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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Legendary performer Beyoncé won three awards at the |
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67th annual Grammy Awards on February 2, 2025, bringing her total |
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number of Grammys to 35, the most ever received by any artist; and |
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WHEREAS, During the awards ceremony held in Los Angeles, |
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Beyoncé won Grammys for both album of the year and country album of |
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the year for Cowboy Carter, making her the first Black woman to take |
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home the album of the year honor since 1999 and the first Black |
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artist to ever receive the country album of the year accolade; in |
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addition, her collaboration with Miley Cyrus on the song "II Most |
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Wanted" won the Grammy for best country duo/group performance; and |
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WHEREAS, A Houston native, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter earned her |
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first Grammy nominations at the age of 17, when she was still a |
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member of Destiny's Child, which was nominated in two categories at |
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the Grammys in 1999; the following year, the group won two awards |
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with their hit song, "Say My Name," and they won another Grammy in |
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2001 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 fans, |
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has received at least one nomination nearly every year and usually |
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several, and she has won multiple awards in many different |
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categories; at the 2009 Grammys, she won six awards, including song |
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of the year for her blockbuster hit "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on |
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It)" and best contemporary R&B album for her groundbreaking double |
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album, I Am... Sasha Fierce; in 2016, she took home two awards, |
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including best urban contemporary album for Lemonade and best music |
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video for "Formation"; she made history in 2023, when she won for |
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best dance/electronic album for Renaissance, putting her Grammy |
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total at 32, the most of all time; her achievements in 2025 have |
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furthered her unprecedented Grammy success, bringing her totals to |
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a remarkable 99 Grammy nominations and 35 wins; and |
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WHEREAS, A generational talent, Beyoncé has proven herself to |
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be one of the most accomplished entertainers in the history of |
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popular music, and she is a source of tremendous pride to her fellow |
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Texans; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Beyoncé for winning the album of |
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the year, country album of the year, and best country duo/group |
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performance honors at the 2025 Grammy Awards and extend to her |
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sincere 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. |