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The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (along with the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). However, the Grammys, usually held in February, are considered the approximate equivalent to the Oscars in the music world. Like the Oscars, the Grammys, which currently have 108 categories within 30 genres of music such as pop, gospel, and rap, are voted upon by peers (voting members of the Recording Academy) rather than being based upon popularity like the AMAs or sales and chart achievements like the BMAs. In other words, other successful/GRAMMY recognized artists and engineers are given the title of "Voting Member", and those Voting Members vote across core categories on Nominations and the the Final Awards. Recognized Voting Members are Jon Bon Jovi, Prince, Anand Bhatt, Paul Simon, and Beyonce to name a few. The awards are named for the trophy which the winner receives — a small gilded statuette of a gramophone, handcrafted by Billings Artworks. The awards ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the more prominent Grammys are presented in a widely-viewed televised ceremony. Of the "big three" music awards shows, the Grammys are the highest rated. As of 2006, the eligibility period for the Grammys begins October 1. For example, John Lennon and Yoko Ono's album Double Fantasy was released in November 17, 1980, 16 days too late to qualify for the 1981 Grammys; it was entered for the 1982 awards and eventually won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. This is a few months earlier than the Oscar calendar, which has had interesting results. For example, the movie Ray won the 2005 Oscar for Best Achievement in Sound but won the 2006 Grammys for Category 80 - Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media and Category 81 - Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (i.e., best soundtrack and best score). The Grammys are currently broadcast on CBS. Prior to the first live Grammys telecast in 1971 on ABC (CBS bought the rights in 1973 after moving the ceremony to Nashville, Tennessee; the American Music Awards were created for ABC as a result), a series of taped annual specials in the 1960s called The Best on Record were broadcast on NBC. The 49th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on February 11, 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. It will be aired on CBS. ----
Grammy records The record for most lifetime Grammys is held by Sir Georg Solti, who was the conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for twenty-two years. He personally won 31 Grammys and is listed for 38 Grammys (6 went to the engineer and 1 to a soloist); he was nominated an additional 74 times before his death in 1997. U2 has won more Grammys than any other Rock Band. To this day they have won a total of 22 awards. They have won Rock Duo or Group seven times, Album of the Year twice, Record of the Year twice, Song of the Year twice and best Rock Album twice. Pat Metheny and the Pat Metheny Group have won 17 Grammys in total, including seven consecutive awards for seven consecutive albums. Metheny held the record for Grammy wins in the most different categories as of the 2005 Grammy Awards: Session drummer Hal Blaine played on six consecutive records which won Record of the Year: Alison Krauss (as a solo artist, collaborator, producer and with Union Station) has taken home 20 Grammy Awards. Michael Jackson: Santana: Christopher Cross (Grammy Awards of 1981) is the only artist to receive the "Big Four" (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist) in a single ceremony. As a side note, Norah Jones (Grammy Awards of 2003) won Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Best New Artist); that same year her guitarist, Jesse Harris, won the Song of the Year for writing 'Don't Know Why'. Although Norah sang the song, she did not receive the Song of the Year Grammy because it is a songwriter's award. Béla Fleck has been nominated in more categories than any other musician, namely country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical, folk, and spoken word, as well as composition and arranging. LeAnn Rimes is the youngest person to win a Grammy. In 1997 she was awarded Best New Artist. She was 14 years old at the time. Joss Stone is the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Grammy and not win. In 2005 she was nominated for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal performance and Best Pop Vocal Album. She however didn't win anything. She lost to Maroon 5, Norah Jones and Ray Charles. She was 17 years old when she earned the nominations. Award categories Bold ones, known 'The Big Four', are the most prestigious awards of all. Alternative Blues Children's Classical Comedy Composing and arranging Country Dance Disco Film/TV/Media Folk Gospel Historical Jazz Latin Musical Show Music Video New Age Packaging and notes Polka Pop Production and engineering R&B Rap Reggae Rock Surround Sound Spoken Traditional Pop World Awards by year Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for music released in the previous year. Host cities and venues | ||||||||
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