United Kingdom, Feb. 3 -- Beyonce was "in shock" after winning the Best Country Album prize at Sunday's (02.02.25) Grammy Awards.

The 43-year-old singer took to the stage at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to accept the accolade from Taylor Swift for 'Cowboy Carter' and she urged people to "be persistent" and not feel they have to stick to one genre as that's just a way to "keep us in our place".

She said: "I really was not expecting this. Wow.

"I want to thank God that I'm able to still do what I love after so many years, oh, my God! I'd like to thank all of the incredible country artists that accepted this, this album we worked so hard on. I think sometimes genre is a cold word to keep us in our place as artists, and just want to...