UMPG Artists and Writers Take Top Honors 57th Grammy Awards
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 FieldCategory 1 - Record Of The YearSTAY WITH ME (DARKCHILD VERSION)Sam SmithSteve 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 YearSTAY 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 - PopCategory 5 - Best Pop Solo PerformanceHAPPY (LIVE)Pharrell Williams[Label: Columbia Records](UMPG publishing interest via NBC/Universal administration)Category 6 - Best Pop Duo/Group PerformanceSAY SOMETHINGA Great Big World With Christina AguileraTrack from: Is There Anybody Out There?[Label: Epic Records](UMPG publishing interest via A Great Big World)Category 7 - Best Traditional Pop Vocal AlbumCHEEK TO CHEEKTony 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 AlbumIN THE LONELY HOURSam Smith[Label: Capitol Records](UMPG publishing interest via James Napier, William Phillips, and Elvin Smith)Field 2 - Dance/Electronic MusicCategory 9 - Best Dance RecordingRATHER BEClean Bandit Featuring Jess GlynneGrace Chatto & Jack Patterson, producers; Wez Clarke & Jack Patterson, mixersTrack from: New Eyes[Label: Big Beat/Atlantic](UMPG publishing interest via James Napier)Field 6 - R&BCategory 20 - Best Urban Contemporary AlbumGIRLPharrell Williams[Label: Columbia Records](UMPG publishing interest via Mike Einziger and Warner Films administration)Category 21 - Best R&B AlbumLOVE, MARRIAGE & DIVORCEToni Braxton & Babyface[Label: Def Jam Recordings](UMPG publishing interest via Babyface, Tony Dixon and Khristopher Tynes)Field 7 - RapCategory 22 - Best Rap PerformanceIKendrick LamarLabel: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records[Label: Reach Records](Rondor publishing interest via Rahki)Category 23 - Best Rap/Sung CollaborationTHE MONSTEREminem Featuring RihannaTrack from: The Marshall Mathers LP2[Label: Aftermath](UMPG publishing interest via Eminem and Bryan Fryzel)Category 24 - Best Rap SongIK. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)[Label: Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records](Rondor publishing interest via Rahki)Category 25 - Best Rap AlbumTHE MARSHALL MATHERS LP2Eminem[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 - CountryCategory 29 - Best Country AlbumPLATINUMMiranda Lambert[Label: RCA Nashville](UMPG publishing interest via Luke Laird, Jimmy Robbins, Shane McAnally)Field 10 - JazzCategory 32 - Best Jazz Vocal AlbumBEAUTIFUL LIFEDianne Reeves[Label: Concord Records](Rondor Music interest via Ross/Ware)Category 33 - Best Jazz Instrumental AlbumTRILOGYChick Corea Trio[Label: Concord Jazz](UMPG publishing interest via 1 title)Category 34 - Best Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumLIFE IN THE BUBBLEGordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band[Label: Telarc International](UMPG publishing interest via Szathmary)Category 35 - Best Latin Jazz AlbumTHE OFFENSE OF THE DRUMArturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra[Label: Motema](UMPG publishing interest via Erik Satie)Field 11 - Gospel/Contemporary Christian MusicCategory 36 - Best Gospel Performance/SongNO GREATER LOVESmokie NorfulSmokie 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 AlbumRUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG.For King & Country[Label: Fervent/Word/Curb](UMPG publishing interest via Capitol CMG songwriters)Field 12 - LatinCategory 41 - Best Latin Pop AlbumTANGOSRubén Blades[Label: Sunnyside Records](UMPG publishing interest via Rubén Blades)Field 18 - ComedyCategory 56 - Best Comedy AlbumMANDATORY FUN"Weird Al" Yankovic[Label: RCA Records](UMPG publishing interest via sampled music)Field 27 - Production, ClassicalCategory 73 - Producer Of The Year, ClassicalJUDITH SHERMANBeethoven: 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 – ClassicalCategory 77 - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble PerformanceIN 27 PIECES – THE HILARY HAHN ENCORESHilary Hahn & Cory Smythe[Deutsche Grammophon](UMPG publishing interest via James Newton Howard)Category 79 - Best Classical Solo Vocal AlbumDOUCE FRANCEAnne 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/FilmCategory 82 - Best Music VideoHAPPYPharrell WilliamsWe 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)