Jimmy Carter Receives 10th Grammy Nomination At 100 Years Old

Weeks after turning 100, Jimmy Carter got his 10th Grammy nod for his last spoken-word album, Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration. Family friend Kabir Sehgal, who helped create the 10-track album, noted that the former president expressed himself through music.

The album by Virgin Music contains songs such as “America the Beautiful,” and Darius Rucker and LeAnn Rimes’ “Amazing Grace,” plus a few recordings from his Sunday School sessions at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.

Jimmy Carter becomes the oldest Grammy nominee

He was nominated alongside Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, singer George Clinton and producer Guy Oldfield in the Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording category. It is not certain if Jimmy will be present at the award ceremony as he is currently in hospice care.

Should Jimmy emerge as the winner, he would become the oldest Grammy winner, beating 97-year-old blues pianist Pinetop Perkins’ current record. It will also be his fourth Grammy win after his album Faith — A Journey for All earned him his third in 2019. His previous Grammy-winning productions include 2016’s A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety and Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis from 2009.

The Carters say their patriarch’s life is coming to an end

While Jimmy continues to achieve more success at 100, his family noted that his time will be up as soon as his health worsens. Jimmy, who is the oldest living president in U.S. history, has overcome multiple serious challenges, including liver cancer and metastatic brain cancer, leading to surgery in 2019.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jimmy weighed in on the current political landscape in his Grammy-nominated album, urging the opposing sides to keep the peace and work towards a safe and thriving country for all. Jimmy’s grandson, Jason Carter, stated that he fulfilled his dying wish of voting for Kamala Harris during the just-concluded US presidential elections.