Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards (first named the Gramophone Awards and often called just Grammys), are awards given yearly by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding work in the music and spoken recording industry. The Grammys have 128 categories with 16 genres. The Grammys are awarded once each year and are a major televised event. The award show has its shares of criticism as being biased.

Current: 66th Annual Grammy Awards
Awarded forOutstanding achievements in the music industry
Television/radio coverage
NetworkNBC (1959–1970)
ABC (1971–1972)
CBS (1973–present)

The name "Grammy" comes from the word "gramophone". A gramophone was an old machine that played music on records.[1]

The British equivalent is the Brit Awards. The Canadian equivalent is the Juno Awards.

Georg Solti has won 31 Grammy Awards, more than any other person.[2]

Categories

General Field

Genre-specific categories

Pop

Dance/Electronic

Rock

Alternative

R&B

Rap

Country

Jazz

Gospel/Contemporary Christian

Latin

American Roots

Reggae

Global Music

Children's

Spoken Word

Comedy

Musical Theatre

Music for Visual Media

Composing

Arranging

Package, Notes & Historical Field

Engineered Album

Production Field

Remixer

Songwriting

Classical

Music Video/Film

Grammy Award Media

References

  1. "About this Collection | Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry | Digital Collections | Library of Congress". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  2. Tommasini, Anthony (23 February 2003). MUSIC: THE GRAMMYS/CLASSICAL; Fewer Records, More Attention. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/23/arts/music-the-grammys-classical-fewer-records-more-attention.html. 

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