--- title: Grammys 2017: Here's How the Internet Reacted to Adele's Win description: Adele swept the major awards at Sunday night's Grammys, besting Beyoncé for the top prizes—and the internet had strong feelings about it. canonical: https://time.com/4668626/adele-beyonce-grammys-2017-reactions/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-13T05:56:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:01.690Z og:title: Grammys 2017: Here's How the Internet Reacted to Adele's Win og:description: Adele swept the major awards, besting Beyoncé in the three top prizes. og:url: https://time.com/4668626/adele-beyonce-grammys-2017-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt466fa4ffe3b618cc/6988ba012dce0196f29ec3e3/adele-beyonce-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: adele-beyonce-2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Grammys 2017: Here's How the Internet Reacted to Adele's Win twitter:description: Adele swept the major awards, besting Beyoncé in the three top prizes. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt466fa4ffe3b618cc/6988ba012dce0196f29ec3e3/adele-beyonce-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How the Internet Reacted to Adele's Grammy Sweep > Sponsored content. 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In the end, soulful crooner Adele swept the trifecta of the evening’s top awards, leaving Beyoncé—who had been nominated in nine categories—empty-handed for the big prizes of the night. Rihanna, who was nominated for eight awards, also came away [without a trophy.](http://time.com/4668545/rihanna-flask-grammys-2017/?xid=homepage) As expected, people have taken to Twitter to vent their strong feelings about how it all went down in the final minutes of the show, with many up in arms over Beyoncé’s loss. [Even Adele called out to Beyoncé](http://time.com/4668594/adele-beyonce-grammys-2017/?xid=homepage) in her acceptance speeches. Some people are noting that Beyoncé, Rihanna, and other black artists have been categorically shut out of taking home the top awards over the years. > [](https://twitter.com/adam%5Flewis/status/831002472034426884) > [](https://twitter.com/natalieweiner/status/831001801168138240) > [](https://twitter.com/lonimartice/status/831000267449475072) > [](https://twitter.com/violetinvelvet/status/831000954136821761) > [](https://twitter.com/eveewing/status/831014891540578304) > [](https://twitter.com/Bey%5FLegion/status/831003265567432704) Others are sending Beyoncé respect and admiration, like Sia and Diplo. > [](https://twitter.com/Sia/status/830983364479836160) > [](https://twitter.com/diplo/status/831004271839547393) > [](https://twitter.com/caityweaver/status/831000279105540097) > [](https://twitter.com/MattBellassai/status/831000265004302336) > [](https://twitter.com/joncaramanica/status/831000026302312449) Beyoncé’s sister Solange isn’t one to stay silent, either. She tweeted a link to rapper Frank Ocean’s anti-Grammy diatribe; Ocean recused himself from participating in this year’s awards ceremony as a statement of protest. > [](https://twitter.com/solangeknowles/status/831000797232001025) Of course, [Rihanna found a way to have fun](http://time.com/4668545/rihanna-flask-grammys-2017/?xid=homepage) during the evening, regardless of how the awards shook out—and the internet (and fellow celebrities) have noticed. > [](https://twitter.com/iTease%5F/status/831007202835980289) > [](https://twitter.com/diplo/status/831006003919413248) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4668626/adele-beyonce-grammys-2017-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4668626/adele-beyonce-grammys-2017-reactions/"},"headline":"Here's How the Internet Reacted to Adele's Grammy Sweep","datePublished":"2017-02-13T05:56:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:01.690Z","description":"Adele swept the major awards, besting Beyoncé in the three top prizes","url":"https://time.com/4668626/adele-beyonce-grammys-2017-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Grammys 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt466fa4ffe3b618cc/6988ba012dce0196f29ec3e3/adele-beyonce-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt466fa4ffe3b618cc/6988ba012dce0196f29ec3e3/adele-beyonce-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"adele-beyonce-2","caption":"Grammys","creditText":"Valerie Macon—AFP/Getty Images; Kevin Mazur—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4668626/adele-beyonce-grammys-2017-reactions/","name":"Here's How the Internet Reacted to Adele's Grammy Sweep"}}]}] ```