Newsweek has reported that Prince Harry is a potential Grammy award nominee at next year's ceremony.
Prince Harry's 15-hour-long self-narrated audiobook of his controversial memoir, Spare, reportedly qualifies him to at least be considered in the Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording category.
Spare was published on 10 January and, despite media leaks, became the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time, earning Prince Harry a Guinness World Record.
If Prince Harry is nominated, he will join an impressive company of high-profile figures who have received or won a Grammy award in this category, including Barack Obama - a two-time Grammy winner; Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Maya Angelou, Hillary Clinton, Quincy Jones, Carrie Fisher and Maya Angelou.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams commented to Newsweek, "There is every chance that Harry will be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word (Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording) next year for his audiobook reading of his memoir Spare."
Fitzwilliams added that despite the book's controversial chapters, it's been a massive success for Penguin Random House.
The 2023 Grammy Awards will air next Monday, 6 February.
For the 2023 event, the Recording Academy has added five new awards: Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical; Best Alternative Music Performance; Best Americana Performance; Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media; and Best Spoken Word Poetry Album. A Special Merit Award for Best Song for Social Change has also been added.
View the nominees in the Big Four categories - Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist here.
The Kid LAROI, RÜFÜS DU SOL, AC/DC, Hiatus Kaiyote, and Nick Cave & Warren Ellis were nominated for multiple Grammy awards at last year's ceremony.
RÜFÜS DU SOL claimed the Grammy for Best Electronic/Dance Recording with Alive. Elsewhere, Hiatus Kaiyote were nominated for Best Progressive R&B Album with Mood Valiant, which was taken out by Lucky Daye for Table For Two, while Best New Artist – which The Kid LAROI was in the running for – was given to Olivia Rodrigo.
