In reply to justme.

Stupid comment. Beck playing those many instruments is one of the reasons he is so talented and deserves such award. Doesn´t mean it has to happen always. There are great albums from "just" singers who are that good that won AOTY like Whitney or Celine Dion (well except for when Taylor Swift won that award, appalling). Adele was a good choice, it´s all about who you are competing with. And Adele´s album pretty much saved the industry. Plus her music is way more classy than Beyonce´s :)
That said, what the grammys choose is just one more opinion, it´s not the absolute truth, although it is the most relevant opinion in the business obviously. Just be glad Beyonce has as many (in secondary categories of course) when she is not comparable musically to sooooo many artists who have way less grammys. She was very lucky.