Did you catch the Grammy’s yesterday? We want to take this opportunity to reflect on this year’s nominees who we have had the pleasure of hosting through the years and congratulate them.
Record of the Year
– Not Strong Enough – boygenius
Album of the Year
– Not Strong Enough – boygenius
– The Age Of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe
– *HM Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey
Song of the Year
– A&W – Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey & Sam Dew, songwriters (Lana Del Rey)
– Anti-Hero – Jack Antonoff & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Best New Artist
– Gracie Abrams
Producer of the Year
– Metro Boomin
– *Jack Antonoff
Best Pop Duo/Group
– Ghost In The Machine – SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers
Best Rock Performance
– Not Strong Enough – Boygenius
– Rescued – Foo Fighters
Best Rock Song
– Not Strong Enough – Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers & Lucy Dacus, (boygenius)
– Rescued – Dave Grohl, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
Best Rock Album
– But Here We Are – Foo Fighters
Best Alternative Performance
– Cool About It – boygenius
– Belinda Says – Alvvays (shoutout to former employee and Alvvays drummer Sheridan Riley)
– A&W – *Lana Del Rey
Best Alternative Album
– The Record – boygenius
– Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd – *Lana Del Rey
Best Progressive R&B Album
– The Age Of Pleasure – Janelle Monáe
Best Rap Performance
– SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS – Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane
Best Rap Song
– SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS – Andre Benjamin, Paul Beauregard, James Blake, Michael Render, Tim Moore & Dion Wilson, songwriters (Killer Mike Featuring André 3000, Future And Eryn Allen Kane)
Best Rap Album
– MICHAEL – Killer Mike
– HEROES & VILLAINS – Metro Boomin
Best Contemporary Blues Album
– Death Wish Blues – Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton
Best Latin Pop Album
– Gaby Moreno – X Mi (Vol. 1)
Best Boxed Edition package
– Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition – Masaki Koike, art director (Lou Reed)
Best Historical Album
– Words & Music, May 1965 – Deluxe Edition Laurie Anderson, Don Fleming, Jason Stern, Matt Sulllivan & Hal Willner, compilation producers; John Baldwin, mastering engineer; John Baldwin & Steve Rosenthal, restoration engineers (Lou Reed)
– Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (Various Artists) Robert Gordon, Deanie Parker, *Cheryl Pawelski, Michele Smith & Mason Williams, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer; Michael Graves, restoration engineer
Best Engineered Album
– The Record – Owen Lantz, Will Maclellan, Catherine Marks, Mike Mogis, Bobby Mota, Kaushlesh “Garry” Purohit & Sarah Tudzin, engineers; Pat Sullivan, mastering engineer (boygenius)
*Lana was going to play our listening party when it was on the beach earlier this year, so we included her.
*Jack Antonoff is on here for producer, he’s part of Fun., who played at our 2nd Street location.
*Cheryl Pawelski is a long-time Fingerprints supporter, and has brought numerous artists on her Omnivore label for in-store events.