Viola Davis, GloRilla, and More Up For Grammy Awards!

The world is getting ready for ‘Music’s Biggest Night’ as creatives are honored for their hard work at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards! The ceremony will be live February 5, 2023 at 6:00 PM CST on CBS and Paramount+. Trevor Noah is set to host the evening for his third consecutive year.

It’s no surprise to see musicians like Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar make the nomination list, but with the Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording category, fans are able to celebrate their favorite Hollywood superstars like Viola Davis who is nominated for her book ‘Finding Me’.

In 2022, Congressman John Lewis and Kabir Sehgal won for their book Carry On: Reflections For a New Generation. Other nominees for the 2023 category include All About Me!: My Remarkable Life In Show Business By Mel Brooks, Aristotle And Dante Dive Into The Waters Of The World by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Music Is History by Questlove, and Act Like You Got Some Sense by Jamie Foxx.

Breakout star and CMG’s GloRilla has also got her eyes on her very first Grammy Award! When she received the news back in November she told Billboard, “I’m in disbelief. I don’t think this is happening for real. My team let me know; I had to go look it up for myself because I had thought maybe they was playing.” Curious to see who else who made the list from the Culture? Read below to explore nominations for the R&B, Rap, Gospel, Reggae, Global Music, and Music Video categories at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards!

Best R&B Performance

• VIRGO’S GROOVE
  Beyoncé
• Here With Me
  Mary J. Blige Featuring Anderson .Paak
• Hrs & Hrs
  Muni Long
• Over
  Lucky Daye
• Hurt Me So Good
  Jazmine Sullivan

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• Do 4 Love
  Snoh Aalegra
• Keeps On Fallin’
  Babyface Featuring Ella Mai
• PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA
  Beyoncé
• ‘Round Midnight
  Adam Blackstone Featuring Jazmine Sullivan
• Good Morning Gorgeous
  Mary J. Blige

Best R&B Song

• CUFF IT
  Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Beyoncé, Mary Christine Brockert, Brittany “Chi” Coney, Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, Morten Ristorp, Nile Rodgers & Raphael Saadiq, songwriters (Beyoncé)
• Good Morning Gorgeous
  Mary J. Blige, David Brown, Dernst Emile II, Gabriella Wilson & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (Mary J. Blige)
• Hrs & Hrs
  Hamadi Aaabi, Dylan Graham, Priscilla Renea, Thaddis “Kuk” Harrell, Brandon John-Baptiste, Isaac Wriston & Justin Nathaniel Zim, songwriters (Muni Long)
• Hurt Me So Good
  Akeel Henry, Michael Holmes, Luca Mauti, Jazmine Sullivan & Elliott Trent, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
• Please Don’t Walk Away
  PJ Morton, songwriter (PJ Morton)

Best Progressive R&B Album

• Operation Funk
  Cory Henry
• Gemini Rights
  Steve Lacy
• Drones
  Terrace Martin
• Starfruit
  Moonchild
• Red Balloon
  Tank And The Bangas

Best R&B Album

• Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)
  Mary J. Blige
• Breezy (Deluxe)
  Chris Brown
• Black Radio III
  Robert Glasper
• Candydrip
  Lucky Daye
• Watch The Sun
  PJ Morton

Best Rap Performance

• GOD DID
  DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy
• Vegas
  Doja Cat
• pushin P
  Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug
• F.N.F. (Let’s Go)
  Hitkidd & GloRilla
• The Heart Part 5
  Kendrick Lamar

Best Melodic Rap Performance

• BEAUTIFUL
  DJ Khaled Featuring Future & SZA
• WAIT FOR U
  Future Featuring Drake & Tems
• First Class
  Jack Harlow
• Die Hard
  Kendrick Lamar Featuring Blxst & Amanda Reifer
• Big Energy (Live)
  Latto

Best Rap Song

• Churchill Downs
  Ace G, BEDRM, Matthew Samuels, Tahrence Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Aubrey Graham, Jack Harlow & Jose Velazquez, songwriters (Jack Harlow Featuring Drake)
• GOD DID
  Tarik Azzouz, E. Blackmon, Khaled Khaled, F. LeBlanc, Shawn Carter, John Stephens, Dwayne Carter, William Roberts & Nicholas Warwar, songwriters (DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy)
• The Heart Part 5
  Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar & Matt Schaeffer, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
• pushin P
  Lucas Depante, Nayvadius Wilburn, Sergio Kitchens, Wesley Tyler Glass & Jeffery Lamar Williams, songwriters (Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug)
• WAIT FOR U
  Tejiri Akpoghene, Floyd E. Bentley III, Jacob Canady, Isaac De Boni, Aubrey Graham, Israel Ayomide Fowobaje, Nayvadius Wilburn, Michael Mule, Oluwatoroti Oke & Temilade Openiyi, songwriters (Future Featuring Drake & Tems)

Best Rap Album

• GOD DID
  DJ Khaled
• I Never Liked You
  Future
• Come Home The Kids Miss You
  Jack Harlow
• Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
  Kendrick Lamar
• It’s Almost Dry
  Pusha T

Best Gospel Album

• Die To Live
  Maranda Curtis
• Breakthrough: The Exodus (Live)
  Ricky Dillard
• Clarity
  DOE
• One Deluxe
  Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
• All Things New
  Tye Tribbett

Best Reggae Album

• The Kalling
  Kabaka Pyramid
• Gifted
  Koffee
• Scorcha
  Sean Paul
• Third Time’s The Charm
  Protoje
• Com Fly Wid Mi
  Shaggy

Best Global Music Performance

• Udhero Na
  Arooj Aftab & Anoushka Shankar
• Gimme Love
  Matt B & Eddy Kenzo
• Last Last
  Burna Boy
• Neva Bow Down
  Rocky Dawuni Featuring Blvk H3ro
• Bayethe
  Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini & Nomcebo Zikode

Best Global Music Album

• Shuruaat
  Berklee Indian Ensemble
• Love, Damini
  Burna Boy
• Queen Of Sheba
  Angélique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf
• Between Us… (Live)
  Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley Featuring Manu Delago
• Sakura
  Masa Takumi

Best Music Video

• Easy On Me
  Adele
  Xavier Dolan, video director; Xavier Dolan & Nancy Grant, video producers
• Yet To Come
  BTS
  Yong Seok Choi, video director; Tiffany Suh, video producer
• Woman
  Doja Cat
  Child., video director; Missy Galanida, Sam Houston, Michelle Larkin & Isaac Rice, video producers
• The Heart Part 5
  Kendrick Lamar
  Dave Free & Kendrick Lamar, video directors; Jason Baum & Jamie Rabineau, video producers
• As It Was
  Harry Styles
  Tanu Muino, video director; Frank Borin, Ivanna Borin, Fred Bonham Carter & Alexa Haywood, video producers
• All Too Well: The Short Film
  Taylor Swift
  Taylor Swift, video director; Saul Germaine, video producer

FULL 65TH GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS LIST

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