What is a Grammy Award? What is history? Information on contest categories with the most Grammy winners.
The Grammy Awards are one of the most prestigious music awards in the world. Former name, Gramophone Award. This award ceremony has been held since 1958. Because of its name, its iconic award is in the form of a golden gramophone. In summary, the Grammy Awards are as prestigious a music award as the Oscar Awards organized by the American music world.
How many categories and genres are the Grammy Awards given?
The Grammy Awards give awards in 30 different music genres in 108 categories each year.
History of the Grammy Awards
The award's history dates back to a project called the Stargate in Hollywood in the 1950s. That famous sidewalk where the names of famous names in Hollywood are written and their names are included in the star emblem.
The names on the committee of this project realized that there are many musicians who are not on this boulevard but deserve to be. There was no program to reward the most important names in the music industry in America yet, and they decided to organize an award just like the Oscars and Emmys.
What Does a Grammy Mean? How Did the Grammy Name Come Up?
Edison, inventor of the gramophone. While determining the name of the Grammy Awards, the name "Eddie" was considered, based on Edison. Afterward, it was thought that the name "Grammy", which was derived from the name Gramophone, would be more appropriate. No cassette players, turntables, etc. Considering the lack of instruments, the Gramophone is a very powerful icon representing music.
First Grammy Awards
The first award was held in 1958 and the awards were awarded on May 4, 1959. 28 Grammy Awards were given that year. The award ceremony was held at two simultaneous locations at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and the Park Sheraton Hotel. This ceremony was the first award ceremony broadcast on TV, but it was not broadcast live. The ceremony was broadcast live for the first time at the 13th Grammy Awards in 1971.
As the years passed and the music industry developed genres and categories began to increase. With this increase over the years, the number of categories has exceeded 100.
Let's take a closer look at the Grammy Award
The gold-plated awards in the shape of a gramophone are produced by Billing Artworks in Colorado. It is produced entirely by hand. Renewed in 1990, the award was made with a larger and better alloy.
What Are the Categories of the Grammy Awards?
We mentioned that there are 128 categories and 30 species in total. Among these awards, there are 4 big awards that are independent of music categories. These awards can be called Grammy's most prestigious awards.
Grammy Awards Album of the Year
It is given to the artist, the songwriters, and the production team who contributed to the album, apart from the person who sang the song.
Grammy Awards Record of the Year Award
Awarded to a single song, singer, and production team.
Grammy Awards Song of the Year Award
The award is given to the lyricist of a single song.
Grammy Awards Best Artist Award
It is given to an artist who is considered to be a groundbreaking and promising artist in the music industry with his work and identity.
Who Are These Four Awards at the Grammy Awards?
Christopher Cross in 1981
Adele in 2009, 2102, 2017
Billie Eilish in 2020 (Won at age 18)
Updating the Grammy Awards Categories in 2012
The Recording Academy, the authority of the Grammy Awards, made serious changes in 2012. The number of categories, which was 109 at the time, was reduced to 78.
The most important reason for this was the elimination of the distinction between male and female soloists. On the other hand, various categories for instrumental artists were narrowed down and competition was aimed to be increased.
The categories separated as Rock and Hard Rock were combined. Categories such as R&B, and Modern R&B were gathered in one category. The same changes happened in Rap.
The most crossed-out categories were traditional categories. Separate categories, such as Hawaiian music, and Native American music, were reduced due to the small number of applications.
Blues music and the Christian Gospel genre also suffered from these restrictions.
Grammy Legend and Grammy Living Legend Awards
This award is not given every year, it is given only to very big names who have really made a breakthrough in the field of music. A total of 15 people have won this award so far. winning names,
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Liza Minnelli
Smokey Robinson
Willie Nelson
Aretha Franklin,
Billy Joel
Johnny Cash,
Quincy Jones,
Barbra Streisand
Michael Jackson,
Curtis Mayfield
Frank Sinatra,
Luciano Pavarotti
Elton John
Bee Gees
Most Grammy Award Winners
Sir Georg Solti, Grammy's highest-paid artist with 31 Grammy Awards
Beyonce is the biggest winner among female artists with 28 awards.
With 22 Grammy Awards, U2 holds the record for the largest number of awards received by a group.
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Grammys: Full list of winners in all categories
https://www.goldderby.com/feature/grammy-winners-list-2023-1205282780/