Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, better known professionally as H.E.R. is an American singer and songwriter. After initial music appearances and singles under her real name, Wilson re-emerged in 2016 with the H.E.R. persona, releasing her debut EP H.E.R. Volume 1. She then released subsequent EPs H.E.R. Volume 2 (2017), The B Sides (2017), I Used to Know Her: The Prelude (2018) and I Used to Know Her: Part 2 (2018). Her first compilation album H.E.R. was released in October 2017, consisting of tracks from the singer’s first two EPs plus six additional songs. H.E.R. was nominated for five Grammy Awards at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019, winning Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Album. In 2020, she was nominated for five awards at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for I Used to Know Her and Song of the Year for “Hard Place”. On September 20, 2020, she sang Prince’s song “Nothing Compares 2 U”, for the In Memoriam segment of the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards. During the pre-game festivities for Super Bowl LV, she performed “America the Beautiful”, singing and playing guitar. In 2021, she was awarded the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for “I Can’t Breathe”, and she is nominated for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards for the song “Fight For You” from the 2021 movie Judas and the Black Messiah.”
