Anderson .Paak Scores Fifth Consecutive Efficiency Nod: 2023 Grammy Awards

Even when Anderson .Paak humbly bows out of the 2023 Grammy Awards race (extra on that later), he nonetheless manages to see his identify on the poll. 

The eight-time Grammy winner landed two Grammy Award nominations on Tuesday, together with Album of the Year (Good Morning Gorgeous [Deluxe]) and Best R&B Performance (“Here With Me“).

That is the fifth consecutive yr .Paak has been nominated on the annual occasion, relationship again to the 61st Grammy Awards in 2019, successful his first trophy for Greatest Rap Efficiency (“Bubblin“). 

Good Morning Attractive (Deluxe), nominated for Album of the Year, is Mary J. Blige’s fifteenth studio album. Whereas it’s not Blige’s first try at successful this large prize, it’s .Paak’s.

Since he’s a featured artist, and the Recording Academy acknowledges supporting acts in addition to the artist(s), songwriter(s) of recent materials, producer(s), recording engineer(s), mixer(s) and mastering engineer(s), .Paak will get nominated.

Talking of extra contributions, .Paak co-wrote three songs on Blige’s Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe), together with “No Concept,” “Love With out the Heartbreak” and “Right here With Me.” 

In a February interview with Rated R&B, Blige’s A&R Eddie Fourcell talked concerning the inspiration behind “Love With out the Heartbreak,” which .Paak carried out backing vocals and produced it with Rogét Chahayed. 

“It was simply constructed for ad-libbing, expressing and cursing. It’s speaking about all of the belongings you would do otherwise whenever you had been in love again then. It’s reflective,” Fourcell shared.

“Being a Mary fan, you need to hear her discuss like that — being actual, being susceptible, [and] not holding again. The manufacturing and Anderson is loopy on there. I really like seeing her and Anderson work within the studio as a result of it’s actually magic.” 

“Right here With Me,” monitor three from Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe), is nominated for Best R&B Performance. It’s .Paak’s third nomination on this class, which he received for “Come House” that includes André 3000 in 2020, and this yr for Silk Sonics’s hit single, “Leave The Door Open.” 

Produced by Bongo ByTheWay, “Right here With Me” was serviced to R&B radio in June because the second correct single from Blige’s 2022 album. It peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart, extending Blige’s reign because the artist with the most top ten singles (25). It additionally marked .Paak then-seventh top-ten single (he has since grabbed his eighth prime ten for Silk Sonic’s “After Last Night” that includes Bootsy Collins and Thundercat).

Fourcell informed Rated R&B that .Paak’s work with Knxwledge because the hip-hop soul duo Knxwledge impressed the period of “Right here With Me.” 

“Anderson makes information like that. One in every of my favourite releases from Anderson is NxWorries, the challenge that he did with Knxwledge. These songs are like one minute and a half going into the subsequent two minutes. It’s as a result of it’s extra of a sense and a vibe. So I feel he introduced that to this celebration and impressed it,” Fourcell noted. 

What’s fascinating is that .Paak’s newest Greatest R&B Efficiency nomination marks his fifth consecutive yr getting nominated in a efficiency class. Beforehand, he’s been thought-about and received (*) for the next:  

• Greatest R&B Efficiency for Mary J. Blige’s “Right here With Me” (2023)
• Greatest R&B Efficiency for Silk Sonic’s “Go away The Door Open” (2022)*
• Greatest Melodic Rap Efficiency for “Lockdown” (2021)*
• Greatest R&B Efficiency for “Come House” that includes André 3000 (2020)*
• Greatest Rap Efficiency for “Bubblin” (2019)*

The 65th Grammy Awards will air dwell Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on CBS. It’ll additionally stream dwell and be on demand on Paramount+.

As famous above, Silk Sonic — the duo composed of .Paak and Bruno Mars — had no intentions of submitting their 2021 album An Evening With Silk Sonic for consideration on the 2023 Grammy Awards.

“Silk Sonic wish to gracefully, humbly and most significantly, sexually, bow out of submitting our album this yr,” Mars told Rolling Stone. “Andy and I, and everybody that labored on this challenge, received the second the world responded to ‘Go away The Door Open.’ Every part else was simply icing on the cake.”

On the 64th Grammy Awards in April, Silk Sonic received four Grammys for his or her breakout hit “Go away The Door Open,” together with Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The duo scored an award for Best R&B Song.

Silk Sonic’s newest single, “After Last Night,” simply topped R&B radio and Billboard’s Grownup R&B Airplay chart. It’s their fourth No. 1 as a collective, following their most up-to-date chart-topper, “Love’s Train.”

Shifting again to NxWorries, the duo not too long ago shared the brand new track “Where I Go” that includes H.E.R. On the time of publication, the tune has surpassed greater than 5 million streams on Spotify.

Earlier than that, .Paak enlisted Kaytranada for a brand new track titled “Twin Flame,” and partnered with Vans for a 3rd assortment.