{"id":16295,"date":"2021-03-30T16:52:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T21:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?p=16295"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:23:34","slug":"2021-grammy-awards-advice-from-nominated-female-songwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/2021-grammy-awards-advice-from-nominated-female-songwriters\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Grammy Awards: Advice from Nominated Female Songwriters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-insights-and-tips-from-grammy-nominated-female-songwriters-navigating-music-during-covid-19\">Insights and Tips from Grammy-Nominated Female Songwriters Navigating Music During COVID-19<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Postponed from January due to COVID, the 2021 Grammy Awards will look different on Sunday, March 14, with an outdoor ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center featuring hybrid performances. With more than a year to write meaningful work because of the shuttered touring industry, this year\u2019s Grammy-nominated songwriters include an encouraging number of women who are up for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and more. Since the awards show is taking place during Women\u2019s History Month we\u2019re spotlighting useful advice from the Grammy-nominated and award-winning female songwriters who you should look out for this Sunday: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-billie-eilish\"><strong>Billie Eilish<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Billie Eilish and Finneas O\u2019Connell have undoubtedly taken the charts and industry by storm, and just last year, swept the Grammys, landing six nominations and five wins at a tender 18 and 22 years old, respectively. She first captured the world\u2019s attention with \u201cOcean Eyes,\u201d a song she and her brother uploaded to SoundCloud on a random Wednesday in 2015. In 2019, she released her debut album <em>WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?<\/em> which charted at no. 1 on the <em>Billboard<\/em> Top 200. At the 2021 Grammy Awards, Billie is up for four nominations including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billie Eilish - everything i wanted (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EgBJmlPo8Xw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Billie Eilish and Finneas O\u2019Connell\u2019s \u201ceverything i wanted\u201d is up for Record of the Year. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Billie and Finneas are not a duo, they operate as one being, writing and producing nearly all of Billie\u2019s music together. When talking about what makes their music so special, Eilish said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/2021\/2\/spotify-hifi-announcement-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Spotify<\/a>, <strong>\u201cHigh quality audio means more info, there are things you will not hear if you don\u2019t have a good sound system \u2026 we make music that wants to be heard the way it was made.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nova-wav\">Nova Wav<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Brittany \u201cChi\u201d Coney and Denisia \u201cBlu June\u201d Andrews, collectively known as Nova Wav, are a songwriting and production duo who have crafted hits for some of the biggest artists in the game including Beyonc\u00e9, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Teyana Taylor, Britney Spears, Kehlani, and many more. In 2013, Nova Wav took home their first Grammy with their first big collaboration on Rihanna\u2019s \u201cLoveeeee Song,\u201d which caught the attention of many in the R&amp;B and pop music scene. In 2018, they received their second Grammy award from their production and songwriting work on The Carter\u2019s <em>Everything Is Love<\/em> album.&nbsp;At the 2021 Grammy Awards, they are nominated as songwriters for Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s track, \u201cBlack Parade.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beyonc\u00e9 \u2013 BLACK PARADE (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EJT1m1ele00?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When describing their songwriting process to <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibe.com\/news\/entertainment\/nova-wav-views-from-the-studio-interview-637055\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIBE<\/a>,<\/em> Nova Wav says, <strong>\u201cWe pull from our own experiences but we also try to keep in mind that we are trying to deliver the vision for somebody else. But even songwriting, period, honesty is the best policy. We write everything from the heart.\u201d <\/strong>This year Nova Wav is up for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance\/Song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-h-e-r\"><strong>H.E.R.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, 23-year-old songstress and multi-instrumentalist H.E.R secured two Grammy wins for Best R&amp;B Album for her debut EP <em>H.E.R. <\/em>and Best R&amp;B Performance with her timeless collaboration with Daniel Caesar on \u201cBest Part.\u201d However, this is far from the beginning of H.E.R.\u2019s music career as she has been singing, playing instruments, and writing songs since she was a young child. When H.E.R. was 14, she signed to RCA Records and released her first single under her real name, Gabi Wilson. In 2016 Gabi reemerged under the new, alluring, and mysterious persona of H.E.R. (Having Everything Revealed) and gained the attention and support of the internet and several R&amp;B legends, thus jump-starting her career as a major R&amp;B artist with over three no. 1 chart-topping singles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"H.E.R. - I Can&#039;t Breathe (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-1Bf_XWaPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the 2021 Grammy Awards, H.E.R. is up for Song of the Year for her social-justice protest song, \u201cI Can\u2019t Breathe\u201d that she released in response to the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020. When talking about her writing style with <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/a-musical-conversation-with-h-e-r\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Songwriter<\/a><\/em>, H.E.R. says,<strong> \u201cI love to write stories and be very descriptive without revealing too much, if that makes sense. It makes it universal.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tiara-thomas\">Tiara Thomas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A frequent collaborator of H.E.R., and co-writer of the aforementioned song \u201cI Can\u2019t Breathe,\u201d Tiara Thomas has been making her way up as a writer and artist for a while. Known for her viral musical content, as an artist, Tiara\u2019s first break was when she connected with Wale and his label The Board Administration in 2009, which led to her most notable hit, \u201cBad\u201d by Wale, released in 2013, which she co-wrote and was a featured artist. She has co-written hits, including \u201cSlide\u201d by H.E.R. featuring rapper YG, which spent more than 20 weeks on the <em>Billboard<\/em> charts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When discussing her songwriting process in a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/1027coyotecountry.com\/2020\/09\/15\/tiara-thomas-wrote-i-cant-breathe-with-her\/\" target=\"_blank\">radio interview<\/a>, she said, <strong>\u201cI like to really take my time with words, with my lyrics, because that\u2019s a big thing for me. I&#8217;m really big on lyrics and how they make people feel. I\u2019m trying to figure out a way to say something that I haven\u2019t heard a bunch of other people say and I\u2019m trying to be really creative with my words. So sometimes it just takes a little bit longer.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-emily-warren-nbsp\"><strong>Emily Warren&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t heard of Emily Warren, you have definitely heard her writing as she has penned some of the biggest pop hits of the decade, including Dua Lipa\u2019s three-time Grammy-nominated smash hit \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now,\u201d which is up for Record and Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance. She also penned the Grammy award-winning hit \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Down\u201d by the Chainsmokers. However, Dua Lipa and the Chainsmokers are only two of many pop stars that Emily has collaborated with. She has co-written songs for Jessie J, Shawn Mendes, Khalid, 5 Seconds of Summer, Fifth Harmony, Bebe Resha, Alessia Cara, David Guetta, and many more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dua Lipa - Don&#039;t Start Now (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oygrmJFKYZY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emily Warren co-wrote the song \u201cDon\u2019t Start Now\u201d by Dua Lipa, which is nominated for Record and Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance at the 2021 Grammy Awards. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since COVID caused a lot of sessions to go virtual, Emily spoke with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.songwriteruniverse.com\/emily-warren-songwriter-interview-2020.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Songwriter Universe<\/a><\/em> about her own experiences continuing her writing through the pandemic and a disrupted music industry. Emily says,<strong> \u201cI\u2019m absorbing and working through my own feelings, and writing things down and playing piano. I think it\u2019s a good time for people who have the luxury to do so, to take a pause, because these are not normal circumstances. So it\u2019s good to take some time to think, and be inspired by what you\u2019re reading or watching or seeing, without the goal we normally have of turning it into something right away. At least, that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing right now.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-caroline-ailin\"><strong>Caroline Ailin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another co-writer of Dua Lipa\u2019s, Norweigan singer\/songwriter Caroline Ailin is also up for the Grammy\u2019s Song of the Year with \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Now.\u201d In 2020 alone, Caroline has credits on songs by JoJo, Selena Gomez, and Lauv, just to name a few. After graduating from the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts in 2012, she signed a publishing contract with Oslo-based company Waterfall Music and worked as a waitress. In 2017, she got her first big break with her initial meeting and collaboration with Dua Lipa on her breakout hit, \u201cNew Rules.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After writing on Selena Gomez\u2019s most recent project, <em>Rare, <\/em>she talks about the process with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/music\/news\/caroline-ailin-dua-lipa-selena-gomez-hitmaker-of-the-month-1234865180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Variety<\/a><\/em>. Ailin says, <strong>\u201cLyrically, it just felt really personalized. I think that\u2019s the best thing you could dream of in other writers: somebody who\u2019s not scared to be honest.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-julia-michaels-nbsp\"><strong>Julia Michaels&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, Julia Michaels was nominated for Best New Artist and Song of the Year Grammys for her big hit, \u201cIssues.\u201d However, long before she showed up on the scene as an artist, for almost a decade, she has been a professional songwriter penning hits such as \u201cSorry\u201d by Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez\u2019s \u201cGood for You\u201d and even writing the theme song to Disney Channel\u2019s <em>Austin and Ally<\/em>. She has also collaborated with Maroon 5, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, and several others.&nbsp;Her song \u201cIf the World Was Ending,\u201d that she co-wrote with JP Saxe, is nominated for Song of the Year at the 2021 Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JP Saxe - If the World Was Ending (Official Video) ft. Julia Michaels\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1jO2wSpAoxA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julia Michaels\u2019 song \u201cIf the World Was Ending,\u201d that she co-wrote with JP Saxe, is nominated for Song of the Year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a prolific songwriter for other artists and herself, she said in an interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/music\/2019\/06\/30\/julia-michaels-inner-monologue-part-2-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, <\/em><strong>\u201cWhen I write for myself it<\/strong>\u2019<strong>s usually very personal. It&#8217;s more about my perspective vs. when I write for, or with, other people, it\u2019s sort of a blending of perspectives. It\u2019s theirs and mine and whomever else is in the room. I think that writing for other people for so long has helped me be in touch with all different walks of emotions, which in turn has made me be able to be in touch with mine. So, if anything, I feel like writing for other people has helped me write for myself more than the reverse.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-natalie-hemby-nbsp\"><strong>Natalie Hemby&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Natalie Hemby won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media for \u201cI\u2019ll Never Love Again\u201d from the 2018 movie <em>A Star is Born<\/em>, which starred Lady Gaga. With more than five no. 1 <em>Billboard<\/em> charting singles, Natalie has become known as a masterful and sought after songwriter. Based in Nashville, Natalie signed her first publishing deal at 19 and accumulated more than eight no. 1 country singles. She also became a member of the award-winning and this year\u2019s Grammy-nominated band the Highwomen, which comprises Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, and Amanda Shires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Highwomen: Crowded Table [OFFICIAL VIDEO]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZPfI8zBWub4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hemby is nominated for two Grammys for her songwriting this year: One for the Highwomen song \u201cCrowded Table,\u201d and \u201cBluebird,\u201d which she co-wrote with Miranda Lambert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After signing a record deal at the age of 43, Hemby said in an interview with <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/music\/news\/natalie-hemby-concord-solo-deal-songwriter-1234905943\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a><\/em>, <strong>\u201cI\u2019ve just been lucky in country music because I\u2019m from Nashville and there\u2019s a lot of artists that I love, and I would say probably a lot of artists that I\u2019ve had success with have been a little bit more outside-the-box thinkers as well. But no, I grew up on Lilith Fair and I grew up on Sheryl, Paula, Sarah McLachlan, K\u2019s Choice \u2014 all of the good \u201990s women bands. Boy, that just runs in my veins pretty deep. I just haven\u2019t had the opportunity to display it. So It\u2019s awesome to be able to take your old influences and put \u2018em to use and make them your own sound, if you will.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/courses\/interest\/songwriting?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-link-from-article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">STUDY SONGWRITING WITH BERKLEE ONLINE<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the 2021 Grammy Awards happened to be rescheduled to take place during Women\u2019s History Month, we spotlight these tips from the Grammy-nominated and award-winning female songwriters.  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