Artist

Big Sean

Wins

0

Nominations

6

Category

General Rap

Biography

"With the super-duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style."

  • Born Sean Michael Leonard Anderson on March 25, 1988, in Santa Monica, California
     
  • After a series of mixtapes and an unauthorized leak of a collaboration with Drake, Big Sean's debut studio album Finally Famous was released in 2011. It debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and spawned the hit singles "My Last," "Marvin & Chardonnay" and "Dance (A$$)."
     
  • Big Sean received his first GRAMMY nominations for 2013 for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.
     
  • Did you know? Big Sean was an opening act on Rihanna's 2016 Anti World Tour.
     
  • Big Sean appeared with Ariana Grande to perform "Best Mistake" on the 2014 A Very GRAMMY Christmas nominees' prime-time holiday special.
     
  • The performer's Sean Anderson Foundation has formed a partnership with Project Knapsack to provide a global backpack exchange program with students in South Africa and Detroit.

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Big Sean

  • Best Rap Performance

    Deep Reverence

    Big Sean, Nipsey Hussle

  • Best Rap Performance

    Bounce Back

    Big Sean

  • Album Of The Year

    Purpose

    Big Sean, Mark "DJ Exit" Goodchild, Tom Coyne, Josh Gudwin, Mike Dean, Jaycen Joshua, Skrillex, Soundz, Andrew Wuepper, Diplo, Chris "Tek" O'Ryan, Justin Bieber, Benny Blanco, Manny Marroquin, Travis Scott, Bart Schoudel, Chris Sclafani, Axident, Big Taste, Blood, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Scott "Scooter" Braun, Simon Cohen, Jimmy Giannos, Gladius, Halsey, Nico Hartikainen, Mark "The Mogul" Jackson, Steve James, Dominic Jordan, Ian Kirkpatrick, Maejor, MdL, Randy Merrill, Johannes Raassina, Gregg Rominiecki, Jeremy Snyder, Dylan William, The Audibles

  • Best Melodic Rap Performance

    One Man Can Change The World

    Big Sean, Kanye West, John Legend

  • Best Rap Song

    Mercy

    Big Sean, Mike Dean, Willie Hansbro, Malik Yusef Jones, Anthony Khan, Terrence Thornton, Kanye West, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Herbert Turner

  • Best Rap Performance

    Mercy

    Big Sean, Terrence Thornton, Kanye West, Tauheed Epps

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