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UMPG celebrated outstanding success at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards, representing 21 winning songwriters/artists across 25 genre-diverse categories.

Taylor Swift made history with ‘Midnights,’ co-written and co-produced by Jack Antonoff, becoming the first-ever artist to win Album of the Year four times! Billie Eilish won both Song Of The Year and Best Song Written For Visual Media for the stunning “What Was I Made For?” SZA took home three honors, including for Best R&B Song and Best Progressive R&B Album, while boygenius’ Lucy Dacus was also a 3x winner, including for Best Rock Song and Best Alternative Music Album. 
 
Jack Antonoff was awarded Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical. UMPG breakthrough star Fred again.. won both Dance/Electronic Album and Dance/Electronic Recording with Elley Duhé. Kid Harpoon won Record of the Year for co-producing Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers.” Best Pop Vocal Album was won by Taylor Swift; Latin Rock or Alternative Album for Natalia LaFourcade; Gospel Performance/Song for Kirk Franklin – CCMG; Gospel Album for Tye Tribbett; Musical Theater Album for Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; Score Soundtrack For Visual Media for Ludwig Goransson (Universal Pictures); Immersive Audio Album for Alicia Keys; and more.
 
UMPG also had numerous superstar performances including from Billy Joel – who performed his first new single in more than a decade “Turn the Lights Back On,” SZA, Billie Eilish, U2 at The Sphere, Luke Combs, Dua Lipa, Burna Boy, Brandy Clark and Kirk Franklin (CCMG).
 
Congratulations to this year’s UMPG GRAMMY winners and nominated songwriters!