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04.04.2022 - 02:07 / etcanada.com
The Brothers Osborne are officially Grammy winners.
On Sunday evening, the country music duo — siblings T.J. and John Osborne — won their first-ever Grammy, and their emotional acceptance speech brought down the house.
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The brothers won the award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for their single “Younger Me”.
Accepting the prize, T.J. explained that the song was written “in response to me coming out.”
The audience applauded his remarks, including Brandi Carlile, who got to her feet for a standing ovation.
“I never thought that I would be able to do music professionally because of my sexuality. And I certainly never thought that I’d be accepting a Grammy after having done something that I thought was going to be life-changing, potentially in a very negative way,” T.J. continued. “But here I am tonight – not only accepting this award with my brother, who I love so much, but I’m here with a man that I love and who loves me back, and I don’t know what I did to be so lucky.”
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T.J. came out publicly in a February 2021 interview with Time magazine, saying at the time, “I’m very comfortable being gay. I find myself being guarded for not wanting to talk about something that I personally don’t have a problem with. That feels so strange.”
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Brothers Osborne's mom was as proud as could be on Sunday night. After T.J. and John Osborne closed out the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards with an epic performance of «Dead Man's Curve,» ET's Nischelle Turner and Kevin Frazier were on hand to watch the brothers call up their mom, Trish Osborne, to celebrate their first GRAMMY win.The nine-time nominees took home the Best Country Duo or Group Performance for their song, «Younger Me,» in the pre-telecast ceremony.After congratulating both of her sons, Trish told ET, «I'm very proud.
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Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for their song “Younger Me”, making history as the first song about coming out as LGBTQ+ to win the prize. It is also the first Grammys win for the duo, made up of siblings TJ Osborne and John Osborne. Accepting the award onstage during the pre-telecast portion of this year’s Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, TJ Osborne said: “For those of you who do not know, this song was written really in response to me coming out, and I never thought I would be able to do music professionally because of my sexuality.
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Brothers Osborne's «Younger Me» delivered the country duo its first ever win at the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards -- and their first-ever acceptance speech also proved quite moving.T.J. and John Osborne scored the win in the Best Country/Duo Group Performance on Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, where the brothers rocked shiny gold and purple tuxedos. During his acceptance speech, T.J.
Chris Willman Music WriterBrothers Osborne won their first Grammy Sunday for the sibling duo’s song “Younger Me,” and that wasn’t the only first — it’s the first country song with an LGBTQ+ theme to win an award in the history of the ceremony.“For those of you who do not know, this song s said singer TJ Osborne, joined at the podium at the pre-telecast premiere ceremony by his brother, guitarist John Osborne.“And I never thought I would be able to do music professionally because of my sexuality,” TJ Osborne continued. “And I certainly never thought I would be here on this stage accepting a Grammy after having done something I felt like was going to be life-changing, potentially in a very negative way.
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