BILLIE EILISH, KENDRICK LAMAR, POST MALONE, SABRINA CARPENTER, CHAPPELL ROAN, TAYLOR SWIFT, LADY GAGA, JACOB COLLIER AND THE BEATLES ALL RECEIVE NOMINATIONS THAT INCLUDE RECORD OF THE YEAR, ALBUM OF THE YEAR, SONG OF THE YEAR AND MANY MORE

SABRINA CARPENTER, CHAPPELL ROAN AND DOECHII NOMINATED IN THE BEST NEW ARTIST CATEGORY

Santa Monica, Nov. 8, 2024 — Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today received Grammy nominations for its family of recording artists, songwriters, publishing company, record labels and distributed partners spanning every genre, including all of the major award categories, led by Billie Eilish (Interscope/UMPG), Kendrick Lamar (Interscope/UMPG) and Post Malone (Republic Records/UMPG), who each received seven nominations, with Sabrina Carpenter (Island Records/UMPG), Chappell Roan (Island Records) and Taylor Swift (Republic Records/UMPG) all receiving six nominations each.

In the prestigious Best New Artist category, UMG labels received three nominations for Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Doechii (TDE/Capitol Records) which reflects UMG’s longstanding commitment to developing the very best emerging talent, across all genres.

Billie Eilish received nominations in the Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance categories for “Birds of a Feather”, her third album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT is also nominated for Album of the Year, with “L’Amour De Ma Vie [Over Now Extended Edit]” also receiving a nod for Best Dance Pop Recording.

Kendrick Lamar received multiple nominations for “Not Like Us” including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song and Best Music Video. 

Post Malone was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Music Video for his feature performance alongside Taylor Swift on “Fortnight”. His album F1-Trillion was nominated for Best Country Album and Best Recording Package, and he was also nominated for Best Country Song, and Best Country Duo Performance for “I Had Some Help” featuring Morgan Wallen (Big Loud/Mercury/Republic).

With THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, Taylor Swift became the first woman in history to receive seven Album of the Year nominations, and extends her songwriting legacy, receiving her record eighth nomination in the Song of The Year category with “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone, with the track also nominated for Best Music Video. Swift also picked up a nomination for Best Pop Duo for her feature performance alongside Interscope artist, Gracie Abrams on “us.”. 

On top of their Best New Artist nominations, Island Records-signed artists Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan both additionally received nominations in the prestigious Record, Song and Album of the Year categories. Carpenter’s album Short n’ Sweet is nominated for Album of the Year, “Espresso” for Record of the Year and Pop Solo Performance and “Please Please Please” for Song of the Year.

Chappell Roan’s debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is nominated for both Album of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, with “Good Luck, Babe!” nominated in the Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Pop Solo Performance categories.

One of the world’s most iconic musical groups, The Beatles (Capitol Records/UMe), received both a prestigious Record of the Year and Best Rock Performance nominations for “Now And Then,” their historic final release, featuring all of the original band members, which was finished thanks to advances in source-separation technology, having been lost for decades.

Multiple Grammy winner Lady Gaga (Interscope) received Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo performance nominations for “Die With A Smile” featuring Bruno Mars. Six-time Grammy winner Jacob Collier (Interscope) received three nominations, including Album of The Year for Djesse Vol. 4., Best Global Music Performance for “A Rock Somewhere” featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal and Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for “Bridge Over Troubled Water” featuring John Legend (Republic) & Tori Kelly.

UMG artists and labels secured all five nominations in the Best Pop Vocal Album category, with Ariana Grande’s eternal sunshine (Republic) joining Carpenter, Eilish, Roan and Swift. Grande was also nominated for Best Pop Duo Performance for “the boy is mine” featuring Brandy & Monica, and Best Dance Pop Recording for “yes, and?”. 

UMG artists and distributed labels received nomination in all five selections for Best Rap Album with J. Cole‘s (Interscope) Might Delete Later, Doechii’s Alligator Bites Never Heal, Eminem‘s(Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), Common & Pete Rock‘s (Concord) for The Auditorium, Vol.1 and Future & Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You (Republic/Epic).

Alongside her Best New Artist nomination, Capitol Records-signed rapper Doechii also received a nomination for Best Rap Performance for “NISSAN ALTIMA”. Elsewhere in the rap categories, Eminemreceived nominations for Best Rap Performance and Best Music Video for “Houdini”, GloRilla (Interscope)was nominated for Best Rap Song for “Yeah Glo!”, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar‘s “Like That” is nominated for Best Rap Song alongside Metro Boomin and The Weeknd‘s (Republic) “We Still Don’t Trust You” with Future.

Pearl Jam (Republic/UMPG) swept the rock categories with three nominations (Best Rock Performance, Album and Song), receiving their first music-specific GRAMMY recognition in nearly thirty years for their latest album Dark Matter.

Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) songwriters contributed to six of the eight nominations in the Song of the Year category: “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” for Nevin Sastry, “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” for Billie Eilish, “Fortnight” for Taylor Swift, Post Malone and Jack Antonoff, “Not Like Us” for Kendrick Lamar, “Please Please Please” for Sabrina Carpenter and Jack Antonoff, and “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” for Raphael Saadiq.

UMPG writers also contributed to six of the eight nominees for Record of the Year: “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” — Beyoncé (Raphael Saadiq), “Espresso” — Sabrina Carpenter (Sabrina Carpenter), “360” — Charli xcx (Cirkut), “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” — Billie Eilish (Billie Eilish), “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar (Kendrick Lamar), “Fortnight” — Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone (Taylor Swift, Post Malone, Jack Antonoff).

In the Album of the Year category, UMPG represents three of the main artists nominated (Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift), and also represents a nominated artist/songwriter/producer on five of the eight albums selected. Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone are this year’s top UMPG nominee with seven nominations each. Tied with six nominations are UMPG stars Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter.

This year, UMPG has nominations in every major song category, including Best Rock Song, Best R&B Song, Best Rap Song, Best Country Song, Best American Roots Song, Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song, Gospel Performance/Song, Song Written for Visual Media andContemporary Classical Composition. 2025 Best New Artist nominees signed to UMPG include first-timers Sabrina Carpenter and Doechii. 

Among highlights for UMPG songs in film/TV/theater categories: Best Song Written for Visual Media recognized “Better Place” (‘TROLLS Band Together) co-written by Justin Timberlake and “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” (Twisters: The Album) co-written by Luke Combs. Alicia Keys’ hugely acclaimed show Hell’s Kitchen is nominated for Musical Theater Album. Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein has been recognized in the Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Category.

Def Jam Recordings artist Coco Jones follows her debut Grammy win and five nominations last year with two additional nominations for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance for “Here We Go (Uh Oh)”.

Muni Long (Def Jam Recordings) received four nominations including Best R&B Song for “Ruined Me”, Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Make Me Forget” and Best R&B Performance for “Made For Me (live on BET)”.

Samara Joy (Verve Records) who was named Best New Artist in 2023 received her third consecutive batch of nominations with her album A Joyful Holiday, picking up a Best Jazz Vocal Album nomination and a Best Jazz Performance nomination for “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me”.

American Symphony, the documentary on Jon Batiste (Verve/Interscope) that was co-produced by UMG’s Mercury Studios, was nominated for Best Music Film, with “It Never Went Away” from the film’s score nominated for Best Song Written For Visual Media.  Also nominated in that category was “Can’t Catch Me Now”, written by Olivia Rodrigo (Geffen/Interscope) from the Hunger Games: The Battle of Songbirds & Snakes (Geffen Records).

In the Best Country Album category, Kacey Musgraves (Interscope/MCA Nashville) was nominated for Deeper Well, alongside Chris Stapleton (Mercury Nashville) for Higher and Post Malone for F1 Trillion. In other country categories, Jelly Roll (BBR/BMG/Republic) was nominated for Best Country Solo Performance and Best Country Song for “I Am Not Okay”. Musgraves, who currently holds the record for most Grammy wins for a Country artist, received four nominations, including Best Country Song and Country Solo Performance for “The Architect”. Other notable nominations came for Stapleton with Best Country Solo Performance for “It Takes A Woman”, Brothers Osborne (EMI Nashville) in Best Country Duo/Group Performance for “Break Mine”.

UMG’s family of distributed labels also picked up multiple nominations across the board, with Virgin Music Group securing 23 nominations, led by St. Vincent (Total Pleasure/VMG) with four nominations. Concord artist Sierra Ferrell picked up her debut four nominations, including Best Americana Album for Trail of Flowers, Best Americana Performance for “American Dreaming” and Best American Roots Performance for “Lighthouse”.

The Grammys recognized UMG’s family of artists in Best Album categories spanning all genres. These also included:

  • Best R&B Album: Muni Long (Def Jam Recordings) for Revenge, Lalah Hathaway (VMG) for VANTABLACK.
  • Best Rock Album: Pearl Jam (Republic) for Dark Matter, The Rolling Stones (Interscope/Polydor) for Hackney Diamonds.
  • Best Alternative Album: Brittany Howard (Island Records) for What Now, St Vincent (Total Pleasure/VMG) for All Born Screaming.
  • Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Norah Jones (Blue Note/Capitol) Visions, Lake Street Drive (Concord) Good Together and Gregory Porter (Decca France/Verve) Christmas Wish.
  • Best Latin Pop Album: Anitta (UMLE/Republic) for Funk Generation, Luis Fonsi (UM Latino) for El Viaje and Orquideas by Kali Uchis (Geffen/Interscope).
  • Best Musica Urbana Album: J Balvin (Capitol Records) Rayo, Feid (Universal Music Latino)FERXXOCALIPSIS and Young Miko (Capitol/VMG) for
  • Best Latin Rock Album: El David Aguilar (Universal Music Mexico) Compita del Destino and Mon Laferte (Universal Music Mexico) for Autopoiética.
  • Best Musica Mexicana Album: Carin León (Virgin Music Group/Island Records) Boca Chucca, Vol.1and Chiquis (Fonovisa/UMLE) for
  • Best Dance/Electronic Album: Zedd (Interscope) Telos and Justice (Because/VMG) Hyperdrama.
  • Best Reggae Album: Bob Marley (UMe/Island) One Love – Music Inspired By The Film Deluxe,Shenseea (Interscope/Rich Immigrants) for Never Gets Late Here.
  • Best Americana Album: T Bone Burnett (Verve) The Other Side, Sarah Jarosz (Concord) Poloroid Lovers, Maggie Rose (VMG), No One Gets Out Alive, and Ferrell’s Trail of Flowers.
  • Best Global Music Album: Rema (Mavin) for Heis.
  • Best Alternative Jazz Album: Arooj Aftab (Verve Records) Night Reign, Robert Glasper (Concord)Code Derivation, Keyon Harrold (Concord) Foreverland, Meshell Ndegeocello (Blue Note) No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin.
  • Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Vikingur Olafsson (Verve/DG) for Bach: Goldberg Variations.
  • Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album: Ricky Kej (Verve Records/Vedam) Break of Dawn.
  • Best Children’s Music Album: John Legend (Republic), My Favorite Dream.
  • Best Spoken Word Poetry Album: Tank And The Bangas (Verve) The Heart, The Mind, The Soul.
  • Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney), Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein (Verve), London Symphony Orchestra, Bradley Cooper and Yanick Nezet-Seguin and Saltburn (Republic).
  • Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Including Film & TV): Shogun (Disney Music Group) composed by Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross & Leopold Ross.
  • Best Score For Video Games: Disney Music Group secured nominations for their gaming scores for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Star Wars Outlaws.
  • Best Immersive Audio Album: Roxy Music (UMe) for Avalon.
  • Best Engineered Album – Non-Classical: Kacey Musgraves Deeper Well, Sabrina Carpenter Short n’ Sweet.
  • Best Contemporary Blues Album: Joe Bonamassa (VMG) Blues Deluxe Vol 2, Ruthie Foster (VMG)Milage.
  • Best Musical Theater Album – Hell’s Kitchen Original Broadway Cast (Interscope/VMG), The Wiz(Interscope), 2024 Broadway Cast Recording.
  • Best Gospel Album: Ricky Dillard (Motown Gospel/Capitol CMG) – Choirmaster II (Live), Karen Clark Sheard (Capitol CMG) Still Karen.
  • Best Roots Gospel Album: Cory Henry (VMG) Church.
  • Best Recording Package: Post Malone, F-1 Trillion.
  • Best Boxed Set or Limited Edition Package: Nirvana, In Utero (UMe), John Lennon, Mind Games (UMe).
  • Best R&B Performance: Jhene Aiko (Def Jam Recordings) “Guidance”, Coco Jones “Here We Go (Uh Oh)” and Muni Long “Made For Me (live on BET)”.
  • Best Dance/Electronic Recording: Disclosure (Capitol Records) “She’s Gone, Dance On”, Justice & Tame Impala (Because/VMG), “Neverender”.

In addition, UMG signed and distributed recording artists including Kacey Musgraves, John Legend, Billie Eilish, Noah Kahan (Republic), Playboi Carti (Interscope) received additional category nominations for feature recordings and performances.

UMG Artists, UMPG songwriters, composers, labels and distributed labels were also well represented across performance and album categories including Opera, Best Arrangement, Traditional R&B, Album Notes, Historical Album, Latin Jazz, Christian Music, Gospel, American Roots Song and Remixed Recording among others.

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS and streamed live and on-demand on Paramount+.

About Universal Music Group
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