Chance the Rapper has grabbed many of the headlines, but he's not the only Chicago performer up for a Grammy Sunday.
From Robbie Fulks to Lalah Hathaway, the Tribune has rounded up Chicago-area names to know for the 59th Grammy Awards, scheduled to air on CBS at 7 p.m.
BJ The Chicago Kid, a South Side native who lives in Los Angeles, is up against fellow Chicago native Hathaway in two categories: best traditional R&B performance and best R&B album. BJ is also nominated for best R&B performance for "Turnin' Me Up."
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Kanye West, who hails from the South Side, is nominated eight times in five categories. Three of the nods are tied to Chance, while Chicago artist Malik Yusef and trumpeter Nico Segal are credited on West songs.
Chance is also up for best new artist, rap performance, rap album and rap song for "No Problem," which features Chicago native Jamila Woods and producer Peter CottonTale in the credits.
In the rock performance category, Chicago-formed band Disturbed is nominated for its rendition of "The Sound of Silence" on Conan O'Brien's show.
OK Go, which also formed in Chicago and is now based in Los Angeles, is up for best music video for "Upside Down and Inside Out."
Fulks, a Wilmette singer-songwriter, is nominated for best folk album for "Upland Stories" and best American roots song for "Alabama at Night."
DJ-producer Kaskade, who grew up in Northbrook, is up for best remixed recording.
Chicago-born singer-songwriter Patti Smith is a nominee for best spoken word album for "M Train."
South Side singer-turned-actress Jennifer Hudson is among "The Color Purple" cast members nominated for best musical theater album.
Comedian Ron Funches, who grew up on the South Side, is among the actors up for best song written for visual media for the "Trolls" movie anthem "Can't Stop The Feeling."
Nominees in the best traditional blues album category include Chicago blues guitarist Lurrie Bell for "Can't Shake This Feeling" and Louisiana native Bobby Rush, who lived in Chicago for decades, for "Porcupine Meat."
Maywood gospel singer Todd Dulaney is up for best gospel album for "A Worshipper's Heart."
Chicago groups Spektral Quartet ("Serious Business"), Third Coast Percussion (works by Steve Reich) and Lincoln Trio ("Trios from our Homelands") are nominated for best chamber music/small ensemble performance.
Chicago-born jazz vocalist Kurt Elling is nominated as special guest with the Branford Marsalis Quartet for best jazz vocal album ("Upward Spiral").
Mason Bates, former Chicago Symphony Orchestra composer-in-residence, is up for best contemporary classical composition for the CSO-commissioned work "Anthology of Fantastic Zoology," played by the CSO under Riccardo Muti.
Ken Shipley and Rob Sevier, who founded the Numero Group label in Chicago, are nominated for best album notes and best historical album.
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