BMI Songwriters Win More Than Half of 2015 GRAMMYs

Posted in News on February 9, 2015

Broadcast Music, Inc. congratulates all of its GRAMMY-winning songwriters and composers, announced during a star-studded event full of performances by top artists Sunday night in Los Angeles. Sam Smith, the winner of the coveted Best New Artist trophy, was also the winner of the Best Pop Vocal Album for In The Lonely Hour. He performed his breakout hit “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” which also garnered him the hardware for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

Rosanne Cash nearly swept the Americana categories, taking home Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song for “Feather’s Not a Bird,” off of her Best Americana Album winner The River & The Thread. Jack White won Best Rock Performance for his album Lazaretto and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package for his work as art director on the prolific The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27). Eminem picked up two GRAMMYs, one with Rihanna for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for their track “The Monster” and a record sixth for Best Rap Album for The Marshall Mathers LP2. The soundtrack to Frozen, which dominated the Billboard charts at the end of 2014, won Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Songwriters and composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez also picked up a GRAMMY for their smash hit from the flick, “Let It Go.”

The night also featured a spotlight on the newly formed Creators Alliance, a group developed to lobby for fair pay for music creators across all platforms. The head of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Neil Portnow, introduced the advocacy organization, which includes founding members and BMI songwriters Adam Levine and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds.

Congratulations to all the BMI winners!

RECORD OF THE YEAR
“Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”
Sam Smith*
Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice and Steve Price, engineers/mixers

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Morning Phase, Beck**
Cassidy Turbin, engineer

SONG OF THE YEAR
“Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)”
Sam Smith*, songwriter (Sam Smith*)

BEST NEW ARTIST
Sam Smith*

BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
“Say Something”
A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera

BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
“Cheek To Cheek”
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett** 

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
In The Lonely Hour
Sam Smith*

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Syro
Aphex Twin

BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Bass & Mandolin
Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile** 

BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
“Lazaretto”
Jack White

BEST R&B SONG
“Drunk In Love”
Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Andre Eric Proctor and Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé featuring Jay Z)

BEST R&B ALBUM
Love, Marriage & Divorce
Toni Braxton and Babyface

BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION
“The Monster”
Eminem featuring Rihanna

BEST RAP ALBUM
The Marshall Mathers LP2
Eminem

BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
“Something In The Water”
Carrie Underwood

BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
“Gentle On My Mind”
The Band Perry

BEST COUNTRY SONG
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
Glen Campbell, songwriter (Glen Campbell)

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Platinum
Miranda Lambert

BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO
“Fingerprints”
Chick Corea, soloist

BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Trilogy
Chick Corea Trio

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
The Offense of the Drum
Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
“No Greater Love”
Aaron W. Lindsey, songwriter

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
“Messengers”
Lecrae** Featuring For King & Country

BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong.
For King & Country

BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
Shine For All the People
Mike Farris

BEST LATIN ROCK, URBAN OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Multiviral
Calle 13

BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
Más + Corazón Profundo
Carlos Vives

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
“A Feather’s Not A Bird”
Rosanne Cash

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
“A Feather’s Not A Bird”
Rosanne Cash songwriters (Rosanne Cash)

BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
The River & The Thread
Rosanne Cash

BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
The Earls of Leicester
The Earls of Leicester

BEST BLUES ALBUM
Step Back
Johnny Winter

BEST FOLK ALBUM
Remedy
Old Crow Medicine Show

BEST COMEDY ALBUM
Mandatory Fun
“Weird Al” Yankovic

BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Frozen
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez and Chris Montan, compilation producers

BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat,*** composer

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
“Let It Go”
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)
Track from: Frozen

BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
“The Book Thief”
John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Track from: The Book Thief Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
“Daft Punk”
Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstie Maldonado and Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
“New York Tendaberry”
Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs featuring Renée Fleming and Yo-Yo Ma)

BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)
Jack White, art director (Various Artists)

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
Morning Phase
Cassidy Turbin, engineer

BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
“Play”
Jason Vieaux

BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
John Luther Adams: Become Ocean
John Luther Adams, composer (Ludovic Morlot and Seattle Symphony)

* Member of PRS - works licensed in the U.S. by BMI
**Not affiliated with BMI
*** Member of SACEM – works licensed in the U.S. by BMI

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