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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The legendary performer Beyoncé Knowles-Carter won |
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four awards at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on March 14, 2021, |
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bringing her total number of Grammys to 28, the most ever received |
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by a woman artist; and |
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WHEREAS, During the awards ceremony held in Los Angeles, |
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Beyoncé won the Grammy for best R&B performance for her song "Black |
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Parade," and her collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion on the song |
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"Savage" won two Grammys, for best rap song and best rap |
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performance; she also shared the Grammy for best music video with |
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her daughter, Blue Ivy, and WizKid, for "Brown Skin Girl"; and |
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WHEREAS, A Houston native, Beyoncé earned her first Grammy |
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nominations at the age of 17, when she was still a member of |
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Destiny's Child, which was nominated in two categories at the 42nd |
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Grammys in 1999; the following year, the group won two awards with |
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their hit song, "Say My Name," and they won another Grammy in 2001 |
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with their song "Survivor"; and |
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WHEREAS, Beyoncé went solo in 2003 with her album Dangerously |
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in Love, which earned her five Grammys at the 46th annual awards |
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ceremony, including best contemporary R&B album, best female R&B |
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vocal performance, best R&B performance by a duo or group with |
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vocals, best R&B song, and best rap/sung collaboration; she won |
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another Grammy with Destiny's Child in 2005, and in 2006, her second |
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solo album, B'Day, took the award for best contemporary R&B album; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Since then, Queen Bey, as she is known to her adoring |
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fans, has received at least one nomination nearly every year and |
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usually several, and she has won multiple awards in many different |
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categories; at the 52nd Grammys in 2009, she won six awards, |
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including song of the year for her blockbuster hit "Single Ladies |
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(Put a Ring on It)" and best contemporary R&B album for her |
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groundbreaking double album, I Am... Sasha Fierce; in 2016, she |
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took home two awards, including best urban contemporary album for |
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Lemonade and best music video for "Formation"; and |
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WHEREAS, Beyoncé has received a remarkable 79 Grammy |
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nominations and 28 wins, the most ever won by a female artist; her |
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total also ties her with the legendary composer and producer Quincy |
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Jones and puts her in the running to break the record of most |
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Grammys ever, currently held by the symphony conductor Georg Solti; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A superstar entertainer, a generous philanthropist, |
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and a role model to millions, Beyoncé is one of the leading voices |
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of her generation, and her fellow Texans are indeed proud to claim |
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her as one of their own; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Beyoncé Knowles-Carter for setting |
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a record for most Grammys received by a woman artist with her 28th |
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Grammy Award win at the 2021 Grammy Awards and extend to her sincere |
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best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Beyoncé as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |