Shore Fire Clients Earn 27 Nominations for the 2025 GRAMMY Awards, Including Album of the Year

Shore Fire Media is thrilled to congratulate the clients and projects the company has represented over the past GRAMMY year who collectively earned 27 nominations for the 2025 GRAMMY Awards. This year’s nominations reflect the diversity of Shore Fire’s global roster, spanning genres such as pop, jazz, folk, Americana, roots, global, gospel, historical and beyond. 

Jacob Collier, already a six-time Grammy winner, earned three more nominations this year: Album of the Year, Best Global Music Performance and Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella. This marks his sixth consecutive year as a Grammy nominee. Sierra Ferrell, a first-time nominee, debuted in a big way with four nominations this year: Best American Roots Performance, Best Americana Performance, Best American Roots Song and Best Americana Album for her LP “Trail Of Flowers” (Rounder Records). Samara Joy and Aoife O'Donovan received two nominations each in jazz and folk/roots categories respectively, while Ricky Dillard, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Jonathan McReynolds also earned two nominations each in various gospel categories. Anoushka Shankar received two nominations as well, in global and new age categories.

Additional 2025 nominees include Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Keyon Harrold for Best Alternative Jazz Album, both Bonnie Raitt and Rhiannon Giddens for Best American Roots Performance, American Patchwork Quartet for Best Folk Album and Yemi Alade for Best African Music Performance. Trombone Shorty was nominated for Best Regional Roots Album for his collaboration with The New Breed Brass Band, while The Avett Brothers as well as art directors Jonny Black and Giorgia Sage were nominated for Best Recording Package. Finally, Prince & The New Power Generation’s “Diamonds And Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition” and “The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording - Super Deluxe Edition)” were each nominated for Best Historical Album. 

A full list of Shore Fire nominees can be found below, and a complete list of 2025 nominees is available at GRAMMY.com. 

The 67th GRAMMY Awards will take place live at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025 — broadcasting live on the CBS television network and streaming on Paramount+. 

Shore Fire Media congratulates the clients and projects represented during the GRAMMY year on the following nominations.

Album of the Year
Jacob Collier - Djesse Vol. 4

Best Jazz Performance
Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner - Twinkle Twinkle Little Me (Samara Joy)

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Samara Joy - A Joyful Holiday
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding - Milton + esperanza (esperanza spalding)

Best Alternative Jazz Album
Keyon Harrold - Foreverland

Best American Roots Performance
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Bonnie Raitt, Keb' Mo', Taj Mahal & Mick Fleetwood - Nothing in Rambling (Bonnie Raitt)
Sierra Ferrell - Lighthouse
Rhiannon Giddens - The Ballad of Sally Anne

Best Americana Performance
Sierra Ferrell - American Dreaming

Best American Roots Song
Aoife O’Donovan - All My Friends
Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker - American Dreaming (Sierra Ferrell)

Best Americana Album
Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers

Best Folk Album
American Patchwork Quartet - American Patchwork Quartet
Aoife O’Donovan - All My Friends

Best Regional Roots Music Album
New Breed Brass Band Featuring Trombone Shorty - Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Trombone Shorty)

Best Gospel Performance/Song
Ricky Dillard - Hold On (Live)
DOE - Holy Hands (Jonathan McReynolds)
Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr - One Hallelujah (Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Jonathan McReynolds)

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore Featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard - In the Room (Tasha Cobbs Leonard)

Best Gospel Album
Ricky Dillard - Choirmaster II (Live)

Best Global Music Performance
Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal - A Rock Somewhere (Jacob Collier & Anoushka Shankar)

Best African Music Performance
Yemi Alade - Tomorrow

Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album
Anoushka Shankar - Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn

Best Recording Package
The Avett Brothers - The Avett Brothers

Best Historical Album
Prince & The New Power Generation - Diamonds and Pearls: Super Deluxe Edition
Rodgers & Hammerstein & Julie Andrews - The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording -
Super Deluxe Edition)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly - Bridge Over Troubled Water

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