BMI Writers Continue Their Trend With Multiple GRAMMY Nominations

Posted in News on December 10, 2012

Live from Nashville and televised on CBS, the 55th Annual GRAMMY Award nominations were announced at a star-studded concert Wednesday evening, December 5th.  This is the first time that the nominations have been announced in Music City, confirming the town’s validity as a vibrant music center for all genres of music. The voting members of The Recording Academy also had some reaffirming news for BMI writers who claimed the most nominations for some of the biggest awards. In fact all five of the Best New Artist nominees: Alabama Shakes, Fun., Hunter Hayes, The Lumineers, and Frank Ocean are BMI writers.  And accordingly, 5 of the 6 Record of the Year nominees: The Black Keys, Fun., Gotye, Frank Ocean, and Taylor Swift are BMI writers; 4 of the 5 nominations for Album of the Year: The Black Keys, Fun., Frank Ocean, and Jack White are BMI writers; and in the Song of the Year category BMI writers are credited on 4 of the 5 nominations: Ed Sheeran for “The A Team;” Josh Ramsay (SOCAN/BMI) for “Call Me Maybe;” Jörgen Elofsson (STIM) and Ali Tamposi for “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You;)” and Jack Antonoff and Jeff Bhasker for “We Are Young.”

That translates to 6 nods each to BMI members Dan Auerbach, Fun., Frank Ocean, and Kanye West; five nods each to The Black Keys and Chick Corea; and four nods each to Jeff Bhasker and Nas.

2013 BMI GRAMMY Nominee List

Album Of The Year
“Channel Orange” - Philip Scott, Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean
“Some Nights” – fun., Jeff Bhasker
“Blunderbuss” - Jack White
“El Camino” - The Black Keys

Best Alternative Music Album
“Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.” - M83
“Making Mirrors” - Gotye

Best Americana Album
“The Lumineers” - The Lumineers

Best Bluegrass Album
“Beat The Devil And Carry A Rail” - Noam Pikelny
“Life Finds A Way” - The Grascals
“Scratch Gravel Road” - Special Consensus
“The Gospel Side Of” - Dailey & Vicent

Best Blues Album
“33 1/3” - Shemekia Copeland
“Bring It On Home” - Joan Osborne
“Let It Burn” - Ruthie Foster
“Locked Down” - Dr. John

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Americana” - Modern Mandolin Quartet
“Rupa-Khandha” - Los Angeles Percussion Quartet

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
“Eye On It” - TobyMac
“Where I Find You” - Kari Jobe

Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
“10,000 Reasons” (Bless The Lord) - Jonas Myrin
“Jesus, Friend Of Sinners” - Mark Hall, Casting Crowns
“White Flag” - Matt Maher, Chris Tomlin
“Your Presence Is Heaven” - Israel Houghton, Israel & New Breed

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
“Meanwhile - Incidental Music To Imaginary Puppet Plays” - Stephen Hartke
“August 4, 1964” - Steven Stucky

Best Country Album
“Four The Record” - Miranda Lambert
“Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran” - Jamey Johnson
“Uncaged” - Zac Brown Band
“Hunter Hayes” - Hunter Hayes
“The Time Jumpers” - The Time Jumpers

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“Even If It Breaks Your Heart” - Eli Young Band
“I Just Come Here For The Music” - Alison Krauss
“Pontoon” - Little Big Town
“Safe & Sound” - The Civil Wars, Taylor Swift
“The Time Jumpers” - The Time Jumpers

Best Country Solo Performance
“Blown Away” - Carrie Underwood
“Cost Of Livin’” - Ronnie Dunn
“Over” - Blake Shelton
“Springsteen” - Eric Church
“Wanted” - Hunter Hayes

Best Country Song
“Even If It Breaks Your Heart” - Will Hoge
“So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore” - Jay Knowles, Adam Wright
“Springsteen” - Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell, Eric Church
“Cost Of Livin’” - Ronnie Dunn

Best Dance Recording
“Don’t You Worry Child” - Swedish House Mafia
“Levels” – Avicii, Ash Pournouri

Best Dance/Electronica Album
“Fire & Ice” - Kaskade

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
“Love Is A Four Letter Word” - Lars Fox

Best Folk Album
“Election Special” - Ry Cooder
“Hambone’s Meditations” - Luther Dickinson
“Leaving Eden” - Stuart Duncan
“The Goat Rodeo Sessions” - Edgar Meyer
“This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark” - Shawn Camp

Best Gospel Album
“Gravity” - Lecrae
“Worship Soul” - Anita Wilson
“I Win” - Marvin Sapp

Best Gospel Song
“I Feel Good” - Phillip Feaster, Fred Hammond, Calvin Rodgers
“My Testimony” - Aaron Lindsey, Marvin Sapp
“Released” - Donald Lawrence

Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
“Take Me To The King” - Tamela Mann
“Jesus, Friend Of Sinners” - Casting Crowns
“My Testimony” - Marvin Sapp

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
“Blood Brothers” - Iron Maiden
“Ghost Walking” - Lamb of God
“Love Bites” (So Do I) - Halestorm
“No Reflection” - Marilyn Manson
“Whose Life” (Is It Anyways?) - Megadeth

Best Historical Album
“The Smile Sessions” (Deluxe Box Set) - Brian Wilson

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Alice In Wonderland” - Eddie Gomez
“Cross Roads” - Ravi Coltrane
“Ode” - Brad Mehldau
“Alice In Wonderland” - Chick Corea
“Hot House” - Gary Burton, Chick Corea
“J. Mac” - Kenny Garrett

Best Instrumental Arrangement
“Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite For Ellington” - Michael Philip Mossman
“How About You” - Gil Evans

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
“City Of Roses” - Thara Memory
“Wild Is The Wind” - Nan Schwartz
“Look To The Rainbow” - Gil Evans

Best Instrumental Composition
“Music Of Ansel Adams: America” - Chris Brubeck, Dave Brubeck
“Overture, Waltz And Rondo” - Bill Cunliffe
“Mozart Goes Dancing” - Chick Corea

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
“Blue Moon” - Ahmad Jamal
“Further Explorations” - Paul Motian
“Unity Band” - Pat Metheny
“Further Explorations” - Chick Corea
“Hot House” - Gary Burton, Chick Corea
“Seeds From The Underground” - Kenny Garrett

Best Jazz Vocal Album
“1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project” - Kurt Elling
“Live” - Al Jarreau
“The Book Of Chet” - Luciana Souza

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
“Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans” - Gil Evans

Best Latin Jazz Album
“¡Ritmo!” -  The Clare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band
“Multiverse” -  Bobby Sanabria Big Band
“Duos III” - Luciana Souza

Best Latin Pop Album
“MTV Unplugged Deluxe Edition” - Juanes

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
“Déjenme Llorar” - Carla Morrison
“Imaginaries” - Quetzal
“La Bala” - Ana Tijoux

Best Long Form Music Video
“Bring Me Home” - Live 2011 - Sade

Best Musical Theater Album
“Newsies” - Jack Feldman, Alan Menken

Best New Age Album
“Deep Alpha” - Steven Halpern
“Light Body” - Peter Kater
“Live Ananda” - Krishna Das

Best New Artist
fun.
Frank Ocean
Hunter Hayes
Alabama Shakes
The Lumineers

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Payphone” - Wiz Khalifa, Maroon 5
“Shake It Out” - Florence & The Machine
“Somebody That I Used To Know” - Gotye
“We Are Young” – fun.

Best Pop Instrumental Album
“24/7” - Norman Brown
“Four Hands & A Heart Volume One” - Larry Carlton
“Live At The Blue Note Tokyo” - Dave Koz
“Rumbadoodle” - Arun Shenoy

Best Pop Solo Performance
“Set Fire To The Rain” [Live] - Adele
“Where Have You Been” - Rihanna

Best Pop Vocal Album
“The Truth About Love” - Pink
“Overexposed” - Maroon 5
“Some Nights” – fun.
“Ceremonials” - Florence & The Machine

Best R&B Album
“Write Me Back” - R. Kelly
“Back To Love” - Anthony Hamilton

Best R&B Performance
“I Want You” - Luke James
“Thank You” - Estelle

Best R&B Song
“Beautiful Surprise” - Claude Kelly, Salaam Remi
“Heart Attack” - Benjamin Levin, Tremaine Neverson
“Pray For Me” - Kenny Edmonds, Patrick “jQue” Smith, Anthony Hamilton
“Refill” - Elle Varner, Andrew “pop” Wansel

Best Rap Album
“Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1” - Lupe Fiasco
“God Forgives, I Don’t” - Rick Ross
“Life Is Good” - Nas
“Take Care” - Drake

Best Rap Performance
“HYFR” (Hell Ya F***ing Right) - Lil’ Wayne, Drake
“I Do” - Young Jeezy
“Mercy” - Kanyé West, Pusha T, Big Sean
“N****s In Paris” - Kanyé West
“Daughters” - Nas

Best Rap Song
“Lotus Flower Bomb” - Jerrin Howard
“N****s In Paris” - Chauncey (Hit Boy) Hollis, Mike Dean
“The Motto” - Tyler (T-Minus) Williams
“Young, Wild & Free” - Ted Bluechel, Tyrone Griffin, Keenan Jackson, Nye Lee, Marquise de Angelo, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Marlon Barrow
“No Church In The Wild” - Kanyé West
“Daughters” – Nas, Gary DeCarloDaughters, Dale Frashuer
“Mercy” - Kanyé West, Big Sean, Mike Dean, Pusha T

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
“Cherry Wine” - Amy Winehouse, Nas
“No Church In The Wild” - Kanyé West, Frank Ocean
“Talk That Talk” – Rihanna
“Tonight” (Best You Ever Had) - John Legend

Best Recording Package
“Love This Giant” - Noah Wall
“Swing Lo Magellan” - David Longstreth

Best Reggae Album
“New Legend - Jamaica 50th Edition” -  Sly & Robbie
“Rebirth” - Jimmy Cliff
“Reggae Got Soul: Unplugged On Strawberry Hill” - Toots and the Maytals

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
“Días” - Los Tucanes De Tijuana
“El Primer Ministro” - Gerardo Ortiz
“Oye” - Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
“Pecados Y Milagros” - Lila Downs

Best Regional Roots Music Album
“Nothin’ But The Best” - Dwayne Dopsie, Corey Ledet
“Pilialoha” - Weldon Kekauoha
“Shi Kéyah” – Songs For The People - Radmilla Cody
“The Band Courtbouillon” - Wilson Savoy, Wayne Toups

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
“In My Mind” (Axwell Remix) - Axel Hedfors
“Midnight City” (Eric Prydz Private Remix) - Eric Prydz
“The Veldt” (Tommy Trash Remix) - Deadmau5

Best Rock Album
“El Camino” - The Black Keys
“Blunderbuss” - Jack White

Best Rock Performance
“Hold On” - Alabama Shakes
“Lonely Boy” - The Black Keys

Best Rock Song
“Lonely Boy” - Patrick Carney, The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach
“Freedom At 21” - Jack White

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
“The Adventures Of Tintin - The Secret Of The Unicorn” - John Williams
“The Artist” - Ludovic Bource
“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” - Atticus Ross

Best Short Form Music Video
“Houdini” - Foster the People
“No Church In The Wild” - Kanyé West, Frank Ocean
“We Found Love” - Rihanna

Best Song Written For Visual Media
“Safe & Sound” (From The Hunger Games) - John Paul White (Civil Wars), Taylor Swift, T Bone Burnett
“Abraham’s Daughter” (From The Hunger Games) - T Bone Burnett

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“A Holiday Carole” - Carole King

Best Traditional R&B Performance
“If Only You Knew” - SWV
“Lately” - Anita Baker

Best Tropical Latin Album
“Retro” - Marlow Rosado y La Riqueña

Best Urban Contemporary Album
“Fortune” - Chris Brown

Best Urban Contemporary Album
“Channel Orange” - Frank Ocean

Best World Music Album
“Jabulani” - Hugh Masekela

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Dan Auerbach
Jeff Bhasker
Salaam Remi

Record Of The Year
“Lonely Boy” - The Black Keys
“Somebody That I Used To Know” - Gotye
“Thinkin Bout You” - Frank Ocean
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” - Taylor Swift
“We Are Young” – fun., Jeff Bhasker

Song Of The Year
“Call Me Maybe” - Josh Ramsay
“Stronger” (What Doesn’t Kill You) - Jörgen Elofsson, Ali Tamposi
“The A Team” - Ed Sheeran
“We Are Young” - Jack Antonoff, fun., Jeff Bhasker

For a complete list of nominees, please visit www.grammy.com

 

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