Tyler Childers, Chris Stapleton lead Kentucky Grammy Award nominations
Kentuckians Tyler Childers and Chris Stapleton have been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy announced Friday.
Childers is among the top-nominated artists, with nominations in five categories, including best music video and best country solo performance for “In Your Love,” which was a collaboration with Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House. Stapleton is also nominated for best country solo performance for his song, “White Horse.”
Childers received the most nominations in the country and Americana categories. His nominations place him among the top current artists: R&B singer SZA received nine nominations, making her the top-nominated artist. Phoebe Bridgers and Victoria Monét received seven nominations each, with Taylor Swift and boygenuis receiving six each.
Tyler Childers Grammy nominations
- Best Country Solo Performance, “In Your Love”
- Best Country Song, “In Your Love”
- Best Country Album, “Rustin’ In the Rain”
- Best Americana Performance, “Help Me Make It Through The Night”
- Best Music Video, “In Your Love”
Chris Stapleton Grammy nominations
- Best Country Solo Performance, “White Horse”
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance, “We Don’t Fight Anymore” by Cary Pearce, featuring Stapleton
- Best Country Song, “White Horse”
“We Don’t Fight Anymore” is also included in songwriter Shane McAnally’s nomination for Songwriter of the Year.
Childers released his album “Rustin’ In The Rain” in September, releasing the single and video for “In Your Love” earlier in the year. The video is set in Appalachia, and tells the story of two men in rural Appalachia who meet and fall in love while working as coal miners in the 1950s. Facing backlash from other miners and community members, the two continue to fall for each other and build a life and farm together.
The video was believed to be “the first-ever country music video with a gay storyline to be released by a major label,” House wrote on Instagram this summer.
House, who is listed as a collaborator on the Best Music Video nomination, told the Herald-Leader he hoped to “represent Appalachia in its full complexity,” and tell a story of people who live in Appalachia but have not before been represented on screen.
“There are all kinds of different people in Appalachia and rural America, and they very rarely see themselves in the media, in film or TV, or especially in country music videos,” House said at the time.
Childers is originally from Lawrence County. He will play two sold-out shows at Rupp Arena on December 30 and 31.
Stapleton, who was born in Lexington but grew up in Johnson County, released his most recent album “Higher” on Friday. “White Horse” was released as a single in July. “We Don’t Fight Anymore” was released as a single with Pearce in June.
This story was originally published November 10, 2023 at 1:09 PM.