Artist

Lalah Hathaway

Wins

5

Nominations

13

Category

Gospel & Contemporary Christian Music R&B

Biography

"Singers — nothing sounds like you. For better or worse there is only one of you. Don't homogenize your sound by making it just like the next."

  • Born Lalah Hathaway on Dec. 16, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois
     
  • Lalah Hathaway's 1990 self-titled debut album peaked in the Top 20 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with her single "Heaven Knows" reaching No. 3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Her GRAMMY-winning Lalah Hathaway Live landed at No. 2 on the R&B Albums chart in 2015.
     
  • Hathaway earned her first career GRAMMY for 2013 for Best R&B Performance for "Something" with Snarky Puppy. The following three years she earned Best Traditional R&B Performance GRAMMYs for "Jesus Children" (2014), "Little Ghetto Boy" (2015) and "Angel" (2016).
     
  • Did you know? Hathaway is the daughter of legendary GRAMMY-winning soul singer Donny Hathaway.
     
  • In 2011 Hathaway participated in a panel discussion and gave a special performance at the GRAMMY Museum in honor of the late R&B singer/songwriter Teena Marie.
     
  • Hathaway has mentored students via the Elevate Hope Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing abused and abandoned children an alternative method of therapy through music and the arts.

 

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Lalah Hathaway

  • Best Traditional R&B Performance

    UPTOWN

    Lalah Hathaway

  • Best R&B Album

    VANTABLACK

    Lalah Hathaway

  • Best Traditional R&B Performance

    No Lie

    Lalah Hathaway, Michael McDonald

  • Best R&B Performance

    Y O Y

    Lalah Hathaway

  • Best R&B Album

    Honestly

    Lalah Hathaway

  • Best Traditional R&B Performance

    Made For Love

    Lalah Hathaway, Charlie Wilson

  • Best R&B Album Winner

    Lalah Hathaway Live

    Lalah Hathaway, Brian Vibberts, Anthony Jeffries, Coobie Lewis

  • Best Traditional R&B Performance Winner

    Angel

    Lalah Hathaway

  • Best Traditional R&B Performance Winner

    Little Ghetto Boy

    Lalah Hathaway

  • Best Traditional R&B Performance Winner

    Jesus Children

    Casey Benjamin, Lalah Hathaway, Robert Glasper, Derrick Hodge, Robert Glasper Experiment, Mark Colenburg, Malcolm-Jamal Warner

  • Best R&B Performance Winner

    Something

    Lalah Hathaway, Michael League, Snarky Puppy

  • Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance

    He's Been Just That Good

    Lalah Hathaway, Kirk Whalum

  • Female R&B Vocal Performance

    That Was Then

    Lalah Hathaway

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