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The INSIDER Summary
• Adele took home album of the year for "25" at the Grammys.
• She beat out other artists including Beyoncé, who was nominated for visual album "Lemonade."
• In her speech, Adele said she couldn't accept the award because she felt it belonged to Beyoncé.
• Adele brought Beyoncé to tears as she praised "Lemonade" as monumental and empowering.
• Beyoncé mouthed "I love you" to Adele over and over from the front row of the audience.
• Adele then broke her Grammy in two to share with Beyoncé.
Adele took home the biggest two awards of the night at the Grammys, winning both record of the year for "Hello" and album of the year for "25," but not even the singer herself was sure she deserved both awards.
When the 28-year-old singer took the Grammy stage for album of the year, she was taken aback, telling the audience that she felt the award belonged to Beyoncé for her visual album, "Lemonade."
"I can't possibly accept this award," said Adele. "And I'm very humbled and I'm very grateful and gracious but my artist of my life is Beyoncé."
Adele went on to explain how important the "Lemonade" album was, not just to herself and her friends, but in general. Not only did it show a more vulnerable side to the singer, but her album was also an empowering one for women.
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"This album to me, the 'Lemonade' album was just so monumental, Beyoncé. It was so monumental, and so well thought out and so beautiful and soul-bearing," said Adele. "And we all got to see another side to you that you don't always let us see and we appreciate that."
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"And all us artists here, we f---ing adore you," she continued. "You are our light and the way that you make me and my friends feel, the way you make my black friends feel, is empowering, and you make them stand up for themselves and I love you. I always have, and I always will. Grammys, I appreciate it. The Academy, I love you. You're the only reason that I do it."
The camera cut to Beyoncé to show the artist tearing up in the crowd mouthing "I love you" to Adele from the front row with husband Jay Z beside her.
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Earlier in the evening, she took home best urban contemporary album for "Lemonade."
Right before Adele's album of the year win, the singer took the stage to accept the award for record of the year for "Hello" and had also praised Beyoncé.
"My idol is Queen Bey and I adore you," said Adele. "You move my soul every single day and you have done for nearly 17 years. I adore you and I want you to be my mommy."
Afterward, Adele broke her Grammys award in two to share it with Beyoncé. In the Grammys' press room, Adele explained to press how she felt when she won album of the year.
"A piece of me died inside," she said to press, according to People. "I felt like it was her time to win. What the f— does she have to do to win album of the year?"
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In her album of the year speech, Adele also opened up about her struggles with motherhood.
"Five years ago, when I was last here, I also was pregnant and I didn't know," she said. "I was awarded that [album of the year] shortly after which was the biggest blessing of my life. In my pregnancy, and through becoming a mother, I lost a lot of myself. I've struggled, and I still do struggle being a mom. It's really hard."
You can read her speech in full below:
It took an army to make me strong and willing again to do it. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Five years ago, when I was last here, I also was pregnant and I didn't know. I was awarded that [album of the year] shortly after which was the biggest blessing of my life. In my pregnancy, and through becoming a mother, I lost a lot of myself. I've struggled, and I still do struggle being a mom. It's really hard.
Tonight, winning this, kind of feels full circle and like a bit of me has come back to myself, but I can't possibly accept this award. And I'm very humbled and I'm very grateful and gracious but my artist of my life is Beyoncé. This album to me, the Lemonade album was just so monumental, Beyoncé. It was so monumental, and so well thought out and so beautiful and soul-bearing. And we all got to see another side to you that you don't always let us see and we appreciate that. And all us artists here, we f---ing adore you. You are our light and the way that you make me and my friends feel, the way you make my black friends feel, is empowering, and you make them stand up for themselves and I love you. I always have, and I always will.
Grammys, I appreciate it. The Academy, I love you. My manager, my husband, and my son, you're the only reason I do it. Thank you so much. Thank you very much to everybody.
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