News: BMI Congratulates its 2021 GRAMMY Nominees

In a year like no other, BMI is once again very excited to be congratulating its many talented affiliates who received GRAMMY nominations in recognition of their contributions to the year’s most impactful music. As the industry’s highest accolade, the prestigious GRAMMY Awards celebrate the very best in the fields of songwriting, composing, crafting and producing, and BMI is very proud that so many of its affiliates have been singled out as contenders for these honors.

In the General Field category, BMI songwriters made a strong showing, with “Circles” by Post Malone getting nods for both Record of The Year and Song of The Year, along with his album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, getting one for Album of The Year. Taylor Swift received two nods for Album of The Year for Folklore and Song of The Year for “Cardigan.” Megan Thee Stallion also took two nominations in the General Field, those being for Record of The Year for “Savage” and for Best New Artist. Other BMI affiliates up for that award are Ingrid Andress, CHIKA, Noah Cyrus, Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion.

Stay tuned for the full list of all BMI’s nominated affiliates, which will be posted here soon. The 63rd GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast on Sunday, January 31, 2021, on CBS at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.

General Field

Record of the Year
“Rockstar”
DaBaby* Featuring Roddy Ricch
Chris Dennis, engineer/mixers; Susan Tabor

“Say So”
Doja Cat

“Everything I Wanted”
Billie Eilish*
Rob Kinelski, engineer/mixer

“Don’t Start Now”
Dua Lipa*
Caroline Ailin & Ian Kirkpatrick, producers; Josh Gudwinn& Ian Kirkpatrick, engineers/mixers

“Circles”
Post Malon
Frank Dukes & Post Malone, producers

“Savage”
Megan Thee Stallion Featuring Beyoncé*
J. White Did It, producer

Album of the Year
Chilombo
Jhené Aiko
Fisticuffs, producers; Fisticuffs & Christian Plata, engineers/mixers; Jhené Aiko, songwriter

Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)
Black Pumas
Jon Kaplan, producer; Jacob Sciba, engineer/mixer; Eric Burton, songwriter

Women in Music Pt. III
HAIM*
Jasmine Chen & Matt DiMona, engineers/mixers

Future Nostalgia
Dua Lipa*
Josh Gudwin, engineer/mixer

Hollywood’s Bleeding
Post Malone
Frank Dukes, producer; Adam Feeney & Austin Post, songwriters

Folklore
Taylor Swift
Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, producers; Jack Antonoff, Taylor Swift, songwriter

Song of the Year
“Black Parade”
Brittany Coney, Kim “Kaydence” Krysiuk & Rickie “Caso” Tice, songwriters (Beyoncé*)

“The Box”
Samuel Gloade & Rodrick Moore, songwriters (Roddy Ricch)

“Cardigan”
Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)

“Circles”
Adam Feeney & Austin Post, songwriters (Post Malone)

“Don’t Start Now”
Caroline Ailin & Ian Kirkpatrick, songwriters (Dua Lipa*)

“I Can’t Breathe”
Dernst Emile II & H.E.R., songwriters (H.E.R.)

“If the World Was Ending”
Julia Michaels & JP Saxe, songwriters (JP Saxe Featuring Julia Michaels)

Best New Artist
Ingrid Andress
Chika
Noah Cyrus
Doja Cat
Megan Thee Stallion

*Not affiliated with BMI.