Alessandro Buccellati

Alessandro Buccellati in 2023

Alessandro Buccellati (born September 10, 1998) is a Grammy Award[1] and Mercury Prize winning American musician, record producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of the band plus +.+ and has worked alongside artists including SZA,[2] Pharrell Williams,[3] Miguel, Tamino, Mitski, DJ Dahi, Mike Sabath,[3] Orion Sun, Arlo Parks, Dhruv, Sean Leon, Eddie Benjamin,[4] Easy Life[5] and Terry Presume.

Life and career

Buccellati, a native of New York, now resides between Los Angeles and Paris.

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

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]

Discography

Year	Artist	Song	Album	Label
2025	plus +.+	(La)tter Sound	(La)tter Sound	Independent Records
	Tamino, Mitski	Sanctuary	Every Dawn’s a Mountain	erēmia / Communion Records
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	Transgressive 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

References

1. Saponara, Michael (2024-02-06). "SZA Calls 2024 Grammy Awards 'A Fever Dream' & Is 'So Grateful' for 3 Wins Amid Album of the Year Snub". Billboard. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
2. "Who produced "Low" by SZA?". Genius. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
3. "Being Human by Mike Sabath & The Moongirls". Genius. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
4. "Who wrote "Emotional" by Eddie Benjamin?". Genius. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
5. "Who wrote "GROWING PAINS" by easy life?". Genius. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
6. "Grammy Nominations 2024: See the Full List Here". Pitchfork. 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
7. "Was SZA's 'SOS' Worth the Wait?". TIME. 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
8. "Arlo Parks On How Patience, Film & Falling In Love Molded 'My Soft Machine' | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
9. "Arlo Parks - 'Collapsed in Sunbeams' wins 2021 Mercury Prize". www.mercuryprize.com. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
10. Billboard Staff (2021-11-23). "2022 Grammy Nominees: The Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
11. "Mercury prize 2021: Arlo Parks wins for Collapsed in Sunbeams". the Guardian. 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
12. "BRIT Awards 2021dua lipa and little mix the big winners". sky.com. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-17.