The GRAMMYs announced their nominations for the Feb. 5 show. The nominations include talent from all over New York State, with familiar favorites and new artists.
The 2023 GRAMMY awards feature many nominations for Mary J. Blige, who grew up in Yonkers. She is nominated for Record of the Year, Album of The Year, and Best R&B Album for her record Good Morning Gorgeous. She was also nominated for Best R&B Performance for her song “Here With Me” featuring Anderson .Paak.
Post Malone saw a nomination in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category for his song “I Like You (A Happier Song)” featuring Doja Cat. He is from Syracuse, and is one of the most successful pop stars of the last decade with 66 entries in the Billboard Hot 100 — including 11 top 10 hits — and is a 9-time Grammy nominee.
Shemekia Copeland’s groundbreaking 2022 release, Done Come Too Far, received a nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Copeland has received four previous Grammy Award nominations and is from Harlem.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, an American indie rock band formed in New York City in 2000, is nominated in two categories. Their record Cool It Down is nominated in the Best Alternative Music Album category, and Best Alternative Music Performance for “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World,” featuring Perfume Genius.
The Best Bluegrass Album category saw Andy Falco and The Infamous Stringdusters record Toward The Fray. Falco was born in Greenwich Village and grew up in Garden City, and now resides in Sayville.
Staten Island native Christina Aguilera is nominated for Best Latin Pop Album and Best Immersive Audio Album for her record AGUILERA. She has achieved five No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart making her the third female artist, and fourth overall, to top the chart over three consecutive decades.
Icon Norah Jones, who has sold more than 50 million records worldwide and has won several awards is nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for I Dream Of Christmas (Extended). She has won multiple GRAMMYs as well.
Snarky Puppy, who say New York City made the band who they are today, are nominated for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for their record Empire Central, which focuses on NYC and explains in depth how the city shaped the group.
The Best Jazz Vocal Album category saw The Manhattan Transfer. They are a Grammy award–winning vocal group founded in 1969. Their album Fifty features The WDR Funkhausorchester, German broadcast orchestra of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne.
The Best Rap Album features a lot of new and old, including Bronx born Pusha T, who has been nominated for multiple GRAMMY awards in the past. His record It’s Almost Dry is up for consideration for an award.
The Best Orchestral Performance category sees two Capital Region natives Jimmy Stagnitti and Ian Antonio performing in the orchestra for “The Breath Of The World.” It was conducted by Doug Perkins (Musicians Of The University Of Michigan Department Of Chamber Music & University Of Michigan Percussion Ensemble).
Finally, NYC-born Lin-Manuel Miranda is nominated in two categories, one for his songwriter skills and the other for his storytelling skills. His storytelling of Aristotle And Dante Dive Into The Waters Of The World is nominated for the Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording. Actor Mel Brooks, from Brooklyn, also was nominated in that category for All About Me!: My Remarkable Life In Show Business. Manuel Miranda also wrote a song for the movie Encanto, called ”We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” which is also up for nomination.
The 65 annual GRAMMY awards will be airing on Feb. 5 starting at 7 p.m.
