‘Tis the season! And what a win it is for Asian (American) talents of all genres – especially in music and film. Here are our winners and nominees. A huge congratulations to everyone!
Grammys 2021 Nominations and Wins
- Song of the Year | “I Can’t Breathe” – H.E.R.
- Best R& B Song | “Better than I Imagined” – H.E.R.
- Best R& B Song | “Slow Down” – H.E.R. (with Skip Marley)
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | “Dynamite” – BTS
- Best R&B Performance | “Lightning & Thunder” – Jhené Aiko ft. John Legend
- Album of the Year – Chilombo – Jhené Aiko
- Best Progressive R&B Album – Chilombo – Jhené Aiko
- Best New Age Album | Periphery – Priya Darshini
- Best New Age Album | Meditations – Cory Wong and Jon Batiste
- Best Regional Roots Music Album | Lovely Sunrise – Nā Wai ʽEhā
- Best Global Music Album | Love Letters – Anoushka Shankar
- Best Musical Theater Album | Soft Power – Francis Jue, Austin Ku; David Henry Hwang, lyricist
- Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, Best Song Written for Visual Media | “Into the Unknown” (Frozen II) – Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
For the full list of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards winners and nominations, click here.
Update: H.E.R. also won the Oscar for Best Original Song for JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH’s “Fight for You“.
MINARI tells the tale of an immigrant Korean-American family who moves to Arkansas in search of a new and better life. Set in the early 1980s, director Lee Isaac Chung based his own real life experiences in creating the film.
6 Academy Award Nominations and 1 Win
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Steven Yeun
- Best Achievement in Directing | Lee Isaac Chung
- Best Original Screenplay | Lee Isaac Chung
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | Yuh-Jung Youn
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures
1 Golden Globe Nomination and Win
10 Critic’s Choice Awards Nominations and 2 Wins
- Best Picture
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Best Director | Lee Isaac Chung
- Best Actor | Steven Yeun
- Best Supporting Actress | Yuh-Jung Youn
- Best Young Actor/Actress | Alan Kim
- Best Acting Ensemble
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Score
3 Screen Actor’s Guild Award Nominations and 1 Win
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Yuh-Jung Youn
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Steven Yeun
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Best Supporting Actress | Yuh-Jung Youn
- Best Film Not in the English Language
- Best Supporting Actor | Alan S. Kim
- Best Direction | Lee Isaac Chung
- Best Original Score
- Best Casting
For the full list of MINARI’s awards and nominations, click here.
MINARI is now available to rent on Amazon Prime.
NOMADLAND – starring Academy Award-winning actress, Frances McDormand is a story about a woman in her sixties who “embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad”. Directed and written by Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND is adapted from Jessica Bruder’s nonfiction book, “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.”
6 Academy Award Nominations and 3 Wins
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Frances McDormand
- Best Achievement in Directing | Chloé Zhao
- Best Adapted Screenplay | Chloé Zhao
- Best Achievement in Film Editing | Chloé Zhao
- Best Achievement in Cinematography
4 Golden Globe Nominations and 2 wins
- Best Motion Picture Drama
- Best Director – Motion Picture | Chloé Zhao
- Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Chloé Zhao
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture | Frances McDormand
6 Critic’s Choice Awards Nominations and 4 Wins
- Best Picture
- Best Director | Chloé Zhao
- Best Adapted Screenplay | Chloé Zhao
- Best Actress | Frances McDormand
- Best Cinematography | Joshua James Richards
- Best Editing | Chloé Zhao
1 Screen Actor’s Guild Award Nomination
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in Leading Role | Frances McDormand
7 BAFTA Nominations and 4 Wins
- Best Film
- Best Actress | Frances McDormand
- Best Direction| Chloé Zhao
- Best Cinematography | Joshua James Richards
- Best Editing | Chloé Zhao
- Best Adapted Screenplay | Chloé Zhao
- Best Sound
For the full list of NOMADLAND’s awards and nominations, click here.
NOMADLAND is now streaming on Hulu.
SOUND OF METAL is a drama film about a heavy-metal drummer who begins to lose his hearing.
6 Academy Award Nominations and 2 Wins
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Riz Ahmed
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Paul Raci
- Best Sound
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Achievement in Film Editing
1 Golden Globe Nomination
5 Critic’s Choice Awards Nominations and 1 Win
- Best Picture
- Best Actor | Riz Ahmed
- Best Supporting Actor | Paul Raci
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Film Editing
1 Screen Actor’s Guild Award Nomination
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Riz Ahmed
4 BAFTA Nominations and 2 Wins
- Best Actor | Riz Ahmed
- Best Supporting Actor | Paul Raci
- Best Sound
- Best Editing
For the full list of SOUND OF METAL’s awards and nominations, click here.
SOUND OF METAL is now streaming on Amazon Prime.
more nominees!
- The Hulu comedy PEN15 was also nominated for a Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Series.
- The animated short film Opera, directed by Erick Oh is nominated for a Best Animated Short Oscar.
- The Priyanka Chopra-led film THE WHITE TIGER directed by Ramin Bahrani is nominated is nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.
For the full list of this year’s Oscar nominations, click here. The 2021 Academy Awards will air on April 25 on ABC.
