SOCAN members Lowell, Nate Ferraro, bülow, and Dave Hamelin were in the winner’s circle as Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter won both Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the 67th Grammy Awards, broadcast Feb. 2, 2025, on CBS and Paramount+, live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Lowell, Ferraro, and bülow are among the co-writers of the Cowboy Carter song “Texas Hold ‘Em,” while Lowell also co-wrote “Bodyguard,” and Dave Hamelin co-wrote four songs: “16 Carriages,” “Just for Fun (with Willie Jones),” “II Hands II Heaven,” and “Amen.”
It was Beyoncé’s first win in the Album of the Year category, after five nominations. She also became the first Black artist to earn the Grammy for Country Album of the Year.
In a surprising moment, SOCAN member The Weeknd returned to the Grammy Awards with a live performance, after boycotting the ceremony for several years to protest what he called unfair voting processes. He was introduced by Recording Academy chief executive Harvey Mason Jr., who said the organization had gone a long way to becoming more transparent and diverse.
Grammy-winning SOCAN members included Nasri Atweh, Kevin Ekofo, Boi-1da, Yogi the Producer, Housefly, and Pitt Tha Kid – all of whom contributed to Chris Brown’s 11:11 (Deluxe) LP, which earned the award for Best R&B Album. Atweh co-wrote the 11:11 song “Summer Too Hot”; Ekofo co-wrote “No Interruptions”; Boi-1da and Yogi were among the co-producers of “Run Away” (featuring Bryson Tiller); Housefly was among the co-producers of “Sweet Lullaby”; and Pitt Tha Kid was among the co-producers of “Make Up Your Mind.”
Among other SOCAN members, Scott “Monsune” Zhang co-wrote “Saturn,” recorded by SZA, which won for Best R&B Song. Serben Gehena was the mixing engineer for Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet LP, which earned the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album. Chappell Roan won Best New Artist, and Mike Wise co-produced two songs on her album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess: “Femininomenon” and “Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl.” Jessie Reyez recorded “Is This Love” and Daniel Caesar recorded “Waiting in Vain” for the deluxe version of Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By the Film, which earned the prize for Best Reggae Album.
And Québécois conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin contributed to Maestro: Music by Leonard Bernstein, with the London Symphony Orchestra and Bradley Cooper, which won in the Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media category. It was the fifth Grammy win for Nézet-Séguin, leaving him with only one less than Celine Dion.
SOCAN congratulates all of these members on their Grammy achievements!
The Grammy ceremony raised more than $7 million in relief funds for Los Angeles to help re-build after its damaging wildfires; celebrated the city with special performances of “I Love L.A.” and “California Dreaming”; included a special audience section in the front for first responders, invited to attend for free; had a team of L.A. County firefighters present the Album of the Year Award; and gave free TV advertising to several small, local businesses damaged by the fires.