Sara Bareilles is back at the Grammys with the eighth nomination of her career, but it’s the first in the Americana field, where she’s up for Best American Roots Performance for “Saint Honesty,” a song she co-wrote with Grammy-winning country songwriter Lori McKenna (“Girl Crush,” “Humble and Kind”). Will the change of scenery finally win her her first Grammy 11 years after she broke through at these awards?

Bareilles first made the cut in 2009 when she was a newcomer nominated for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her breakthrough hit “Love Song.” Then came two more pop performance nominations for “King of Anything” (2011) and “Brave” (2014), plus a surprise Album of the Year nom for “The Blessed Unrest” (2014).

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After that she took a detour to Broadway by writing the score for “Waitress,” which earned her a Best Musical Theater album nom in 2017. And finally she was nominated in that category again for bringing “Jesus Christ Superstar” to the screen in NBC’s live musical event; she was even nominated for an Emmy for her performance as Mary Magdalene, but she didn’t win for that either.

Now she’s arguably the biggest name nominated for Best American Roots Performance, but she has stiff competition from Americana favorites. She’s up against “Call My Name” by the supergroup I’m With Her consisting of Sarah Jarosz (a two-time Grammy-winning solo artist), Sara Watkins (a Grammy winner with the folk band Nickel Creek) and Aoife O’Donovan.

Also nominated are “I’m on My Way” by Rhiannon Giddens, a 2011 Grammy winner for her folk album “Genuine Negro Jig”; “Faraway Look” by Yola, who has four total nominations this year including Best New Artist; and “Father Mountain” by Calexico with Iron and Wine, the latter of whom is a past Grammy nominee for Americana music.

Both “Call My Name” and “Faraway Look” are also nominated for Best American Roots Song. The fact that those two tunes got songwriting bids while Bareilles’s didn’t may indicate greater support from the recording academy. Though it also means that voters could take care of those artists in the writing category and take the opportunity to finally honor Bareilles.

But the recording academy isn’t always that sentimental. Just look at Morten Lindberg, the classical enginner and producer who has amassed 28 nominations over the last 13 years — including two this year — but still hasn’t prevailed. So do you think the Grammys will give Bareilles her due this year or make her wait awhile longer?

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