Merlin Celebrates 30+ Members with 2025 Grammy Nominations
The Recording Academy has announced the 67th annual GRAMMY® nominations! The awards will take place on February 2nd, 2024 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. This year, over 30 Merlin members received nominations. Congratulations to our members and their artists on this incredible accomplishment! Below is an inexhaustive list of nominations.
Song of the Year
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – EMPIRE
Best New Artist
Khruangbin – Dead Oceans (Secretly)
Shaboozey – EMPIRE
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Wizkid – “MMS” – EMPIRE
Yemi Alade – “Tomorrow” – Effyzzie Music (IDOL)
Best Album Notes
Josh Kun – SONtrack Original De La Película “Al Son De Beno” – Random Sounds
Best Alternative Music Album
Kim Gordon – The Collective – Matador (Beggars)
Best Alternative Music Performance
Rhiannon Giddens – “The Ballad of Sally Anne” – Oh Boy Records (Secretly)
Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It on Eve” – Alligator Records (Exceleration)
Best American Roots Song
Shemekia Copeland – “Blame It on Eve” – Alligator Records (Exceleration)
Aoife O’Donovan – “All My Friends” – Yep Roc (Redeye Worldwide / Exceleration)
Iron & Wine feat. Fiona Apple – “All in Good Time” – Sub Pop
Best Americana Album
Waxahatchee – Tigers Blood – Epitaph
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Snarky Puppy – “Baby Elephant Walk – Encore” – Primary Wave (Secretly)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
WILLOW – “b i g f e e l i n g s” – Vydia
Best Bluegrass Album
Tony Trischka – Earl Jam – Down the Road (Exceleration)
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes – I Built A World – Vydia
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Miró Quartet – “Home” – Pentatone (Naxos)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Seth Parker Woods; Christopher Rountree, Wild Up – “Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan D’Arc” – New Amsterdam Records (!K7)
Mak Grgic (Ensemble Dissonance) – “Entourer” – Symphonic
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Various Artists – The Color Purple – gamma. (Vydia)
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Shemekia Copeland – Blame It on Eve – Alligator Records (Exceleration)
Best Country Solo Performance
Shaboozey – “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – EMPIRE
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Justice – Hyperdrama – Because
Four Tet – Three – Domino Recording Co.
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
Justice, Tame Impala – “Neverender” – Because
Four Tet – “Loved” – Domino Recording Co.
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Charlotte Day Wilson – Cyan Blue – XL Recordings (Beggars)
WILLOW – emptahogen – gamma. (Vydia)
Best Folk Album
Aoife O’Donovan – All My Friends – Yep Roc (Redeye Worldwide / Exceleration)
Adrianne Lenker – Bright Future – 4AD (Beggars)
Weird Faith – Madi Diaz – ANTI (Epitaph)
Best Global Music Album
Antonio Rey – Historias De Un Flamenco – ONErpm
Best Global Music Performance
Masa Takumi feat. Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung – “Kashira” – FujiPacific
Best Immersive Audio Album
Ray Charles With Various Artists – Genius Loves Company – Tangerine Records (Exceleration)
Best Jazz Performance
Lakecia Benjamin – “Phoenix Reimagined (Live)” – Ropeadope (Symphonic)
Dan Pugach Big Band feat. Nicole Zuraitis & Troy Roberts – Litte Fears – Outside In Music (Symphonic)
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix Reimagined (Live) – Ropeadope (Symphonic)
Catherine Russell & Sean Mason – My Ideal – Dot Time Records (Symphonic)
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Dan Pugach Big Band – Bianca Reimagined: Music For Paws and Persistence – Outside In Music (Symphonic)
Best Latin Jazz Album
Elaine Elias – Time and Time Again – Candid Records (Exceleration)
Best Metal Performance
Knocked Loose – “Suffocate!” – Pure Noise Records (Vydia)
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)
Jessi Uribe – De Lejitos – FaroLatino
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Triveni – Wouter Kellerman, Éru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon – Content Connect Africa
Best Progressive R&B Album
NxWorries – Why Lawd? – Stones Throw Records
Durand Bernarr – En Route – DSING RECORDS / Create Music Group
Best R&B Album
Usher – Coming Home – gamma. (Vydia)
Best Reggae Album
Collie Buddz – Take It Easy – Harper Digital (Symphonic)
Best Remixed Recording
David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey & David Guetta) – “A Bar Song (Tipsy) [Remix]” – EMPIRE
Best Rock Album
Fontaines D.C. – Romance – XL Recordings (Beggars)
Jack White – No Name – Third Man Records
Best Roots Gospel Album
The Harlem Gospel Travelers – Rhapsody – Colemine (Secretly)
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Mad Skillz – The Seven Number Ones – EMPIRE
Omari Hardwick – cOncrete & wHiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series – Brave Life (Vydia)
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Aaron Lazar – Impossible Dream – Studio Seven Media (Symphonic)
Best Traditional R&B Performance
Kenyon Dixon – “Can I have This Groove” – Vydia