Grammy Nominations For BMG And Penguin Random House Audio
The Grammys, the world’s foremost music awards and accordingly coveted across the industry, are awarded annually by the U.S. Recording Academy. On Friday, the Academy announced its nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards. Numerous BMG recording artists and songwriters, as well as audiobook productions from Penguin Random House Audio, have been nominated for the awards, which will be presented on February 2, 2025.
Last Friday, the U.S. Recording Academy announced this year’s nominees for the world’s foremost music awards, the Grammys. And as every year, numerous BMG artists and songwriters are in the running for one or more of the golden gramophones. In addition, two audiobook productions by Penguin Random House Audio have also been nominated for a Grammy. The 67th Grammy Awards will be presented at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025; the ceremony will be broadcast live by CBS Television Network and streamed on Paramount+.
Two nominations for Jelly Roll
BMG stars and songwriters received ten direct nominations – while also contributing to more than 35 additional nominated works across nearly every genre. Jelly Roll, who celebrates his fourth career Grammy nomination, leads BMG’s nominees: His hit single “I Am Not Okay,” from the number-one album “Beautifully Broken,” scored two nominations: one for Best Country Song and one for Best Country Solo Performance. Reigning Best Country Album of the Year winner Lainey Wilson returned with a second consecutive nomination in the category for her latest critically acclaimed album release, “Whirlwind.” Spiritbox celebrate their second Grammy nomination; this year, the song “Cellar Door” from their latest EP, “The Fear of Fear,” is in the running for Best Metal Performance.
BMG songwriters from BMG have been nominated in a number of prestigious categories, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year. The-Dream, for example, received an Album of the Year nomination for his work on Beyoncé’s number-one album “Cowboy Carter” – he co-wrote ten of the 27 tracks on the album. Grammy award-winning duo D’Mile and Bruno Mars scored a Song of the Year nomination for their chart-topping global single “Die With a Smile” – the pair last won Song of the Year together in 2022. Among BMG’s publishing clients, songwriters Jeff Gitelman and Kevin Theodore are in the running for Best R&B Song for “Ruined Me” (sung by Muni Long), while Nasir Pemberton, aka Digital Nas, is nominated in the Best Rap Song category for “Carnival” (sung by Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign, and ¥$). Rounding out the list of BMG nominations are Anoushka Shankar’s album “Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn,” which was shortlisted for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album, and Pepe De Lucía and Paco De Lucía’s album “Pepito y Paquito,” which is a contender for Best Historical Album.
Audiobooks by Dolly Parton and Barbra Streisand nominated
Meanwhile, Penguin Random House Audio is celebrating Grammy nominations for two audiobooks: “Behind the Seams” by Dolly Parton and “My Name is Barbra” by Barbra Streisand, both read by the authors themselves and published by Penguin Random House Audio in the U.S. Both works were nominated in the category “Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording.” Dolly Parton has won ten Grammys over the course of her career, and has been nominated 55 times. “Behind The Seams” was produced by Dan Zitt, Senior Vice President, Content Production, PRH Audio, and is available in print from Ten Speed Press, a Penguin Random House publishing company. Barbra Streisand has won eight Grammys to date and received a further 48 nominations. “My Name Is Barbra” was produced by Karen Dziekonski, Vice President Audio Production, and Matie Argiropoulos, Director, Pre-Production & Executive Producer, Audio Publishing Group. The print book was published by Viking, a Penguin Random House publisher. Audiobooks from Penguin Random House Audio have won a total of 19 Grammy Awards and received 54 additional nominations.
