(November 28, 2017) The Grammy Awards announced their nominations for the January 28th show, to be held at Madison Square Garden in New York. And a number of prominent soul music artists, including Ledisi, PJ Morton, The Baylor Project and Daniel Caesar received nominations.
In the meantime, get ready for the SoulTracks Readers’ Choice Awards, which will be announced on Wednesday, December 6.
Here are the Grammy nominees in the R&B categories. Good luck to all!
Best R&B Performance
• Get You – Daniel Caesar Featuring Kali Uchis
• Distraction – Kehlani
• High – Ledisi
• That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars
• The Weekend – SZA
Best Traditional R&B Performance
• Laugh And Move On – The Baylor Project
• Redbone – Childish Gambino
• What I’m Feelin’ – Anthony Hamilton Featuring The Hamiltones
• All The Way – Ledisi
• Still – Mali Music
Best R&B Song
• First Began – PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)
• Location – Alfredo Gonzalez, Olatunji Ige, Samuel David Jiminez, Christopher McClenney, Khalid Robinson & Joshua Scruggs, songwriters (Khalid)
• Redbone – Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson, songwriters (Childish Gambino)
• Supermodel – Tyran Donaldson, Terrence Henderson, Greg Landfair Jr., Solana Rowe & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (SZA)
• That’s What I Like – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
Best Urban Contemporary Album
• Free 6LACK – 6LACK
• “Awaken, My Love!” – Childish Gambino
• American Teen – Khalid
• Ctrl – SZA
• Starboy – The Weeknd
Best R&B Album
• Freudian – Daniel Caesar
• Let Love Rule – Ledisi
• 24K Magic – Bruno Mars
• Gumbo – PJ Morton
• Feel The Real – Musiq Soulchild
Also, congratulations to SoulTracks faves Raul Midon, Cecile McLorin Salvant and The Baylor Project for nominations in the Best Jazz Vocal album category!
