Grammys: Adele sweeps awards as 25 beats out Beyonce's Lemonade

Adele may have stopped and restarted her George Michael tribute performance but that didn't stop her from walking away with the most awards. The powerhouse vocalist took home five awards on Sunday night at Staples Center that included the trio - Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Adele beat Beyonce in the top three categories. This was a complete shock to most people watching. She did this with her record-breaking album '25', released in 2015. This was a repeat of her haul from 2012 when she also won Song, Record and Album of the Year at the Grammys.

"My queen and my idol is Queen B. I adore you," Adele said to Beyonce as she accepted the last of her awards. "The 'Lemonade' album was so monumental".

Beyonce had gone into the awards on Sunday with a leading nine nominations for her groundbreaking album 'Lemonade' but walked away with just two awards - Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Music Video for Formation.

"My intention for the film and album is to create a body of work that would give voice to our pain, our struggles, our doubts, and our history, to confront issues that make us uncomfortable. It's important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty, so they can grow in a world, where they look in the mirror, first with their own families as well as in the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House and the Grammys and see themselves," Beyonce said. "This is something that I want for every child of every race, and I feel that it's vital that we learn from the past and recognize our tendencies to repeat our mistakes."

Beyonce though, had the performance of the night. This was her first public appearance since announcing that she is expecting twins. Donning a sheer, glittering gold dress, she sand "Love Drought" and "Sandcastles" from her album "Lemonade".