World News – USA – Ingrid Andress, Miranda Lambert Lead 2021 Country Grammy Nominees

Ingrid Andress and Miranda Lambert top all country musicians at the Grammy Awards 2021 with three nominations each. Andress received nominations in the categories « Best Country Album » and « Best Country Song » as well as a nomination for all genres as « Best New Artist ». Lambert’s three nominations include Country Album, Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance.

Andress, a songwriter who grew up in Colorado, received her country nominations for her debut single « More Hearts Than Mine » and her subsequent debut album Lady Like. In May, the LP became the most widely streamed country debut album by a woman. Lambert meanwhile achieved her nominations for the song « Bluebird » and her seventh album Wildcard.

Other nominations for multiple countries include Brandy Clark, Little Big Town and Old Dominion with two each. Andress, Lambert, Clark, Little Big Town and Ashley McBryde all compete in the Best Country Album race.

Other notable nominations include Mickey Guyton, who made history as the first black solo artist and received a Grammy nomination in a country music category for best country solo performance for “Black Like Me”. She is the first black woman to be nominated in a country category since the Pointer Sisters were nominated (and won) by a duo / group for « Fairytale » for best country performance in 1975. ”

In the Roots music categories are Nashville songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews, North Carolina band Hiss Golden Messenger, solo artist and I’m With Her member Sarah Jarosz, blues jam guitarist Marcus King, and Americana -Icon Lucinda Williams ready for Best Americana Album. Billy Strings, Steep Canyon Rangers, Danny Barnes, Thomm Jutz and a collection of artists in honor of John Hartford compete for the best bluegrass album.

Best Country Solo Performance « Stick That in Your Country Song », Eric Church
“Who you thought I was,” Brandy Clark
« When my Amy prays, » said Vince Gill
« Black like me, » Mickey Guyton
« Bluebird », Miranda Lambert

Best Country Duo / Group Performance « All Night », Brothers Osborne
« 10. 000 hours « , Dan Shay & Justin Bieber
« Ocean », Lady A.
« Sugar Coat », small big city
« Some people do, » Old Dominion

Best Country Song « Bluebird », Miranda Lambert (Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby & Miranda Lambert, songwriter
« The Bones », Maren Morris (Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriter
« Crowded Table », The Highwomen (Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriter)
« More hearts than mine », Ingrid Andress, (Ingrid Andress, Sam Ellis & Derrick Southerland, songwriter)
« Some people do, » Old Dominion (Jesse Frasure, Shane McAnally, Matthew Ramsey, &, Thomas Rhett, songwriter

Best Country AlbumLady Like, Ingrid AndressYour Life Is A Record, Brandy ClarkWildcard, Miranda LambertNightfall, Little Big TownNever Will, Ashley McBryde

Best American Roots Performance « Colors », Black Pumas
« Deeply in love, » Bonny Light Horseman
« In a nutshell, » Brittany Howard
« I’ll be gone, » said Norah Jones to & Mavis Staples
« I remember everything, » John Prine

Best American roots song « Cabin », The Secret Sisters (Laura Rogers & Lydia Rogers, songwriter)
« Ceiling to Floor », Sierra Hull (Sierra Hull & Kai Welch, songwriter)
« Hometown », Sarah Jarosz (Sarah Jarosz, songwriter)
« I remember everything », John Prine (Pat McLaughlin & John Prine, songwriter)
« Man Without a Soul », Lucinda Williams (Lucinda Williams, songwriter)

Best Americana AlbumOld Flowers, Courtney Marie AndrewsTerms of Surrender, Hiss Golden MessengerWorld am Boden, Sarah JaroszEl Dorado, Marcus KingGood Souls Better Angels, Lucinda Williams

Best Bluegrass Album Man on Fire, Danny BarnesTo Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 3, no. . 1, Thomm JutzNorth Carolina Songbook, Steep Canyon RangersHome, Billy StringsThe John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 1, various artists

Best Folk AlbumBonny Light Horseman, Bonny Light HorsemanThanks for the dance, Leonard CohenSong for our daughters, Laura MarlingSaturn Return, The Secret SistersAll the good times, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Best Traditional Blues AlbumAll my dues are paid, Frank Bey, They make me feel, Don BryantThis is what I heard, Robert Cray BandCypress Grove, Jimmy « Duck » HolmesRawer Than Raw, Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album Have you lost your mind yet ?, Fantastic NegritoLive at Paramount, Ruthie Foster Big Band The Juice, G. . LoveBlackbirds, Bettye LaVetteUp and Rolling, North Mississippi Allstars

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