Artists Who Received Grammy Nominations Before Turning 11

Category: Best ethnic or traditional folk recording

Nominated entry: Reggae Sunsplash ’81, A Tribute to Bob Marley (Various Artists)

Notes: Marley’s first nomination was a member of The Melody Makers. Reggae Sunsplash ’81, A Tribute to Bob Marley also featured Steel Pulse, I-Threes, The Wailers, Eek-A-Mouse, Dennis Brown, Black Uhuru, Sheila Hylton, Gregory Isaacs, Carlene Davis, Mighty Diamonds and Third World.

Stephen Marley is the second son of reggae legend Bob Marley and Rita Marley. Stephen is a nine-time Grammy winner. He won his first Grammy in 1989 as a member of Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers for their album Conscious Party, which won best reggae recording. He won his most recent earlier this year as a producer of Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired by the Film (Deluxe), which won best reggae album.

Category: Best spoken word album for children

Nominated entry: A Bugs Life Read-Along

Notes: A Bug’s Life was Pixar’s second feature-length film, following Toy Story (1995). The film featured the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Panettiere. The film’s plot was initially inspired by Aesop’s fable The Ant and the Grasshopper.

Category: Best children’s music album

Nominated entry: Ageless: 100 Years Young (Joanie Leeds & Joya)

Notes: Joanie Leeds won in this category five years ago for All the Ladies, an all-female concept album which featured Leeds’s original songs about female empowerment and gender equality. Songs included RBG, a song about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the title track, which was sung by Leeds and Lisa Loeb.

Category: Best music video

Nominated entry: “Brown Skin Girl,” Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid

Notes: Blue Ivy is the daughter of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who are the winningest couple in Grammy history, with a combined 60 Grammys. The “Brown Skin Girl” video won on March 14, 2021, when Blue Ivy was 9 years and 66 days old, making her the second-youngest Grammy winner ever. She’s the youngest individually credited winner – i.e., someone who had solo (albeit shared) billing. (LeAnn Rimes is the youngest winner who had solo and unshared billing – i.e., who won for a recording of her/his own. She was 14 years and 182 days old when she won two Grammys in 1997.)

Category: Best country vocal performance by a duo or group

Nominated entry: “Daddy What If,” Bobby Bare, Bobby Bare Jr.

Notes: Bobby Bare is probably best known for his 1963 recording of “Detroit City,” which won a Grammy in 1964 for best country & western recording. His version of the Shel Silverstein song “Daddy What If” reached No. 2 on Hot Country Singles in 1973 and No. 41 on the Hot 100. (His son wasn’t credited on the single but was in the official Grammy records. Note that the single was slotted in best country vocal performance by a duo or group, not best country performance, male.)

Category: Best soul gospel performance – female

Nominated entry: DeLeon

Notes: Richards is the youngest person to receive an individual nomination (as opposed to one in which they shared the credit). She followed DeLeon (Myrrh, 1984) with a long string of gospel albums – Don’t Follow the Crowd (Rejoice, 1987), We Need to Hear from You (Word, 1989), New Direction (Word, 1992), My Life (Intersound, 1996), Straight from the Heart (Tommy Boy Gospel, 2001) and Here in Me (DeMari/Arrow, 2008).

Category: Best children’s music album

Nominated entry: Harmony by FYÜTCH & Aura V

Notes: FYÜTCH (real name: Harold Simmons II) is an artist and educator whose social justice curriculum is taught in schools nationwide. He hosts the kids’ podcast Once Upon a Beat, “where hip-hop and fairytales meet.” Father and daughter have performed at such venues as Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and even Lollapalooza this summer. The pair also host their own podcast called The Family Frequency, interviewing musicians, authors, scientists and more.

Category: Album of the year

Nominated entry: O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack as a member of The Peasall Sisters

Notes: The Peasall Sisters also included Hannah Peasall, 11, and Sarah Peasall, 14. They provided the singing voices for “the Wharvey Girls,” the daughters of the character played by George Clooney in O Brother, Where Art Thou?. They sang “In the Highways” and “Angel Band” on the soundtrack, which was a surprise sleeper hit, topping the Billboard 200 for two weeks in early 2002. The soundtrack won album of the year, making Leah the youngest Grammy-winner ever, a title she still holds.

Category: Best traditional R&B performance

Nominated entry: “Hollywood,” Victoria Monét featuring Earth, Wind & Fire & Hazel Monét

Notes: “Hollywood” was the next-to-last track on JAGUAR II,Victoria Monét’s first full-length studio album. Victoria won three Grammys on the night: best new artist and two awards for JAGUAR II – best R&B album and best engineered album, non-classical.