Artist

Skrillex

Wins

9

Nominations

20

Category

Composing/Arranging Dance/Electronic Music General Music Video/Film Non-Classical Production

Biography

"I don't like hype cluttering art."

  • Born Sonny John Moore on Jan. 15, 1988, in Los Angeles, California
  • Skrillex's fifth EP, 2011's Bangarang, hit No. 14 on the Billboard 200. His debut full-length album, 2014's Recess, peaked at No. 4. He scored his first Top 10 hit with "Where Are Ü Now" featuring Diplo and Justin Bieber
  • Skrillex earned his first three GRAMMY wins for 2011 at the 54th GRAMMY Awards for Best Dance Recording ("Scary Sprites And Nice Monsters"), Best Dance/Electronica Album (Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites) and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical ("Cinema [Skirllex Remix]").
  • Skrillex was originally known as Twipz before he changed his moniker. 
  • In 2015 Skrillex, in partnership with Bridges for Music, donated DJ music equipment to local youth programs on stops along his Full Flex Express Canadian tour.

 

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Skrillex

  • Best Dance/Electronic Recording

    VOLTAGE

    Skrillex, Luca Pretolesi, Valentin Brunn, John Feldmann, Drew Gold, Robert Guzman

  • Best Dance/Electronic Album

    F*** U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3

    Skrillex

  • Best Dance/Electronic Recording

    leavemealone

    Skrillex, Four Tet, Fred again.., Baby Keem, Jay Reynolds, Boo, LOOSE, Sid Stone, Alex Gibson

  • Best Dance/Electronic Recording Winner

    Rumble

    Skrillex, Fred again.., BEAM, Flowdan, Elley Duhé

  • Best Dance/Electronic Album

    Quest For Fire

    Skrillex

  • Album Of The Year

    RENAISSANCE

    Mike Dean, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Skrillex, Jay Z, Grace Jones, Drake, Beyoncé Knowles, Stuart White, Raphael Saadiq, Matthew Samuels, Nile Rodgers, Chris 'Tricky' Stewart, Hit-Boy, Sydney Bennett, Blood, MeLo-X, Morten Ristorp, Sevn Thomas, No I.D., Colin Leonard, Nija Charles, David Brown, Jocelyn "Jozzy" Donald, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney, Hotae Alexander Jang, Delroy Fatta Pottinger, BEAM, Jordan Douglas, Michael Pollack, Jahaan Sweet, Tems, NOVA WAV, Jameil Aossey, Bah, Kevin Marquis Bellmon, Dustin Bowie, Cadenza, Sabrina Claudio, Solomon Fagenson Cole, Alexander Guy Cook, Lavar Coppin, Al Cres, Saliou Diagne, Darius Dixson, Kelman Duran, Harry Edwards, Dave Giles II, Russell Graham, Derrick Carrington Gray, Nick Green, Larry Griffin Jr., Ivor Guest, Guiltybeatz, Dave Hamelin, Brandon Harding, Aviel Calev Hirschfield, Honey Dijon, Ariowa Irosogie, Jens Christian Isaksen, Leven Kali, Lil Ju, Tizita Makuria, Julian Martrel Mason, Chris McLaughlin, Daniel Memmi, Cherdericka Nichols, Danielle Balbuena, Patrick Paige II, Chris Penny, P2J, Derek Renfroe, Andrea Roberts, Steve Rusch, Neenyo, Corece Smith, Luke Solomon, Jabbar Stevens, Rupert Thomas, Jr., Sol Was, Jesse Wilson, S1A0, Ricky Lawson, Matheus Braz, Atia Boggs

  • Album Of The Year

    Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe)

    Josh Gudwin, Rami Yacoub, Skrillex, Soundz, Sam Holland, Chris "Tek" O'Ryan, Justin Bieber, Benny Blanco, Rodney Jerkins, Ali Tamposi, Ryan Tedder, Tori Kelly, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Scott "Scooter" Braun, Chancelor Bennett, Daniel Caesar, Khalid, Lil Uzi Vert, Quavo, Louis Bell, Jason Evigan, Scott Harris, Alexander "ESKEERDO" Izquierdo, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Colin Leonard, Marcus Lomax, Gian Stone, Monsters & Strangerz, Tommy Brown, Burna Boy, DaBaby, Denis Kosiak, Finneas O'Connell, Tayla Parx, Givēon, Billy Walsh, Andrew Watt, Amy Allen, Brittany Amaradio, BEAM, Jon Bellion, Cory Bice, David Bowden, Valentin Brunn, Capi, Raul Cubina, Edwin Diaz, DJ Durel, Jordan Douglas, Dreamlab, Dvlp, Dominic Fike, The Futuristics, Kameron Glasper, Jacob Greenspan, James Gutch, HARV, Leah Haywood, Gregory Aldae Hein, Marvin Hemmings, Jeffrey Howard, Jaden Smith, Jace Logan Jennings, Anthony M. Jones, KCdaproducer, Joe Khajadourian, Charlton Kenneth, Felisha "Fury" King, Paul LaMalfa, Matthew Sean Leon, Jeremy Lertola, Quavious Keyate Marshall, Devin Nakao, Jorgen Odegard, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, Andres Osorio, Oliver Peterhof, Micah Pettit, Whitney Phillips, Michael Pollack, Alex Schwartz, Tia Scola, Luis Manuel Martinez Jr., Aaron Simmonds, Benjamin Thomas, Jake Torrey, Kevin Coby, Freddy Wexler, Keavan Yazdani, Ido Zmishlany, Steven Franks, Heidi Wang, Rafael Fadul, Lionel Crasta, Heidi Wong

  • Best Dance/Electronic Recording

    Midnight Hour

    Skrillex, Tom Norris, Boys Noize, Ty Dolla $ign

  • Album Of The Year

    Purpose

    Big Sean, Mark "DJ Exit" Goodchild, Tom Coyne, Josh Gudwin, Mike Dean, Jaycen Joshua, Skrillex, Soundz, Andrew Wuepper, Diplo, Chris "Tek" O'Ryan, Justin Bieber, Benny Blanco, Manny Marroquin, Travis Scott, Bart Schoudel, Chris Sclafani, Axident, Big Taste, Blood, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Scott "Scooter" Braun, Simon Cohen, Jimmy Giannos, Gladius, Halsey, Nico Hartikainen, Mark "The Mogul" Jackson, Steve James, Dominic Jordan, Ian Kirkpatrick, Maejor, MdL, Randy Merrill, Johannes Raassina, Gregg Rominiecki, Jeremy Snyder, Dylan William, The Audibles

  • Best Song Written For Visual Media

    Purple Lamborghini

    Skrillex, Rick Ross, Shamann Cooke

  • Best Dance/Electronic Recording Winner

    Where Are Ü Now

    Skrillex, Diplo, Justin Bieber

  • Best Dance/Electronic Album Winner

    Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack Ü

    Skrillex, Diplo

  • Best Dance/Electronic Recording Winner

    Bangarang

    Skrillex, Sirah Mitchell

  • Best Remixed Recording Winner

    Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)

    Skrillex, Joseph Ray, Daniel Stephens

  • Best Dance/Electronic Album Winner

    Bangarang

    Skrillex

  • Best Remixed Recording Winner

    Cinema (Skrillex Remix)

    Skrillex

  • Best New Artist

    Skrillex

  • Best Dance/Electronic Recording Winner

    Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

    Skrillex

  • Best Dance/Electronic Album Winner

    Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

    Skrillex

  • Best Music Video

    First Of The Year (Equinox)

    Noah Klein, Skrillex, David Gitlis, Tony Truand

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