R&B darlings Halle Bailey, Summer season Walker and Coco Jones celebrated their Grammy nominations in a lavish means — at a excessive tea celebration at an expensive West Hollywood residence.
As music trade gamers stood poolside, the place synchronized swimmers carried out and violinists performed, the singers have been honored on Friday by Femme It Ahead, the female-led music and leisure firm based by Heather Lowery in 2019 in partnership with Reside Nation Leisure.
Bailey, who’s on a profitable streak due to her current roles in The Little Mermaid and The Colour Purple, earned her first solo Grammy nomination this yr — greatest R&B tune for “Angel.” She was beforehand nominated for 5 Grammys for her work together with her sister as Chloe x Halle.
Sunday’s Grammys additionally marks a serious second for Walker. She was beforehand nominated for album of the yr for her look on Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & the Large Steppers, however after years of releasing profitable songs and albums, she earned a nomination for her personal work this yr. She is competing for greatest R&B album with Clear 2: Tender Life EP.
And Jones is strolling into the present as a five-time nominee, together with a bid for greatest new artist. The actress-singer’s No. 1 hit “ICU” is nominated for greatest R&B tune and greatest R&B efficiency; her debut mission What I Didn’t Inform You (Deluxe) is up for greatest R&B album; and “Easy,” her collaboration with Babyface, is nominated for greatest conventional R&B efficiency.
Attendees at Friday’s celebration included rapper Rapsody, R&B performer BJ the Chicago Child, and singer and Actual Housewives of Potomac star Candiace Dillard Bassett.
The 2024 Grammys will air reside on CBS from the Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles on Sunday.
