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Berklee Represents in Grammys on Sunday
Here's the alumni and faculty who've been nominated for a Grammy Award.
Makeba Riddick, '99. Co-produced Love the Way you Lie by Eminem feat. Rihanna., up for Record of the Year, and co-produced Eminem's album, Recovery, up for Album of the Year.
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Once February has arrived, everyone – around Berklee and beyond – is looking forward to the same thing: the Grammy Awards. A really exciting aspect of the Grammys, especially for people connected to Berklee, is the thirty Grammy nominations Berklee alumni have received. Recognized by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, these musicians, as well as producers, engineers, and arrangers, were handpicked for their contributions to the music world, including pop, rock, hip-hop, alternative, jazz, and Latin. Berklee alumni are even nominated for awards in the prestigious top 3 Grammy Award categories – Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year! On Sunday, February 12, the music community will once again be able to appreciate the talent that Berklee the community contributes to the 54th annual Grammy Awards.
To date, Berklee alumni have won 205 Grammy Awards . You can watch the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday February 12th, broadcast on CBS at 8:00 pm.
Here’s a complete list of Berklee’s Grammy Award nominees:
Category 1 - Record of the Year
- Engineer Miles Walker '04 - "Firework" by Katy Perry
Category 2 - Album of the Year
- Producer Makeba Riddick '99 - Loud by Rihanna
- Engineer Miles Walker '04 - Loud by Rihanna
- Engineer Jeffrey Villanueva '07 - Loud by Rihanna
- Engineer Tom Ware '91 - Born This Way by Lady Gaga
Category 3 - Song of the Year
- Songwriter Claude Kelly '02- "Grenade" by Bruno Mars
- Songwriter Jeff Bhasker '99 - "All of the Lights" by Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, and Fergie)
Category 13 - Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
- Group Dream Theater (John Petrucci '86, John Myung '86, Mike Portnoy '86) - "On The Backs of Angels"
Category 18 - Best Traditional R&B Performance
- Artist Mark Kelley '03 (member of The Roots) - with Betty Wright for "Surrender"
Category 19 - Best R&B Song
- Songwriter Claude Kelly '02 - "Pieces of Me" by Ledisi
Category 23 - Best Rap Song
- Songwriter Jeff Bhasker '99 - "All of the Lights" by Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, and Fergie
Category 31 - Best Jazz Vocal Album
- Artist Terri Lyne Carrington '83 - The Mosaic Project
- Artist Tierney Sutton '87 - American Road
- Artist Christian Jacob '86 - American Road
Category 32 - Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- Artist Joe Lovano '72 - with Us Five for Bird Songs
Category 33 - Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
- Artist Miguel Zenón '98 - Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
Category 44 - Best Bluegrass Album
- Artist Nicky Sanders '02 (member of The Steep Canyon Rangers) -with Steve Martin for Rare Bird Alert
Category 45 - Best Blues Album
- Artist Susan Tedeschi '91 - Revelator
- Artist Mark Rivers '89 - Revelator
Category 46 - Best Folk Album
- Artist Gillian Welch '92 - The Harrow & The Harvest
Category 53 - Best Musical Theater Album
- Producer and Composer/Lyricist Trey Parker '88 - The Book of Mormon
- Producer Stephen Oremus '92 - The Book of Mormon
Category 55 - Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Composer Ryan Shore '96 - The Shrine
Category 59 - Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
- Arranger Christian Jacob '87 - "On Broadway"
- Arranger Tierney Sutton '86 - "On Broadway"
Category 68 - Best Engineered Album, Classical
- Engineer Byeong-Joon Hwang '99 - Aldridge: Elmer Gantry
- Mastering Engineer Jesse Lewis '93 - Aldrige: Elmer Gantry
- Mastering Engineer Joe Lambert '04 - Mackey: Lonely Motel - Music from Slide
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David Whiteman
7:26 pm on Sunday, February 12, 2012
Portnoy is no longer in Dream Theater, and did not appear on the recording listed. The new drummer is Mike Mangini, who is also an alum and a former instructor at the school.