Liz Lupton
December 11, 2013
Imagine Dragons
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominated 31 Berklee alumni for a total of 36 Grammy Awards. For the third year in a row, Berklee alumni are nominated in the top three categories: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. Among the Berklee alumni nominated in these categories are three of the four members of Imagine Dragons (guitarist Wayne Sermon, drummer Daniel Platzman, and bassist Ben McKee), up for Record of the Year for their chart-topper Radioactive. Other Berklee alumni are nominated in the top three categories for their work on hits like Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell's Blurred Lines, Bruno Mars's Locked out of Heaven, Pink featuring Nate Ruess's Just Give Me a Reason, Taylor Swift's album Red, and Kendrick Lamar's album Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. To date, Berklee alumni have collectively won 231 Grammy Awards.
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, January 26, and will be broadcast on CBS at 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. CST
A full list of Berklee alumni Grammy Award nominees follows:
Category 1 Record of the Year
Radioactive, artist: Imagine Dragons
Berklee nominees: Imagine Dragons members, guitarist Wayne Sermon 08, drummer Daniel Platzman 09, bassist Ben McKee 09; Josh Mosser 05, engineer/mixer
Locked out of Heaven, artist: Bruno Mars
Berklee nominees: Jeff Bhasker 99, co-producer; Josh Blair 99, engineer/mixer
Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell
Berklee nominees: Tony Maserati 86, engineer/mixer
Category 2 Album of the Year
Red, artist: Taylor Swift
Berklee nominees: Jeff Bhasker 99, co-producer; Pawel Sek 00, engineer/mixer
Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, Kendrick Lamar
Berklee nominees: Anna Wise 10, featured artist; Dawaun Parker 05, co-producer
Category 3 Song of the Year
Just Give Me a Reason, artist: Pink featuring Nate Ruess
Berklee nominees: Jeff Bhasker 99, co-songwriter.
Category 7 Best Pop Instrumental Album
Hacienda artist: Jeff Lorber Fusion
Berklee nominees: Jeff Lorber 71
Summer Horns, artist: Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, and Richard Elliot
Berklee nominees: Mindi Abair 91
Category 12 Best Rock Performance
Radioactive, artist: Imagine Dragons
Berklee nominees: Imagine Dragons members, guitarist Wayne Sermon 08, drummer Daniel Platzman 09, bassist Ben McKee 09
Category 13 Best Metal Performance
The Enemy Inside, artist: Dream Theater
Berklee nominees: Dream Theater members, guitarist John Petrucci 86, John Myung 86
In Due Time, artist: Killswitch Engage
Berklee nominees: Killswitch Engage member Adam Dutkiewicz 99
Category 17 Best R&B Performance
Something, artist: Snarky Puppy with Lalah Hathaway
Berklee nominees: Lalah Hathaway 94
Category 19 Best R&B Song
Love and War, artist: Tamar Braxton
Berklee nominees: Makeba Riddick 99, co-songwriter
Category 31 Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Stadium Jazz, artist: Donny McCaslin
Berklee nominees: Donny McCaslin 88, soloist
Category 32 Best Jazz Vocal Album
After Blue, artist: Tierney Sutton
Berklee nominees: Tierney Sutton 87
Category 33 Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Guided Tour, artist: The New Gary Burton Quartet
Berklee nominees: The New Gary Burton Quartet members, vibraphonist Gary Burton 62, guitarist Julian Lage 08, and drummer Antonio Sanchez 97
Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue, Terri Lyne Carrington
Berklee nominees: Terri Lyne Carrington 83
Category 34 Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Wild Beauty, artist: Brussels Jazz Orchestra feat. Joe Lovano
Berklee nominee: Joe Lovano 72
Category 41 Best Latin Pop Album
12 Historias, artist: Tommy Torres
Berklee nominee: Tommy Torres 94
Category 47 Best Bluegrass Album
This World Oft Can Be, artist: Della Mae
Berklee nominee: Della Mae member Courtney Hartman 12
Category 56 Best Musical Theater Album
Kinky Boots, artist: Original Broadway Cast
Berklee nominee: Stephen Oremus 92, co-producer
Category 61 Best Instrumental Arrangement
Wild Beauty, artist: Brussels Jazz Orchestra featuring Joe Lovano
Berklee nominee: Gil Goldstein 70, arranger
Category 62 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Swing Low, artist: Bobby McFerrin and Esperanza Spalding
Berkle nominee: Gil Goldstein 70, arranger
Category 63 Best Recording Package
Automatic Music Can Be Fun, artist: Geneseo
Berklee nominee: Mike Brown 99, art director
Category 67 Best Engineered Album, non-classical
...Like Clockwork, artist: Queens of the Stone Age
Berklee nominee: Gavin Lurrsen 91, mastering engineer
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