Following the release of nominations for the Grammy awards, a number of entertainment fans have expressed opinions about possible winnings. For Black artists across R&B, hip-hop, jazz, and country music.
With some brimming with confidence about possible wins by some of their favourite artists when the event comes off in less than a month, some have been have singled out and praised for having multiple nods. Music artists such as Beyonce, Andre 3000 and Chris Brown have been mentioned for standing out in categories such as R&B, rap, pop, but have been identified into foreign genres such as country, jazz and Afrobeats.
Making their jump into the Grammys scene are newcomers Doechii and Shaboozey. Fingers are also crossed for Grammy-nominated veterans who’ve yet to win an award,Kehlani and Metro Boomin.
Some categories, as well as 2024 albums and songs could receive Grammy wins during the telecast on Sunday, February 2, 2025, beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and Paramount+.
These include André 3000, the 9-time Grammy winner and former Outkast member, who, after a hiatus, has gotten Grammy love from categories outside of rap. This year, the rapper-turned-instrumentalist returns with his first solo LP, “New Blue Sun,” as an Album of the Year nominee, just 21 years after Outkast’s “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” won in the category.
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Already the most-decorated artist in Grammy history, at this year’s awards ceremony, Beyoncé is poised to nab the country music crown. With her eighth album, “Cowboy Carter,” the singer is almost exclusively in country music categories, with 11 nominations across Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance (“16 Carriages”), and Best Country Song (“Texas Hold ‘Em”).
While he has one Grammy win, Chris Brown is back for more in his fourteenth year as a nominee. The Virginia native is up for Best R&B Album (“11:11 (Deluxe))” and Best R&B Performance (“Residuals”), but with his crossover single “Sensational” featuring Davido and Lojay, Brown is also nominated for Best African Music Performance.
Kendrick Lamar, the 17-time Grammy winner, didn’t let up on Drake all 2024, and he’s equally putting pressure on seven categories this year. Along with his nods for the aforementioned feature on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” Kendrick’s groundbreaking summertime single “Not Like Us”, was so widely popular that Drake filed two lawsuits involving it.
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