Caribbean Artists Nominated For 2019 GRAMMY Awards Inside…

The music world is abuzz about the 2019 nominations for the 61st Grammy Awards.

Before the full list was revealed on this morning (Dec 7th) on Grammy.com. Alessia Cara – 2018 Best New Artist winner, Apple Music host Zane Lowe, Janelle Monae and Shawn Mendes made the televised announcement of select categories on CBS This Morning.

Beyonce, who many believed – including Adele – that her Lemonade album was snubbed for Album of The Year to Adele will not get a chance to avenge that loss. Jay-Z and Beyonce’s “Everything Is Love” album was snubbed for Album and Record of The Year categories. Kanye was also snubbed for major categories. And finally we won’t be seeing Taylor Swift win another Album Of The Year!

We will be watching to see if 2018’s darling, Cardi B, takes home at least one golden trophy. Cardi B has received five nominations, including Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Album of the Year and Song of the Year.

Here are a few of Caribbean reppin’ stars nominated for the 2019 Grammys below:

Record Of The Year
• “I Like It” – Cardi B (Dominican Republic / T&T), Bad Bunny (Puerto Rico) & J Balvin

•“Rockstar” – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage (Dominican)

Album Of The Year

• Invasion Of Privacy – Cardi B

Best New Artist

• Jorja Smith (Jamaican heritage)

Best Rap/Sung Performance

•“Rockstar” – Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage (Dominican)

Best R&B Song

• “Come Through And Chill” – Jermaine Cole, Miguel Pimentel & Salaam Remi: songwriters Miguel featuring J. Cole & Salaam Remi (Bajan)

Best Pop Solo Performance

• “Havana (Live)” – Camila Cabello (Cuban)

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Camila – Camila Cabello

Best R&B Performance

• “Best Part” –  H.E.R. Featuring Daniel Caesar (born Ashton Simmonds in Canada to Bajan mother and Jamaican dad)

Best Rap Performance

• “Be Careful” – Cardi B

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance 

• “Girls Like You” -Maroon 5  featuring Cardi B

Best Rap Album

• Invasion Of Privacy –   Cardi B

And here are the nominations for Best Reggae Album:

• As The World Turns –   Black Uhuru

• Reggae Forever –   Etana

• Rebellion Rises –   Ziggy Marley

• A Matter Of Time –  Protoje

• 44/876 –  Sting & Shaggy

Honorable mention to “Best Musical Theater Album” nominee,  “Once on this Island”- a one-act musical by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. Based on the 1985 novel My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy, is set in the French Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.

The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on February 10, 2019 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. For the full list of 2019 Grammy Award nominations, visit Grammy.com.