--- title: Jazmine Sullivan Is on the 2022 TIME 100 List description: Find out why Jazmine Sullivan is one of the 100 most influential people of 2022. canonical: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177796/jazmine-sullivan/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-05-23T10:25:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:22:35.382Z og:title: Jazmine Sullivan: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022 og:description: Find out why Jazmine Sullivan is on this year’s list og:url: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177796/jazmine-sullivan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24849bde3d111378/698a31fe22fb857116e2d763/Jazmine-Sullivan-time100-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jazmine Sullivan: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jazmine Sullivan: The 100 Most Influential People of 2022 twitter:description: Find out why Jazmine Sullivan is on this year’s list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24849bde3d111378/698a31fe22fb857116e2d763/Jazmine-Sullivan-time100-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- May 23, 2022 # Jazmine Sullivan by Amber Riley  Jazmine Sullivan for TIME 100 2022 Jazmine Sullivan for TIME 100 2022Josefina Santos From her first single “Need U Bad,” Jazmine Sullivan demonstrated an innate ability to [write songs](https://time.com/6049946/best-albums-2021-so-far/ "undefined") that perfectly capture the stories of so many Black women. Sullivan has a lyrical vulnerability that makes you think she has been reading your journal. She is so deserving of her [most recent Grammy win](https://time.com/5732647/grammy-nominations-2020/ "undefined"), along with acclaim and other accolades that have been an honor to witness. But the most exciting part of her recent career journey has been that Sullivan has allowed us to share in her journey to self-love, removing herself from the shadows of fear as we can clearly see in her 2021 album _Heaux Tales._ In her speech during last year’s 2021 Soul Train Music Awards, she shared that she had made a vow to be present and not to hide away. It is this type of candor that makes Sullivan such an inspiration and icon to so many Black women including myself. It has truly been my pleasure to call her a friend over the years and I want to thank her for being an example of what happens when you believe in your gift and trust God’s calling for your life. _Riley is an actor, singer, and writer_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177796/jazmine-sullivan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177796/jazmine-sullivan/"},"headline":"Jazmine Sullivan","datePublished":"2022-05-23T10:25:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:35.382Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177796/jazmine-sullivan/","keywords":["TIME 100","franchise","TIME100 2022"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24849bde3d111378/698a31fe22fb857116e2d763/Jazmine-Sullivan-time100-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24849bde3d111378/698a31fe22fb857116e2d763/Jazmine-Sullivan-time100-2022.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177796/jazmine-sullivan/","name":"Jazmine Sullivan"}}]}] ```