H.E.R.
H.E.R. is a Vallejo-raised R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music spans intimate love songs, protest songs and film soundtracks.
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Known for
- H.E.R.2017 · Compilation; Grammy winner for Best R&B Album
Album - Best Part2017 · Duet with Daniel Caesar
Song - Damage2020 · Singer and songwriter
Song - Back of My Mind2021 · Debut studio album
Album - Fight for You2021 · Performer and co-writer; Oscar-winning original song
Music video - Forgotten Island2026 · Voice of Jo
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Overview
- Name
- Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson
- From
- Vallejo, California
- Work
- Singer, songwriter and guitarist
- The initials
- Having Everything Revealed
- Breakout
- H.E.R., Vol. 1 (2016), followed by the Grammy-winning H.E.R. compilation (2017)
Mini bio
A living room full of instruments.
Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson grew up in Vallejo, California, with a Black American father and a Filipina mother. Her father’s cover band rehearsed at home, and she began performing locally with him. Childhood television appearances led to a deal with RCA Records at 14.
Letting the songs introduce her.
In 2016, she introduced H.E.R., short for Having Everything Revealed. Early releases kept her face and personal details out of view so listeners could focus on the songs. The 2017 H.E.R. compilation brought together her early work and won Best R&B Album at the 2019 Grammys; her Daniel Caesar duet “Best Part” won Best R&B Performance.
From love songs to the screen.
Her debut studio album, Back of My Mind, arrived in 2021. That year, “I Can’t Breathe” won the Grammy for Song of the Year, and “Fight for You,” written for Judas and the Black Messiah, won the Oscar for original song. In 2026, she voiced Jo in Forgotten Island and co-wrote its duet “BRB” with Ryan Tedder.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026BRB (from Forgotten Island)Performer with Liza Soberano; co-writer
- 2026IslamoradaGuest guitarist on Peter Frampton’s Carry the Light
- 2025Someday Has Begun, Pt. 1Performer with The Next Verse, Dr. Dre and Stevie Wonder
- 2025no warningVocals and co-writer with Halle
- 2025MoveCo-artist with Tiara Thomas
- 2021Back of My MindRecording artist; debut studio album
- 2021Fight for YouPerformer and co-writer
- 2017H.E.R.Recording artist; compilation
Film
- 2026Forgotten IslandVoice of Jo
Awards
- 2022 Grammy · Best Traditional R&B PerformanceWon for “Fight for You.”
- 2021 Academy Award · Original SongWon for “Fight for You” with Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas, from Judas and the Black Messiah.
- 2021 Grammy · Song of the YearWon for “I Can’t Breathe” with Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas.
- 2019 Grammy · Best R&B AlbumWon for H.E.R.
- 2019 Grammy · Best R&B PerformanceWon for “Best Part” with Daniel Caesar.
Quotes
Guitar made me want to be a real artist and performer.H.E.R., Interview Magazine
In her January 2018 interview, she recalled learning guitar at home and her father teaching her the blues.
Trivia
- She started writing poetry at five, before her songs became a kind of diary.
- One of the first CDs she bought was Alicia Keys’s MTV Unplugged, and she learned most of its songs on piano.
- Her 2020 Fender Signature Stratocaster made her the first Black female artist with a Fender signature guitar.
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