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Superstar singers Beyoncé and Taylor Swift became record breakers at Sunday evening's Grammy Awards.

Beyoncé won her 28th gramophone statuette, making her the most successful female artist in the history of the awards.

"I am so honoured, I'm so excited," she told the socially-distanced crowd as she picked up the trophy for best R&B performance for her song Black Parade.

Meanwhile Taylor Swift was presented with one of the "big four" awards - album of the year - for Folklore. She became the first female artist ever to win album of the year three times.

The "big four" are the most prestigious prizes of the night. This year, they went to:

Album of the year: Taylor Swift - Folklore

Record of the year: Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted

Song of the year: H.E.R. - I Can't Breathe

Best new artist: Megan Thee Stallion

In 2020, Billie Eilish won all four of these awards! This year, she managed to pick up the gong for Record of the year and Best Song Written For Visual Media for "No Time To Die" from the upcoming (and very delayed) James Bond film with the same name.

Taylor Swift thanked her fans in her speech when picking up her award.

"You guys met us in this imaginary world that we created, and we can't tell you how honoured we are forever," she said.

She also thanked her song writing partner and boyfriend Joe Alwyn, saying "I had the best time writing songs with you in quarantine!"

Other winners on the night included R&B Singer H.E.R.

"I can't breathe" won song of the year, and was about the death of George Floyd - a black man who was killed in May last year. His death sparked protests all over the world.

Megan Thee Stallion won the best new artist award, and became the first female rapper to take home the prize.

She also won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for her collaboration with Beyoncé, "Savage".

Beyoncé's nine-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, was named as a winner on the night for her contribution to the video for Brown Skin Girl, which won the award for best music video. She becomes the second youngest winner of a Grammy in history.

British artists also had a successful night, with Dua Lipa winning best pop vocal album for her record, Future Nostalgia. She had tough competition from Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber.

Harry Styles kicked off the awards ceremony with his performance of Watermelon Sugar, which also won the prize for best pop solo performance.

The awards ceremony took place in a large marquee in Los Angeles with the artists sitting at socially distanced tables.

Some performances, including one from K-pop super group BTS, took place via video link.

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