Texans nominated for Grammys

The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences 57th Annual GRAMMY® Awards nominees (born-or-based in Texas) for recordings released during the eligibility year Oct. 1, 2013, through Sept. 30, 2014.

These were compiled and released by the Texas Governor’s Office on Music in alphabetical order, and basically remain so, except that two have been switched in order to use one photo for both. Some have been made public numerous times, but most are basically lesser known.

Pepe Aguilar (San Antonio)
— Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) for Lastima Que Sean

Pepe Aguilar

Pepe Aguilar

Ajenas

Beyoncé (Houston) —Album of the Year for Beyoncé
Best R&B Performance for Drunk In Love (featuring Jay Z)
Best R&B Song for Drunk In Love
Best Urban Contemporary Album for Beyoncé
Best Music Film for Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour


Beyonce

Beyonce

Dean Blackwood (Austin)
—Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package for The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27) (with Susan Archie & Jack White)

Scott Blackwood (Austin) —
Best Album Notes for The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-

Edie Brickell

Edie Brickell

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Edie Brickell (Dallas)
— Best American Roots Song for Pretty Little One (with Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers)

Crowder (Waco)
— Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for Come As You Are

Ruthie Foster (Austin)
— Best Blues Album for Promise Of A Brand New Day

Craig Hella Johnson, Eliza Gilkyson

Craig Hella Johnson, Eliza Gilkyson

Eliza Gilkyson (Austin)
— Best Folk Album for The Nocturne Diaries

Craig Hella Johnson, conductor Conspirare (Austin)
— Best Choral Performance for The Sacred Spirit Of Russia

Robert Glasper Experiment (Houston) —
Best Traditional R&B Performance for Jesus Children (featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner)
Best R&B Album for Black Radio 2

Everette Harp (Houston) with Jeff Lorber and Chuck Loeb —
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for Jazz Funk Soul

Miranda Lambert (Lindale) — Best Country Solo Performance for Automatic;
Best Country Duo-Group Performance for Somethin’ Bad (with Carrie Underwood);
Best Country Song for Automatic/
Best Country Album for Platinum

Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood

Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood

Lecrae (Houston)
— Best Rap Performance for All I Need Is You; 
Best Gospel Performance Song for Help (with Erica Campbell); Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance “Song for Messengers” (Featuring For King & Country)

Aaron W. Lindsey (Houston) — Best Gospel Performance/Song for No Greater

Lecrae

Lecrae

Love (with Smokie Norful)


Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle (McAllen) —Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) for Alegría Del Mariachi

Johnny Mathis (Gilmer)
—Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Sending You A Little Christmas

Johnny Mathis

Johnny Mathis

MercyMe (Greenville)
— Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for Shake;
Best Contemporary

MercyMe

MercyMeChristian Music Album for Welcome To The New

Jason Moran (Houston)
— Best Jazz Instrumental Album for All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller

Pentatonix (Arlington)Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for Daft Punk

St. Vincent (Dallas)
— Best Alternative Music Album for St. Vincent

The Walls Group (Houston)
— Best Gospel Performance/Song for Love On the Radio

Johnny Winter (Beaumont)
— Best Blues Album for Step Back

Lee Ann Womack (Jacksonville)
— Best Country Album for The Way I’m Livin’

 

 

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