Beyoncé is now the holder of the record for most Grammy wins by a female artist and by any male or female singer and is now the most-awarded woman in Grammys history, overtaking bluegrass singer Alison Krauss.

The star picked up three awards at the Grammys 2021 ceremony – Best Music Video for ‘Brown Skin Girl’, Best R&B Performance for ‘Black Parade’, and Best Rap Performance for her remix of Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Savage’.

"I am so honoured, I'm so excited," she said while accepting her record-breaking trophy, for best R&B performance. Grammys host Trevor Noah announced that Beyoncé had tied the record after she accepted the latter award with the Houston rapper. At the time, Alison Krauss also held the record with 27 wins.

Beyoncé's 28th Grammy was presented in honour of the Black Parade movement, a celebration of Black power and resilience, which she released on Juneteenth last year.

"As an artist, I believe it's my job to reflect the times, and it's been such a difficult time," she said. "So I wanted to uplift, encourage, celebrate all of the beautiful Black queens and kings that continue to inspire me and inspire the world".

The former Destiny’s Child has now equalled super-producer Qunicy Jones' total of 28 Grammys. Only classical conductor Sir Georg Solti has more, with 31. She was also part of another historic moment - when Megan Thee Stallion became the first female artist to win the best rap song award after picking up the prize for her breakout hit Savage (Remix), on which Beyoncé delivers a guest verse.

Taylor Swift also made history as she became the first female artist to win album of the year three times. She was rewarded for her lockdown album Folklore - after previously winning with Fearless in 2010 and the pop opus 1989 in 2016.

British artists also excelled at the ceremony as Harry Styles accepted his first Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo performance for Watermelon Sugar whilst singer/songwriter Dua Lipa won her award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Future Nostalgia. The singer said: "Oh my goodness. Wow, thank you so much. This is insane. 'Future Nostalgia' means the absolute world to me and it has changed my life in so many ways.

"But one thing that I have really come to realise is how much happiness is so important. I felt really dated at the end of my last album where I felt like I only had to make sad music to feel like it mattered. And I'm just so grateful and so honoured because happiness is something we all deserve and need in our lives."