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Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in musical recordings, is one of four major music awards shows held annually (the others being 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 as the last of the "big three" music awards shows--the others being the BMAs and the AMAs) is the approximate equivalent, in the music world, to the Oscarss.
The awards are named for the trophy given for them, a small gilded statuette of a gramophone.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other ...
Until 2001 the award was presented to the composer of the music alone.
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.
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.
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 Features @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
A GRAMMY is awarded by the Recording Academy's voting membership to honor excellence in the recording arts and sciences.
These awards recognize contributions and activities of significance to the recording field that fall outside the framework of the GRAMMY Awards categories, and include the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Trustees Award, the GRAMMY Hall of Fame Award, the Technical GRAMMY Award, and the GRAMMY Legend Award.
The GRAMMY Awards are telecast annually to an international audience of over 2 billion in 180 countries.
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 Grammy Awards
However, the Grammys, usually held in February, (last of what are considered the "big three" music awards shows, including the BMA and AMA shows) are considered the approximate equivalent to the Oscars, in the music world.
Some feel that because Grammy voters tend to vote conservatively, and are marketed to by record companies, the most widely-recognized Grammys tend to go to either well-established artists or those being hyped by the recording industry.
Unlike the Academy Awards, for which the eligiblilty period begins January 1, the eligibility period for the Grammys begins October 1, which results in September being considered the Christmas sales period for the music industry (in which artists generally release big albums to qualify for the next year's Grammy).
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 Bob Dylan's Grammy speech 1991
Bob Dylan: at the Grammy Awards, 20 February 1991.
Thirty years after arriving in New York from Minnesota, Bob Dylan stepped forward to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
From: Martin Grossman (tgg@slip.net) Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan Subject: Re: 91 Grammy Performance Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 11:16:33 -0400 It seems to me Ronnie Schreiber nailed the source of Bob's Grammy speech some time ago.
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 Britney Spears: photo gallery, multimedia, biography, awards
Spears' brother, Bryan (born 1977), is one of her managers, and her sister, Jamie-Lynn (born 1991), is an actress and singer.
During a performance at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, she ripped off a fl suit to reveal a provocative nude-colored and crystal-adorned outfit that generated controversy due to her young age.
In September of the same year, she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, and in addition to criticism for being scantily clad, she angered animal rights organization PETA for the use of animals, including an albino python, in her performance.
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 Are the Grammy awards a joke? - Ballot No. 7170, BESTandWORST.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Grammy's revolve around whoever is hottest at the time.
Grammys still have talent, but now you need talent in dancing, singing and/or rapping and a unique style.
The grammys are still good but they do tend to a younger audience at times.
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 Science Fair Projects - Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
The Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording was awarded from 1960 to 1986.
In 1987 the award was split into two new awards: the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album and the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
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 Grammy Awards Winners History @ profitcd.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 13th Grammy Awards were held on 16 March 1971, and were broadcast live on American television.
The 14th Grammy Awards were held in 1972, and were broadcast live on American television.
The 20th Grammy Awards were held in 1978, and were broadcast live on American television.
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Two of the top awards – song and record of the year –; are harder to decipher than the average VCR owner's manual.
The song trophy goes to a songwriter, while the record award goes to a performer (and producer and engineer).
It won't be a shock if Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" wins both song and record of the year tonight: Since the Grammys began in 1959, 24 tunes have won both trophies – just over 50 percent of the time.
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 Grammy Award For Album Of The Year Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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Originally presented to the artist alone, the award is now presented to the artist, the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were awarded, for music released in the previous year.
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 Grammy Awards Competition Categories @ cinemamogul.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The award has had several minor name changes: From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known...
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical is a category which has been included in the Grammy Awards since they began in 1958, though the category has changed it's name and...
The Grammy Award for Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus was awarded from 1984 to 1990.
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 Grammy Award - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Grammy Award is presented by the Recording Academy, an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry, for outstanding achievements in musical recordings.
Like the Oscars, the Grammies, currently with a total of 101 categories within 28 fields of music (such as pop, gospel, rap), are voted by peers - in this case voting members of the Recording Academy.
The Grammy voters tend to be elderly, musically conservative, and are heavily marketed to by record companies, who place great stock in some types of artists winning Grammys (accurately but cynically put as those which sell to "teenage girls and housewives").
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 Grammy Awards - The TV IV
The Grammy Awards is an awards show which honors accomplishments in the music industry, presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc., also occasionally known as NARAS or Recording Academy.
The ceremony first began in 1959 but was not televised until 1971 when ABC purchased the rights.
Of the three major music industry awards shows, which includes the Billboard Music Awards and the American Music Awards, the Grammys are easily the highest rated.
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 CMT.com : News : Kanye Steals The Show, But Ray Dominates Grammy Winners' Circle
Grammy voters smiled on Ray Charles, showering him with eight awards — including Record of the Year and Album of the Year —; and musicians paid tribute to the late R&B artist's songs throughout the night.
It was the second Grammy Lynn took home for the LP, having already won earlier in the night for the track "Portland Oregon," her duet with the White Stripes frontman.
The award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals went to U2 for "Vertigo," and a somewhat stunned Bono thanked the crowd before turning the mic over to Larry Mullen Jr., who apologized to U2's fans for their Internet ticket presale snafu.
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 1979 grammy awards Information
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The 21st Grammy Awards were held in 1979, and were broadcast live on American television.
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Wonder experimented with synthesizers and was one of the first musicians to make extensive use of electronic music in fl American song.
More Grammy Awards followed for the albums Songs in the Key of Life (1976), which contains the hit song “Sir Duke,” a celebratory tribute to American jazz composer Duke Ellington; and In Square Circle (1985).
In 1996 Wonder won three more Grammy Awards: for best male rhythm-and-blues vocalist, best song, and for lifetime achievement.
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 Science Fair Projects - Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
The Grammy Award for Best Album for Children has been awarded since 1959.
In 1994 the award was divided into Best Musical Album for Children and Best Spoken Word Album for Children.
Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for music released in the previous year.
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 Blue Note Records
A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is one of the world’s best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, the creator of one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century and a passionate spokesman for music education.
In 1977, McFerrin decided to come out from behind the piano to test his skill as a vocalist, and in 1978, he started singing with the group Astral Project in New Orleans and then toured with legendary jazz vocal pioneer Jon Hendricks.
Further Grammy awards came for Bernard Tavernier’s Round Midnight (1986) and How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin, with Jack Nicholson in 1987.
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 Grammy Awards of 1977
Research of a viewpoint: Grammy Awards have been awarded to artists who promote lyrics that call for the murder of whites.
Earned six Grammy Awards, kept a buzz on a genre that might be described as "fringe," while maintaining a musical integrity that's never waivered.
Four Grammy Awards and regular appearances with many chamber music series and festivals worldwide, have established its international reputation as a quartet that approaches both the classics and contemporary music with equal mastery and enthusiasm.
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 Overview of Achievements: All About Elvis
The Recording Academy's national trustees established the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1973 to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old.
This award has been given since 1938 and has honored men of achievement in all areas of endeavor - sports, government, science, medicine, entertainment, etc. It recognizes outstanding personal achievement and the exemplification of the opportunities available in the free enterprise system, along with patriotism, humanitarianism, and community service.
The 1984 W.C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation in Memphis recognized Elvis for "keeping the blues alive in his music - rock and roll." The Academy of Country Music's first Golden Hat Award presented in 1984 recognized Elvis' influence on country music.
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He pioneered the popular smooth jazz sound in the '80s, and continues to attract fans, critical acclaim and the most coveted awards in the music industry with his straight-ahead jazz recordings, his television and film scores, and his classical compositions.
Miss von Stade was awarded France's highest honor in the Arts when she was appointed as an officer of L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in 1983 she was honored with an award given at The White House by President Reagan in recognition of her significant contribution to the arts.
A young rising star, who was the first German artist ever to win the Naumburg Violin Award in 1998, and in the seasons since has performed throughout North America as recitalist and soloist with orchestras.
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 Jamaica Gleaner - More Grammy honour for Marleys - Saturday | January 5, 2002
TWO SONS of the late reggae megastar Bob Marley, Ky-Mani and Damian, were nominated for Best Reggae Album in the 44th Annual Grammy Awards nominations, officially announced yesterday.
The "Half-Way Tree" album was the first to be released under a distribution agreement between Ghetto Youths International, a company formed last year by two other sons of Marley, Ziggy and Stephen, to encourage promising young acts, and the U.S. RandB label, Motown Records.
Marley, who died in May, 1981, was honoured last year with a Lifetime Achievement award by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the U.S. group which stages the Grammy annually.
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 The Grammy Awards — FactMonster.com
The Grammy Awards, presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), are considered the most coveted of the many contemporary music awards.
Despite the honor the awards carry and the ratings success of the televised awards show, many industry insiders consider the Grammys to be merely a reflection of mainstream commercial success.
2003 Grammy Awards - 2003 Grammy Awards The 46th Annual Grammy Awards were presented at Staples Center in Los Angeles on...
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 Amy Grant
Yet perhaps her greatest accomplishment was to open the door for a flood of other artists in pop as well as rock to sing about faith and soul and family and still grasp stardom.
Born in Augusta, Georgia in 1960 during the residency of her doctor father, Grant was still a baby when her family (she’s the youngest of four daughters) moved back to its native Nashville.
Amy Grant has done more than simply be successful in two different music worlds; in her music, in fact thanks to her music, she has brought those two worlds together.
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 The Barbra Streisand Music Guide: Grammy Awards Retrospective
In each case below, nominations and awards were issued early the following year.
The listing below only chronicles awards for which Barbra Streisand was specifically nominated, not awards for which her songwriters or project colleagues were nominated.
{Award to Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto for "The Girl From Ipanema"}
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