Victoria Monét at the 2024 Grammys.Photo:Amy Sussman/Getty Images
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Victoria Monétis adding this moment to her memory!
The “On My Mama” singer, 34, won the award for best new artist at the2024 Grammyson Sunday night.
Last year’s winnerSamara Joypresented the award, calling 2024’s class of nominees “eclectic and extremely worthy.”
In one of the most competitive categories of the evening, Monét was up againstGracie Abrams, Fred again..,Ice Spice,Jelly Roll,Coco Jones,Noah Kahan, andThe War and Treaty.
But she became emotional as she recounted her long journey to reaching success.
“Thank you to my mom,” she continued. “A single mom raising this really bad girl. Thank you so much. I just want to say to everybody who has a dream, I want you to look at this as an example.Thank you God.”
“This award was a 15-year pursuit. I moved to LA in 2009. And I like to liken myself to a plant who was planted and you can look at the music industry as soil and it can look to be looked at as dirty or can be looked at as a source of nutrients and water. And my roots have been growing underneath ground unseen for so long. And I feel like today I’m sprouting finally above ground.”
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She got her start writing for stars likeAriana Grande,Kendrick Lamar,Kanye WestandFifth Harmony, and was just waiting for the right moment to “pounce.”
“I correlated the music industry to the jungle,” Monét said. “The jungle is a jaguar’s environment, but it’s not always the first thing you see. I felt that way about being behind the scenes in music. It took a lot of time, but I was happy to do it.”
Abrams, 24, released her debut album,Good Riddance, in February of last year. She opened forTaylor Swifton the Eras Tour in 2023 andOlivia Rodrigoon her 2022 Sour Tour.
Abrams, whose parents are J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath, was featured on Kahan’s single “Everywhere, Everything” in December. Abramssaid in a statementthat she was “so honored” to be joining the rising star on his latest release.
“what is happening,” she wrote onInstagramafter she learned of her best new artist nomination.
The DJ, born Frederick Gibson, began releasing music in 2019 and worked with big names likeEd Sheeran, BTS and Ellie Goulding in years prior as a producer.
He also has two nominations in the best dance/electric recording category, whileActual Life 3was nominated for best dance/electric music album.
The “In Ha Mood” artist, born Isis Naija Gaston, is also nominated for best rap song and best song written for visual media for her collaboration withNicki Minaj, “Barbie World,” off theBarbie: The Albumsoundtrack.
Jelly Rollhas been on a roll since the release of his albumBallads of the Brokenand his single “Son of a Sinner,” which became his first top-5 hit on theBillboardHot Country Songs chart. In 2023, he continued the success with a new album,Whitsitt Chapel, and hit songs including “Save Me” with Lainey Wilson and “Wild Ones” with Jessie Murph.
He is also nominated for best country duo/group performance for his collaboration with Wilson.
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Jones, a 24-year-old singer and actress, got her start in the Disney Channel filmLet It Shine.Since then, she let her music talents shine in her 2022 EP,What I Didn’t Tell You.
“I was asleep on a plane, and you have your wifi on, so iMessages still work. I kept feeling like this vibration, and I was like, ‘Geez, this plane is going through some turbulence,'" the musician andBel-Airstar told PEOPLE of the moment she found out about her nominations. “Then I look at my phone, and I had all these notifications saying, ‘Congratulations!’ Of course, I was geeking.”
Kahan, 27, has made folk music cool again with the release of his 2022 hit albumStick Season. Since its release, he scored his first charting singles, earned anOlivia Rodrigocosign and collaborated withZach BryanandKacey Musgraves.
The “Dial Drunk” musician has toured extensively since the album’s release, and he’ll continue performing around the world through at least summer 2024 on the We’ll All Be Here Forever Tour.
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Both Trotters have songwriting backgrounds, and Michael is particularly prolific; they share writing credits on all but one of the tracks on their 2023 major-label debut album,Lover’s Game.
In addition to their best new artist award, the duo was also nominated for best American roots song for “Blank Page.”
See PEOPLE’s full coverage of the 66th annualGrammy Awardsas they’re broadcasting live on CBS from theCrypto.comArena in Los Angeles.
source: people.com
