BMI Writers Clinch Major GRAMMYs
Broadcast Music, Inc. songwriters and composers enjoyed several spectacular moments at the GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, January 26, 2014. Multiple wins were given to Best New Artist sensations Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, who performed the show-stopping “Same Love,” which was one of the evening’s most memorable highlights. Daft Punk, Nile Rodgers and Kacey Musgraves also enjoyed multiple trophies, including the coveted Album and Record of the Year for Daft Punk and Nile Rodgers and Best Country Album and Song for Musgraves. In addition, BMI’s Jazz constituents swept all of the awards in the Jazz categories.
An important new recognition in support of promoting music in schools was added this year, with a GRAMMY awarded to Music Educator of the Year. Teacher Kent Knappenberger of Westfield Academy and Central School in Westfield, New York, earned the coveted trophy. Read about Mr. Knappenberger’s tie with BMI here.
Congratulations to all of the BMI GRAMMY winners:
Daft Punk
ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Random Access Memories
RECORD OF THE YEAR - Get Lucky
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
BEST NEW ARTIST
BEST RAP ALBUM
BEST RAP SONG
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
Nile Rodgers
ALBUM OF THE YEAR - Random Access Memories
RECORD OF THE YEAR - Get Lucky
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Kacey Musgraves
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
BEST COUNTRY SONG
Foxes (PRS)
BEST DANCE RECORDING
Imagine Dragons
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear
BEST ROCK SONG
Gary Clark Jr.
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
Jerome Harmon
BEST R&B SONG
Rihanna
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
Wanz
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
The Civil Wars
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
Laura Sullivan
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
Wayne Shorter
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
Gregory Porter
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
Terri Lyne Carrington
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Randy Brecker
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
Paquito D’Rivera And Trio Corrente
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
Christopher Stevens
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC SONG
La Santa Cecilia
BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM
Del McCoury Band
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
Charlie Musselwhite
BEST BLUES ALBUM
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
Kathy Griffin
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
Billy Porter
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Cyndi Lauper
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
Butch Vig
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK
Thomas Newman
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK
Adele Adkins (PRS)
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Andrew Loog Oldham (PRS)
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
Clare Fischer
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
Al Schmitt
BEST SURROUND SOUND ALBUM
David Fincher
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
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