It was a night when Rap and R&amp;B ruled and stars Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars took home the maximum awards. Mars, the big winner of the night, won Song Of The Year, Record Of The Year and Album of The Year for his album 24k Magic.&nbsp; 
 
Lamar won the Best Rap Album and Best Rap artists award among others.&nbsp; 
 
Here is the complete list of winners. 
 
Album of the Year: 24K Magic -Bruno Mars 
 
Record of the Year: &quot;24K Magic&quot; -Bruno Mars 
 
Song of the Year: That&#39;s What I Like&quot; - Bruno Mars 
 
Best New Artist: Alessia Cara 
 
Best Pop Solo Performance: Shape Of You- Ed Sheeran 
 
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: &quot;Feel It Still&quot; - Portugal. The Man 
 
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett Celebrates 90&nbsp; 
 
Best Pop Vocal Album: Divide- Ed Sheeran 
 
Best Dance Recording: &quot;Tonite&quot; 
 
Best Dance/Electronic Album: 3-D The Catalogue&nbsp; 
 
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Prototype -Jeff Lorber Fusion 
 
Best Rock Performance: &quot;You Want It Darker&quot;-Leonard Cohen

Best Metal Performance: Sultan&#39;s Curse&quot; - Mastodon

Best Rock Song: &quot;Run&quot; - Foo Fighters

Best Rock Album: A Deeper Understanding- The War On Drugs

Best Alternative Music Album: Sleep Well Beast - The National

Best R&amp;B Performance: &quot;That&#39;s What I Like&quot; - Bruno Mars

Best Traditional R&amp;B Performance: &quot;Redbone&quot; - Childish Gambino

Best R&amp;B Song: &quot;That&#39;s What I Like&quot;- Bruno Mars

Best Urban Contemporary Album: &nbsp;Starboy -The Weeknd

Best R&amp;B Album: 24k Magic -Bruno Mars

Best Rap Performance: &quot;HUMBLE.&quot; - Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap/Sung Performance: &quot; LOYALTY.&quot; - Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna

Best Rap Song: &quot;HUMBLE.&quot; Kendrick Lamar

Best Rap Album: DAMN - Kendrick Lamar

Best Country Solo Performance: &quot;Either Way&quot;- Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance: &quot;Better Man&quot;- Little Big Town

Best Country Song: &quot;Broken Halos&quot; - Chris Stapleton

Best Country Album: From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton

Best Latin Pop Album: El Dorado - Shakira

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Residente - Residente

Best Reggae Album: Stony Hill - Damian &quot;Jr. Gong&quot; Marley

Best Children&#39;s Album: Feel What U Feel - Lisa Loeb

Best Spoken Word Album : The Princess Diarist - Carrie Fisher

Best Comedy Album: The Age Of Spin &amp; Deep In The Heart Of Texas&nbsp;

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: La La Land

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: La La Land

Best Song Written for Visual Media: &quot;How Far I&#39;ll Go&quot;- Moana

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: 24K Magic

Best Opera Recording: &quot;Berg: Wozzeck&quot;

Best Music Video: &quot;HUMBLE.&quot; - Kendrick Lamar

Best Music Film: The Defiant Ones&nbsp;

It was a night when Rap and R&B ruled and stars Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars took home the maximum awards. Mars, the big winner of the night, won Song Of The Year, Record Of The Year and Album of The Year for his album 24k Magic. Lamar won the Best Rap Album and Best Rap artists award among others. Here is the complete list of winners. Album of the Year: 24K Magic -Bruno Mars Record of the Year: "24K Magic" -Bruno Mars Song of the Year: That's What I Like" - Bruno Mars Best New Artist: Alessia Cara Best Pop Solo Performance: Shape Of You- Ed Sheeran Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: "Feel It Still" - Portugal. The Man Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 Best Pop Vocal Album: Divide- Ed Sheeran Best Dance Recording: "Tonite" Best Dance/Electronic Album: 3-D The Catalogue Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Prototype -Jeff Lorber Fusion Best Rock Performance: "You Want It Darker"-Leonard Cohen Best Metal Performance: Sultan's Curse" - Mastodon Best Rock Song: "Run" - Foo Fighters Best Rock Album: A Deeper Understanding- The War On Drugs Best Alternative Music Album: Sleep Well Beast - The National Best R&B Performance: "That's What I Like" - Bruno Mars Best Traditional R&B Performance: "Redbone" - Childish Gambino Best R&B Song: "That's What I Like"- Bruno Mars Best Urban Contemporary Album: Starboy -The Weeknd Best R&B Album: 24k Magic -Bruno Mars Best Rap Performance: "HUMBLE." - Kendrick Lamar Best Rap/Sung Performance: " LOYALTY." - Kendrick Lamar Featuring Rihanna Best Rap Song: "HUMBLE." Kendrick Lamar Best Rap Album: DAMN - Kendrick Lamar Best Country Solo Performance: "Either Way"- Chris Stapleton Best Country Duo/Group Performance: "Better Man"- Little Big Town Best Country Song: "Broken Halos" - Chris Stapleton Best Country Album: From A Room: Volume 1 - Chris Stapleton Best Latin Pop Album: El Dorado - Shakira Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: Residente - Residente Best Reggae Album: Stony Hill - Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley Best Children's Album: Feel What U Feel - Lisa Loeb Best Spoken Word Album : The Princess Diarist - Carrie Fisher Best Comedy Album: The Age Of Spin & Deep In The Heart Of Texas Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: La La Land Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: La La Land Best Song Written for Visual Media: "How Far I'll Go"- Moana Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: 24K Magic Best Opera Recording: "Berg: Wozzeck" Best Music Video: "HUMBLE." - Kendrick Lamar Best Music Film: The Defiant Ones

Grammys 2018: The complete list of winners

Pop singer Kesha delivered a powerful statement on behalf of women`s equality at the Grammys on Sunday as she led a fierce performance of &quot;Praying,&quot; her own account of abuse, with A-list back-up from a chorus of stars.

Her face intense and her voice building in ferocity, Kesha brought the crowd at Madison Square Garden to its feet and at times to tears at a time of growing public consciousness about sexual harassment and misconduct.

&quot;Praying&quot; is an autobiographical song clearly directed at Dr. Luke, the producer whom Kesha accuses of raping and psychologically tormenting her.&nbsp;

Even before the rise of the #MeToo movement in response to revelations about Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, Kesha rattled the industry by demanding the end of her contract to work with Dr. Luke, who has denied the assault charges.&nbsp;

&quot;After everything you`ve done / I can thank you for how strong I have become,&quot; Kesha sings.

Kesha performed at the Grammys surrounded by fellow stars including Cyndi Lauper, Bebe Rexha, Camila Cabello and Andra Day, who offered symbolic and literal support.&nbsp;Kesha embraced them in a bear hug as she finished.

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Singer Janelle Monae, introducing Kesha, said that the music industry needed to address its own abuse problems.

&quot;To those who would dare try and silence us, we offer you two words: Time`s Up!&quot; she said, using a slogan for the movement launched on New Year`s Day by hundreds of prominent women in the entertainment industry.&nbsp;&quot;We say time`s up for pay inequality, discrimination or harassment of any kind, and the abuse of power,&quot; she said. 
 
Despite the rousing reception, Kesha was passed over for the awards. She was not nominated in major categories and came up short for the two pop prizes for which she was in the running. 
 
Before the Grammys, Kesha tweeted that &quot;I needed this song in a very real way&quot; and that she was nervous to perform.&nbsp;&quot;If you need it, I hope this song finds you,&quot; she wrote.

 
 
 
 
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Pop singer Kesha delivered a powerful statement on behalf of women`s equality at the Grammys on Sunday

Pop singer Kesha delivered a powerful statement on behalf of women`s equality at the Grammys on Sunday as she led a fierce performance of "Praying," her own account of abuse, with A-list back-up from a chorus of stars. Her face intense and her voice building in ferocity, Kesha brought the crowd at Madison Square Garden to its feet and at times to tears at a time of growing public consciousness about sexual harassment and misconduct. "Praying" is an autobiographical song clearly directed at Dr. Luke, the producer whom Kesha accuses of raping and psychologically tormenting her. Even before the rise of the #MeToo movement in response to revelations about Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, Kesha rattled the industry by demanding the end of her contract to work with Dr. Luke, who has denied the assault charges. "After everything you`ve done / I can thank you for how strong I have become," Kesha sings. Kesha performed at the Grammys surrounded by fellow stars including Cyndi Lauper, Bebe Rexha, Camila Cabello and Andra Day, who offered symbolic and literal support. Kesha embraced them in a bear hug as she finished. Kesha tearfully embracing her other singers has me weeping pic.twitter.com/ZaVFvQelEq — David Mack (@davidmackau) January 29, 2018 × Singer Janelle Monae, introducing Kesha, said that the music industry needed to address its own abuse problems. "To those who would dare try and silence us, we offer you two words: Time`s Up!" she said, using a slogan for the movement launched on New Year`s Day by hundreds of prominent women in the entertainment industry. "We say time`s up for pay inequality, discrimination or harassment of any kind, and the abuse of power," she said. Despite the rousing reception, Kesha was passed over for the awards. She was not nominated in major categories and came up short for the two pop prizes for which she was in the running. Before the Grammys, Kesha tweeted that "I needed this song in a very real way" and that she was nervous to perform. "If you need it, I hope this song finds you," she wrote.

Grammys 2018: Kesha sings powerful song on sexual harassment with A-list singers as her backup chorus

Kendrick Lamar took the Grammy Awards by storm on Sunday, winning five early awards and opening the show with a politically charged performance that brought the audience to its feet. 
 
Lamar, 30, regarded as one of the most innovative rappers of his generation, kicked off the program in New York with dancers dressed in military fatigues against the backdrop of an American flag. 
 
He performed a medley of hits including &quot;XXX.&quot; featuring U2, &quot;DNA.&quot; and ending with &quot;King`s Dead,&quot; where dancers dressed in red hoodies mimicked being shot and falling to the floor. 
 
The performance earned cheers and a standing ovation from the audience at Madison Square Garden.&nbsp; 
 
Lamar won for best rap album, music video, rap song, rap performance and rap/sung performance, defeating fellow rapper Jay-Z and leaving him empty-handed despite going into the show with a leading eight nominations. 
 
&quot;It`s really about expressing yourself and putting that paint on the canvas for the next generation,&quot; Lamar said. &quot;Hip-hop has done that.&quot; 
 
He thanked Jay-Z, 48, and other veteran hip-hop artists for showing him the way, adding &quot;Jay for president!&quot; 
 
R&amp;B singer Bruno Mars also had a good night, winning three early Grammys for his album &quot;24K Magic&quot; and hit single &quot;That`s What I Like.&quot; 
 
Alessia Cara was named best new artist. &quot;I`ve been pretend-winning Grammys since I was a kid in my shower,&quot; she said, accepting the award. 
 
Jay-Z, who bared his soul on his &quot;4:44&quot; album, was not expected to perform on Sunday in a departure from Grammy tradition. 
 
The Los Angeles Times quoted Grammy organizers as saying that Jay-Z, who was in the audience on Sunday, had turned down an invitation to perform. 
 
He is competing against Lamar, Mars, Childish Gambino and New Zealand-born singer-songwriter Lorde for album of the year in a test of whether hip-hop can break a 14-year dry spell and win that top prize. 
 
On the red carpet, dozens of musicians wore or held white roses to signal support for women`s equality and freedom from sexual harassment. 
 
Inside the venue, pop singer Kesha, who has been battling her former record producer Dr. Luke for years in U.S. courts over allegations of emotional and sexual abuse, is to perform her defiant single &quot;Praying.&quot;&nbsp;Dr. Luke has repeatedly denied Kesha`s allegations. 
 
Cara, Khalid and Logic will take the stage with a group of suicide survivors to perform their song &quot;1-800-273-8255,&quot; the telephone number of the National Suicide Prevention hotline. 
 
And country artists Brothers Osborne, Eric Church and Maren Morris, who appeared at the Las Vegas country music festival where 58 people were killed and more than 500 were wounded inOctober, will mark victims of violence at music events.&nbsp; 
 
Mars, Jay-Z, Lamar and Gambino are also nominated for record of the year, but they faced strong competition from dance hit &quot;Despacito&quot; by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and featuring Justin Bieber. The single last summer broke records as the most-streamed global track of all time, with more than 4.6 billion plays across leading platforms. 
 
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who was snubbed in the top album, record and song of the year categories, won two Grammys for his 2017 best-seller &quot;Divide&quot; and single &quot;The Shape of You,&quot; but did not attend Sunday`s ceremony. 
 
Childish Gambino, the alter ego of actor Donald Glover, won his first-ever Grammy for &quot;Redbone&quot; which was named best traditional R&amp;B performance.&nbsp;

Kendrick Lamar took the Grammy Awards by storm on Sunday, winning five early awards and opening the show with a politically charged performance

Kendrick Lamar took the Grammy Awards by storm on Sunday, winning five early awards and opening the show with a politically charged performance that brought the audience to its feet. Lamar, 30, regarded as one of the most innovative rappers of his generation, kicked off the program in New York with dancers dressed in military fatigues against the backdrop of an American flag. He performed a medley of hits including "XXX." featuring U2, "DNA." and ending with "King`s Dead," where dancers dressed in red hoodies mimicked being shot and falling to the floor. The performance earned cheers and a standing ovation from the audience at Madison Square Garden. Lamar won for best rap album, music video, rap song, rap performance and rap/sung performance, defeating fellow rapper Jay-Z and leaving him empty-handed despite going into the show with a leading eight nominations. "It`s really about expressing yourself and putting that paint on the canvas for the next generation," Lamar said. "Hip-hop has done that." He thanked Jay-Z, 48, and other veteran hip-hop artists for showing him the way, adding "Jay for president!" R&B singer Bruno Mars also had a good night, winning three early Grammys for his album "24K Magic" and hit single "That`s What I Like." Alessia Cara was named best new artist. "I`ve been pretend-winning Grammys since I was a kid in my shower," she said, accepting the award. Jay-Z, who bared his soul on his "4:44" album, was not expected to perform on Sunday in a departure from Grammy tradition. The Los Angeles Times quoted Grammy organizers as saying that Jay-Z, who was in the audience on Sunday, had turned down an invitation to perform. He is competing against Lamar, Mars, Childish Gambino and New Zealand-born singer-songwriter Lorde for album of the year in a test of whether hip-hop can break a 14-year dry spell and win that top prize. On the red carpet, dozens of musicians wore or held white roses to signal support for women`s equality and freedom from sexual harassment. Inside the venue, pop singer Kesha, who has been battling her former record producer Dr. Luke for years in U.S. courts over allegations of emotional and sexual abuse, is to perform her defiant single "Praying." Dr. Luke has repeatedly denied Kesha`s allegations. Cara, Khalid and Logic will take the stage with a group of suicide survivors to perform their song "1-800-273-8255," the telephone number of the National Suicide Prevention hotline. And country artists Brothers Osborne, Eric Church and Maren Morris, who appeared at the Las Vegas country music festival where 58 people were killed and more than 500 were wounded inOctober, will mark victims of violence at music events. Mars, Jay-Z, Lamar and Gambino are also nominated for record of the year, but they faced strong competition from dance hit "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and featuring Justin Bieber. The single last summer broke records as the most-streamed global track of all time, with more than 4.6 billion plays across leading platforms. British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who was snubbed in the top album, record and song of the year categories, won two Grammys for his 2017 best-seller "Divide" and single "The Shape of You," but did not attend Sunday`s ceremony. Childish Gambino, the alter ego of actor Donald Glover, won his first-ever Grammy for "Redbone" which was named best traditional R&B performance.

Grammys 2018: Kendrick Lamar gets standing ovation - and five awards

Is Beyonce too edgy for the music industry? Or do the Grammy Awards suffer from an underlying racial bias? The superstar&#39;s failure to win top prizes is vexing her many admirers -- among them the night&#39;s big winner Adele.

Beyonce had led the Grammy nominations with nine for &quot;Lemonade&quot;, her most daring album to date, which she crafted as a celebration of the resilience of African American women.

But Beyonce, whose tour was one of the industry&#39;s most lucrative in 2016, took only two awards Sunday, again losing in the leading categories of Album and Record of the Year.

Adele, whose blockbuster album &quot;25&quot; stuck to her trusted style of wrenching ballads, for the second time swept three top Grammys -- and she earned praise from Beyonce&#39;s fans for saying that &quot;Lemonade&quot; deserved to win.

&quot;My view is, kind of, what the fuck does she have to do to win Album of the Year?&quot; Adele told reporters at the Los Angeles gala.

The English singer said that her black friends found &quot;Lemonade&quot; to be &quot;empowering&quot; and hailed Beyonce&#39;s creativity for intertwining the album with a film.

&quot;Obviously the visual is very new and the Grammys are very traditional, but I just thought that this year would be the year that they would kind of go with the tide,&quot; Adele said.

Adele&#39;s triumph comes a year after Kendrick Lamar&#39;s &quot;To Pimp A Butterfly,&quot; hailed as a hip-hop landmark and whose song &quot;Alright&quot; became an anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement, also lost to a best-seller, Taylor Swift&#39;s &quot;1989.&quot;

Frank Ocean, the introspective hip-hop trailblazer whose debut album was edged out by in 2013 by English folk revivalists Mumford &amp; Sons, chose not to even submit his follow-up, &quot;Blonde,&quot; for Grammy consideration.

After Sunday&#39;s awards, Ocean wrote an open letter asking the Grammy organisers to discuss the &quot;cultural bias and general nerve damage&quot; caused by the show.

Ocean, who defiantly released &quot;Blonde&quot; independently, said he initially wanted to take part in the Grammys for the tribute to late pop icon Prince.

&quot;But then I figured my best tribute to that man&#39;s legacy would be to continue to be myself out here and to be successful,&quot; he wrote.

&quot;Winning a TV award doesn&#39;t christen me successful. It took me some time to learn that.&quot;

By and for black women

The Grammys -- determined through voting by some 13,000 music professionals in the Recording Academy -- have hardly ignored Beyonce. With 22 career Grammys, she is among the most recognised artists in history.

Stevie Wonder is tied for the record of winning Album of the Year three times but the top prize has been especially elusive for black women. Only three -- Natalie Cole, Lauryn Hill and Whitney Houston -- have won it.

On &quot;Lemonade,&quot; the film blurs present and past with flashbacks to slavery in the Deep South, where African American women are shown as proudly self-sufficient.

&quot;Lemonade&quot; draws a link to 21st century America, taking on police brutality as well as marital infidelity as the music spans influences and culminates in hip-hop.

&quot;&#39;Lemonade&#39; is really about how black women are treated in society historically, and in the contemporary moment, and it&#39;s about loving ourselves through all of that,&quot; said LaKisha Simmons, an assistant professor of history and women&#39;s studies at the University of Michigan.

&quot;So in some ways, it&#39;s kind of fitting that she was left standing there.

&quot;Beyonce will be fine,&quot; she said. &quot;But I think for the rest of us, it stings because of that -- it&#39;s almost like, &#39;Get back in your place.&#39;&quot;

Challenging industry

In a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the Grammys, Beyonce emerged after the awards on a new song by rapper DJ Khaled. She speaks of being in music for 20 years and says: &quot;All of this winning / I&#39;ve been losing my mind.&quot;&nbsp;

The Grammys marked Beyonce&#39;s first public appearance since revealing she was pregnant with twins. Her performance returned to the theme of matriarchy as she donned a crown and her female troupe glided beneath her on a sea of flowers.

Yet Beyonce is hard to pigeon-hole as an experimental artist. When she last was passed over for Album of the Year, it went to alternative rock icon Beck, who is far less commercial.

But one constant is Beyonce&#39;s innovations on selling albums. Her self-titled 2013 album was also a surprise accompanied by videos.

&quot;She really challenges the people in the Recording Academy and the music industry,&quot; said Kevin Allred, who has lectured on Beyonce at Rutgers University.

Beyonce is &quot;breaking the rules and succeeding, and is also a very powerful black woman who has achieved a level of power that few do.&quot;

(AFP)

Beyonce's failure to win top prizes is vexing her many admirers, among them the night's big winner Adele

Is Beyonce too edgy for the music industry? Or do the Grammy Awards suffer from an underlying racial bias? The superstar's failure to win top prizes is vexing her many admirers -- among them the night's big winner Adele. Beyonce had led the Grammy nominations with nine for "Lemonade", her most daring album to date, which she crafted as a celebration of the resilience of African American women. But Beyonce, whose tour was one of the industry's most lucrative in 2016, took only two awards Sunday, again losing in the leading categories of Album and Record of the Year. Adele, whose blockbuster album "25" stuck to her trusted style of wrenching ballads, for the second time swept three top Grammys -- and she earned praise from Beyonce's fans for saying that "Lemonade" deserved to win. "My view is, kind of, what the fuck does she have to do to win Album of the Year?" Adele told reporters at the Los Angeles gala. The English singer said that her black friends found "Lemonade" to be "empowering" and hailed Beyonce's creativity for intertwining the album with a film. "Obviously the visual is very new and the Grammys are very traditional, but I just thought that this year would be the year that they would kind of go with the tide," Adele said. Adele's triumph comes a year after Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A Butterfly," hailed as a hip-hop landmark and whose song "Alright" became an anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement, also lost to a best-seller, Taylor Swift's "1989." Frank Ocean, the introspective hip-hop trailblazer whose debut album was edged out by in 2013 by English folk revivalists Mumford & Sons, chose not to even submit his follow-up, "Blonde," for Grammy consideration. After Sunday's awards, Ocean wrote an open letter asking the Grammy organisers to discuss the "cultural bias and general nerve damage" caused by the show. Ocean, who defiantly released "Blonde" independently, said he initially wanted to take part in the Grammys for the tribute to late pop icon Prince. "But then I figured my best tribute to that man's legacy would be to continue to be myself out here and to be successful," he wrote. "Winning a TV award doesn't christen me successful. It took me some time to learn that." By and for black women The Grammys -- determined through voting by some 13,000 music professionals in the Recording Academy -- have hardly ignored Beyonce. With 22 career Grammys, she is among the most recognised artists in history. Stevie Wonder is tied for the record of winning Album of the Year three times but the top prize has been especially elusive for black women. Only three -- Natalie Cole, Lauryn Hill and Whitney Houston -- have won it. On "Lemonade," the film blurs present and past with flashbacks to slavery in the Deep South, where African American women are shown as proudly self-sufficient. "Lemonade" draws a link to 21st century America, taking on police brutality as well as marital infidelity as the music spans influences and culminates in hip-hop. "'Lemonade' is really about how black women are treated in society historically, and in the contemporary moment, and it's about loving ourselves through all of that," said LaKisha Simmons, an assistant professor of history and women's studies at the University of Michigan. "So in some ways, it's kind of fitting that she was left standing there. "Beyonce will be fine," she said. "But I think for the rest of us, it stings because of that -- it's almost like, 'Get back in your place.'" Challenging industry In a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the Grammys, Beyonce emerged after the awards on a new song by rapper DJ Khaled. She speaks of being in music for 20 years and says: "All of this winning / I've been losing my mind." The Grammys marked Beyonce's first public appearance since revealing she was pregnant with twins. Her performance returned to the theme of matriarchy as she donned a crown and her female troupe glided beneath her on a sea of flowers. Yet Beyonce is hard to pigeon-hole as an experimental artist. When she last was passed over for Album of the Year, it went to alternative rock icon Beck, who is far less commercial. But one constant is Beyonce's innovations on selling albums. Her self-titled 2013 album was also a surprise accompanied by videos. "She really challenges the people in the Recording Academy and the music industry," said Kevin Allred, who has lectured on Beyonce at Rutgers University. Beyonce is "breaking the rules and succeeding, and is also a very powerful black woman who has achieved a level of power that few do." (AFP)

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