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Beyoncé won her 32nd Grammy award, breaking record for most wins of all time. But who was the previous holder of this record?

It's Queen Bey's world and we're all just living in it.

Beyoncé reigned at this year's Grammy Awards, breaking the record for the artist with the most trophies in the history of the awards show. 

Her win in the best dance/electronic music album category for her album Renaissance brought her career total to 32 awards.

"I'm trying not to be too emotional," the superstar said as her husband Jay-Z stood and applauded her.

The singer thanked her late uncle, her parents, Jay-Z and her children for supporting her.

"I'm just trying to receive this night. I want to thank God for protecting me. Thank you, God."

It was Beyoncé's fourth win of the night from nine nominations, which also included albumrecord and song of the year.

Who was the Grammys' most-awarded artist before Beyoncé?

The only person who was ahead of Beyoncé's Grammy record was a certain Hungarian-British conductor: Georg Solti. 

Solti won 31 Grammys over the course of his career up until his death in 1997. 

Born in Budapest in 1912, he fled the country during World War II due to his Jewish background and the rise of anti-Jewish laws in Hungary.

He served as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 22 years from 1969 to 1991.

During his 49-year association with the label, he recorded over 40 operas and over 250 discs, according to the orchestra. 

Solti received numerous accolades for his recordings — including those 31 Grammy awards.

He was even knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

In recognition for his 10 years as music director of the Royal Opera, Solti was honoured with a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 1972.

32 wins but locked out of album of the year

Despite the mammoth records broken by her, Beyoncé was once again locked out of the coveted album of the year award.

In 2017, the Grammys were criticised after Adele's album 25 won Album of the Year, beating Beyoncé's Lemonade.

Even after winning, Adele used her speech to pay tribute to her fellow nominee as a teary-eyed Beyoncé looked on.

Adele looked almost as unhappy as Twitter was about her victory, saying onstage: "I can't possibly accept this award … My artist of my life is Beyoncé. And this album to me, the Lemonade album, was just so monumental."

This year, Harry Styles went home with the award.

In his speech, the British musician downplayed the importance of the prize.

"On nights like tonight, it's obviously so important for us to remember that there is no such thing as best in music," he said. 

"I don't think any of us sit in the studio, making decisions based on what is going to get us one of these."

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