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Berklee Alumni Earn 37 Grammy Award Nominations

Boston, MA, December 11, 2013  – The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominated 31 Berklee alumni for a total of 37 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 feat. T.I. & Pharrell’s “Blurred Lines,” Bruno Mars’ “Locked out of Heaven,” Pink feat. Nate Ruess’ “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 8:00/7:00c.

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 feat. T.I. & 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, artist: 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 feat. 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 & 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, drummer Mike Portnoy ‘86, 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 feat. Joe Lovano
Berklee nominee: Gil Goldstein ‘70, arranger

 

Category 62 – Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Swing Low, artist: Bobby McFerrin & 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

 

About Berklee College of Music:
Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music is through the study and practice of contemporary music. For more than 65 years, the college has evolved to reflect the current state of the music industry, leading the way with baccalaureate studies in performance, music business/management, songwriting, music therapy, film scoring, and more. With a focus on global learning, Berklee in Valencia, a new campus in Spain, is hosting the college’s first graduate programs, while Berklee Online serves distance learners worldwide with extension classes and degree-granting programs. The Berklee City Music Network provides after-school programming for underserved teens in 45 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada. With a student body representing nearly 100 countries and alumni and faculty that have won more than 300 Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, Berklee is the world’s premier learning lab for the music of today—and tomorrow.

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