Sacramento native Victoria Monet becomes award-winning artist, taking home three Grammy awards
R&B singer Victoria Monet took home three Grammy Awards during the 66th annual event at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Monet, a Sacramento native, won Best New Artist, Best R&B Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-classical.
Her award-winning album “Jaguar II” is an 11-track project which was released August 2023.
The album includes her hit song “On My Mama,” which was nominated for Record of the Year and Best R&B Song.
Monet was nominated for seven awards overall, including Best R&B Performance for “How Does It Make You Feel” and Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Hollywood” featuring Earth, Wind and Fire and Monet’s daughter, Hazel, who is 2-years-old, making her the youngest nominee in Grammy history.
She claimed the New Artist award over artists such as Jelly Roll, Coco Jones, Ice Spice, Fred again ... , Gracie Abrams, Noah Kahan and The War and Treaty.
Taking home the Best R&B Album award, she had to outdo Summer Walker’s “Clear 2: Soft Life EP,” Emily King’s “Special Occasion,” Coco Jones’ “What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe),” and Babyface’s “Girls Night Out.”
“I just want to say to everybody who has a dream, I want you to look at this as an example,” Monet said during her Grammy acceptance speech. “Thank you, God.”
Monet grew up in south Sacramento and Elk Grove. She always had a passion for performing arts, which led her to attend Sheldon High School of the Elk Grove Unified School District.
She wanted to go there because of the school’s performing arts program.
“It just was much more appealing to me because I’ve always known that I wanted to be on stage and entertaining and having fun being creative,” Monet said in a 2022 interview with The Sacramento Bee regarding her time at Sheldon High School. “They have great education there but also exercise the creative side of my brain as well. I love it.”
Monet is expected to perform at Coachella in April.
This story was originally published February 5, 2024 at 12:41 PM.