LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has gained a posthumous Grammy award.
Carter, the peanut farmer who gained the presidency within the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam Warfare, died in December at age 100. Previous to his passing, Carter was nominated within the audio e-book, narration, and storytelling recording class on the 2025 Grammys for “Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration,” recordings from his remaining Sunday College classes delivered at Maranatha Baptist Church in Georgia. Musicians Darius Rucker, Lee Ann Rimes and Jon Batiste are featured on the file.
It’s Carter’s fourth Grammy. His posthumous Grammy joins his three earlier ones for spoken phrase album.
If the previous president gained earlier than his loss of life, he would’ve turn out to be the oldest Grammy award winner in historical past.
Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter’s grandson, obtained the award on his behalf. “Having his words captured in this way for my family and for the world is truly remarkable,” he stated in an acceptance speech. “Thank you to the academy.”
Within the class, Jimmy Carter beat out Barbra Streisand, George Clinton, Dolly Parton and producer man Oldfield.
If Streisand gained as an alternative of Carter, it could have been her first Grammy win in 38 years.
At present, the oldest individual to win a Grammy was 97-year-old Pinetop Perkins in 2011.
Former presidents Barack Obama and Invoice Clinton have two Grammys apiece. First girls Michelle Obama and Hilary Clinton have additionally every gained.
Former presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon had been all nominated, however didn’t win.
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AP Leisure Author Andrew Dalton contributed to this report.
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