Victoria Monét has something new to celebrate!
After the nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards were announced on Friday, the R&B singer, 34, learned she was in the running for seven nominations — including one with baby daughter Hazel.
The two-and-a-half-year-old is nominated alongside her mother for Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Hollywood,” which also features Earth, Wind & Fire. This nomination makes Hazel the youngest Grammy nominee ever.
Her superstar mom told Board that the toddler reacted to the news by “being on the phone and watching Baby Shark.” “I’m so proud of her, but she has no idea,” she explained to the outlet.
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Singer Victoria Monet performs on stage during her “The Jaguar” tour at the Buckhead Theater on September 19, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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“She’s like, kind of panicking because she doesn’t know why we’re all screaming. I know I’ll be able to explain it to her when she’s older, and she’ll definitely appreciate it because she’s already into music and unconsciously starts writing songs,” added the artist. “She makes silly songs and all that kind of stuff. So I’m really excited that this is going to be something that she has forever. I’m already thinking about her Grammys wardrobe.”
Monét told PEOPLE in February that Hazel developed an interest in music from an early age.
“I see her learning rhythm, trying to catch different cadences and what attracts her in songs. I’m really being re-inspired by that innocence and that curiosity about music,” she told PEOPLE.
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Prior to Hazel’s nomination, the record was held by Leah Peasall of the Peasall Sisters, who was 8 years old when the album Oh brother, where are you? was nominated and awarded Album of the Year at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards.
Before receiving the big news, Monét opened up about the nerves she was feeling on X, formally known as Twitter. She wrote: “Ugh I’m so nervous it feels like a drafty day.”
The musician shares Hazel with her boyfriend John Gaines. Announcing in December 2020 that she was pregnant, Monét said her pregnancy was “the absolute best thing that ever happened to me”.
“Now there are two hearts beating inside me…That’s more love. Two brains and two souls…that’s so much power. I really feel like super super Victoria because my body is doing such an amazing job. This is the absolute best thing that has happened to me. has ever happened and I can’t wait to meet my tiny soul mate!!!” she wrote.
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Earlier this month, Monét took to Instagram to reflect on his six nominations for the Soul Train Awards.
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“WOOOO!!🥹😭🤯This feeling is really something…overwhelmed with gratitude!! 6 nominations?! WOW!!! Thank you so much @soultrain @bet for seeing me! 🤎🥲🙏🏾,” she wrote.
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