GRAMMY Nods Showcase Depth of BMI Roster
The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards are less than two weeks away and the dozens of BMI affiliates nominated are well positioned for a huge evening. Rapidly ascendant newcomers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis snagged an impressive seven nods, including Album of the Year for The Heist, Song of the Year and Best New Artist, while the women of BMI’s country roster made a strong showing with crossover queen Taylor Swift and up-and-comer Kacey Musgraves each receiving four award nominations, including Album of the Year for Swift and Best New Artist for Musgraves. Dance sensations Daft Punk are also up for four awards, primarily for their smash summer hit “Get Lucky.”
Showcasing the diversity of our repertoire, BMI affiliates are up for awards in more than sixty categories, spanning from five nominees for Best Rock Performance to Zachary Richard’s nomination for Best Regional Roots Music Album and Justin Roberts’ nod for Best Children’s Album.
See the entire list of BMI nominees below, and best of luck to everyone on the 26th!
Record Of The Year
Get Lucky
Daft Punk
Radioactive
Imagine Dragons
Alex Da Kid
Locked Out Of Heaven
Jeff Bhasker
Mark Ronson
Album Of The Year
Random Access Memories
Daft Punk
Nile Rodgers
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Jay Rock, MC Eiht, Hit-Boy, Skhye Hutch, Dawaun Parker, Jack Splash, Tabu, and T-Minus
The Heist
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Ray Dalton, Hollis, Schoolboy Q, and Allen Stone
Red
Taylor Swift
Gary Lightbody & Ed Sheeran, Jeff Bhasker, Nathan Chapman, Jacknife Lee, Joe Baldridge, and Justin Niebank
Song Of The Year
Just Give Me A Reason
Pink
Jeff Bhasker
Roar
Bonnie McKee
Same Love
Ben Haggerty and Ryan Lewis
Best New Artist
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Kacey Musgraves
Ed Sheeran
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Get Lucky
Daft Punk
Just Give Me A Reason
Pink
Stay
Rihanna Featuring Mikky Ekko
Best Pop Instrumental Album
The Beat
Boney James
Summer Horns
Dave Koz
Richard Elliot
Best Dance Recording
Need U (100%)
AME & MNEK
Atmosphere
Kaskade
Ryan Raddon
This Is What It Feels Like
Armin Van Buuren & Benno De Goeij
Clarity
Foxes
Best Dance/Electronica Album
Random Access Memories
Daft Punk
Atmosphere
Kaskade
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
The Standards
Gloria Estefan
Cee Lo’s Magic Moment
Cee Lo Green
Now
Dionne Warwick
Best Rock Performance
Always Alright
Alabama Shakes
The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
David Bowie
Radioactive
Imagine Dragons
My God Is The Sun
Queens Of The Stone Age
I’m Shakin’
Jack White
Best Metal Performance
The Enemy Inside
Dream Theater
In Due Time
Killswitch Engage
Room 24
Volbeat
Best Rock Song
Ain’t Messin ‘Round
Gary Clark Jr
Cut Me Some Slack
Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear
Best Rock Album
The Next Day
David Bowie
Mechanical Bull
Kings Of Leon
…Like Clockwork
Queens Of The Stone Age
Best Alternative Music Album
Lonerism
Tame Impala
Best R&B Performance
Love And War
Tamar Braxton
Best Of Me
Anthony Hamilton
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Please Come Home
Gary Clark Jr.
Get It Right
Fantasia
Best R&B Song
Best Of Me
Anthony
Love And War
Tamar Braxton
Makeba Riddick
Without Me
Fantasia Barrino
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Love And War
Tamar Braxton
Side Effects Of You
Fantasia
One: In The Chamber
Salaam Remi
Unapologetic
Rihanna
New York: A Love Story
Mack Wilds
Best R&B Album
R&B Divas
Faith Evans
Love In The Future
John Legend
Best Rap Performance
Berzerk
Eminem
Thrift Shop
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Power Trip
J. Cole
Remember You
Wiz Khalifa
Best Rap Song
F***in’ Problems
Tauheed Epps
New Slaves
Mike Dean, Louis Johnson, and Kanye West
Thrift Shop
Ben Haggerty & Ryan Lewis
Best Rap Album
The Heist
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Yeezus
Kanye West
Best Country Solo Performance
I Drive Your Truck
Lee Brice
I Want Crazy
Hunter Hayes
Mama’s Broken Heart
Miranda Lambert
Mine Would Be You
Blake Shelton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
From This Valley
The Civil Wars
Don’t Rush
Vince Gill
Your Side Of The Bed
Little Big Town
Highway Don’t Care
Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
You Can’t Make Old Friends
Dolly Parton
Best Country Song
Begin Again
Taylor Swift
I Drive Your Truck
Connie Harrington & Jimmy Yeary
Mama’s Broken Heart
Kacey Musgraves
Merry Go ‘Round
Kacey Musgraves
Mine Would Be You
Connie Harrington
Best Country Album
Night Train
Jason Aldean
Two Lanes Of Freedom
Tim McGraw
Same Trailer Different Park
Kacey Musgraves
Based On A True Story
Blake Shelton
Red
Taylor Swift
Best New Age Album
Lux
Brian Eno
Illumination
Peter Kater
Final Call
Kitaro
Love’s River
Laura Sullivan
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Don’t Run
Terence Blanchard
Song For Maura
Paquito D’Rivera
Song Without Words #4: Duet
Fred Hersch
Stadium Jazz
Donny McCaslin
Orbits
Wayne Shorter
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Liquid Spirit
Gregory Porter
WomanChild
Cécile McLorin Salvant
After Blue
Tierney Sutton
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Guided Tour
The New Gary Burton Quartet
Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue
Terri Lyne Carrington
Pushing The World Away
Kenny Garrett
Out Here
Christian McBride Trio
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Night In Calisia
Randy Brecker
Wild Beauty
Joe Lovano
Best Latin Jazz Album
Song For Maura
Paquito D’Rivera
Egg?n
Omar Sosa
Latin Jazz-Jazz Latin
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet
Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance
Lord, I Need You
Matt Maher
Best Gospel Song
Have Your Way
Deitrick Haddon
If I Believe
Charlie Wilson
Still
Percy Bady
Best Contemporary Christian Music Song
Love Take Me Over
Steven Curtis Chapman
Overcomer
Christopher Stevens
Speak Life
Toby McKeehan
Whom Shall I Fear (God Of Angel Armies)
Ed Cash
Best Gospel Album
Best For Last: 20 Year Celebration Vol. 1 [Live]
Donald Lawrence
Best Days Yet
Bishop Paul S. Morton
God Chaser [Live]
William Murphy
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
We Won’t Be Shaken
Building 429
All The People Said Amen [Live]
Matt Maher
Burning Lights
Chris Tomlin
Best Latin Pop Album
Faith, Hope Y Amor
Frankie J
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco
Café Tacvba
Treinta Días
La Santa Cecilia
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
El Free
Banda Los Recoditos
A Mi Manera
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Best Tropical Latin Album
Sergio George Presents Salsa Giants
Various Artists
Corazón Profundo
Carlos Vives
Best American Roots Song
Build Me Up From Bones
Sarah Jarosz
Shrimp Po-Boy, Dressed
Allen Toussaint
Best Americana Album
One True Vine
Mavis Staples
Songbook
Allen Toussaint
Best Bluegrass Album
It’s Just A Road
The Boxcars
Brothers Of The Highway
Dailey & Vincent
This World Oft Can Be
Della Mae
The Streets Of Baltimore
Del McCoury Band
Best Blues Album
Remembering Little Walter
Billy Boy Arnold, Charlie Musselwhite, Mark Hummel, Sugar Ray Norcia & James Harman
Cotton Mouth Man
James Cotton
Get Up!
Charlie Musselwhite
Seesaw
Beth Hart
Down In Louisiana
Bobby Rush
Best Folk Album
Sweetheart Of The Sun
The Greencards
Build Me Up From Bones
Sarah Jarosz
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Le Fou
Zachary Richard
Dockside Sessions
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Best Reggae Album
Reincarnated
Snoop Lion
Best World Music Album
No Place For My Dream
Femi Kuti
Best Children’s Album
Blue Clouds
Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower
Recess
Justin Roberts
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Carrie And Me
Carol Burnett
Still Foolin’ ’Em
Billy Crystal
The Storm King
Pete Seeger
Best Comedy Album
Calm Down Gurrl
Kathy Griffin
A Little Unprofessional
Ron White
Best Musical Theater Album
Kinky Boots
Billy Porter & Cyndi Lauper
Matilda: The Musical
Tim Minchin
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Sound City: Real To Reel
Dave Grohl
Butch Vig
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Argo
Alexandre Desplat
Life Of Pi
Mychael Danna
Lincoln
John Williams
Skyfall
Thomas Newman
Zero Dark Thirty
Alexandre Desplat
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Skyfall
Adele Adkins
We Both Know
Colbie Caillat
Gavin DeGraw
You’ve Got Time
Regina Spektor
Best Instrumental Composition
Bound Away
Chuck Owen
Koko On The Boulevard
Scott Healy
Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra
Clare Fischer
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Side Hikes - A Ridge Away
Chuck Owen
Best Recording Package
Automatic Music Can Be Fun
Mike Brown
Zac Decamp
Best Album Notes
Electric Music For The Mind & Body
Alec Palao
Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music, 1923-1936
Nathan Salsburg
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
The Blue Room
Leslie Ann Jones
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
Paul Figueroa
…Like Clockwork
Joe Barresi & Mark Rankin
Gavin Lurssen
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Jeff Tweedy
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
Locked Out Of Heaven
Sultan
One Love/People Get Ready
Rupert Parkes
Best Surround Sound Album
Live Kisses
Al Schmitt
Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (Deluxe Edition)
Les Claypool
Signature Sound Opus One
Leslie Ann Jones
Sixteen Sunsets
Jane Ira Bloom
Best Music Video
Can’t Hold Us
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Ray Dalton
Suit & Tie
David Fincher
I’m Shakin‘
Jack White
Best Music Film
I’m In I’m Out And I’m Gone: The Making Of Get Up!
Charlie Musselwhite
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