similar commercial success and likewise received five Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year for its single, “Hard Place”.
In 2021, she won her third Grammy Award for Song of the Year with her George Floyd protest-inspired single “I Can’t Breathe.” That same year, her song “Fight for You”—released for the film Judas and the Black Messiah—won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance. Her debut studio album, Back of My Mind (2021) was met with critical acclaim and peaked at number six on the Billboard 200. In 2022, she won the Children’s and Family Emmy Award for her contributions on Barack and Michelle Obama’s animated children’s series, We the People.
Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson was born on June 27, 1997, in Vallejo, California, to a Filipino American mother and a Black father, and raised in California’s San Francisco Bay Area. According to an interview with Guitar Center, Wilson’s father was a musician in a cover band, and hosted their practice sessions in the family’s living room. Additionally, members of her mother’s extended family were guitarists, drummers and bassists, as well as vocalists, often playing for karaoke events.
At the end of the day, I’ve always believed that love conquers all. I’ve listened to Sly & The Family Stone — my favorite — as well as Marvin Gaye, Prince, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield. Their message was always the same: “This is what’s happening around us, but let’s accept and love each other the way we are.” And then there’s the blues. That’s one of my biggest influences just because of the pain in the music.
With Mother’s Day coming up, this post by H.E.R. resonated with celebrities and fans alike.
Fan and follower, 2therealshemekanicole commented “I lost my mom last year to cancer, so this story is great to read that someone’s mom has defeated their Goliath! Praise God and please, please continue to love on her every single day!!! Please never be too busy to love on her, because losing your mother is the worst pain you can ever experience! You two are Beautiful!!!”
