Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons

By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press Music Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award.

Carter, the peanut husbandman who won the presidency successful the aftermath of the Watergate ungraded and Vietnam War, died successful December at property 100. Prior to his passing, Carter was nominated successful the audio book, narration, and storytelling signaling class astatine the 2025 Grammys for “Last Sundays successful Plains: A Centennial Celebration,” recordings from his last Sunday School lessons delivered astatine Maranatha Baptist Church successful Georgia. Musicians Darius Rucker, Lee Ann Rimes and Jon Batiste are featured connected the record.

It’s Carter’s 4th Grammy. His posthumous Grammy joins his 3 erstwhile ones for spoken connection album.

If the erstwhile president won earlier his death, helium would’ve go the oldest Grammy grant victor successful history.

Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter’s grandson who present chairs The Carter Center governing board, received the grant connected his behalf. “Having his words captured successful this mode for my household and for the satellite is genuinely remarkable,” helium said successful an acceptance speech. “Thank you to the academy.”

In the category, Jimmy Carter bushed retired Barbra Streisand, George Clinton, Dolly Parton and shaper Guy Oldfield.

If Streisand won alternatively of Carter, it would person been her archetypal Grammy triumph successful 38 years.

Currently, the oldest idiosyncratic to triumph a Grammy was 97-year-old Pinetop Perkins successful 2011.

“He’s specified an tremendous euphony fan. He loves the originative facet of music,” Jason Carter said backstage astir his grandfather. “It’s been an important portion of his governmental life, an important portion of his idiosyncratic life. He’s an creator successful galore ways.”

Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton person 2 Grammys apiece. First ladies Michelle Obama and Hilary Clinton person besides each won.

Former presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon were each nominated, but didn’t win.

AP Entertainment Writers Andrew Dalton and Jonathan Landrum Jr. contributed to this report. For much sum of this year’s Grammy Awards, visit: www.apnews.com/GrammyAwards