Grammy Family Feuds: Six Times Relatives Competed for the Same Award
The article examines how rarely relatives have competed against one another in the same Grammy category, prompted by the possibility that siblings Audrey Hobert and Malcolm Todd could both be nominated for Best New Artist. If that happens, it would be the first sibling face-off in the category’s history, giving their family a chance to attend together.
It begins a selection of six past Grammy clashes, including brothers Wynton and Branford Marsalis, who competed for solo jazz performance awards in 1988 and 1990 but lost both times. Father and son Julio and Enrique Iglesias also went head-to-head for Best Latin Pop Album in 1999; neither won, though Julio later beat Enrique for Favorite Latin Artist at the American Music Awards.
- Siblings Audrey Hobert and Malcolm Todd could make Grammy history.
- Relatives competing in the same Grammy category has been rare.
- Wynton and Branford Marsalis lost to other artists in two contests.
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The Grammy Awards are the US music industry’s annual prizes, with artists competing in categories that recognise different styles and kinds of work. A nomination means an artist is shortlisted; winners are chosen by members of the Recording Academy.
Relatives can end up competing when they release work in the same field in the same year. Past Grammy contests have included brothers Wynton and Branford Marsalis in jazz and father and son Julio and Enrique Iglesias in Latin pop, showing how family members may share a profession as well as a household.
These match-ups are unusual, and they can draw attention to how awards recognise individual artists even when music careers run in families. A possible sibling pairing in the Best New Artist category would be notable because no siblings have faced one another there before.