fourth Album Of The Year award at the Grammy Awards 2024
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Jay-Z and Beyonce celebrate his accolade, as Blue Ivy looks on
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Beyonce listens as her husband delivers his acceptance speech
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The 54-year-old is seen delivering his acceptance speech
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Taylor, 34, made history as she earned her fourth Album Of The Year for Midnights
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One of the biggest awards of the night - Song Of The Year- went to Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas for What Was I Made For? which was featured on the soundtrack for top grossing film of 2023 Barbie
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Miley Cyrus was one of the biggest winners of the night as she earned the coveted Song Of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for her hit track Flowers
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Boygenius (pictured left to right: Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker) earned Best Rock Song for Not Strong Enough
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Lainey Wilson took home Best Country Album for Bell Bottom Country
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The second award of the evening was given to Karol G in the Best Música Urbana Album category for Mañana Será Bonito
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit earned two including Best American Roots Song
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Joni Mitchell took home Best Folk Album for Joni Mitchell at Newport (Live)
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Tyla took home Best African Music Performance for Water
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Theron Thomas was ecstatic as he earned Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical
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Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey collaborator Jack Antonoff won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
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Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Contemporary American Composers earned Best Engineered Album, Classical
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