Alessandro Buccellati

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Alessandro Buccellati (born 10 September 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, Sean Leon, Eddie Benjamin, [4] Easy Life [5] and Terry Presume.

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Life and career

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]

Awards and nominations

OrganizationYearCategoryNominated WorkResultRef
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]

Discography

YearArtistSongAlbumLabel
2023 Sean Leon ALIVEIN LOVING MEMORYSelf released
Mike Sabath Hers Being Human Warner Records
Stranger
Would That Be Enough
Magic
I Know It's Real
Skins
Sexy!
Kyle LuxDarth VaderCascade AWAL
The ThingDixie QueenDixie QueenOnion 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'
GrandmaI BleedAngelhood Atlantic Records
2021 Arlo Parks Green Eyes Collapsed In Sunbeams Trangressive Records
Terry PresumeDon't Wait ForeverWhat 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 EmotionalEmotional Epic Records

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