In the Best New Artist category, UMG artists received four nominations for Arooj Aftab (Verve Label Group), Finneas (Interscope Records), Glass Animals (Republic Records) and Olivia Rodrigo (Interscope Records). and Tiara Thomas), “Happier Than Ever” (Billie Eilish), “Kiss Me More” (SZA), “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” (Take A Daytrip, Omer Fedi & Roy Lenzo), “Peaches” (Justin Bieber) and “Right On Time” (Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth).
Universal Music Publishing Group’s songwriters contributed to eight of the ten nominations in the Song of the Year category: “Bad Habits” (co-written by Fred Gibson), “A Beautiful Noise” (Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile), “Fight For You” (H.E.R.
In the prestigious general categories, UMG accounts for seven of the ten nominations in Album of the Year and six of the ten nominations in Record of the Year. SANTA MONICA, NOVEM- Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today received nominations for its family of recording artists, songwriters, publishing company, labels and distributed partners spanning nearly all categories, led by Jon Batiste, this years’ most nominated artist, who received 11 nominations including Album of the Year for We Are and Record of the Year for “Freedom”. UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP’S FAMILY OF ARTISTS AND LABELS NOMINATED ACROSS ALL GENRES AT THE 64TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS