Congratulations to ASCAP's 2021 Grammy Nominees
November 24, 2020
Leading the ASCAP pack is Beyoncé with a whopping nine nominations, followed closely by pop queen Dua Lipa with six. Jazz composer-arranger John Beasley, pop giant Justin Bieber, acclaimed indie rocker Phoebe Bridgers, hip-hop firebrand DaBaby and last year’s reigning Grammy champion Billie Eilish earned four nods a piece.
The Recording Academy will also honor several ASCAP greats with its 2021 Special Merit Awards. The Lifetime Achievement Award will go to our members Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Salt-N-Pepa and Talking Heads. The Music Educator Award will go to ASCAP composer Jeffrey Murdock, Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Arkansas.
The 63rd GRAMMY Awards ceremony has been postponed from its original air date of January 31, with a new date to be announced. In the meantime, congratulations to all of our nominees!
RECORD OF THE YEAR
“BLACK PARADE”
Beyoncé
Beyoncé, producer
“COLORS”
Black Pumas
Adrian Quesada, producer & engineer/mixer
“ROCKSTAR”
DaBaby
SethinTheKitchen, producer
“SAY SO”
Tyson Trax, producer; Clint Gibbs, engineer/mixer
“EVERYTHING I WANTED”
Billie Eilish
Finneas O'Connell, producer & engineer/mixer
“DON’T START NOW”
Dua Lipa
“CIRCLES”
Louis Bell, producer & engineer/mixer
“SAVAGE”
Featuring Beyoncé
Beyoncé, producer
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
CHILOMBO
Fisticuffs (Brian Keith Warfield) & Julian-Quán Việt Lê, producers; Fisticuffs, Julian-Quán Việt Lê, Zeke Mishanec, Christian Plata, engineers/mixers; Julian-Quán Việt Lê, Brian Keith Warfield, songwriters
BLACK PUMAS (DELUXE EDITION)
Black Pumas
Adrian Quesada, producer; Adrian Quesada, Erik Wofford, engineers/mixers; Adrian Quesada, songwriter
EVERYDAY LIFE
Coldplay
Rik Simpson (PRS), producer; Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin, songwriters
DJESSE VOL.3
Jacob Collier
Jacob Collier, producer & engineer/mixer; Jacob Collier, songwriter
WOMEN IN MUSIC PT. III
HAIM
Rostam Batmanglij, Danielle Haim & Ariel Rechtshaid, producers; Rostam Batmanglij, John DeBold, Tom Elmhirst (PRS) & Ariel Rechtshaid, engineers/mixers; Rostam Batmanglij, Alana Haim, Danielle Haim, Este Haim & Ariel Rechtshaid, songwriters
FUTURE NOSTALGIA
Dua Lipa
Koz aka Stephen Kozmeniuk (SOCAN), producer; Clarence Coffee Jr. & Dua Lipa, songwriters
HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING
Louis Bell, producer & engineer/mixer; Louis Bell, Billy Walsh, songwriters
FOLKLORE
Aaron Dessner, producer, engineer/mixer & songwriter
SONG OF THE YEAR
“BLACK PARADE”
Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Akil King, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“CARDIGAN”
Aaron Dessner, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
“CIRCLES”
Louis Bell, Kaan Gunesberk (SOCAN) & Billy Walsh, songwriters (Post Malone)
“DON'T START NOW”
Dua Lipa & Emily Warren, songwriters (Dua Lipa)
“EVERYTHING I WANTED”
Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
BEST NEW ARTIST
PHOEBE BRIDGERS
D SMOKE
KAYTRANADA (SOCAN)
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
“YUMMY”
Justin Bieber
“EVERYTHING I WANTED”
Billie Eilish
“DON'T START NOW”
Dua Lipa
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
“UN DIA (ONE DAY)”
Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny
“INTENTIONS”
Justin Bieber Featuring Quavo
“DYNAMITE”
BTS (KOMCA)
“RAIN ON ME”
Ariana Grande
“EXILE”
Featuring Bon Iver
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
AMERICAN STANDARD
James Taylor
UNFOLLOW THE RULES
Rufus Wainwright
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
CHANGES
Justin Bieber
FUTURE NOSTALGIA
Dua Lipa
BEST DANCE RECORDING
“ON MY MIND”
Diplo & SIDEPIECE (Party Favor)
Diplo & SIDEPIECE, producers
“MY HIGH”
Featuring Aminé
“THE DIFFERENCE”
Flume Featuring Toro y Moi
Flume, producer
“10%”
Kaytranada (SOCAN) Featuring Kali Uchis
Kaytranada (SOCAN), producer
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
BUBBA
Kaytranada (SOCAN)
GOOD FAITH
Madeon
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
CHRONOLOGY OF A DREAM: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
Jon Batiste
TAKE THE STAIRS
Black Violin
AMERICANA
Grégoire Maret (SUISA)
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
“SHAMEIKA”
Fiona Apple
“NOT”
Big Thief
“KYOTO”
Phoebe Bridgers
“THE STEPS”
HAIM
“DAYLIGHT”
Grace Potter
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
“BUM-RUSH”
Body Count
BEST ROCK SONG
“KYOTO”
Phoebe Bridgers & Marshall Vore, songwriters (Phoebe Bridgers)
“NOT”
Adrianne Lenker, songwriter (Big Thief)
“SHAMEIKA”
Fiona Apple, songwriter (Fiona Apple)
BEST ROCK ALBUM
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka (PRS)
DAYLIGHT
Grace Potter
THE NEW ABNORMAL
The Strokes
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS
Fiona Apple
HYPERSPACE
Beck
PUNISHER
Phoebe Bridgers
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
“BLACK PARADE”
Beyoncé
“ALL I NEED”
Jacob Collier
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
“ANYTHING FOR YOU”
Ledisi
“DISTANCE”
Yebba
BEST R&B SONG
“BLACK PARADE”
Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“COLLIDE”
Stacey Barthe, Akil King, Kaveh Rastegar & Benedetto Rotondi, songwriters (Tiana Major9 & EARTHGANG)
“DO IT”
Anton Kuhl, Victoria Monét, Scott Storch & Vincent Van Den Ende (BUMA), songwriters (Chloe X Halle)
“SLOW DOWN”
Badriia Bourelly, Ryan Williamson, songwriters (Skip Marley & H.E.R.)
BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM
FREE NATIONALS
Free Nationals
IT IS WHAT IT IS
Thundercat
BEST R&B ALBUM
ALL RISE
Gregory Porter
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
“DEEP REVERENCE”
Big Sean
“BOP”
DaBaby
“THE BIGGER PICTURE”
Lil Baby
“SAVAGE”
Featuring Beyoncé
BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE
“ROCKSTAR”
DaBaby
“LAUGH NOW, CRY LATER”
Featuring Lil Durk
BEST RAP SONG
“THE BIGGER PICTURE”
Dominique Jones, songwriter (Lil Baby)
“LAUGH NOW, CRY LATER”
Durk Banks, Ron LaTour, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil Durk)
“ROCKSTAR”
Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, Ross Joseph Portaro IV, songwriters (DaBaby Featuring Roddy Ricch)
“SAVAGE”
Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Brittany Hazzard, songwriters (Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé)
BEST RAP ALBUM
BLACK HABITS
D Smoke
ALFREDO
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
“WHO YOU THOUGHT I WAS”
Brandy Clark
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
“ALL NIGHT”
Brothers Osborne
“10,000 HOURS”
Dan + Shay (Dan Smyers) & Justin Bieber
“OCEAN”
Lady A (Dave Haywood)
“SOME PEOPLE DO”
Old Dominion
BEST COUNTRY SONG
“THE BONES”
Jimmy Robbins, songwriter (Maren Morris)
“MORE HEARTS THAN MINE”
Sam Ellis, songwriter (Ingrid Andress)
“SOME PEOPLE DO”
Matthew Ramsey, songwriter (Old Dominion)
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
YOUR LIFE IS A RECORD
Brandy Clark
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM
SONGS FROM THE BARDO
Tenzin Choegyal (APRA)
PERIPHERY
Priya Darshini
FORM//LESS
Superposition
MORE GUITAR STORIES
Jim "Kimo" West
MEDITATIONS
Cory Wong & Jon Batiste
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
“PACHAMAMA”
Regina Carter, soloist
“CELIA”
Gerald Clayton, soloist
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
HOLY ROOM: LIVE AT ALTE OPER
Somi with Frankfurt Radio Big Band, conducted by John Beasley
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
ON THE TENDER SPOT OF EVERY CALLOUSED MOMENT
Ambrose Akinmusire
HAPPENING: LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
Gerald Clayton
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
MONK'ESTRA PLAYS JOHN BEASLEY
John Beasley
SONGS YOU LIKE A LOT
John Hollenbeck with The Frankfurt Radio Big Band
DATA LORDS
Maria Schneider Orchestra
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
CITY OF DREAMS
Chico Pinheiro
VIENTO Y TIEMPO - LIVE AT BLUE NOTE TOKYO
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
“RELEASE (LIVE)”
David Frazier, songwriter
“COME TOGETHER”
Lashawn Daniels, Lecrae Moore & Jazz Nixon, songwriters
“MOVIN' ON”
Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Kortney Jamaal Pollard, songwriters
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
“SUNDAY MORNING”
Lecrae; Denisia Andrews, Shama Joseph, Stuart Lowery, Lecrae Moore & Nathanael Saint-Fleur, songwriters
“HOLY WATER”
We The Kingdom; Andrew Bergthold, songwriter
“FAMOUS FOR (I BELIEVE)”
Featuring Jenn Johnson; Alexis Slifer, songwriter
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
2ECOND WIND: READY
Anthony Brown & group therAPy
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
HOLY WATER
We the Kingdom (Andrew Bergthold)
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
YHLQMDLG
Bad Bunny
POR PRIMERA VEZ
Camilo
MESA PARA DOS
Kany García
3:33
Debi Nova
BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
AURA
Bajofondo
MONSTRUO
Cami (SCD)
LA CONQUISTA DEL ESPACIO
Fito Paez (SGAE)
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN MUSIC ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
UN CANTO POR MÉXICO, VOL. 1
Natalia Lafourcade (SACM)
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
MI TUMBAO
José Alberto "El Ruiseñor" (ACDAM)
SIGO CANTANDO AL AMOR (DELUXE)
Jorge Celedon (SAYCO) & Sergio Luis (SAYCO)
40
Grupo Niche (SAYCO)
MEMORIAS DE NAVIDAD
Víctor Manuelle
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
“COLORS”
Black Pumas (Adrian Quesada)
“DEEP IN LOVE”
Bonny Light Horseman (Anaïs Mitchell & Josh Kaufman)
+Read our interview with Anaïs & Josh about the album
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
“CEILING TO THE FLOOR”
Sierra Hull & Kai Welch, songwriters (Sierra Hull)
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
NORTH CAROLINA SONGBOOK
Steep Canyon Rangers (Woody Platt, Graham Sharp & Nicky Sanders)
THE JOHN HARTFORD FIDDLE TUNE PROJECT, VOL. 1
Matt Combs, producer
BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND YET?
Fantastic Negrito
BEST FOLK ALBUM
BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN
Bonny Light Horseman
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
MY RELATIVES "NIKSO KOWAIKS"
Black Lodge Singers
LOVELY SUNRISE
Nā Wai ʽEhā
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
ONE WORLD
The Wailers
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
FU CHRONICLES
Antibalas
AGORA
Bebel Gilberto
LOVE LETTERS
Anoushka Shankar
AMADJAR
Tinariwen (SACEM)
BEST CHILDREN'S ALBUM
BE A PAIN: AN ALBUM FOR YOUNG (AND OLD) LEADERS
Alastair Moock And Friends (nomination withdrawn)
SONGS FOR SINGIN'
The Okee Dokee Brothers (nomination withdrawn)
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM (INCLUDES POETRY, AUDIO BOOKS & STORYTELLING)
CATCH AND KILL
Ronan Farrow
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
BLACK MITZVAH
Tiffany Haddish
I LOVE EVERYTHING
Patton Oswalt
23 HOURS TO KILL
Jerry Seinfeld
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
AMÉLIE
Sean Patrick Flahaven & Nathan Tysen, producers; Nathan Tysen, lyricist; Daniel Messe, composer & lyricist (Original London Cast)
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
Craig Rosen, producer (Glen Ballard & Alanis Morissette, lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Will Van Dyke, producer (Howard Ashman, lyricist) (The New Off-Broadway Cast)
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT
Stephen Schwartz, producer, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)
SOFT POWER
David Henry Hwang, lyricist; Jeanine Tesori, composer & lyricist (Original Cast)
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA
(Various Artists)
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
BECOMING
Kamasi Washington, composer
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
“BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS” [FROM CATS]
Andrew Lloyd Webber (PRS), songwriter (Taylor Swift)
“NO TIME TO DIE” [FROM NO TIME TO DIE]
Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas Baird O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“STAND UP” [FROM HARRIET]
Cynthia Erivo (PRS), songwriter (Cynthia Erivo)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
“BE WATER II”
Christian Sands, composer (Christian Sands)
“SPUTNIK”
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)
“STRATA”
Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly Of Shadows Featuring Anna Webber & Eric Miller)
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
“DONNA LEE”
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)
“HONEYMOONERS”
Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly Of Shadows)
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING”
Jarrett Johnson, arranger (Jarrett Johnson Featuring Alvin Chea)
“URANUS: THE MAGICIAN”
Jeremy Levy arranger (Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra)
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
“ASAS FECHADAS”
John Beasley, arranger (Maria Mendes Featuring John Beasley & Orkest Metropole)
“DESERT SONG”
Johnaye Kendrick, arranger (Säje)
“FROM THIS PLACE”
Alan Broadbent, arranger (Pat Metheny Featuring Meshell Ndegeocello)
“HE WON'T HOLD YOU”
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)
“SLOW BURN”
Talia Billig, arranger (Becca Stevens Featuring Jacob Collier, Mark Lettieri, Justin Stanton, Jordan Perlson, Nic Hard, Keita Ogawa, Marcelo Woloski & Nate Werth)
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
HEALER
Hannah Hooper, art director (Grouplove)
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
FLAMING PIE (COLLECTOR'S EDITION)
Paul McCartney (PRS), art director (Paul McCartney)
BEST ALBUM NOTES
THE MISSING LINK: HOW GUS HAENSCHEN GOT US FROM JOPLIN TO JAZZ AND SHAPED THE MUSIC BUSINESS
Colin Hancock, album notes writer (Various Artists)
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
HITTIN' THE RAMP: THE EARLY YEARS (1936 - 1943)
Zev Feldman, compilation producer (Nat King Cole)
IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING: THE BEST OF MISTER ROGERS
Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producer (Mister Rogers)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
BLACK HOLE RAINBOW
Ivan Wayman, engineer (Devon Gilfillian)
HYPERSPACE
David Greenbaum, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua & Mike Larson, engineers (Beck)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, NON-CLASSICAL
FLYING LOTUS
• It Is What It Is (Thundercat)
BEST REMIXED RECORDING
“DO YOU EVER (RAC MIX)”
RAC, remixer (Phil Good)
“ROSES (IMANBEK REMIX)”
Imanbek Zeikenov (PRS), remixer (SAINt JHN)
“YOUNG & ALIVE (BAZZI VS. HAYWYRE REMIX)”
Haywyre, remixer (Bazzi)
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
GERSHWIN: PORGY AND BESS
John Kerswell, engineer (David Robertson, Eric Owens, Angel Blue, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
COPLAND: SYMPHONY NO. 3
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
IVES: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
“KASTALSKY: REQUIEM”
Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Joseph Charles Beutel & Anna Dennis; Orchestra Of St. Luke's; Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Kansas City Chorale & The Saint Tikhon Choir)
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
HEARNE, T.: “PLACE”
Ted Hearne
HYNES: “FIELDS”
Devonté Hynes (PRS) & Third Coast Percussion
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
ADÈS: “CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA”
Thomas Adès (PRS), conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
“DESTINATION RACHMANINOV - ARRIVAL”
Daniil Trifonov (PRS) (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
SMYTH: THE PRISON
James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
ADÈS CONDUCTS ADÈS
Thomas Adès (PRS), conductor
THOMAS, M.T.: FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK & MEDITATIONS ON RILKE
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
WOOLF, L.P.: FIRE AND FLOOD
Matt Haimovitz; Julian Wachner, conductor
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
ADÈS: “CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA”
Thomas Adès (PRS), composer (Kirill Gerstein, Thomas Adès & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
FLOYD, C.: “PRINCE OF PLAYERS”
Carlisle Floyd, composer (William Boggs, Kate Royal, Keith Phares, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)
HEARNE, T.: “PLACE”
Ted Hearne, composer (Ted Hearne, Steven Bradshaw, Sophia Byrd, Josephine Lee, Isaiah Robinson, Sol Ruiz, Ayanna Woods & Place Orchestra)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
“BROWN SKIN GIRL”
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, video director
“GOLIATH”
Woodkid (SACEM)
Yoann Lemoine (SACEM), video director
BEST MUSIC FILM
BEASTIE BOYS STORY
Beastie Boys
Spike Jonze, video director & video producer
BLACK IS KING
Beyoncé
WE ARE FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME
Freestyle Love Supreme
Thomas Kail & Lin-Manuel Miranda, video producers