Jimmy Carter, who lately handed away at 100, has earned a historic posthumous Grammy win.
On the Premiere Ceremony for the 2025 Grammy Awards this night, the previous president and famous music lover received the class of Finest Audio E book, Narration & Storytelling Recording for the 2024 mission Final Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration, which celebrated Carter’s legacy and arrived a couple of months earlier than his loss of life. At 100 years outdated, his posthumous win made Carter the oldest Grammy winner in historical past.
Surprisingly, this isn’t Carter’s first Grammy win. When the class was nonetheless generally known as Finest Spoken Phrase Album, he received in 2007 for Our Endangered Worths, in 2016 for his memoir A Full Life: Reflections at 90, and once more in 2019 for Religion: A Journey For All.
His nomination this yr — which, remarkably, was his tenth nomination within the class — made him the oldest nominee in Grammy historical past. Pinetop Perkins, who was 97 when he received Finest Conventional Blues Album in 2011, is now the second oldest Grammy winner in historical past.
Revisit our checklist of Carter’s most rock and roll moments. It’s also possible to discover our full protection of the 2025 Grammy Awards right here.