The last time a Black woman won the Grammy for Album of the Year, when The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was awarded music’s biggest prize, Chappell Roan had just celebrated her first birthday; Sabrina Carpenter and Billie Eilish hadn’t even been born yet. In the 26 years since, Beyoncé was nominated for—and lost—the award four times, for albums that ranged from a massive, hit-spawning machine (I Am… Sasha Fierce) to a seismic, industry-quaking vision (Beyoncé) to a stone-cold-creative masterpiece (Lemonade) to a joyful, radical reinvigoration of disco and dance music (Renaissance). It’s been fair, in the 15 years since Sasha Fierce came up short, to ask: What does Beyoncé have to do to win Album of the Year?That question was answered Sunday night, at the…
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