H.E.R.

Over the course of five years – with 21 GRAMMY nominations and 5 wins to date – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist H.E.R. has had an incredible journey, punctuated with inspiring projects and accolades that have quickly ascended her to superstar status.  

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, H.E.R. honed her craft at a very young age. From hitting the legendary Apollo Theater stage to early TV stardom all before the age of 13, H.E.R. had both the music and the star power within her and was a force from the start. At 14, she signed her first record deal with MBK Entertainment/RCA Records, though it was in 2016 when she emerged in H.E.R. full form. “It’s been a long, long journey,” H.E.R. expresses, “with many, many ups.”  

H.E.R.’s 2016 debut EP, “H.E.R. Volume 1” was met with critical acclaim, as the world was just beginning to learn about this teenage wunderkind. “H.E.R. Volume 2” arrived a year later and reached the Top 10 Billboard R&B charts, with “The B-Sides” arriving shortly thereafter. Each one propelled H.E.R. to new heights as she evolved along the way both on record and on stage. H.E.R.’s eponymous compilation project in 2017 marked a whole new era for the artist in a short amount of time. The GRAMMY Award winning, RIAA-certified Platinum body of work topped the Billboard R&B charts, armed with hit singles like the Platinum “Focus” and the four times Platinum “Best Part” with Daniel Caesar.  

Over the course of two more years, H.E.R. continued her steady ascent, releasing projects like the prolific “I Used To Know Her: The Prelude” and “I Used To Know Her: Part 2,” both in 2018, along with 2019’s full compilation, “I Used To Know Her.” 

In 2019, H.E.R. and producer partner Live Nation Urban introduced the Lights On Festival, the first female-owned and curated R&B music festival in decades which returned this year with 2 sold-out dates at the Bay Area’s Concord Pavilion. While the world was under quarantine, due to COVID-19, H.E.R. created “Girls With Guitars,” an Instagram Live performance and conversation series which featured guest appearances by Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Willow Smith, Tori Kelly, Alessia Cara, Chloe x Halle, Lianne La Havas, Niki Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote) and more. In addition to starring in Pepsi’s “Zero-Sugar, Done Right” Super Bowl LIV commercial alongside Missy Elliot, she launched her very own eyewear partnership with Diff with a charitable component, Capsule collaboration with Lewis Hamilton and Tommy Hilfiger, and her signature guitar line with Fender.  

H.E.R. kicked off 2021 in the most stellar of ways by winning two GRAMMY Awards – Song of the Year for “I Can’t Breathe” and Best R&B Song for her contribution to Robert Glasper’s “Better Than I Imagined,” plus an Academy Award for her powerful song “Fight For You” from the Warner Bros. Pictures film Judas and the Black Messiah. Previous GRAMMY wins include Best R&B Album (H.E.R. and Best R&B Performance (“Best Part” featuring Daniel Caesar) and a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist, among additional awards and honors.  

Named Best Female R&B/Pop Artist at the 2021 BET Awards, she closed out the year earning an astonishing 8 GRAMMY nominations (tied for the most nominated female artist), including Song of the Year for “Fight For You,” and Album of the Year for her recent full-length release “Back of My Mind,” which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart and is now RIAA-certified Gold.  

The 2022 recipient of the American Express Impact Award at Billboard’s Women In Music, H.E.R. has accrued nearly 8 billion combined audio and video streams worldwide – and counting – on the breakthrough projects “H.E.R.” (RIAA-certified Platinum), “I Used To Know” (RIAA-certified Gold) and “Back of my Mind,” which includes the now 2-time GRAMMY nominated Platinum single “Damage: which reached #1 on the Hip-Hop/R&B Radio chart. 

Over the years, H.E.R. has captivated audiences with countless stellar performances including the Super Bowl LV, CMT Music Awards with Chris Stapleton, 72nd Emmy Awards, GRAMMY Awards (2x), Saturday Night Live, Billboard Music Awards, ABC’s Soul of a Nation, iHeartRadio’s Elton John Tribute, Let’s Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince, A BET COVID-19 Relief Effort Special, Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020; plus all of the morning and late night television shows. She has also participated in fundraising activities to benefit various charity efforts including COVID relief and Black Lives Matter.  

Regarded as one of music’s most admired and respected musicians at only 25-years-old, H.E.R. also added acting to her resume when she starred as Belle in ABC’s “Beauty and the Beast Live” in December 2022 and will join the all-star cast of “The Color Purple” musical film adaptation as “Squeak” in 2023.