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Jelly Roll<\/a> shared his emotional reaction to his GRAMMY nominations on Friday morning, posting a video of himself in tears over the recognition to Instagram.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I’m not sure if I’ll post this or not because I’m so emotional, but the greatest honor an artist could ever hear is that they’ve been nominated for a GRAMMY,” <\/span>the country singer said through tears.<\/a> “I got to hear that this morning. I haven’t cried like this since my daddy died. I tried making this video seven times, y’all. I love y’all, man. So f**king much.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Jelly Roll was nominated in two categories, Best New Artist and Best Country Duo\/Group Performance for his rendition of “Save Me” with Lainey Wilson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Beneath the Instagram video, Jelly Roll wrote, “I’m\u00a0embarrassed to post this but my wife says honesty and rawness got me this far \u2026 I’ll post a more complete thought about this when I get my head together. I just never would\u2019ve imagined.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the comments, several celebrities celebrated Jelly’s big accomplishment. “YOU DESERVE IT ALL!!!!!!! \ud83d\ude4c We are so happy for you!!!!!!! Congratulations my sweet friend \u2764\ufe0f” Wynonna Judd wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n “8times a charm. Go jelly roll!!!!!!!” Wiz Khalifa added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “You\u2019re a supernova papa- YOU DESERVE ALL THISSSSSS \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d” Bunnie xo wrote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At the\u00a0<\/span>2023 CMT Music Awards<\/a>\u00a0this year, Jelly Roll won Male Video of the Year, Male Breakthrough Video of the Year, and Digital-First Performance of the Year, for his breakout song, “Son of a Sinner.” At Wednesday’s 2023 CMA Awards, he was nominated five times, scoring\u00a0<\/span>a win for New Artist of the Year<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n After accepting the award on Wednesday, the 38-year-old breakout star got a little carried away with his award backstage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I’m so embarrassed,” <\/span>he told ET just after breaking his trophy.<\/a> “I was so excited. I was swinging around to let somebody hold it. I’d been passing it around like a bag of popcorn. I’ve been just letting everybody … like a bag of potatoes, like we were just all sharing or something. I feel bad. Oh god.”<\/span><\/p>\n There’s an easy and temporary fix to the problem, as his official engraved trophy will be sent to him.\u00a0“I’m gonna get the one with tape,” Jelly Roll joked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At the GRAMMYs, Jelly Roll will compete against\u00a0Gracie Abrams, Fred again.., Ice Spice, Coco Jones, Noah Kahan, Victoria Mon\u00e9t and The War and Treaty for Best New Artist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Jelly Roll’s first major label album, 2021’s\u00a0<\/span>Ballad of the Broken<\/span><\/em>, landed him on both the rock and country charts. “Son of a Sinner,” one the album’s most country tracks, eventually cemented his place in the industry. Released as a single in March 2022, the song hit No. 1 on Billboard’s US\u00a0Country Airplay chart, and inspired the singer to move even further toward the country sound for his 2023 follow-up,\u00a0<\/span>Whitsitt Chapel.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Learn more about Jelly Roll, his difficult past and inspiring rise to fame <\/span>here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n