This year marked the first time a Black woman has been nominated for the top prize of album of the year for a country album. Ray Charles was nominated for album of the year for "Modern Sounds in ...

2004: Outkast 2005: Ray Charles Ray Charles posthumously won ... She also became the first Black woman to win best country album. She was previously nominated in 2010 for "I Am ...

Wilson performed a lively, rollicking version of Quincy's Ray Charles track "Let The Good Times Roll" alongside singer and composer Jacob Collier.

The "Soul Bossa Nova" artist, who worked with acts including Michael Jackson, Ray Charles ... Combining her country twang with classic soul and blues, Wilson's performance of Charles' 1959 ...