Five Houston-area musicians have been nominated for Grammy Awards in 2024; among them is a five-time recipient who was presented with gold-plated hardware at the ceremony.

After receiving his fifth Grammy in February for “Black Radio III,” Robert Glasper, a 45-year-old pianist who attended Elkins High School in Missouri City and the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston ISD, has the opportunity to win two more. “Back To Love,” a recent single by the artist that features SiR and Alex Isley, has received nominations for both best R&B performance and best R&B song.

Uncle Jumbo, Rodney Crowell, Lecrae, and Travis Scott, all of whom hail from the Houston area, were also nominated for Grammys on Friday. The 2024 awards ceremony will be broadcast live on both the CBS Television Network and Paramount+. It is scheduled to take place at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.

Similar to Glasper, Scott, age 32, is a graduate of Elkins High School. He received his eighth Grammy nomination and is vying for his inaugural honor. “Utopia,” which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart earlier this year, has been nominated for the award for best rap album.

Scott’s current Utopia-Circus Maximus tour does not include a visit in Houston, where he has encountered opposition since his Astroworld Festival concert in 2021 resulted in ten fatalities and hundreds of injuries. On the same day that “Utopia” was released, the Houston Police Department published a 1,266-page report detailing its investigation into the tragedy on July 28.

Houston-born Lecrae, 44, is a record executive, performer, songwriter, and producer. A two-time Grammy winner, she is nominated for two additional prestigious music industry honors. “Your Power,” a collaboration between Lecrae and Tasha Cobbs Leonard, is among the nominees for best contemporary Christian music performance or composition. His album “Church Clothes 4” has been nominated for the award for best contemporary Christian music album.

Crowell, 73 years old and a native of Houston, has also been honored with two Grammys. This year, “The Chicago Sessions” received a nomination for the prestigious award of best Americana album, a category that Crowell previously earned in 2014.

Under the stage name James Pendleton, Uncle Jumbo, received a nomination for “Taste The Sky” in the best children’s music album category. He gave a performance in Houston on July 4, during the city-sponsored “Freedom Over Texas” event.

In addition to being nominated in both the best historical album and best album notes categories, “Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971” also has a Houston connection. McCormick, a musicologist and folklorist who passed away in Houston in 2015, had the aforementioned recordings published by the Smithsonian earlier this year.