ATLANTA – Nov. 16, 2022 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Entertainment & Media Practice congratulates its clients for their nominations for the upcoming 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, to be presented Feb. 5, 2023.
“Our clients are all incredibly impressive musicians who continue to set the standard and raise the bar across the music industry,” said Jess L. Rosen, co-chair of the Atlanta Entertainment & Media Practice.
“Greenberg Traurig is honored to join in congratulating the nominees on this exciting moment in their careers,” added Jay L. Cooper, founder of the Los Angeles Entertainment & Media Practice. Greenberg Traurig clients were recognized with over 25 nominations in the following categories:
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
“pushin P” – Gunna & Future featuring Young Thug
BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE
“Beautiful” – DJ Khaled featuring Future & SZA
“Wait For U“- Future featuring Drake & Tems
BEST RAP SONG
“pushin P” – Gunna & Future featuring Young Thug
“Wait For U” - Future featuring Drake & Tems
BEST RAP ALBUM
It’s Almost Dry - Pusha T
I Never Liked You - Future
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
“In His Arms” – Miranda Lambert
“Live Forever” – Willie Nelson
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
“Outrunnin’ Your Memory” – Miranda Lambert & Luke Combs
“Does He Love You – Revisited” – Reba McEntire & Dolly Parton
BEST COUNTRY SONG
“Til You Can’t” – Cody Johnson
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Palomino – Miranda Lambert
A Beautiful Time – Willie Nelson
BEST COUNTRY SONG
“If I Was a Cowboy” – Miranda Lambert, vocals & songwriter & Jesse Frasure, songwriter
“I’ll Love You Till The Day I Die” - Willie Nelson
BEST LATIN ROCK OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Alegoría – Gaby Moreno; David Garza, engineer
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
“Forever” -Sheryl Crow
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
The Willie Nelson Family – Willie Nelson
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
Pa’lla Voy – Marc Anthony
BEST AUDIO BOOK, NARRATION, AND STORYTELLING RECORDING
All About Me!: My Remarkable Life In Show Business - Mel Brooks
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR, NON CLASSICAL
“Dream – Rock N Roll” – Pusha T featuring Kanye West and Kid Cudi
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes - Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams and Boston Symphony Orchestra
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
“John Williams — The Berlin Concert” John Williams, conductor (Berliner Philharmoniker)
BEST CLASSICAL SOLO VOCAL ALBUM
Voice of Nature – The Anthropocene - Renee Fleming, soloist
Greenberg Traurig has provided legal counsel to the music industry’s biggest names for more than four decades, guiding preeminent songwriters, producers, recording artists, actors, writers, and executives in critical career decisions.
“With decades of experience, high-level relationships, and long-standing connections in the entertainment and music industries, we have access to resources critical to the success of our clients,” said Bobby Rosenbloum, chairman of the firm’s global Entertainment & Media Practice. “We also congratulate our client, The Recording Academy, on their dedication to celebrating, honoring, and sustaining music's past, present, and future.”
Cooper represents a roster of high-profile clients focusing on intellectual property matters and contract negotiations including recording and publishing agreements for individual artists and composers; actor, director, producer, and writer agreements in film and television; executive employment agreements; complex acquisitions and sales of entertainment catalogs; production agreements on behalf of music, television, and motion picture companies.
Rosen is one of the nation's top-ranking entertainment attorneys and focuses his practice on talent representation, including all facets of transactional entertainment matters in the music, film, television, and new media industries.
Rosenbloum is one of the leading attorneys globally in the field of digital media, entertainment, and technology and is widely considered one of the primary architects of the modern digital music business.
In addition, the listed nominees are also represented by Ann Brigid Clark (Of Counsel, Los Angeles), Robert J. Finan (Of Counsel, Atlanta), Paul D. Schindler (Shareholder, New York), and Jeffrey M. Smith (Shareholder, Atlanta.)
As the only peer-recognized music award, the GRAMMY is the music industry's highest honor. GRAMMY nominations and winners are determined by the Recording Academy's voting membership, which comprises music creators, including artists, producers, songwriters, and engineers. The 2023 GRAMMY Awards show will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network Feb. 5, 2023, at 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST.