Musician Jacob Collier has made historical past by changing into the primary British artist to win Grammys for his first 4 albums
The Sunday Times referred to as him ‘essentially the most profitable musician you’ve by no means heard of’, however after making historical past on the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Jacob Collier’s identify is now headline information.
The 2021 Grammys – considerably subdued by Covid however no-less glamourous – was held in and across the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on 14 March.
Social distancing, bling masks and a intelligent use of area punctuated what was a reasonably profitable evening for the Brits, with Harry Styles and Dua Lipa taking residence an award every – but it surely was Jacob Collier, a gifted younger musician from Finchley, north London, making the true waves.
The trailblazing 26-year-old singer and multi-instrumentalist gained Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for He Won’t Hold You (feat Rapsody), the fourth single from his fourth album, Djesse Vol. 3 (hearken to the album right here on Spotify), making him the primary British artist to win Grammys for every of his first 4 albums.
The gong run is a feat that even essentially the most prolific of UK Grammy winners didn’t handle, together with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, David Bowie, Coldplay, Adele and Amy Winehouse.
‘The trailblazing 26-year-old singer and multi-instrumentalist is the primary British artist to win Grammys for every of his first 4 albums’
Collier now boasts a complete of 5 Grammy wins from seven nominations throughout his first 4 albums. The landmark achievement caps what has been a momentous yr for Collier, who possesses an nearly unrivalled degree of musicianship, technical virtuosity and creativity, and has simply introduced a 100-date world tour.
Djesse Vol 3 is the third instalment of Collier’s ground-breaking Djesse album collection, which options visitor appearances from Daniel Caesar, Jessie Reyez, Kiana Ledé, Kimbra, Mahalia, T-Pain, Rapsody, Tank and The Bangas, Tori Kelly and Ty Dolla $ign.
The collection, launched on Hajanga/Decca/Interscope, was written, carried out, recorded, organized, produced and combined nearly completely by Collier himself within the music room of his childhood residence in Finchley, the place he nonetheless lives with his household.
‘Home could be a actual security web,’ the artist advised The Sunday Times. ‘There’s one thing so spectacular a few venue the place you might be precisely who you’re at any second.’
On selecting up his newest Grammy, Collier mentioned: ‘Thank you a lot to Rapsody for being a stupendous a part of this tune and bringing a phenomenal poetic nature. This is an extremely thrilling time to be an artist and I’m tremendous thrilled to just accept this award.’
