Maine native Amy Allen won her second consecutive songwriter of the year Grammy on Sunday afternoon.

Allen was nominated for two more awards that were broadcast Sunday during the prime time Grammy show on CBS. She was nominated in the song of the year category for her work on “APT.” by ROSE´ and Bruno Mars and “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter. The award went to Billie Eilish for “Wildflower.”

Allen was also nominated for album of the year for co-writing songs on “Man’s Best Friend” by Carpenter.

Also during the prime-time Grammy show on CBS, Auburn-area native Colin Leonard was up for Grammy awards for his work as the mastering engineer on “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” by Bad Bunny, which was nominated for record of the year and album of the year. It took home album of the year, presented by Harry Styles as the final award of the night. Record of the year went to Kendrick Lamar with SZA for “Luther.”

Leonard, based in Atlanta, won a Grammy in 2025 for mastering “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé, which won album of the year. In November Leonard won a Latin Grammy for his work on the Bad Bunny album.

“This award belongs to every single songwriter out there,” Allen said, after accepting the songwriter Grammy Sunday. “To all the songwriters out there continuing to fight the good fight, thank you for teaching me and inspiring me.”

Allen also thanked the artists she’s worked with, her parents, her sisters, her manager and her boyfriend.

Allen grew up in Windham and graduated from Waynflete School in Portland in 2010. She performed with her band, Amy and The Engine, before moving to Los Angeles around 2017 and beginning her career as a songwriter.  By 2019, she had co-written the Selena Gomez hit “Back to You” and the Halsey hit “Without Me.” The latter song reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 pop chart.

Allen’s nomination for the songwriter Grammy was based on her body of work over the past year, including as co-writer of Carpenter’s album, and for songs recorded by Jessie Murph, Tate McRae, Jon Bellion, Shaboozy and Sierra Ferrell, among others.

The other songwriters who were competing with Allen Sunday for the Grammy award were Edgar Barrera, Jessie Jo Dillon, Tobias Jesso Jr. and Laura Veltz.

The songwriter of the year award was presented in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, during the Grammys Premiere Ceremony, which was streamed on live.Grammy.com and included a majority of the Grammy awards.

Allen has become one of pop music’s most in-demand songwriters in the past half-dozen years, working with Sabrina Carpenter, Selena Gomez, Harry Styles and many others. She won the prestigious songwriter of the year Grammy in 2025 and has been nominated for the award three of the four years it has been in existence.

While writing for pop stars, she continues to write and record her own music. In September of 2024 she released a solo album, “Amy Allen,” featuring 12 songs written and performed by her over the last several years.