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Jhené Aiko was spending a few days in Carmel — a brief getaway from her home in Los Angeles — when her manager rang her cell with some pretty important news. Aiko had just been nominated for a pair of Grammy awards: her third album, “Chilombo,” received a nod for progressive R&B album, and “Lightning and Thunder,” her duet with John Legend, was up for R&B performance.
Aiko hadn’t been anticipating the call. In fact, she’d been asleep — just as she was when she got the call about her nominations back in 2014. Both times, her reaction was the same.