On Friday, November 8, Jimmy Carter, the former president of the United States, became the oldest person to be nominated for a Grammy Award at the age of 100. His work, Last Sundays in Plains, won in the audiobook and narration category.
He became the oldest Grammy nominee in Recording Academy history when he received his tenth nomination at the age of 100.
The former president received a nomination for his album “Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration” in the Best Audiobook, Narration, and Storytelling Recording category.
Carter provided the voiceover for the album, which was released in October of this year to commemorate his 100th birthday.
It includes recordings of Carter’s last Sunday school lesson, which he gave at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, where he spent years as a pastor.
Music by Jon Batiste, Darius Rucker, Nicole Zuraitis, LeAnn Rimes, and others was played during his lectures.
The album’s recordings of the former president’s prayers and teachings cover a wide range of subjects, including the state of American politics today.
The former president of the United States counsels the younger generation of politicians to advocate for equality, human rights, and environmental quality at one point in the album.
Carter has won three Grammys, all in the Best Spoken Word Album category. He won for ‘Faith—A Journey for All in 2018, A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety’ in 2015, and ‘Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis’ in 2005.
Carter’s album is nominated for a 2025 Grammy in the Audiobook and Narration category, along with—George Clinton’s ‘And Your Ass Will Follow’, Guy Oldfield’s ‘All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words’, Dolly Parton’s ‘Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones’, and Barbra Streisand’s ‘My Name Is Barbra’.
Twenty-one months after entering hospice care, Carter was nominated.
On Sunday, February 2, 2025, the 67th Grammy Awards will be held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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