Not only that, but the academy has repeatedly emphasized — including on Sunday’s show, where Chief Executive Harvey Mason Jr. hammered the point in a speech — that its electorate has evolved by welcoming younger and more diverse members (and, by extension, by booting older and whiter ones). Maybe it’s working.

Beyoncé is already the most-awarded artist in Grammy history. And now, the album of the year crown is finally hers for “Cowboy Carter.”