About Big Sean
"With the super-duper flow, I created that one word rhyme style."
- Born Sean Michael Leonard Anderson on March 25, 1988, in Santa Monica, California
- After a series of mixtapes and an unauthorized leak of a collaboration with Drake, Big Sean's debut studio album Finally Famous was released in 2011. It debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and spawned the hit singles "My Last," "Marvin & Chardonnay" and "Dance (A$$)."
- Big Sean received his first GRAMMY nominations for 2013 for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.
- Did you know? Big Sean was an opening act on Rihanna's 2016 Anti World Tour.
- Big Sean appeared with Ariana Grande to perform "Best Mistake" on the 2014 A Very GRAMMY Christmas nominees' prime-time holiday special.
- The performer's Sean Anderson Foundation has formed a partnership with Project Knapsack to provide a global backpack exchange program with students in South Africa and Detroit.
All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Big Sean
| Year | Award | Artists | Work | All Nominees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Best Rap Performance | Big Sean, Nipsey Hussle | Deep Reverence | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Rap Performance | Big Sean | Bounce Back | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Album Of The Year | Justin Bieber | Purpose | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Melodic Rap Performance | Big Sean, Kanye West, John Legend | One Man Can Change The World | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Rap Song | Big Sean, Mike Dean, Tauheed Epps, Willie Hansbro, Malik Yusef Jones, Anthony Khan, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton, Herbert Turner, Kanye West | Mercy | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Rap Performance | Kanye West, Big Sean, Terrence Thornton, Tauheed Epps | Mercy | All Nominees |
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