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.

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.

Whoopi Goldberg passionately defended Beyoncé’s Grammy wins on “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) after conservative figures expressed outrage over the singer winning such major categories as best country album with “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,

Beyoncé made history during Sunday’s Grammy Awards, and some folks over at Fox News aren’t too pleased with the “ridiculous outcome.” During a Monday segment of The Ingraham Angle, author Raymond Arroyo slammed the music icon for having more awards than esteemed–and notably white–artists like Dolly Parton and blamed the Recording Academy’s voting process for the “ridiculous outcome” that saw Beyoncé winning in major country music