

Previous wins: Jay Z has 52 prior GRAMMY nominations and 17 prior GRAMMY wins. Each installment will offer the winning or related video, and some pertinent, and not so pertinent, information about the track and the artists.)Īrtist: Jay Z Featuring Justin Timberlake (In the coming weeks will feature information and video highlights on winners from the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, held Jan.

" tag below for links to other GRAMMY News stories in this series. 3 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.Ĭlick on the "And The GRAMMY Went To. "Little Fly" is the opening track on Spalding's 2010 release Chamber Music Society, and is an illustration of William Blake's poem "Little Fly." The album peaked at No. Along with Bobby McFerrin, she co-hosted this year's 53rd GRAMMY Pre-Telecast Ceremony. At the invitation of President Barack Obama, she performed at both the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo, Norway, and also at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 2009. On her 2008 album Esperanza, Spalding sings in English, Portuguese and Spanish. She is the first pure jazz artist to win the coveted Best New Artist award.

Each installment will offer the winning or related video and some pertinent, and not so pertinent, information about the track and the artists.)ĭid you know?: Spalding was hired as an instructor at the prestigious Berklee College of Music at just 20 years old. (In the coming weeks will feature information and video highlights on winners from the 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards, held Feb. & The MG's, who were the house band at Stax Records in the '60s and '70s, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy in 2007. Featuring Jones' famed Hammond B-3 organ up front in the mix, the album covers songs such as Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" and Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything" (video below), and includes nine tracks written or co-written by Jones. & The MG's for "Cruisin'" in 1994.ĭid you know?: The Road From Memphis was co-produced by Jones with Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson of the Roots. Previous wins: Jones also won the Best Pop Instrumental Album award in 2009 for Potato Hole, as well as Best Pop Instrumental Performance as part of Booker T. Each installment will offer the winning or related video, and some pertinent, and not so pertinent, information about the track and the artists.) (In the coming weeks will feature information and video highlights on winners from the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards, held Feb.
