The Recording Academy handed five Grammy nominations each to Kanye West (Good Music/Def Jam Recordings), Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga (Interscope Records) and Finneas (Interscope Records). Olivia Rodrigo (Interscope Records) received seven nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for “drivers license”, Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Sour and Best Music Video (“good 4 u”), alongside her Best New Artist nod. She is also nominated for Best Music Film for Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter To Los Angeles, which launched alongside the album earlier this year. Justin Bieber (Def Jam Recordings/UMPG) received a total eight nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best R&B Performance and Best Music Video for “Peaches”, Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe), Best Pop Solo Performance (“Anyone”), Pop Duo or Group Performance (“Lonely” with Benny Blanco).īillie Eilish (Interscope Records/UMPG) received seven nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Music Video for “Happier Than Ever”, the title track of her sophomore album ( Happier Than Ever), which was also nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. Jon Batiste (Verve Label Group) is also nominated for Best Traditional R&B Performance for “I Need You”, Best R&B Album for We Are, Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song for “Cry”, Best Contemporary Classical Composition for “Batiste: Movement 11’”, Best Music Video for “Freedom” and Best Improvised Jazz Solo (“Bigger Than Us”), Best Jazz Instrumental Album ( Jazz Selections: Music From And Inspired By Soul) and Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media ( Soul) for his work on the score for the Academy Award winning Pixar/Disney film Soul (Disney). In the Best New Artist category, UMG artists received four nominations for Arooj Aftab (Verve Label Group), Finneas (Interscope Records), Glass Animals (Republic Records) and Olivia Rodrigo (Interscope Records). and Tiara Thomas), “Happier Than Ever” (Billie Eilish), “Kiss Me More” (SZA), “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” (Take A Daytrip, Omer Fedi & Roy Lenzo), “Peaches” (Justin Bieber) and “Right On Time” (Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth).
Universal Music Publishing Group’s songwriters contributed to eight of the ten nominations in the Song of the Year category: “Bad Habits” (co-written by Fred Gibson), “A Beautiful Noise” (Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile), “Fight For You” (H.E.R.
In the prestigious general categories, UMG accounts for seven of the ten nominations in Album of the Year and six of the ten nominations in Record of the Year. SANTA MONICA, NOVEM- Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today received nominations for its family of recording artists, songwriters, publishing company, labels and distributed partners spanning nearly all categories, led by Jon Batiste, this years’ most nominated artist, who received 11 nominations including Album of the Year for We Are and Record of the Year for “Freedom”. UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP’S FAMILY OF ARTISTS AND LABELS NOMINATED ACROSS ALL GENRES AT THE 64TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS