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title: Half of 2024 GRAMMY® Winners are Independent!
description: A2IM congratulates this year’s GRAMMY winners, noting that 50% of winners are independent releases and including several A2IM member labels.
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# [Half of 2024 GRAMMY® Winners are Independent!](https://news.a2im.org/blog/half-of-2024-grammy-winners-are-independent/)

 Written by [A2IM](https://news.a2im.org/blog/author/a2im) | Oct 10, 2024 3:23:50 PM

 

Feb. 5, 2024 – **A2IM (The American Association of Independent Music, Inc)** congratulates this year’s **GRAMMY winners,** noting that **50% of winners are independent releases**. This includes A2IM member labels **4AD, Candid, Concord, Cosmica Artists, Craft, EMPIRE, Fantasy, Loma Vista Recordings, Mack Avenue, Reach Records, Single Lock, and Thirty Tigers.** 

*“We are so proud to congratulate the 2024 Grammy-winning independent A2IM label members who continue to challenge industry norms. We applaud your courage and talent, and we thank you for continuing to lead the way for artists who want to do it their way,” *said **A2IM President and CEO, Dr. Richard James Burgess MBE.**

**List of Grammy-Winning Releases from A2IM Label Members:**

**Traditional R&B Performance (Morton/EMPIRE)**

PJ Morton ft. Susan Carol

*Good Morning*

**Rap Performance (Loma Vista Recordings)**

Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane

*Scientists & Engineers*

**Rap Song (Loma Vista Recordings)**

Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane

*Scientists & Engineers*

**Rap Album (Loma Vista Recordings)**

Killer Mike

*Michael*

**Jazz Instrumental Album (Mack Avenue)**

Billy Childs

*The Winds of Change*

**Large Jazz Ensemble Album (Unity Music/Candid)**

The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart

*Basie Swings The Blues*

**Contemporary Instrumental Album (Thirty Tigers)**

Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer ft. Rakesh Chaurasia

*As We Speak*

**Musical Theater Album (Concord)**

*Some Like It Hot*

**American Roots Performance (Fantasy/Concord)**

Allison Russell

*Eve Was Black*

**American Roots Song (Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers)**

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

*Cast Iron Skillet*

**Americana Album (Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers)**

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

*Weathervanes*

**Traditional Blues Album (Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers)**

Bobby Rush

*All My Love for You*

**Contemporary Christian Music (Reach Records)**

Lecrae & Tasha Cobbs Leonard

*Your Power*

**Contemporary Christian Music Album (Reach Records)**

Lecrae

*Church Clothes 4*

**Roots Gospel Album (Single Lock Records)**

Blind Boys of Alabama

*Echoes of the South*

**Latin Pop Album (Cosmica Artists)**

Gaby Moreno

*X Mi (Vol. 1)*

**Global Music Performance (Thirty Tigers)**

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain ft. Rakesh Chaurasia

*Pashto*

**Recording Package (4AD)**

Dry Cleaning

*Stumpwork*

**Album Notes (Craft/Concord)**

Various Artists

*Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (album notes by Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker*

**Historical Album (Craft/Concord)**

Various Artists

*Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos (album notes by Robert Gordon & Deanie Parker*

***About A2IM**:*  
*A2IM is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit trade organization headquartered in New York City that exists to support and strengthen the independent recorded music sector. Membership currently includes a broad coalition of more than 700 Independently-owned American music labels. A2IM represents these independently owned small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) interests in the marketplace, in the media, on Capitol Hill, and as part of the global music community. In doing so, it supports a key segment of America’s creative class that represents America’s diverse musical cultural heritage. Billboard Magazine identified the Independent music label sector as 37.32 percent of the music industry’s U.S. recorded music sales market in 2016 based on copyright ownership, making Independent labels collectively the largest music industry sector.*

Learn more about A2IM [here.](https://a2im.org/about-us/)  
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