Santa Monica, CA - At the 57th annual Grammy Awards last night, Universal Music Publishing Group artists and songwriters took home some of the biggest awards. Jimmy “Napes” Napier and William Phillips won both Song of the Year and Record of the Year for “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)” performed by Sam Smith. Other UMPG winners included A Great Big World (Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Say Something”), Eminem (Best Rap Album for The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “The Monster”), and Rondor producer Rahki (Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for “I”), among many others.*
*UMPG (including Rondor Music & Capitol Christian Music Group) has a publishing interest relative to the following winners. These include signings from around the world.
General Field
Category 1 - Record Of The Year
STAY WITH ME (DARKCHILD VERSION)
Sam Smith
Steve Fitzmaurice, Rodney Jerkins & Jimmy Napes, producers; Steve Fitzmaurice, Jimmy Napes & Steve Price, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
[Label: Capitol Records]
(UMPG publishing interest via James Napier, William Phillips and Tom Petty)
Category 3 - Song Of The Year
STAY WITH ME (DARKCHILD VERSION)
James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith)
[Label: Capitol Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Songs LLC obo Naughty Words Ltd./Universal-Polygram Int. Tunes, Inc. obo Method Paperwork]
(UMPG publishing interest via James Napier, William Phillips and Tom Petty)
Field 1 - Pop
Category 5 - Best Pop Solo Performance
HAPPY (LIVE)
Pharrell Williams
[Label: Columbia Records]
(UMPG publishing interest via NBC/Universal administration)
Category 6 - Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
SAY SOMETHING
A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera
Track from: Is There Anybody Out There?
[Label: Epic Records]
(UMPG publishing interest via A Great Big World)
Category 7 - Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
CHEEK TO CHEEK
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
[Label: Streamline/Columbia/RPM/Interscope]
(UMPG publishing interest via Dorothy Fields, Oscar II Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, and Jimmy McHugh)
Category 8 - Best Pop Vocal Album
IN THE LONELY HOUR
Sam Smith
[Label: Capitol Records]
(UMPG publishing interest via James Napier, William Phillips, and Elvin Smith)
Field 2 - Dance/Electronic Music
Category 9 - Best Dance Recording
RATHER BE
Clean Bandit Featuring Jess Glynne
Grace Chatto & Jack Patterson, producers; Wez Clarke & Jack Patterson, mixers
Track from: New Eyes
[Label: Big Beat/Atlantic]
(UMPG publishing interest via James Napier)
Field 6 - R&B
Category 20 - Best Urban Contemporary Album
GIRL
Pharrell Williams
[Label: Columbia Records]
(UMPG publishing interest via Mike Einziger and Warner Films administration)
Category 21 - Best R&B Album
LOVE, MARRIAGE & DIVORCE
Toni Braxton & Babyface
[Label: Def Jam Recordings]
(UMPG publishing interest via Babyface, Tony Dixon and Khristopher Tynes)
Field 7 - Rap
Category 22 - Best Rap Performance
I
Kendrick Lamar
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records
[Label: Reach Records]
(Rondor publishing interest via Rahki)
Category 23 - Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
THE MONSTER
Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Track from: The Marshall Mathers LP2
[Label: Aftermath]
(UMPG publishing interest via Eminem and Bryan Fryzel)
Category 24 - Best Rap Song
I
K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
[Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records]
(Rondor publishing interest via Rahki)
Category 25 - Best Rap Album
THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP2
Eminem
[Label: Aftermath]
(UMPG publishing interest via Eminem, Mark Landon, Bobbie Gentry, Walter Murphy, Laura Giordano, Gian Reverberi, DJ Khalil, Chin Injeti, Eric George, Liz Rodrigues, Michael Strange, Emile Haynie, Alex Da Kid, Skylar Grey, Rick Rubin, Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, Bryan Fryzel, and Jesse Weaver)
Field 8 - Country
Category 29 - Best Country Album
PLATINUM
Miranda Lambert
[Label: RCA Nashville]
(UMPG publishing interest via Luke Laird, Jimmy Robbins, Shane McAnally)
Field 10 - Jazz
Category 32 - Best Jazz Vocal Album
BEAUTIFUL LIFE
Dianne Reeves
[Label: Concord Records]
(Rondor Music interest via Ross/Ware)
Category 33 - Best Jazz Instrumental Album
TRILOGY
Chick Corea Trio
[Label: Concord Jazz]
(UMPG publishing interest via 1 title)
Category 34 - Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
LIFE IN THE BUBBLE
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
[Label: Telarc International]
(UMPG publishing interest via Szathmary)
Category 35 - Best Latin Jazz Album
THE OFFENSE OF THE DRUM
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
[Label: Motema]
(UMPG publishing interest via Erik Satie)
Field 11 - Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music
Category 36 - Best Gospel Performance/Song
NO GREATER LOVE
Smokie Norful
Smokie Norful; Aaron W. Lindsey & Smokie Norful, songwriters
[Label: Tre'Myles/Motown Gospel; Publishers: Capitol CMG Paragon, Aaron Lindsey Pub. admin. by CapitolCMGPublishing.com/Meadowgreen Music Company, Norful Music Publishing]
(UMPG publishing interest via Aaron W. Lindsey and Smokie Norful)
Category 39 - Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG.
For King & Country
[Label: Fervent/Word/Curb]
(UMPG publishing interest via Capitol CMG songwriters)
Field 12 - Latin
Category 41 - Best Latin Pop Album
TANGOS
Rubén Blades
[Label: Sunnyside Records]
(UMPG publishing interest via Rubén Blades)
Field 18 - Comedy
Category 56 - Best Comedy Album
MANDATORY FUN
"Weird Al" Yankovic
[Label: RCA Records]
(UMPG publishing interest via sampled music)
Field 27 - Production, Classical
Category 73 - Producer Of The Year, Classical
JUDITH SHERMAN
Beethoven: Cello & Piano Complete (Fischer Duo); Brahms By Heart (Chiara String Quartet)
Composing America (Lark Quartet); Divergence (Plattform K + K Vienna); The Good Song (Thomas Meglioranza); Mozart & Brahms: Clarinet Quintets (Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet)
Snapshot (American Brass Quintet); Two X Four (Jaime Laredo, Jennifer Koh, Vinay Parameswaran & Curtis 20/21 Ensemble); Wagner Without Words (Ll_r Williams)
(UMPG has interest on works by Ravel)
Field 28 – Classical
Category 77 - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
IN 27 PIECES – THE HILARY HAHN ENCORES
Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe
[Deutsche Grammophon]
(UMPG publishing interest via James Newton Howard)
Category 79 - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
DOUCE FRANCE
Anne Sofie Von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit)
[Label: Naïve]
(UMPG publishing interest by Norbert Glanzberg and Charles Trenet)
Field 29 - Music Video/Film
Category 82 - Best Music Video
HAPPY
Pharrell Williams
We Are From LA, video director; Kathleen Heffernan, Roman Pichon Herrera, Jett Steiger & Cedric Troadec, video producers
[Label: Columbia Records]
(UMPG publishing interest via NBC/Universal administration)
