Sunday’s award show marked Beyoncé’s first win for Album of the Year award, a category that hasn’t been claimed by a Black woman since Lauryn Hill in 1999.

"You want to hold on to country music like white people didn't also buy her country album. Come on, man!" the Oscar winner said in response to conservative author Raymond Arroyo's criticisms.

Whoopi Goldberg has launched a fierce defence of Beyoncé's recent Grammy victories after conservative figures expressed outrage over the singer's wins. The heated exchange unfolded on "The View" following Beyoncé's triumph in major categories at this year's Grammy Awards,

Goldberg schooled Raymond Arroyo after the author appeared on Fox News to lament the fact that white singers had fewer Grammys than Beyoncé.The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg has had enough of conservatives crowing over Beyoncé winning Best Country Album at the Grammy Awards for her 2024 genre-hopping opus Cowboy Carter — and making history at Sunday's ceremony as the first Black artist to win the award.

Beyoncé collected another three wins at the 2025 Grammy Awards, including her first album of the year victory for Cowboy Carter to bring her grand total to 35 Grammys. She also took home victories for best country album and best country/group performance for “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus.

Whoopi Goldberg stepped in to defend Beyoncé’s recent Grammy wins after the singer’s victory was heavily criticized on Fox News. Beyoncé won Best Country Album and Album of the Year for her 2024 record Cowboy Carter at the awards show on Sunday night.

A Stark County musician and producer just earned himself some Grammy recognition thanks to working on Beyoncé's country album "Cowboy Carter."

Whoopi Goldberg is coming to Beyoncé's defense after Fox News criticized the global icon for winning best country album at the 2025 Grammys. Conservative author Raymond Arroyo made an appearance on Fox News' 'The Ingraham Angle,

Every time someone presented one of the show’s major prizes — album of the year, record of the year, song of the year, best new artist — he or she rattled off the line before revealing the winner. It was a small but telling detail that demonstrated how the academy wants to be perceived after years of being portrayed as a shadowy record-industry cabal.