Blue Ivy Carter won her first-ever Grammy award on March 14 for Beyonce’s “Brown-skin Girl” in the Best Music Video category.
According to Vulture, Blue Ivy, 9, is the second child to win the award, with Leah Peasall being the youngest at age 8 to earn a Grammy.
When the 2021 Grammy nominations were released in November, Blue Ivy’s absence from the nominees’ roster was noted by Vulture staffers.
The young girl’s vocal and acting skills were put on display in the video, and Beyoncé, Blue Ivy’s mom, gave her credit for the video. Despite the fact, she initially wasn’t a nominee in the Best Music Video category award.
As of this week, she was added to the Record Academy’s Grammy website. The “Brown-skin Girl” video competed against other videos featuring artists like Future, Anderson. Paak, Harry Styles, and Woodkid. Nigerian crooner Wiz Kid joined the list of nominees after the list had been disclosed.
The “Brown-skin Girl’ video featured a plethora of artists like Lupita Nyong’o and Kelly Rowland. It exemplified the range of relationships between Black women to spread positivity among the Black community.
The Record Academy accredited Blue Ivy by quoting the Grammy rules stating, “in order for a featured artist to be recognized as a nominee, 1) the artist must be credited and recognized as a featured artist; and 2) there must be significant performance and artistic contribution by the featured artist beyond what might be considered merely an accompaniment.”
Beyoncé is at a tie for second place to producer and multi-instrumentalist Quincy Jones for the most Grammys won.
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Although Beyoncé was nominated for this year’s Grammy’s, she opted not to perform due to The Weeknd’s boycott of the show. The boycott preceded him not being nominated for this year’s awards, leading to controversy about the voting system having an alleged biased toward Black artists.
