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