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Artist: Bob Marley
Album: Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired by the Film
Category: Reggae Album
Description: It's the soundtrack of the Marley biopic starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita. Ten Marley classics are featured on the album.
Previous Grammys: none
Also nominated for Reggae Album: Collie Buddz, Take It Easy; Vybz Kartel, Party with Me; Shenseea, Never Gets Late Here; and The Wailers, Evolution.
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Artist: The Black Keys
Song: "Beautiful People (Get High)"
Category: Rock Song and Rock Performance
Description: This catchy number hit No. 33 on the Rock charts but failed to cross over. It's from their 12th album, Ohio Players.
Previous Grammys: El Camino, Rock Album, and "Lonely Boy," Rock Song and Rock Performance (all 2012); Brothers, Alternative Rock Album, and "Tighten Up," Rock Performance (both 2010); 14 total nominations
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Artist: Jelly Roll
Song: "I'm Not OK"
Categories: Country Song and Country Solo Performnance
Desciption: The country music sensation crossed over to No. 14 on the pop charts with this sensitive song that reminds people "it's going to be alright."
Previous Grammys: 2 total nominations
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Artist: Burna Boy
Song: "Higher"
Category: African Music Performance
Description: Noted for his prodigious ganja smoking, Burna Boy comes to the aid of the Nigerian people in his latest song, lifting them "Higher." This non-album single charted in England.
Previous Grammys: Twice as Tall, Global Music Album (2020); 10 total nominations
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Artist: Billy Strings
Album: Live Vol. 1
Category: Bluegrass Album
Description: Ten songs from 10 different concerts is compelling listening for Strings' jamgrass fans.
Previous Grammys: Home, Bluegrass Album (2021); 6 total nominations
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Artist: The Black Crowes
Album: Happiness Bastards
Category: Rock Album
Description: This is only the Southern rockers' second nomination (the first was for New Artist in 1991; they lost to Mariah Carey). The Robinson brothers' 10th studio album cracked the Top 100 on the pop charts.
Previous Grammy: 1 nomination
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Artist: Dave Chappelle
Album: The Dreamer
Category: Comedy Album
Description: The five-time Grammy winner is nominated for his 2023 Netflix special in which he toned down his anti-trans rhetoric.
Previous Grammys: The Age of Spin (2018), Equanimity & the Bird Revelation (2019), Sticks & Stones (2020), The Closer (2023) and What's in a Name? (2024)
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Artist: The Beatles
Song: "Now and Then"
Category: Rock Performance
Description: This John Lennon demo from 1977 is fleshed out into a full Beatles song with the help of Paul McCartney and Peter Jackson.
Previous Grammys: New Artist and "Hard Day's Night," Performance by a Group (both 1965); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Album of the Year and Contemporary Album (1968); The Beatles Anthology, Music Video Long Form; and "Free as a Bird," Music Video Short Form and Pop Performance by a Group (all 1997); 23 total nominations
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Artist: Rocky Dawuni
Song: "Rise"
Category: Global Music Performance
Description: This non-album track from the Ghana-born reggae performer is a good example of his high energy Afro Roots style.
Previous Grammys: 3 total nominations
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Artist: George Clinton
Book: ...And Your Ass Will Follow
Category: Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording
Description: Funkmeister Clinton's life story can be heard in Words + Music, Vol. 39 via Audible.
Previous Grammys: 2 total nominations
Grammys Over the Years
• 2024 – Killer Mike, Julian Marley
• 2023 – Willie Nelson
• 2022 – Justin Bieber
• 2021 – Dua Lipa, Billy Strings
• 2020 – Williie Nelson
• 2019 – Willie Nelson
• 2018 – Dave Chappelle, The War on Drugs
• 2017 – Willie Nelson, Ziggy Marley
• 2016 – Chris Stapleton, Morgan Heritage
• 2015 – Rihanna, Jack Black
• 2014 – Rihanna, Paul McCartney
