Berklee Alumni Recognized at the 2025 Grammy Awards Winners took home trophies in 14 categories, including Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical.
By
Nick Balkin
February 3, 2025
Amy Allen '15
Image by Justin Higuchi
The 67th annual Grammy Awards were held last night on Sunday, February 2, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and Berklee alumni once again made their mark with an impressive array of wins.
Amy Allen '15 received two awards: Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical, for her work as a hitmaker for Olivia Rodrigo, Tate McRae, Sabrina Carpenter, and others; and Best Pop Vocal Album for Carpenter's Short n' Sweet, on which Allen cowrote all 12 tracks. St. Vincent (Annie Clark '04) captured awards for Best Rock Song, Best Alternative Music Performance, and Best Alternative Music Album, while Gillian Welch '92 and David Rawlings '92 took home the Best Folk Album award for the duos 2024 release, Woodland. Other winners included Hotae Alexander Jang BM '13, an engineer and mixer on Beyonc s Cowboy Carter, which won Album of the Year, and Jared Solomon '15, who cowrote SZAs Saturn, which won Best R&B Song.
Highlights from the broadcast included a generation-spanning tribute to Quincy Jones '51 '83H, the legendary Berklee alumnus who passed away late last year, and Chappell Roans performance of Pink Pony Club, featuring Allee F tterer BM '12 on bass.
Although not official awardees, seven Berklee alumni contributed to Dune: Part 2, which won Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Omer Benyamin '15 (additional music), Steven Doar BM '14 (additional music and vocals), Taurees Habib BM '11 (digital instrument preparation), Alejandro Moros '17 (score technical engineering), Stephanie Olmanni BM '08 (vocals), Oscar Senen PD '13 (orchestration), and Soya Soo BM '15 (additional engineering).
Watch Amy Allens acceptance speech after winning the Grammy for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical:
Overall, 14 alumni won 17 Grammy Awards across 14 categories. The list below is subject to change as winners are verified with the Recording Academy.
Album of the YearCowboy Carter, Beyonc
Hotae Alexander Jang BM '13, engineer, mixer
Songwriter of the Year, Non-ClassicalAmy Allen '15
Chrome Cowgirl (Leon Bridges)
Espresso (Sabrina Carpenter)
High Road (Koe Wetzel and Jessie Murph)
Please Please Please (Sabrina Carpenter)
run for the hills (Tate McRae)
scared of my guitar (Olivia Rodrigo)
Selfish (Justin Timberlake)
Sweet Dreams (Koe Wetzel)
Taste (Sabrina Carpenter)
Best Pop Vocal AlbumShort n' Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter
Julian Bunetta '01, producer, mixer, songwriter
Amy Allen '15, songwriter
Best Rock Song Broken Man, St. Vincent (Annie Clark '04)
Best Alternative Music Performance Flea, St. Vincent (Annie Clark '04)
Best Alternative Music AlbumAll Born Screaming, St. Vincent (Annie Clark '04)
Best R&B Song Saturn, SZA
Jared Solomon '15, songwriter
Best Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumBianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence, Dan Pugach Big Band
Dan Pugach BM '08
Best Latin Jazz AlbumCubop Lives!, Zaccai Curtis
Luques Curtis BM '04, bass
Best Folk AlbumWoodland, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
Gillian Welch '92
David Rawlings '92
Best Global Music AlbumAlkebulan II, Matt B featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jett Galindo BM '12, mastering engineer
Best Children's Music AlbumBrillo, Brillo!, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
Lucky Diaz '97
Lannie Battistini '82, piano
Watch Lucky Diazs acceptance speech after winning the Grammy for Best Children's Music Album:
Best Instrumental Composition Strands, Akropolis Reed Quintet, Christian Euman, and Pascal Le Boeuf PD 10
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals Alma, s je
Erin Bentlage BM '14, arranger
Listen to a playlist featuring this years Berklees Grammy winners, curated by Alumni Affairs:
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Berklee Alumni Recognized at the 2025 Grammy Awards Winners took home trophies in 14 categories, including Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical.
