Silk Sonic bows out from 2023 Grammy Award consideration

Silk Sonic bows out from 2023 Grammy Award consideration Bruno Mars has announced that Silk Sonic will not be submitting their album for 2023 Grammy Award consideration.

by Naledi de Wee

14-10-2022 12:08

in Music

Silk Sonic has announced that they will not be submitting their album An Evening with Silk Sonic' for 2023 Grammy consideration. Image via Twitter @PopBase

Silk Sonic, made up of singer-songwriters Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, have revealed that they will not be submitting their debut album, An Evening with Silk Sonic, for 2023 Grammy consideration. This comes after the duo won four Grammys, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year, at the 2022 awards ceremony in April.

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SILK SONIC WITHDRAWS FROM 2023 GRAMMY CONSIDERATION American supergroup Silk Sonic blasted onto the scene with their smooth R&B hit, Leave the Door Open. The duo released their album, An Evening with Silk Sonic, in November 2021 to critical acclaim.

In a statement sent to Rolling Stone, Bruno Mars announced that the group will not be submitting the album for 2023 Grammy consideration.

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We truly put our all on this record, but Silk Sonic would like to gracefully, humbly and most importantly, sexually, bow out of submitting our album this year. We hope we can celebrate with everyone on a great year of music and partake in the party. Thank you for letting Silk Sonic thrive, said Mars.

BRUNO MARS AND ANDERSON .PAAK AT THE GRAMMYS Bruno Mars and Anderson. Paak have both dominated the Grammy Awards as individual artists. Mars has won 11 Grammys including the Record of the Year Award for bangers like 24K Magic and Uptown Funk.

Anderson. Paak has four Grammy Awards to his name. The multi-talented star won the Best Rap Performance, Best R&B Album and Best R&B Performance in 2019 and 2020.

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In 2021, his single Lockdown won the Best Melodic Rap Performance Award.

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BRUNO MARS CELEBRATES A MILESTONE Taking to Instagram on 2 October, Bruno Mars celebrated six of his singles being certified diamond status. His hit singles, Just the Way You Are, Locked out of Heaven, Uptown Funk, Grenade, When I Was Your Man and That's What I Like have all secured 10 million sales.

I love you all and thank you for supporting these songs throughout the years! It always has and always will be all for you. To be continued

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