Its obvious that when I haven’t left the house for the best part of a year, that its hard to contain myself when it comes to the Grammy awards. Honestly, I’m generally not a huge fan of award ceremonies but this has me all jittery!

An artist that i have become a major fanboy of is Jhené Aiko. Jhené falls in the category of a strong (and i hate to use the term) female artist. The truth is, that Jhené cannot put a foot wrong and is one of a group of relatively new artists that have seen females pretty much take over the world of RnB, Hip Hip, Funk and Soul. I could only imagine a festival with an all female line up. Can you see it?? Jhené Aiko, Elle Mai, Georgia Smith, H.E.R, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish – Yes, Billie is a superstar and I wont apologise for saying that. I was lucky enough to see her (and Georgia Smith) at EP 2019 and she was epic! So epic, that a ton of people were squashed from the crowds that came to the main stage to see her, but anyway, I digress……

Some Grammy nominations in the R&B and Rap categories are as follows:

Best R&B Performance
For new vocal or instrumental R&B recordings.

• LIGHTNING & THUNDER
  Jhené Aiko Featuring John Legend
• BLACK PARADE
  Beyoncé
• ALL I NEED
  Jacob Collier Featuring Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign
• GOAT HEAD
  Brittany Howard
• SEE ME
  Emily King

Best Traditional R&B Performance
For new vocal or instrumental traditional R&B recordings.

• SIT ON DOWN
  The Baylor Project Featuring Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor
• WONDER WHAT SHE THINKS OF ME
  Chloe X Halle
• LET ME GO
  Mykal Kilgore
• ANYTHING FOR YOU
  Ledisi
• DISTANCE
  Yebba

Best R&B Song
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

• BETTER THAN I IMAGINED
  Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Robert Glasper Featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello)
• BLACK PARADE
  Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk & Rickie “Caso” Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé)
• COLLIDE
  Sam Barsh, Stacey Barthe, Sonyae Elise, Olu Fann, Akil King, Josh Lopez, Kaveh Rastegar & Benedetto Rotondi, songwriters (Tiana Major9 & EARTHGANG)
• DO IT
  Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Anton Kuhl, Victoria Monét, Scott Storch & Vincent Van Den Ende, songwriters (Chloe X Halle)
• SLOW DOWN
  Nasri Atweh, Badriia Bourelly, Skip Marley, Ryan Williamson & Gabriella Wilson, songwriters (Skip Marley & H.E.R.)

Best Progressive R&B Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded progressive vocal tracks derivative of R&B.

• CHILOMBO
  Jhené Aiko
• UNGODLY HOUR
  Chloe X Halle
• FREE NATIONALS
  Free Nationals
• F*** YO FEELINGS
  Robert Glasper
• IT IS WHAT IT IS
  Thundercat

Best R&B Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new R&B recordings.

• HAPPY 2 BE HERE
  Ant Clemons
• TAKE TIME
  Giveon
• TO FEEL LOVE/D
  Luke James
• BIGGER LOVE
  John Legend
• ALL RISE
  Gregory Porter

RAP

Best Rap Performance
For a Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.

• DEEP REVERENCE
  Big Sean Featuring Nipsey Hussle
• BOP
  DaBaby
• WHATS POPPIN
  Jack Harlow
• THE BIGGER PICTURE
  Lil Baby
• SAVAGE
  Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé
• DIOR
  Pop Smoke

Best Melodic Rap Performance
For a solo or collaborative performance containing both elements of R&B melodies and Rap.

• ROCKSTAR
  DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch
• LAUGH NOW CRY LATER
  Drake Featuring Lil Durk
• LOCKDOWN
  Anderson .Paak
• THE BOX
  Roddy Ricch
• HIGHEST IN THE ROOM
  Travis Scott

Best Rap Song
A Songwriter(s) Award.  A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only..

• THE BIGGER PICTURE
  Dominique Jones, Noah Pettigrew & Rai’shaun Williams, songwriters (Lil Baby)
• THE BOX
  Larrance Dopson, Samuel Gloade, Rodrick Moore, Adarius Moragne, Eric Sloan & Khirye Anthony Tyler, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)
• LAUGH NOW CRY LATER
  Durk Banks, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Ron LaTour & Ryan Martinez, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil Durk)
• ROCKSTAR
  Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Ross Joseph Portaro IV & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch)
• SAVAGE
  Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, Derrick Milano, Terius Nash, Megan Pete, Bobby Session Jr., Jordan Kyle Lanier Thorpe & Anthony White, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé)

Best Rap Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new rap recordings.

• BLACK HABITS
  D SMOKE
• ALFREDO
  Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
• A WRITTEN TESTIMONY
  Jay Electronica
• KING’S DISEASE
  Nas
• THE ALLEGORY
  Royce 5’9″

The show will air at 1am GMT and my days of being able to stay up late and not crash the car are far behind me so i guess i’ll be watching on Monday.

Anyway, enjoy the show and (Shameless plug) dont forget to check out RnB Sessions on Saturday and Sundays 6-8 GMT.

Much love,

Al