Jacob Collierâs Djesse Vol. 4 (Hajanga/Interscope/Decca) has received an Album of the Year GRAMMYÂź nomination.
Following his inclusion on the list in 2020 for his previous full-length release Djesse Vol. 3, this is Collierâs second Album of the Year nomination and he features as the only British male alongside BeyoncĂ©, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and AndrĂ© 3000.
Collier received two additional 2025 Grammy nominations – for Best Global Music Performance (for A Rock Somewhere feat. Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal), and Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Capella (for Bridge Over Troubled Water feat. John Legend & Tori Kelly). He is now a six-time GRAMMYÂź winner and 15-time nominee.
Collierâs two consecutive Album of the Year Grammy nominationsplace him alongside an illustrious list of fellow British artists to have achieved the feat including The Beatles, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Radiohead and Dua Lipa, and he remains the only British act in history to win a Grammy for each of his first four albums.
The 2025 Grammy winners will be announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday February 2nd 2025.
Collier has also today announced the release of a limited-edition EP âThree Christmas Songsâ, which was recorded live to vinyl at Londonâs iconic Abbey Road Studios earlier this year. With a run of only 2000 copies, the vinyl will be released next Friday November 22nd along with a film of the session, which will be available on Collierâs YouTube channel. Collier will perform a festive show at Union Chapel in London on December 12th.
Itâs been a monumental 2024 for the 30-year-old North Londoner. He started the year by winning his sixth GRAMMYÂź Award, and performing with Joni Mitchell during the GRAMMYÂź telecast. Djesse Vol. 4, released in February, led to worldwide acclaim including cover features with DownBeat and Rolling Stone UK, he was the music director for an issue of Harperâs Bazaar, performed on BBCâs The One Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and a special NYC GRAMMYÂź Museum event with Jason Robert Brown. He has also recently launched signature guitars with Strandberg andTaylor, and performed at the Joni Mitchell & The Joni Jam concerts at Hollywood Bowl last month. Â
With more than 200,000 tickets sold across the globe in 2024 alone, Collier completed his biggest ever North American tour this spring, selling out Radio City Music Hall amongst other top venues, and he will continue touring internationally through the rest of the year, which will conclude next month with his biggest headline shows to date at the AO Arena in Manchester and The O2 Arena in London.
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