It’s that time of year again: various Louisiana artists have been recognized by the Recording Academy for Grammy nominations. The 64th annual Grammy Awards nominees include Jon Batiste (who leads all nominees with 11), Sean Ardoin, Cha Wa, and more. The Recording Academy announced “The Grammy Awards have launched a different procedure for selecting their nominees this year — going with a popular vote and eliminating the controversial ‘secret committees’ that had curated the final lists in recent decades — and although many of the top nominees were expected, the top one definitely was not.”
See the list of Louisiana nominees below:
BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE
- “Wusyaname,” Tyler, the Creator Featuring Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
- “Cry,” Jon Batiste
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
- “Cry,” Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
- Live in New Orleans!, Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock And Soul
- Bloodstains & Teardrops, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
- My People, Cha Wa
- Corey Ledet Zydeco, Corey Ledet Zydeco
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
- Batiste: Movement 11‘, Jon Batiste
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
- “Sackodougou,” Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, soloist. Track from: The Hands of Time (Weedie Braimah)
- “Bigger Than Us,” Jon Batiste, soloist. Track from: Soul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Various Artists)
- “Absence,” Terence Blanchard. Track from: Absence (Terence Blanchard Featuring the E Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet)
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
- Jazz Selections: Music From and Inspired by ‘Soul,’ Jon Batiste
- Absence, Terence Blanchard Featuring The E Collective And The Turtle Island Quartet
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
- Alone with My Faith, Harry Connick, Jr.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
- “Freedom,” Jon Batiste
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
- Soul, Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
- “I Need You,” Jon Batiste
BEST R&B ALBUM
- We Are, Jon Batiste
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
- Ledisi Sings Nina, Ledisi
RECORD OF THE YEAR
- Freedom, Jon Batiste, Kizzo & Autumn Rowe, producers; Russ Elevado, Kizzo & Manny Marroquin, engineers/mixers; Michelle Mancini, mastering engineer
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
- We Are, Jon Batiste. Craig Adams, David Gauthier, Braedon Gautier, Brennon Gautier, Gospel Soul Children Choir, Hot 8 Brass Band, PJ Morton, Autumn Rowe, Zadie Smith, St. Augustine High School Marching 100 & Trombone Shorty, featured artists; Jon Batiste, Mickey Freedom Hart, King Garbage, Kizzo, Sunny Levine, Nate Mercereau, David Pimentel, Ricky Reed, Autumn Rowe, Jahaan Sweet & Nick Waterhouse, producers; Jon Batiste, Russ Elevado, Mischa Kachkachishvili, Kizzo, Joseph Lorge, Manny Marroquin, David Pimentel, Ricky Reed, Jaclyn Sanchez, Matt Vertere, Marc Whitmore & Alex Williams, engineers/mixers; Andrae Alexander, Troy Andrews, Jon Batiste, Zach Cooper, Vic Dimotsis, Eric Frederic, Kizzo, Sunny Levine, Steve McEwan, PJ Morton, Autumn Rowe & Mavis Staples, songwriters; Michelle Mancini, mastering engineer
The Recording Academy will present the 2022 Grammy Awards on Sunday, April 3, live from Las Vegas on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on demand on Paramount+ from 7–10:30 p.m. CT . Prior to the telecast, the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony will be held at the Microsoft Theater at 2:30 p.m. CT and will be streamed live on grammy.com and the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel.
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