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Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter
Photo: Tore Sætre · CC BY-SA 4.0

About

Gregory Porter (born November 4, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter from Bakersfield, California, whose warm baritone spans jazz, soul, and gospel. He has won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album twice - for Liquid Spirit (2014) and Take Me to the Alley (2017) - and is a seven-time Grammy nominee overall. Signed to Blue Note Records since 2013, he broke through to mainstream audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with Liquid Spirit, which sold over a million copies worldwide.

1.71M
Spotify monthly listeners
313K
YouTube Music subscribers
90.8M+
Spotify streams - 'Liquid Spirit (Claptone Remix)'
1M+
copies sold - 'Liquid Spirit' album worldwide

What's new

  • 2026

    Porter released a new single 'Holding On' in 2026 and was teasing new album material at live dates, including a February 2026 performance at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.

  • 2025

    Porter appeared in the sixth season of The Masked Singer UK as 'Dressed Crab', finishing in second place.

  • 2025

    Porter contributed to the soundtrack of the Netflix film Goodbye June, released in 2025.

  • 2025

    Porter completed a 12-night UK tour in April-May 2025, including three nights at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

  • 2023-11

    Porter released Christmas Wish, his seventh studio album and first-ever holiday record, on Blue Note and Decca Records on November 3, 2023; it received a 2025 Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

Tour

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Tracks

Liquid Spirit2013 Blue Note debut, Grammy winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album 2014, over 1M copies sold
Hey Laurasignature track from Liquid Spirit, 71M+ Spotify streams
Holding Onco-written and recorded with Disclosure; also on Take Me to the Alley (2016)
Take Me to the Alleytitle track of 2016 album that won Porter his second Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Nat King Cole & Me2017 tribute album to his lifelong idol, Grammy-nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

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