Jon Batiste is an eight-time Grammy- and Academy Award–winning singer, songwriter, and composer. His ninth studio album, Big Money, released on August 22 via Verve/Interscope, features collaborations with No I.D., Randy Newman, and Andra Day, and won the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album at the 2026 Grammy Awards. Big Money caps a landmark year that included Batiste’s Super Bowl performance and the chart-topping success of Beethoven Blues, which spent nine weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart. His 2023 album, World Music Radio, earned five Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year.