After 13 nominations, Ledisi wins her first Grammy Award! She reigned supreme in the Best Traditional R&B Performance category. More inside…
14 years and 13 nominations later, Ledisi is now a Grammy winner!
The R&B jazz singer won her first Grammy Award during the 63rd annual Grammy Awards. She won the Best Traditional R&B Performance award for “Anything For You” from her 2020 album, The Wild Card.
Congrats Best Traditional R&B Performance winner - 'ANYTHING FOR YOU' @Ledisi #GRAMMYs
WATCH NOW ––#GRAMMYPremiere #BlackMusicCollective https://t.co/RxyLdKA9Hv pic.twitter.com/mmeImsjjrA
— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) March 14, 2021
The fab songstress beat out Chloe x Halle’s “Wonder What She Thinks Of Me,” The Baylor Project’s “Sit On Down,” featuring Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor, Mykal Kilgore’s “Let Me Go,” and Yebba’s “Distance.”
Peep her epic acceptance speech below:
After copping the win, she shared the good news with her fans in a celebratory tweet:
I just won my first Grammy!!!! OMG!!! Thank You @RecordingAcad
— ledisi (@ledisi) March 14, 2021
”I just won my first Grammy!!!! OMG!!! Thank You @RecordingAcad,” she said.
She also received some New Orleans love from fellow native Dawn Richard:
Ledisi was nominated for her first Grammy Award in 2007 for Best New Artist and Best R&B Album for Lost & Found.
Now, she can add Grammy Award WINNING artist to her name. Congrats, Ledisi! She deserves.
Photo: Ledisi's IG
source: theybf
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