Shore Fire Media’s Twenty-Seven 2022 Grammy Nominations Highlight Breadth Of Roster Across R&B, Electronic, Global, Roots, Jazz, Comedy, Gospel And More

Bonobo, Jacob Collier, Rhiannon Giddens, Angelique Kidjo And Maverick City Music Earn Multiple Nominations; Single Lock Records Gets Three Nods; PJ Morton Nominated For Fifth Straight Year

Shore Fire Media congratulates the clients and projects we represented during the past GRAMMY year who collectively earned TWENTY-SEVEN nominations today, reflecting the breadth of the company’s roster across R&B, Electronic, Global, Roots, Folk, Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Contemporary Christian, Comedy and other genres.

Maverick City Music earned four nominations this year for Best Gospel Album and Best Gospel Performance/Song, plus Best Contemporary Christian Music Album and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. Shore Fire client Single Lock Records collectively earned three nominations for their artists in the following categories: Best Traditional Blues Album (Cedric Burnside), Best American Roots Performance (Blind Boys of Alabama + Bela Fleck), and Best Regional Roots Album (Cha Wa). Bonobo, Jacob Collier, Rhiannon Giddens and Angelique Kidjo each added two nominations to their already impressive Grammy histories, and PJ Morton was nominated for a fifth consecutive year, this time for Best Traditional R&B Performance.

Additional 2022 nominees include: Sylvan Esso for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album; Patricia Barber for Best Immersive Audio Album; Angelique Kidjo for Best Global Music Album; Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy for Best Global Music Performance; Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson & Francesco Turrisi for Best American Roots Song; Valerie June ft. Carla Thomas for Best American Roots Song; Jacob Collier for Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals; Esperanza Spalding for Best Jazz Vocal Album; Pat Metheny Best Jazz Instrumental Album; Tasha Cobbs Leonard for Best Gospel Album; Robert Marovich for Best Album Notes (for The King Of Gospel Music: The Life And Music Of Reverend James Cleveland); Cory Henry for Best Progressive R&B Album; Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson & Carole King Best Song Written For Visual Media; Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media; and Lavell Crawford for Best Comedy Album.

The 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast Monday, January 31st at 8PM ET on CBS.

For a full list of nominees, look HERE.

Shore Fire Media (a division of Dolphin Entertainment) represents artists and culture makers at the top of their fields. The company's dedicated teams in New York, Los Angeles, and Nashville wield extensive, varied expertise to strategically amplify narratives and shape reputations for career-advancing effect. Shore Fire Media represents top recording artists in multiple genres, songwriters, music producers, record labels, music industry businesses, venues, trade organizations, authors, comedians, social media personalities and cultural institutions.

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

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Ólafur Arnalds, Bonobo - “Loom”

Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - “Heartbreak”

Simon Green & Orlando Higginbottom, producers; Simon Green & Orlando Higginbottom, mixers

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

Sylvan Esso - Free Love 

Best Immersive Audio Album 

Patricia Barber - Clique 

Jim Anderson & Ulrike Schwarz, immersive mix engineers; Bob Ludwig, immersive mastering engineer; Jim Anderson, immersive producer (Patricia Barber)

Best Global Music Performance

Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy - “Do Yourself”

Best Global Music Album

Angelique Kidjo - Mother Nature 

Best American Roots Song

Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson & Francesco Turrisi - “Avalon” 

Valerie June ft. Carla Thomas - “Call Me A Fool” 

Best American Roots Performance

The Blind Boys Of Alabama & Béla Fleck - “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free”

Best Traditional Blues Album

Cedric Burnside - I Be Trying 

Best Folk Album

Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi - They’re Calling Me Home

Best Regional Roots Album

Cha Wa - My People

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

Jacob Collier - “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)”

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Esperanza Spalding - Songwrights Apothecary Lab

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Pat Metheny - Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV)

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music; Dante Bowe, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Tiffany Hudson, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore - Wait On You

Best Gospel Album

Maverick City Music - Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition

Tasha Cobbs Leonard - Royalty: Live At The Ryman

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music Ft. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine - “Jireh”

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music - Old Church Basement

Best Album Notes

Robert Marovich, album notes writer (Various Artists) - The King Of Gospel Music: The Life And Music Of Reverend James Cleveland

Best Traditional R&B Performance

BJ The Chicago Kid, PJ Morton, & Kenyon Dixon ft. Charlie Bereal - “Bring It On Home To Me”

Best Progressive R&B Album

Cory Henry - Something To Say

Best R&B Song

Jacob Collier, Carter Lang, Carlos Munoz, Solána Rowe & Christopher Ruelas, songwriters (SZA) - “Good Days”

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson & Carole King - “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” [From Respect]

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers - Soul

Best Comedy Album

Lavell Crawford - The Comedy Vaccine