Jazmine Sullivan Wins Her First Grammy for Best R&B Album

R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan wins Best R&B Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards for her recent project Heaux Tales. The album contains 24 songs that describe the real-life experiences of Black women. Sullivan is not new to the music game; she is most famous for her albums Fearless, Love Me Back, and Reality Show. 

Each song on the album represents someone’s life and relationship experience. The singer wanted to build a community with women who shared the same stories. Every woman has insecurities, and relationships are not always perfect, but what’s important is how you rise from those obstacles.

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top R&B Albums chart and hit the Billboard 200 chart at No. 4, where it spent 19 weeks. Sullivan shared some motivational words during her acceptance speech when receiving the Grammy. 

“I wrote this project to deal with my own shame and unforgiveness around some of the decisions I made in my 20s that weren’t favorable. But what it ended up being was a safe space for Black women to tell their stories, for us to learn from each other, laugh with each other, and not be exploited at the same time, and that’s what I’m most grateful for,” stated Sullivan. “Shout-out to all Black women who are just living their lives and being beautiful.”

A video of Grammy award-winning singer H.E.R. congratulating Sullivan has gone viral. Sullivan’s friends and other R&B artists were excited about her achievement.

Many fans are happy about this win as it represents a big step toward Black representation in the music industry. We must lift other Black women when they win, so congratulations to Jazmine Sullivan.

Jazmine Sullivan and Fantasia are carrying the weight of real, true, authentic soul singing on their backs. i love that Jazmine won R&B Performance tonight; Fantasia won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance back in 2011. i’m just very proud of them and what they do for black music.

— Da’Shaun | they/them (@DaShaunLH) April 4, 2022