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 has won album of the year at the 67th Grammy Awards. Kendrick Lamar won song and record of the year for “Not Like Us" and Chappell Roan won best new artist.