Alessandro Buccellati (born September 10, 1998) is a Grammy Award [1] and Mercury Prize winning American musician, record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked alongside artists including SZA, [2] Pharrell Williams, [3] Miguel, DJ Dahi, Mike Sabath, [3] Orion Sun, Arlo Parks, Dhruv, Sean Leon, Eddie Benjamin, [4] Easy Life [5] and Terry Presume.
Buccellati, a native of Katonah, New York, now resides in Los Angeles.
In February 2024, Buccellati was nominated for a Grammy for Best Melodic Rap Performance for his work on SZA song 'Low' on the SOS album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. [6] Time called "Low" a "strip club anthem". [7] The album SOS won Best Progressive R&B Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. [6]
Buccellati also contributed to Arlo Parks' album Collapsed In Sunbeams which in April 2022 received a nomination for Best Alternative Music Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards [8] as well as in September 2021, won the Mercury Prize. [9]
| Organization | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | 2024 | Best Melodic Rap | Low | Nominated | [6] |
| Best Progressive R&B Album | SOS | Won | |||
| Album of the Year | SOS | Nominated | |||
| Grammy Awards | 2022 | Best Alternative Music Album | Collapsed In Sunbeams | Nominated | [10] |
| Mercury Prize | 2021 | The Mercury Prize | Collapsed In Sunbeams | Won | [11] |
| Brit Awards | 2021 | Album Of The Year | Collapsed In Sunbeams | Nominated | [12] |
| Year | Artist | Song | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dhruv | Ode To Boredom | Private Blizzard | Little Worry / RCA Records |
| Grieving | ||||
| Orion Sun | Take My Eyes | Orion | Mom + Pop Music | |
| Mary Jane | ||||
| Daniel Noah Miller | You Never Fight On My Time | Disintegration | Self released | |
| Ray Silvers | Palms | Palms | Self released | |
| 2023 | Sean Leon | ALIVE | IN LOVING MEMORY | Self released |
| Mike Sabath | Hers | Being Human | Warner Records | |
| Stranger | ||||
| Would That Be Enough | ||||
| Magic | ||||
| I Know It's Real | ||||
| Skins | ||||
| Sexy! | ||||
| Kyle Lux | Darth Vader | Cascade | AWAL | |
| Poolside | Ventura Highway Blues | Blame It All On Love | Ninja Tune | |
| Hold Onto You | ||||
| The Thing | Dixie Queen | Dixie Queen | Onion Records | |
| 2022 | SZA | Low | SOS | TDE / RCA Records |
| Easy Life, Kevin Abstract | Dear Miss Holloway | Maybe In Another Life | Island Records | |
| Easy Life | Growing Pains | |||
| Memory Loss | ||||
| Moral Support | ||||
| Buggin' | ||||
| Grandma | I Bleed | Angelhood | Atlantic Records | |
| 2021 | Arlo Parks | Green Eyes | Collapsed In Sunbeams | Trangressive Records |
| Terry Presume | Don't Wait Forever | What Box? | September Records | |
| Act Up | ||||
| ZaZa And Some Runtz (Smoke Break) | ||||
| Swimming | ||||
| Personal | ||||
| Easy Life | have a great day | life's a beach | Island Records | |
| Eddie Benjamin | Emotional | Emotional | Epic Records |
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