H.E.R.
Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson (born June 27, 1997), known professionally as H.E.R. (pronounced "her" and standing for "Having Everything Revealed") is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer. She has won an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a Children's and Family Emmy Awards, Children's and Family Emmy Award, and five Grammy Awards, and been nominated for a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award, three American Music Awards, and four Billboard Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Music Awards. After initially recording under her birth name, she adopted the stage name H.E.R. in 2016 and signed with RCA Records to release her debut extended play (EP), ''H.E.R. Volume 1'', in September of that year. It was followed by four EPs, the first two of which were part of her H.E.R. (album), self-titled compilation album (2017), which peaked at number 23 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and, from five total nominations, won two Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, Best R&B Album a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hard Place
"Hard Place" is a song by American singer H.E.R. released on as the first single from her fifth EP ''I Used to Know Her: Part 2'' and the second single from her second compilation album ''I Used to Know Her''. It was written by H.E.R., Sam Ashworth (songwriter), Sam Ashworth, David “Swagg R’Celious” Harris, and Ruby Amanfu and produced by Rodney Jerkins. Music video The music video for "Hard Place" was released on April 26, 2019. It features H.E.R. and a love interest who make music together until a promoter (entertainment), promoter wants to recruit H.E.R. without her partner. The rest of the music video shows their relationship and the difficulties that they face as the singer's career rises. Accolades Live performances H.E.R. first performed "Hard Place" on NPR's Tiny Desk, in an episode released on YouTube on December 13, 2018. She also performed it at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. She performed it again the following month on ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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I Used To Know Her
''I Used to Know Her'' is the second compilation album by American R&B singer H.E.R., released on August 30, 2019, by RCA Records. The album comprises songs from the singer's EPs '' I Used to Know Her: The Prelude'' (2018) and '' I Used to Know Her: Part 2'' (2018), and includes five additional songs, as well as extended editions of the songs "Going", "Be on My Way", and "Lord Is Coming". The compilation received an Album of the Year nomination at the 62nd Grammy Awards, marking H.E.R.'s second consecutive nomination in that category. The Bryson Tiller-featured single " Could've Been" received nominations for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance, and "Hard Place" received nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Singles and promotion On April 4, 2019, she released the music video for "Hard Place". She also performed the song live on ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'', and the 2019 Grammy Awards. On June 25, the first promotional single "Racks" was re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Best Part (song)
"Best Part" is a song by Canadian singer Daniel Caesar and American singer H.E.R., released in 2017 as a part of Caesar's album ''Freudian''. It is also included in H.E.R.'s self-titled album, released in 2017. Accolades "Best Part" won Best Collaboration at the 2018 Soul Train Music Awards while also being nominated for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Awards. The song also won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Charts "Best Part" is both artists' second single sent to the Adult R&B Songs (''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertis ...'') to become number one, something achieved by only four other artists before them. Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications and sales References External links ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grammy Award For Album Of The Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an award presented by the The Recording Academy, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales, chart position, or critical reception." Commonly known as "The Big Award", Album of the Year is the most prestigious category at the Grammy Awards and is one of the general field categories that have been presented annually since the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959 alongside Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist, Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Record of the Year, and Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Song of the Year. Credit rules Over the years, the rules on who was presented with an award have changed: *1959–1965: Artist only. *1966–1998: Artist and producer. *1999–2002: Artist, producer, and recording engineer or mixer. *2003–2017: Artist, featured artist, pr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grammy Award For Song Of The Year
The Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. The Song of the Year award is one of the four most prestigious categories at the awards (alongside Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Album of the Year), presented annually since the 1st Grammy Awards in 1959. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award is presented: If a winning song contains samples or interpolations of existing material, the publisher and songwriter(s) of the original song(s) can apply for a Winners Certificate. Song of the Year is related to but is conceptually different from Record of the Year or Album of the Year: * Song of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album. This award goes to the songwriter who actually wrote the lyrics and/or melodies to the song. "Song" in this context means the song as composed, not its recording. * Record of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grammy Award For Best R&B Album
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works on albums in the Contemporary R&B, R&B music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by The Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". According to the category description guide for the 54th Grammy Awards, the award is reserved for albums "containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded contemporary R&B vocal tracks" which may also "incorporate production elements found in rap music". From 2003 to 2011, a separate category was formed, the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best Contemporary R&B Album, meant for R&B albums that had modern hip-hop stylings to them, while more trad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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We The People (2021 TV Series)
''We the People'' is a 2021 American animated educational limited television series aiming to teach kids about civics. Each episode is a 4-5 minute animated music video by a popular performer. Created by Chris Nee, who executive produced it with Kenya Barris and Barack Obama, Barack & Michelle Obama, the series premiered on July 4, 2021 on Netflix. Episodes Production ''We the People'' was conceived by Chris Nee at a dinner party in Los Angeles, California in November 2018. Nee cites ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' as one of the most significant inspirations for the series. H.E.R. described working alongside the Obamas on the series as a "life-changing" experience. Release ''We the People'' was released on Netflix on July 4, 2021. Reception The series received a mixed reception. Caroline Framke of Variety (magazine), Variety described the series as "well-meaning", but "not especially illuminating in the way it would like to be". Ashley Moulton of Common Sense Media called the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Best R&B Performance
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo, duo/groups or collaborative (vocal or instrumental) R&B recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only. The award was originally awarded from 1959 to 1961 as Best Rhythm & Blues Performance and then from 1962 to 1968 as Best Rhythm & Blues Recording before being discontinued. In 2012, the award was brought back combining the previous categories for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Urban/Alternative Performance. The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate the distinctions between male and female performances, and between solo and duo/ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Academy Award For Best Original Song
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the Film industry, motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the ''songwriters'' who have composed the best ''original'' song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics, or both in their own right. The songs that are nominated for this award are typically performed during the ceremony and before this award is presented. The award category was introduced at the 7th Academy Awards, the ceremony honoring the best in film for 1934. Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers, and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Fifteen songs are shortlisted before nominations are announced. Eligibility , the Academy's rules stipulate that "an original song consists of words and music ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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I Can't Breathe (H
"I can't breathe" is a slogan of the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. The phrase originates from the last words of Eric Garner, who was killed in 2014 after being put in a chokehold by a New York City police officer. A number of other Black Americans, such as Javier Ambler, Manuel Ellis, Elijah McClain, and George Floyd, have said the same phrase prior to dying during similar law-enforcement encounters. According to a 2020 report by ''The New York Times'', the phrase has been used by over 70 people who died in police custody. The phrase is now used in widespread protest against police brutality and racial inequality in the United States. Eric Garner The phrase originated on July 17, 2014, during the death of Eric Garner, who was put into a chokehold by Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City Police Department officer. A video of Garner restrained by multiple officers which showed him saying "I can't breathe" 11 times before losing consciousness and dying was wi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniel Caesar
Ashton Simmonds (born April 5, 1995), known professionally as Daniel Caesar, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After independently building a following through the release of two EPs, ''Praise Break'' (2014) and ''Pilgrim's Paradise'' (2015), Caesar released his debut studio album, '' Freudian'', in 2017, which received three Grammy Award nominations. He released his second studio album, ''Case Study 01'', in 2019. Caesar featured alongside Giveon on Justin Bieber's 2021 single "Peaches", his first number-one song on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Caesar's third studio album, ''Never Enough'' (2023), is his first release under Republic Records. Early life Ashton Dumar Norwill Simmonds was born on April 5, 1995, in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, and raised in Oshawa. He is the second eldest of four children to his mother Hollace Burnett-Simmonds and father Norwill Simmonds, a pastor and gospel singer who released his first album as a high school student in J ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |