WME WOWS WITH 96 GRAMMY NOMS

Billie Eilish, André 3000, Benson Boone

WME was well represented in every major Grammy category when the nominations were announced 11/8, with such clients as Billie Eilish, Benson Boone, Teddy Swims, Bruno Mars and André 3000 contributing to the 96 total mentions tallied by the agency.

Eilish's HIT ME HARD AND SOFT and André 3000's New Blue Sun will contend for Album of the Year, while Boone, Swims and Doechii are all nominated for Best New Artist.

In the song fields, Record of the Year nominees include Eilish and collaborator FINNEAS' "BIRDS OF A FEATHER," Raphael Saadiq for Beyoncé's "Texas Hold 'Em" and Mustard for Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." "BIRDS" and "Texas" are also up for Song of the Year, alongside WME's Bruno Mars for his chart-topping Lady Gaga team-up, "Die With a Smile." Olivia Rodrigo shares a Best Song Written for Visual Media nod with collaborator Daniel Nigro (for "Can't Catch Me Now" from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes."

Mustard also got a nod for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.

Longtime Don Muller client Pearl Jam snagged three nods for its Andrew Watt-produced Dark Matter, including Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song, while Nick Cave earned Best Alternative Music Album recognition for Wild God.

Pearl Jam, Lainey Wilson, Doechii

Other notable WME nominations went to Sean Ono Lennon for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package for his work on a 50th anniversary iteration of John Lennon's Mind Games; Chris Stapleton for Higher and Lainey Wilson for Whirlwind in the Best Country Album category; and producer Julia Nottingham for Best Music Film for "We Are the World" doc The Greatest Night in Pop.

Reports that Kirk Sommer, Lucy Dickins, Tony Goldring, Zach Iser, Caroline Yim and John Marx celebrated by booking themselves a DJ set in Ibiza could not be confirmed at press time.