Downtown Celebrates Nominations for the 2017 GRAMMY Awards

Downtown Music Publishing is thrilled that its writers have been recognized by the Recording Academy and the wider industry for the 2017 GRAMMY Awards nominations. Twelve of Downtown's clients have received nods or have played significant contributions to 20 nominations, across a variety of categories.

They extend their congratulations to:

Sturgill Simpson

Album of the Year 

Best Country Album 

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media 

Benny Blanco

Producer of the year, non-classical

Song of the Year 

Best Pop Vocal Album 

Best R&B Song 

Best Pop Solo Performance 

Budde Music (Carsten Nicolai / Alva Noto)

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Edizioni Curci | DJ Khaled' Major Key

Best Rap Album 

Hiatus Kaiyote | Anderson .Paak's Malibu

Best Urban Contemporary Album 

John Lennon (The Beatles) 

Best Music Film 

John Leventhal | William Bell's This Is Where I Live

Best Americana Album 

Best Traditional R&B Performance 

Niles City Sound (Leon Bridges)

Best Music Video 

RAC

Best Remixed Recording

Shea Taylor | Rihanna's Anti

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Tycho

Best Dance / Electronic Album 

Vista Loma Music (Brandy Clark)

Best Country Album

Best Country Solo Performance

About Downtown Music Publishing

Founded in 2007, Downtown Music Publishing is one of the world's leading rights-management firms, with offices in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, London, and Amsterdam. The company's catalog spans over seven decades of popular music, encompassing some of the world's most beloved songwriters and artists including The Beatles, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, The Kinks, Hans Zimmer, Bruce Springsteen, Mötley Crüe, One Direction, Hardwell, Sturgill Simpson, Santigold, Carla Bruni, and Social Distortion. The company's technology platform, Songtrust, powers global royalty collection from over 100 countries and more than 20,000 unique income sources worldwide.