Asian American and Hawaiian singers receive Grammy nominations

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Bruno Mars teamed up with Lady Gaga for Grammy mominations.

Filipino American singers Bruno Mars and Olivia Rodrigo, Indian American Norah Jones and Hawaiian Kalani Pe'a eceived nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards.

Pop star Rodrigo, who is in the middle of her GUTS World Tour, was nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Medium with the song “Can’t Catch Me Now” which she wrote for the motion picture “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.”

Bruno Mars sduet with Lady Gaga, on "Die With A Smaile" was nominated in the Song of the Year category. The duo also received a nod in the category of Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

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Nora Jones, daughter of Grammy award winner Ravi Shankar, received a nomination iin the category Best Traditional Pop Vocal Albun with her album "Visionis." 

Jones, Rodrigo and Mars have won Grammys in previoius years.

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The Grammys would be a new experience for Kalani Pe'a. His album "Kuini" was noinated in the Best Regional Roots Music Album.

Except for Kalani Pe'a, the other Asian American nominees will be up against some of the biggest names in the music industry in cluding Beyonce and Taylor Swift.

Beyonce dominates the 57th Grammys with 11 nominations derived from her album Cowboy Carter. JShe will be boing up against another music superstar Taylor Swift, in a number of categories along with Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter.

The Grammy Awards show will be held on Feb. 2, 2025 and can be watched on rhe CBS neetwork and on the streaming network Paramount-plus.

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