Beyonce and Jay-Z’s 9-year-old daughter Blue Ivy wins first Grammy

Beyonce and Jay-Z’s 9-year-old daughter Blue Ivy won her first Grammy this Sunday for the category of Best Music Video for “Brown Skin Girl”. At just 9-year-old, Blue Ivy could’ve been the youngest artist to win a Grammy’s but missed the mark as Leah Peasall, who won the golden gramophone in 2001 was just 8 years old.

The year was a historic one with women ruling the four main categories in the Grammy’s 2021. While Billie Eilish won the prestigious Record of the Year, teenage-sensation Taylor Swift won the Album of the Year, H.E.R took home the Song of the Year award and Megan Thee Stallion won the Best New Artist award.

Meanwhile, Beyonce, who is often known as ‘Queen’ by her fans, became the most well-known female artist in the Grammy’s Awards history after she won the Best R&B performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Performance and Best Music Video. Arguably the most decorated female artist in the Grammy’s history, she has a total of 28 awards to her name.

The 5-youngest-Grammy’s winners in Grammy’s history

The Peasall Sisters

Leah, Sarah, and Hanna Peasall were just 8, 11 and 14 respectively when they earned the title. The Tennessee’s sister act were earned the overnight celebrity status when they were called to contribute to the Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack. The 3 sisters came together to provide the singing voices for ‘The Wharvey Girls’, the daughters of George Clooney’s character in the film. In 2002, the trio earned the golden gramophone and won the Grammy’s Award for the Album of the Year. Lea, who was 8 at that time, is still the youngest person ever to take home the golden gramophone.

Blue Ivy

You guessed it right! Celebrity couple Beyonce and Jay-Z’s 9-year-old won the Grammy’s for the Best Video Category for the “Brown Skin Girl” from “The Lion King: The Gift” soundtrack. Considering how the nominees were Future and Drake, Harry Styles, Anderson Paak and Woodkid, it is a wonderful and delightful achievement.

LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes won the Grammy’s at a tender age of just 14 years old in 1997. A country-folk sensation the moment she held the microphone, she became the youngest person ever to take home the Grammy’s, winning the Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Luis Miguel

Popularly known as “El Sol De Mexico” roughly translated to The Sun of Mexico follows LeAnn Rimes at for winning a Grammy’s at 14 years and 313 days old. The Spanish artist launched his music career when he was just a 12-year-old boy in 1982. The Sun of Mexico won the award for the Best Duet with Sheena Easton titled “Me Gustas Tal Como Eres”.

Stephen Marley

The son of legendary Reggae singer Bob Marley is overshadowed at times by his father’s larger than life contribution to music. So much so that little do people know that the “Options” artist Stephen Marley was one of the youngest Grammy’s winner, having won the Grammys’ at 16 years and 308 days. He was nominated for Grammy’s in 1982, 1985, 1999 and took his first trophy for the Best Reggae Album in 1989.

Check out the list of 2021 Grammy’s Award Winners for major categories below: