The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
GRAMMY NOMINEES WITH GEORGIA CONNECTIONS
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS. ■ Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover):
Record of the year, song of the year, best rap/sung performance and best music video (“This Is America”); best R&B song (“Feels Like Summer”) ■ Janelle Monae:
Album of the year (“Dirty Computer” — Atlanta’s Nate “Rocket” Wonder is a producer/engineer and Nathaniel Irvin III a songwriter); best music video (“Pynk”)
■ Chloe x Halle : Best new artist; best urban contemporary album (“The Kids Are Alright”)
■ Cardi B: Album of the year and best rap album (“Invasion of Privacy”); record of the year (“I Like It” — Atlanta’s Leslie Brathwaite is an engineer/ mixer and Colin Leonard mastering engineer); best pop duo/group performance with Maroon 5 (“Girls Like You”); best rap performance (“Be Careful”)
■ Future: Best rap performance (“King’s Dead” with Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and James Blake); best rap song “King’s Dead,” songwriter) ■ Backstreet Boys
(Brian Littrell is an Alpharetta resident): Best pop duo/group performance (“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”) ■ Swae Lee of Rae
Sremmurd (featured): Best rap performance
(“Sicko Mode” with Travis Scott, Drake and Big Hawk) and best rap song (“Sicko Mode” – Atlanta’s Cydel Young is a songwriter) ■ Mike.Will.Made.It:
Best rap song (“King’s Dead” — songwriter)
■ 6lack (with J. Cole): Best rap/sung performance (“Pretty Little Fears”)
■ 21 Savage (featured): Record of the year and best rap/sung performance (Post Malone’s “Rockstar”) ■ Florida Georgia Line:
Best country duo/group performance (“Meant to Be” with Bebe Rexha)
■ Little Big Town: Best country duo/group performance (“When Someone Stops Loving You”) ■ Freddy Cole: Best jazz vocal album (“My Mood Is You”) ■ Jimmy Carter: Best spoken word album (“Faith – A Journey for All”)
■ April and Steven Lance Ledbetter, William Ferris: Best historical album (“Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented By William Ferris”)
■ Skylark: Best choral performance (Matthew Guard, conductor, “Seven Words From the Cross”), best immersive audio album (“Seven Words From the Cross”)
■ Whitney Houston:
Best music film (“Whitney”)