February 13, 2017
by Carla Hay
The 59th Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 12, 2017, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
HILLARY SCOTT & THE SCOTT FAMILY
Grammy wins:
- Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song (“Thy Will”)
- Best Contemporary Christian Album (“Love Remains”)
Here is what this Grammy winner said backstage in the Grammy Awards press room.
BACKSTAGE INTERVIEW
Can you talk about how emotional you got in your acceptance speech?
Absolutely. We’ve said it all along, even when we were making it, before one person heard it, these songs and the heart of this album is our family’s heart poured out. So this album is really in dedication to a lot of people who are really dear to us—a lot of them who have walked through the process with us and are praying for us and loving us. Friends and family and a couple of loved ones—my grandfather being one of them. And we lost him to leukemia five years ago. And this record, we hoped and prayed that anyone who got a chance to hear it would feel hope and feel encouraged in whatever they’re going through. It’s just extremely dear to us and very emotional.
Hillary, you’ve won Grammys before, so why did you get so emotional tonight?
The single “I Will” is just so personal to me. It’s a song that I wrote about a miscarriage I had last September, so it’s extremely personal. Honestly, too, I think about my co-writers Emily Weisband and Bernie Herms. Bernie also co-produced that track with Ricky Skaggs. And it was Emily and Bernie’s first Grammy that they’ve ever had a chance to win, so that was a huge moment to be able to be on stage with them, sharing in that.