Several Memphis and Mid-South artists and producers will be among those vying for music’s biggest prize on Sunday during the 67th annual Grammy awards.
The ceremonies will take place in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theater and Crypto.com arena. Most of the Memphis-connected artists will see their fates decided during the daytime Grammy Premiere Ceremony, which begins at 2:30 p.m. CST and can be viewed at Grammy.com or on the Recording Academy’s official YouTube channel. The televised Grammy ceremonies will follow on CBS and Paramount+ at 7 p.m.
This year’s contingent of local and regional nominees includes fast-rising rap star GloRilla, pop phenom Justin Timberlake, Stax soul great Steve Cropper, Mississippi bluesman Cedric Burnside, and noted Memphis mastering engineer Brad Blackwood.
Here’s a look at the categories they’re in and the competition they’ll face in order to get Grammy gold.
GloRilla
GloRilla is nominated in the Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song categories. Here is a look at all the nominees in those categories.
Best Rap Performance
GloRilla – “Yeah Glo!”
Cardi B – “Enough (Miami)”
Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos – “When the Sun Shines Again”
Doechii – “Nissan Altima”
Eminem – “Houdini”
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Best Rap Song
GloRilla – “Yeah Glo!”
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar – “Like That”
Kendrick Lamar – “Not Like Us”
Rapsody & Hit-Boy – “Asteroids”
Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid Featuring Playboi Carti – “Carnival”
Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake landed his 40th Grammy nomination in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category. (He has 10 Grammy wins.) Nominees in this category are:
Best Song Written for Visual Media
*NSync & Justin Timberlake – “Better Place” (From “Trolls Band Together”)
Barbra Streisand – “Love Will Survive” (From “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”)
Jon Batiste – “It Never Went Away” (From the Netflix Documentary “American Symphony”)
Luke Combs – “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” (From “Twisters: The Album”)
Olivia Rodrigo – “Can’t Catch Me Now” (From “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”)
Cedric Burnside
Cedric Burnside is looking for another win in the Best Traditional Blues Album category. He took home the Grammy in that category in 2022. Nominees this year are:
Best Traditional Blues Album
Cedric Burnside – “Hill Country Love”
The Fabulous Thunderbirds – “Struck Down”
Little Feat – “Sam’s Place”
Sue Foley – “One Guitar Woman”
Taj Mahal – “Swingin’: Live at the Church in Tulsa”
Steve Cropper
Stax Records legend Steve Cropper landed a nomination in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category for “Friendlytown.” Here are the nominees in that category.
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour – “Friendlytown”
Antonio Vergara – “The Fury”
Joe Bonamassa – “Blues Deluxe Vol. 2”
Ruthie Foster – “Mileage”
Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It on Eve”
Brad Blackwood
Brad Blackwood earned a nomination in the Best Historical Album category as part of the team behind “Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition.” Here are all the nominees in that category.
Best Historical Album
“Centennial” – Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists)
“Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition” – Charles F. Spicer Jr. & Duane Tudahl, compilation producers; Brad Blackwood & Bernie Grundman, mastering engineers (Prince & The New Power Generation)
“Paul Robeson – Voice of Freedom: His Complete Columbia, RCA, HMV, and Victor Recordings” – Tom Laskey & Robert Russ, compilation producers; Nancy Conforti & Andreas K. Meyer, mastering engineers (Paul Robeson)
“Pepito Y Paquito” – Pepe De Lucía & Javier Doria, compilation producers; Jesús Bola, mastering engineer (Pepe De Lucía And Paco De Lucía)
“The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording – Super Deluxe Edition)” – Mike Matessino & Mark Piro, compilation producers; Steve Genewick & Mike Matessino, mastering engineers (Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews)
