Los Angeles, Calif. (Feb. 12, 2019) – SESAC is proud to congratulate its affiliated artists who received accolades from the 61st Annual GRAMMY® Awards, held Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Songwriter-artist Lauren Daigle took home trophies in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song with “You Say,” and for her album Look Up Child, which received Best Contemporary Christian Music Album. SESAC songwriter-artist PJ Morton was the winner for this year’s Best Traditional R&B Performance with “How Deep Is Your Love.”
In addition, Grammy nominee and SESAC singer-songwriter Margo Price had a standout performance at the Feb. 8 MusiCares Gala honoring Dolly Parton as the 2019 Person of the Year. This year, Price received her first Grammy nomination in the Best New Artist category. George Clinton and his band, Parliament-Funkadelic, were honored with a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.
To kick off the weekend events, SESAC hosted a Grammy Toast, at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, honoring its songwriters and artists who contributed to this year’s most-celebrated musical works.
The SESAC family is proud of all the affiliate nominees for their individual contributions and outstanding achievements during the past year. Affiliates were represented in nominations for a dynamic range of genres including Pop, Country, Latin, Contemporary Christian, and R&B among others.
SESAC winners:
Best Traditional R&B Performance
PJ Morton
“How Deep Is Your Love” featuring Yebba
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Lauren Daigle, Jason Ingram, Paul Mabry
“You Say” recorded by Lauren Daigle
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Lauren Daigle
Look Up Child
Congratulations to all SESAC affiliates who contributed to GRAMMY-winning projects:
Best Dance Recording
Rami Dawod
For his contribution to
“Electricity” recorded by Silk City & Dua Lipa featuring Diplo & Mark Ronson
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Denisia “Blu June” Andrews, Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton
For their contributions to
Everything Is Love recorded by The Carters
Best R&B Album
Robert Glasper, David Harris, Laureen Zouai
For their contributions to
H.E.R. recorded by H.E.R.
Best Roots Gospel Album
Aaron Babcock, Peter Good
For their contributions to
Unexpected recorded by Jason Crabb
Best Reggae Album
Kameron Corvet
For his contribution to
44/876 recorded by Sting & Shaggy
For a full list of the Grammy winners, visit: grammy.com
For images of SESAC’s Grammy winners and from the SESAC Grammy Toast, visit: https://bit.ly/2WRnuKi
