Adele sweeps Grammy’s biggest categories, winning 5 awards overall

It was Adele from start to finish at the 59th Grammys on Sunday as the British songstress took five honours, including song of the year and record of the year for Hello, album of the year for 25, and best pop vocal album and pop solo performance, CBC News reported.

Competition in the record of the year category included Beyoncé’s Formation, Rihanna and Drake’s Work, twenty one pilots’ Stressed Out and Lukas Graham’s 7 Years. Adele shared the award with producer Greg Kurstin.

The final award of the night was for album of the year, with Adele recognizing her main competition.

“I can’t possibly accept this award,” she said. “And I am very humbled and I am very grateful and gracious, but my artist of my life is Beyoncé. And this album for me, the Lemonade album, was just so monumental.”

After picking up song of the year, Adele said to Beyoncé, “You move my soul everyday.”

Adele, who had trouble with her live performance at last year’s Grammy Awards, earlier asked to restart her tribute to George Michael on Sunday, telling the audience: “I can’t mess this up for him.”

She stopped and used an expletive after singing some of a new arrangement of Michael’s Fastlove, as videos and photos of Michael played in the background. She re-sang the song and earned applause and support from the crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, though Adele was teary eyed.

At last year’s show, the British singer had a hiccup after a microphone inside a piano fell onto the instrument’s strings.

Adele also kicked off the broadcast with a rendition of Hello.