LOS ANGELES — Middle Tennessee State University alumni captured several Grammys on Sunday, Feb. 4, during the 66th annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
Julien Baker, a 2019 English graduate, captured three Grammys out of five nominations as a member of boygenius, an indie supergroup with Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus.
The group won Grammys for Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Alternative Music Album. It was also nominated for Record of the Year and Album of the Year.
Two-time winner and alumnus Lecrae won two more Grammys for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for “Your Power” and also for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for “Church Clothes 4.”
Jason Hall, a 2000 Recording Industry graduate, and Jimmy Mansfield, a 2014 audio production graduate, won Grammys for engineering, mixing and vocals work for Lainey Wilson’s “Bell Bottom Country,” which won Best Country Album. Hall and Mansfield have been part of past Grammy nominations.
While not singled out for a nomination, Josh Kear, a 1996 History graduate with a Recording Industry minor, was part of Wilson’s Best Country Album nominated project “Bell Bottom Country” for his composing work for the song “Watermelon Moonshine.”