Blue Ivy Turns into One in every of the Youngest Grammy Nominees in History

Leah Peasall of The Peasall Sisters is the youngest Grammy nominee (and winner) as one among the credited artists on the O Brother, Where Art Thou?  soundtrack, which was the 2001 winner for album of the year. Leah was suitable eight at the time. Leah and her sisters Hannah, 11, and Sarah, 14, supplied the singing voices for “the Wharvey Ladies,” the daughters of the personality finished by George Clooney. They sang “In the Highways” and “Angel Band.”

Deleon Richards is the youngest performer to acquire an particular particular person nomination; she was nominated at 8 1/2 years same outdated for a 1985 award for perfect soul/gospel performance, female for her album Deleon.

Jay-Z and Beyoncé, obviously, are Grammy royalty. Jay-Z this year tied Quincy Jones as essentially the most-nominated particular person in Grammy historic past, with 80 nods. Beyoncé this year tied Paul McCartney because the runner-up, with 79 nods.

The Recording Academy confirmed Blue Ivy’s nomination by quoting Grammy principles that “in expose for a featured artist to be identified as a nominee, 1) the artist want to be credited and identified as a featured artist; and a pair of) there want to be necessary performance and inventive contribution by the featured artist past what would perhaps perhaps be belief to be merely accompaniment.” In the Academy’s look, she meets those tests.

The assorted nominees for perfect song video are Future that includes Drake‘s “Existence Is Factual,” Anderson .Paak‘s “Lockdown,” Harry Styles‘ “Fancy You” and Woodkid‘s “Goliath.”