Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known

Grammy
as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy
of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the Current: 66th Annual Grammy
music industry. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious Awards
and significant awards in the music industry worldwide. They were
originally called the Gramophone Awards, as the trophy depicts a
gilded gramophone. The Grammys are the first of the Big Three
networks' major music awards held annually,[note 1] and are
considered one of the four major annual American entertainment
awards with the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards
(for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The first
Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959,[1] to honor
the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After
Awarded Outstanding
the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many
for achievements in the
Grammy Award categories for 2012.[2] The 66th Annual Grammy
music industry
Awards, featuring a total of 94 categories, was presented February
4, 2024. Country United States
Presented The Recording
History by Academy
First May 4, 1959 (as
The Grammys had their origin in the Hollywood Walk of Fame awarded Gramophone Award)
project in the 1950s.[3][4] As recording executives on the Walk of
Website grammy.com (http://gra
Fame committee compiled a list of significant recording industry
people who might qualify for a Walk of Fame star, they realized mmy.com)
that many leading people in their business would not earn a star on Television/radio coverage
Hollywood Boulevard. They determined to rectify this by creating Network NBC (1959–1970)
awards given by their industry similar to the Oscars and the ABC (1971–1972)
Emmys. After deciding to go forward with such awards, a question
CBS (1973–present)
remained what to call them. One working title was the 'Eddie', to
honor Thomas Edison, the inventor of the
phonograph. Eventually, the name was chosen after Most recent Grammy Award winners
a mail-in contest whereby approximately 300 Best in 2022-23
contestants submitted the name 'Grammy', with the
earliest postmark from contest winner Jay Danna of
New Orleans, Louisiana, as an abbreviated
reference to Emile Berliner's invention, the
gramophone.[5] Grammys were first awarded for
achievements in 1958.[6][7][8]
The first award ceremony was held simultaneously

in two locations on May 4, 1959, the Beverly Hilton
Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the Park
Award Album of the Year Record of the
Sheraton Hotel in New York City, New York,[9]
Year
with 28 Grammys awarded. The number of awards
given grew, at one time reaching over 100, and Winner Taylor Swift Miley Cyrus
fluctuated over the years with categories added and (Midnights) ("Flowers")
removed.[10] The second Grammy Awards, also
held in 1959, was the first ceremony to be
televised,[11] but the ceremony was not aired live
until the 13th Annual Grammy Awards in 1971.[12]
Latin Grammy Awards
The concept of a separate Grammy Awards for Latin

music recorded in Spanish or Portuguese began in Award Song of the Year Best New Artist
1989,[13][14] as it was deemed too large to fit on the Winner Billie Eilish Victoria Monét
regular Grammys ceremony.[15] The Recording ("What Was I
Academy then established the Latin Recording
Made For?")
Academy in 1997, and the separate Latin Grammy
Awards were first held in 2000. The Latin Grammys
honor works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese Previous Album of the Album of the Year
from anywhere around the world that has been Year
released either in Ibero-America, the Iberian Midnights
Peninsula, or the United States.[16] Harry's House
COVID-19 Impact (2021–2022)
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards were postponed from its original January 31, 2021, date to March 14,
2021, due to the music industry impact of COVID-19 pandemic.[17][18]
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards were also postponed from its original January 31, 2022, date to April 3,
2022, due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 Delta cron hybrid variant.[19] The
ceremony was also moved from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to the MGM Grand Garden Arena
in Las Vegas due to the former having scheduling conflicts with sports games and concerts nearly every
night through mid-April.[20]
Gramophone trophy
The gold-plated trophies, each depicting a gilded gramophone, are made and assembled by hand by Billings
Artworks in Ridgway, Colorado. In 1990, the original Grammy design was reworked, changing the
traditional soft lead for a stronger alloy less prone to damage, making the trophy bigger and grander.[21]
Billings developed Grammium, a zinc alloy which they trademarked.[22] Trophies engraved with each
recipient's name are not available until after the award announcements, so "stunt" trophies are re-used each
year for the ceremony broadcast.[23][24]
By February 2009, some 7,578 Grammy trophies had been awarded.[25]
Ceremonies
Viewers
Edition Date Venue Venue City Host Network (in
millions)
1st May 4, 1959 Mort Sahl

November 29, Beverly Hills & Meredith
2nd
1959 New York City Willson
Various (including
3rd April 13, 1961 Beverly Hilton
None
4th May 29, 1962 Hotel)
Chicago, Los
5th May 15, 1963 Angeles & New Frank Sinatra
York City
6th May 12, 1964
Beverly Hilton None

7th April 13, 1965 Beverly Hills
Hotel
NBC
March 15,
8th Jerry Lewis
1966
March 2,
9th
1967
Chicago, Los
February 29,
10th Various Angeles, Nashville
1968
and New York City None —
March 12,
11th
1969
March 11,
12th
1970
March 16, Hollywood

13th Los Angeles
1971 Palladium
ABC
March 15, Madison Square
14th New York City
1972 Garden
March 3, CBS
15th Tennessee Theatre Nashville
1973
March 2, Hollywood
16th Los Angeles Andy Williams
1974 Palladium
March 1,
17th Uris Theater New York City
1975
February 28,
18th
1976 Hollywood
Los Angeles
February 19, Palladium
19th
1977 28.86[26]
February 23,
20th —
1978
John Denver
February 15,
21st
1979
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles 31.31[26]
February 27,
22nd
1980
Kenny Rogers 32.39[26]
February 25, Radio City Music
23rd
1981 Hall
New York City Paul Simon 28.57[26]
February 24,
24th
1982 24.02[26]
February 23,
25th
1983 30.86[26]
John Denver
February 28,
26th
1984 51.67[26]
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles
February 26,
27th
1985 37.12[26]
February 25,
28th
1986
Kenny Rogers 30.39[26]
February 24,
29th
1987 27.91[26]
March 2, Radio City Music

30th
1988 Hall
New York City Billy Crystal 32.76[26]
February 22,
31st
1989 23.57[26]
February 21,
32nd
1990 28.83[26]
Garry
February 20, Shandling
33rd
1991 28.89[26]
Radio City Music
New York City
February 25, Hall Whoopi
34th
1992 Goldberg 23.10[26]
February 24,
35th
1993
Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles 29.87[26]
Garry
March 1, Radio City Music Shandling
36th
1994 Hall
New York City 23.69[26]
March 1,
37th
1995
Paul Reiser 17.27[26]
February 28,
38th
1996 21.50[26]
Ellen
February 26, Madison Square DeGeneres
39th
1997 Garden 19.21[26]
New York City
February 25, Radio City Music Kelsey
40th
1998 Hall Grammer 25.04[26]
February 24,
41st
1999
Shrine Auditorium 24.88[26]
Rosie O'Donnell
February 23,
42nd
2000 27.79[26]
Los Angeles
February 21,
43rd
2001
Staples Center 26.65[26]
Jon Stewart
February 27,
44th
2002 18.96[26]
February 23, Madison Square

45th
2003 Garden
None
February 8, Staples Center Los Angeles
46th
2004 26.29[26]
February 13,
47th
2005
Queen Latifah 18.80[26]
February 8,
48th
2006 17.00[26]
February 11,
49th
2007 20.05[26]
February 10,
50th
2008 17.18[26]
None
February 8,
51st
2009 19.04[26]
January 31,
52nd
2010 25.80[27]
February 13,
53rd
2011 26.55[28]
February 12,
54th
2012 39.91[29]
February 10,
55th
2013 28.37[30]
January 26,
56th
2014
LL Cool J 28.51[31]
February 8,
57th
2015 25.30[32]
February 15,
58th
2016 24.95[33]
February 12,
59th
2017 26.05[34]
James Corden
January 28, Madison Square
60th
2018 Garden
February 10,
61st
2019 19.88[36]
Staples Center Alicia Keys
January 26,
62nd
2020
Los Angeles 18.70[37]
March 14, Los Angeles

63rd
2021 Convention Center 9.23[38]
MGM Grand
64th April 3, 2022
Garden Arena
Las Vegas 9.59[39]
Trevor Noah
February 5,
65th
2023 12.55[41]
Crypto.com
Los Angeles
February 4, Arena[40]
66th
2024 16.90[42]
Categories
The "General Field" are four awards which are not restricted by music genre.
The Album of the Year award is presented to the performer, featured artists, songwriter(s),
and/or production team of a full album if other than the performer.
The Record of the Year award is presented to the performer and/or production team of a
single song if other than the performer.
The Song of the Year award is presented to the songwriter(s) of a single song.
The Best New Artist award is presented to a promising breakthrough performer (or
performers) who in the eligibility year releases the first recording that establishes their public
identity (which is not necessarily their first proper release).
Among three artists who have won all four awards, two won all four at once: Christopher Cross in 1981
and Billie Eilish in 2020, making her at age 18 the youngest artist to do so. Adele won the Best New Artist
award in 2009 and her other three awards in 2012 and 2017.
As of 2024, an additional two awards were added to the "General Field".
The Producer of the Year, Non-Classical award is presented to a producer for a body of work
released during the eligibility period. It was first presented in 1974 and was not previously
part of any specific field.
The Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical award is presented to an individual who works
primarily as a songwriter for a body of work released during the eligibility period. It was first
presented in 2023 and was not previously part of any specific field.
Other awards are given for performance and production in specific genres and for other contributions such
as artwork and video. Special awards are also given for longer-lasting contributions to the music industry.
Because of the large number of award categories (78 in 2012, 81 in 2013, and 82 in 2014), and a desire to
feature several performances by various artists, only awards with the most popular interest – typically about
10 to 12, including the four general field categories and one or two categories in the most popular music
genres (i.e., pop, rock, country, and rap) – are presented directly at the televised award ceremony. Most
other Grammy trophies are presented in a pre-telecast "Premiere Ceremony" in the afternoon before the
Grammy Awards telecast.
2012 category restructuring
On April 6, 2011, the Recording Academy announced a significant overhaul of many Grammy Award
categories for 2012.[43] The number of categories was cut from 109 to 78. The most substantial change was
eliminating the distinction between male and female soloists and between collaborations and duo/groups in
various genre fields (pop, rock, rhythm and blues [R&B], country, and rap). Additionally, several
instrumental soloist categories were discontinued; recordings in these categories now fall under general
categories for best solo performances.
In the rock field, the hard rock and metal album categories were combined. The Best Rock Instrumental
Performance category also was eliminated due to a waning number of entries.
In R&B, the distinction between best contemporary R&B album and other R&B albums has been
eliminated, consolidated into one Best R&B Album category.[44]
In rap, the categories for best rap soloist and best rap duo or group have been merged into the new Best Rap
Performance category.
The roots category had the most eliminations. Up through 2011, there were separate categories for regional
American music forms, such as Hawaiian, Native American, and Zydeco/Cajun music. A consistently low
number of entries in these categories led the Recording Academy to combine these music variations into a
new Best Regional Roots Music Album, including polka, which had lost its category in 2009.[45][46]
In same-genre fields, the traditional and contemporary blues categories and the traditional and contemporary
folk categories each were consolidated into one per genre due to the number of entries and the challenges in
distinguishing between contemporary and traditional blues and folk songs. In the world music field, the
traditional and contemporary categories also were merged.
In the classical field, its main category Best Classical Album, was discontinued because most recipients in
the category had also won in other classical categories for the same album. Classical recordings are now
eligible for the main Album of the Year category.
A few minor name changes were also made to better reflect the nature of the separate categories. The
Recording Academy determined that the word "gospel" in the gospel genre field tends to connote images
and sounds of traditional soul gospel to the exclusion of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). Therefore,
the field and some categories were renamed as Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music.[47]
Since 2012
Since 2012, small adjustments have been made to lists of categories and genre fields. The number of
categories has risen from 78 in 2012 to 84 since 2017.[48] In 2020, amid the George Floyd protests, several
urban, rap, and Latin music categories were renamed.[49] In 2022, the number of awards was increased
from 86 to 91.[50] Performance categories were added for the Americana and alternative music genres
alongside new categories for video game score and spoken word poetry albums. A songwriter category
(non-classical) and a song for social change category were also added and several categories were adjusted
slightly.[51][52]
In 2023, several key changed were announced for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, set to take place in
2024. Three new categories were announced, bringing the total number to 94, the highest since the peak of
109 in 2010. In addition, both Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter of the Year, Non-
Classical, were moved to the General Field, the first time new categories had been added to this field since
the concept of the Big Four was established.[53] The total number of fields was consolidated from 26 to 11
to ensure that all voting members would be able to exercise their allocated ten genre votes, as some
members were prevented from doing so previously due to some fields only containing one category.[54]
Entry process and selection of nominees

Members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), both media companies and
individuals, may nominate recordings for consideration. Entries are made and submitted online. When a
work is entered, review sessions are held that involve over 150 recording industry experts, to determine that
the work has been entered in the correct category.
The resulting lists of eligible entries are then circulated to voting members, each of whom may vote to
nominate in the general fields (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New
Artist) and in up to nine out of 30 other fields on their ballots. The five recordings that earn the most votes
in each category become the nominees, while in some categories (craft and specialized categories) review
committees determine the final five nominees.[55] There may be over five nominees if a tie occurs in the
nomination process.
Although members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences generally are invited to screenings
or are sent DVDs of films nominated for Oscars, NARAS members do not receive nominated recordings,
but instead receive access to a private online listening service.
Final voting
After nominees have been determined, final voting ballots are sent to NARAS voting members, who may
then vote in the general field and cast ten votes in various genre categories spread across up to three of the
eleven fields. Members are encouraged, but not required, to vote only in their fields of expertise. Ballots are
tabulated secretly by the independent accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.[55] After vote tabulation,
winners are announced at the Grammy Awards. The recording with the most votes in a category wins, and
it is possible to have a tie (in which case the two [or more] nominees who tie are considered winners).
Winners are presented with a Grammy Award; those who do not win receive a medal for their nomination.
In both voting rounds, academy members are required to vote solely based upon quality, without
consideration for sales, chart performance, personal friendships, regional preferences or company loyalty.
Gifts may not be accepted. Members are urged to vote in a manner that preserves the integrity of the
academy and their member community. Although registered media companies may submit entries, they
have no vote in the process.
The eligibility period for the upcoming 66th Annual Grammy Awards is October 1, 2022 – September 15,
2023. The 2024 Grammy Awards, unveiled by Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason Jr., are set to be
held on February 4, 2024.
Certificates
In many categories, certificates are presented to those ineligible for a Grammy Award but who did
contribute to a winning recording. These certificates are known as Participation Certificates or Winners
Certificates. Those eligible for a certificate can apply for one in the weeks after the Grammy ceremony.
Special honors
Grammy Legend
A special Grammy Award of merit is occasionally awarded to recognize "ongoing contributions and
influence in the recording field".[56] It has come to be known as the Grammy Legend Award and the
Grammy Living Legend Award at different ceremonies. As of 2018, fourteen solo musicians and one
band have received this award.
Salute to Industry Icons Award
The Grammy Salute to Industry Icons Award honors those who have made innovative contributions to the
music industry.[57][58][59] Recipients include:
Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss

Irving Azoff
Martin Bandier
Richard Branson
Clive Davis
Prince
Ahmet Ertegun
David Geffen
Berry Gordy
Lucian Grainge
Jay-Z
Debra L. Lee
Doug Morris
Mo Ostin
L.A. Reid
Sean Diddy Combs
Julie Greenwald and Craig Kallman
Rob Stringer
Jon Platt
Venue
Before 1971, Grammy Award ceremonies were held in different
locations on the same day. Originally New York City and Los Angeles
were the host cities. Chicago joined as a host city in 1962 and
Nashville became a fourth location in 1965.
The 1971 ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles was

the first to take place in one location. In 1972, the ceremony was then
moved to Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum in New York City, The Crypto.com Arena in Los
then moved in 1973 to Nashville's Tennessee Theatre. From 1974 to Angeles has served as the venue
2003, the Grammys were held in various venues in New York City and for the Grammy Awards since
Los Angeles, including New York's Madison Square Garden and 2000
Radio City Music Hall; and Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, Staples
Center and Hollywood Palladium.
In 2000, the Crypto.com Arena (known as the Staples Center from 1999 to 2021) became the permanent
home of the award ceremonies. The Grammy Museum was built across the street from the Crypto.com
Arena in LA Live to preserve the history of the Grammy Awards. Embedded on the sidewalks on the
museum streets are bronze disks, similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, to honor each year's top winners,
Record of the Year, Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. Since 2000, the Grammy
Awards have taken place outside of Los Angeles only three times. New York City's Madison Square
Garden hosted the awards in 2003 and in 2018, while the MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted in 2022.[60]
The annual awards ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena requires that sports teams like the Los Angeles
Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Sparks play an extended length of road
games.
Leading winners
With 32 Grammy Awards, Beyoncé is the artist with the most Grammy wins.[61][62] U2, with 22 Grammy
Awards, holds the record for most awards won by a group.[63]
Criticism
Commercialism
When Pearl Jam won a Grammy for the Best Hard Rock Performance in 1996, the band's lead singer Eddie
Vedder commented on stage, "I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything."[64] In 2008,
Glen Hansard, leader of the Irish rock group The Frames, stated that the Grammys represent something
outside of the real world of music "that's fully industry based". He said he was not particularly interested in
attending that year's ceremony, even though he had been nominated for two awards.[65] Maynard James
Keenan, lead singer of progressive rock band Tool, did not attend the Grammy Awards ceremony to receive
one of the band's awards, explaining that:[66]
I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music
industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the
artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself. That's basically what it's all
about.
The Grammys have also been criticized for generally awarding or nominating more commercially
successful albums rather than critically successful ones.[67][68] In 1991, Sinéad O'Connor became the first
musician to refuse a Grammy, boycotting the ceremony after being nominated for Record of the Year, Best
Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. O'Connor
would go on to win the latter award.[69] She said her reasoning came from the Grammys' extreme
commercialism.[70] In 2024, Rhiannon Giddens described the financial strain of attending the ceremony for
middle and working class musicians. She criticized the Recording Academy for introducing a policy of
charging nominees $1200 for a plus one, saying the policy "makes it ever more obvious who is valued, and
more specifically what (that would be lots of money, for the folks in the back)." A Billboard article clarified
that the new policy was a tiered system, ranging from $375 to $2000 for a ticket to attend the pre-telecast
ceremony.[71]
Reactions to nominations and awards
The Grammys also have been criticized for snubbing awards to some nominated artists. The organization's
awards journey states that nominees and winners are determined solely by voting members of the
Recording Academy and that voting members are active creative professionals involved in the recording
process, such as performers, songwriters, producers, and engineers.[72]
Nomination review committees, composed of anonymous industry figures, were established following the
37th Grammy Awards, which attracted criticism for the slate of Album of the Year nominations.[73][74] The
winner, Tony Bennett's live album MTV Unplugged, competed against the live classical album The Three
Tenors in Concert 1994, Seal's second eponymous album, and the twelfth albums from Bonnie Raitt and
Eric Clapton, both longtime musical mainstays. Not nominated that year were several albums that would
later be recognized as classics, including Nas's debut album Illmatic, Oasis's debut album Definitely Maybe,
Hole's album Live Through This, Jeff Buckley's Grace, and the debut album from Wu-Tang Clan. The
nomination review committees would be disbanded in 2021 following criticism of the lack of nominations
for The Weeknd's album After Hours.[75]
At the 38th Annual Grammy Awards, artist Mariah Carey was nominated for six awards for her album
Daydream, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for her single "One Sweet Day". Although
critics believed Carey would be "cleaning up" that year, Carey ultimately lost in all her nominated
categories that night, much to the shock of critics and Carey herself.[76] In 2011, Los Angeles Times
journalist Randall Roberts criticized the exclusion of Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
from Album of the Year nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards. He described West's album as "the most
critically acclaimed album of the year, a career-defining record".[77] Roberts went on to criticize the
Grammy Awards for being "mired in the past" and out of touch with "new media" and trends among music
listeners such as music sharing, stating:[77]
The major nominations for the 54th annual awards clearly show that the recording academy
has been working overtime to be all-inclusive, but more significantly, they also reveal a deep
chasm between its goals and the listening habits of the general population...The focus is still on
the old music industry model of cash-cow hits, major label investments and commercial radio...
In an article for Time, journalist Touré also responded to the snub and expressed general displeasure with
the awards, stating "I don't pretend to understand the Grammys. I have never been able to discern a
consistent logic around who gets nominated or who gets statues. I comprehend the particular logic of the
Oscars, but not the big awards for music. My normal state of confusion around what drives Grammy
decisions was exponentialized this week when, to the shock of many, Kanye's masterpiece My Beautiful
Dark Twisted Fantasy was not nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year." [78] He went on to
compare understanding the Grammy Awards to Kremlinology and commented on The Recording
Academy's exclusion of more "mature" hip hop albums as Album of the Year nominees, noting that it
occasionally opts to nominate "pop-friendly" hip hop albums instead.[78]
In a 2011 profile for The New York Times after the 53rd Grammy Awards, frontman Justin Vernon of indie
band Bon Iver was asked about the Grammys and how he would react to a nomination for his group, to
which he responded:[79]
You know, I was thinking about that a couple of months ago, someone asked me that, and I
was like "I would go and I would" – and I don't think the Bon Iver record is the kind of record
that would get nominated for a Grammy – "I would get up there and be like, 'This is for my
parents, because they supported me,' because I know they would think it would be stupid of
me not to go up there. But I kinda felt like going up there and being like: "Everyone should go
home, this is ridiculous. You should not be doing this. We should not be gathering in a big
room and looking at each other and pretending that this is important." That's what I would say.
He reaffirmed this sentiment and commented about the Grammys, saying:[79]
[Ninety-eight] percent of the people in that room, their art is compromised by the fact that
they're thinking that, and that they're hoping to get that award. And who is that award given
by? It's like they think it's literally handed down by the musical-history gods. And I don't know
who the voters are. Like, I have a friend who's a voter who was like, "I had to be a voter
because I don't trust the other voters." And I was like, "Me either!" And it's just not important
and people spend too much time thinking about it.
Bon Iver subsequently received four nominations in November for the 54th Grammy Awards.[79] After
winning, Vernon said in his acceptance, "It's really hard to accept this award. There's so much talent out
here [...] and there's a lot of talent that's not here tonight. It's also hard to accept because you know, when I
started to make songs I did it for the inherent reward of making songs, so I'm a little bit uncomfortable up
here."[80]
In his article "Everything Old Is Praised Again", Jon Caramanica of The New York Times criticized
Grammy voters for being "conservative" and disregarding more "forward-looking" music and wrote in
response to the 54th Grammy Awards, "for the umpteenth time, the Grammys went with familiarity over
risk, bestowing album of the year honors (and several more) on an album that reinforced the values of an
older generation suspicious of change."[81] He cited the Grammy successes of Lauryn Hill's The
Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), Norah Jones' Come Away with Me (2003), and Adele's 21 (2011) as
examples of "the Grammys drop[ping] a boatload of awards on a young female singer-songwriter and her
breakthrough album". Of Kanye West's absence from the ceremony, Caramanica stated, "He didn't even
bother to show up for the broadcast, which was well enough because hip-hop was almost completely
marginalized."[81]
In an article for The Huffington Post, music executive and author Steve Stoute criticized the Recording
Academy and the Grammy Awards for having "lost touch with contemporary popular culture" and noted
"two key sources" for it: "(1) over-zealousness to produce a popular show that is at odds with its own
system of voting and (2) fundamental disrespect of cultural shifts as being viable and artistic." [82] Stoute
accused the academy of snubbing artists with more cultural impact, citing respective losses by the critical
and commercial successes in Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and Kanye West's Graduation
(2007) in the Album of the Year category. Stoute asserted:[82]
As an institution that celebrates artistic works of musicians, singers, songwriters, producers and
technical specialists, we have come to expect that the Grammys upholds all of the values that
reflect the very best in music that is born from our culture. Unfortunately, the awards show has
become a series of hypocrisies and contradictions, leaving me to question why any
contemporary popular artist would even participate. [...] While there is no doubt in my mind of
the artistic talents of Steely Dan or Herbie Hancock, we must acknowledge the massive
cultural impact of Eminem and Kanye West and how their music is shaping, influencing and
defining the voice of a generation. It is this same cultural impact that acknowledged the
commercial and critical success of Michael Jackson's Thriller in 1984.
In 2020, Canadian artist Abel Tesfaye, known by his stage name The Weeknd, was shut out from the
Grammys when his fourth studio album, After Hours, received no nominations at the 63rd Annual Grammy
Awards. This came as a surprise to critics, fans, and Tesfaye himself, who had a successful run in 2020 with
the success of both his album and the single "Blinding Lights". Tesfaye responded by social media calling
the Grammys "corrupt".[83] Speculation arose that the announcement of his then-upcoming Super Bowl
performance, as well as the discrepancy of being nominated as pop music versus R&B, contributed to the
snubs.[84] Harvey Mason, Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy, responded by saying:[85]
We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated. I was surprised and
can empathize with what he's feeling. His music this year was excellent, and his contributions
to the music community and broader world are worthy of everyone's admiration. We were
thrilled when we found out he would be performing at the upcoming Super Bowl and we
would have loved to have him also perform on the Grammy stage the weekend before.
Unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of deserving artists.
But as the only peer-voted music award, we will continue to recognize and celebrate
excellence in music while shining a light on the many amazing artists that make up our global
community. To be clear, voting in all categories ended well before The Weeknd's performance
at the Super Bowl was announced, so in no way could it have affected the nomination process.
All Grammy nominees are recognized by the voting body for their excellence, and we
congratulate them all.
Formatting
The Grammys' eligibility period runs from October 1 of one year until September 30 of the next year.[86]
Records released in the fourth quarter of a given year are not eligible for that year's awards (the submissions
and first round ballots are underway at that time). This is despite the quarter falling during the Christmas
and holiday season, when many physical albums have been traditionally released and are heavily purchased
for holiday gift giving, and when Christmas music is at its natural peak.
Fans unfamiliar with the Grammys voting window perennially hold a mistaken notion that a favorite artist
has then been snubbed; for example, Adele's album 25 was released in November 2015 and thus was
ineligible for nomination for the 2015 awards, despite its massive sales, earning its Grammys (including
Album of the Year) instead in 2017.[87] Conversely, the Grammys often recognize work more than a year
after it was released. Taylor Swift's 1989 won Album of the Year in 2016, even though the album came out
in October 2014.[88]
Accusations of racial bias
The Grammys have also been accused of a racist bias towards black recording artists. In a 2017 interview
Canadian artist Drake accused the awards of seeing him only as a rapper and not as a pop-music artist due
to his previous work and heritage. He criticized the snubbing of "One Dance" for the Record of the Year
award and the nomination of "Hotline Bling" for Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Performance, despite
it not being a rap song.[89] The Atlantic's Spencer Kornhaber accused the Grammys of "sidelining a black
visionary work in favor of a white traditionalist one".[90] Drake did not attend the 2017 awards ceremony
where he was nominated. He had a performance in Manchester, England on February 12, 2017, the same
night as the ceremony. Frank Ocean was vocal about boycotting the same Grammy Awards and did not
submit his album Blonde for award consideration as a protest.[91]
The Grammys were also criticized after the 59th Annual Grammy Awards when Adele's 25 (as mentioned
above, released in late 2015) won Album of the Year over Beyoncé's album Lemonade (released in April
2016), which many music publications believed should have won the award. Steve Knopper of Rolling
Stone magazine believed that she lost due to the Grammy voters being all white males and for her pro-Black
performance during the Super Bowl 50 halftime show.[92] USA Today also criticized Beyoncé's loss stating
that "Black artists have struggled to win album of the year". They also felt 25 won only due to the album's
record-breaking sales rather than having cultural significance and the large impact that Lemonade had in
2016.[93] Adele also expressed that Lemonade should have won over her for Album of the Year, stating in
her acceptance speech:
I can't possibly accept this award. And I'm very humbled and I'm very grateful and gracious.
But my artist of my life is Beyoncé. And this album to me, the Lemonade album, is just so
monumental. Beyoncé, it's so monumental. And so well thought out, and so beautiful and soul-
baring and we all got to see another side to you that you don't always let us see. And we
appreciate that. And all us artists here adore you. You are our light.[94]
In 2019, for the first time since Outkast won Album of the Year in 2004, rap artists won major award
nominations outside the rap categories when Childish Gambino won the first Song and Record of the Year
awards ever for a rap song.[95] Hispanic and Latino Americans (the largest minority in America) are also
considered to be under-represented at the Grammy Awards, and their music is prone to be shifted to the
categories of the Latin Grammy Awards unless they have a mainstream following.[96][97]
In April 2022, the late Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar was omitted from the In Memoriam segment, and the
nation's domestic media criticized the Grammys and Oscars for their Western-centric view of artists
receiving attention over those throughout the rest of the world.[98]
Issues with women
The Grammys have also been criticized for their treatment of female artists specifically. Notably at the 60th
Annual Grammy Awards in 2018, New Zealand singer Lorde made headlines after turning down an offer
to perform at the ceremony. She suggested that she was invited to perform alongside several other artists in
a tribute to Tom Petty but was refused a solo slot, despite being nominated for the Album of the Year award
and stated that each male nominee was allowed a solo performance. Lorde's mother Sonja Yelich also
criticized the Grammys, pointing out an article that only nine percent of the nominees at the previous six
Grammy ceremonies were women.[99] After the 60th ceremony, several media outlets reported that the
ceremony had failed women, specifically pointing to the most nominated female artist SZA who failed to
win in any of her five nominated categories, and to the Best Pop Solo Performance category which
included four female nominees but was won by Ed Sheeran.[100] Neil Portnow, president of the Recording
Academy, sparked controversy after stating in an interview that female artists needed to "step up" in order
to win awards. Portnow's comments were criticized by many female musicians including Pink, Katy Perry,
Vanessa Carlton, Sheryl Crow, Iggy Azalea, Halsey, and Charli XCX.[101] They also caused the hashtag
#GrammysSoMale to trend on social media.[102]
Before the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019, singer Ariana Grande decided not to perform or attend
that year's ceremony over a disagreement about the song choices for her performance. An anonymous
source told Variety that Grande felt "insulted" when producers refused to let the singer perform her latest
single "7 Rings". They compromised by having her perform the song as part of a medley, but the condition
that the producers choose the second song led Grande to withdraw from the show. The source said that the
same stipulations were not imposed on other performers.[103] Grande later accused Grammy producer Ken
Ehrlich of lying about why she dropped out of the show. Ehrlich had said that Grande "felt it was too late
for her to pull something together". Grande responded:
I can pull together a performance over night and you know that, Ken; it was when my
creativity and self expression was stifled by you, that I decided not to attend. I hope the show is
exactly what you want it to be and more.[104]
Despite the controversy, Grande won for Best Pop Vocal Album and in 2020 performed at the 62nd Annual
Grammy Awards when nominated for five awards, including Album of the Year, but won none.[105]
Despite past controversies, female artists dominated the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, with the big four
awards being awarded entirely to women. Several women also broke records at that ceremony.[106]
In May 2018, it was revealed that money intended for the Recording Academy charity MusiCares was
siphoned off to pay for the cost overruns of hosting the 60th Annual Grammy Awards at New York City's
Madison Square Garden.[107] Concerning the controversies of hosting that year's Grammy Awards in New
York, Dana Tomarken, the former executive vice president of the MusiCares foundation claimed wrongful
termination. She alleges that she was fired for pushing back against the academy's "boys club". She claimed
that by having the MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at Radio City Music Hall, the
event had to forgo its traditional VIP dinner and silent auction. She had already been offered a deal to have
the event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Barclays Center is owned by AEG, which competes
directly with The Madison Square Garden Company which owns Madison Square Garden and Radio City.
Irving Azoff who then had a joint venture with the Madison Square Garden Company told Tomarken that
the event can not be held at Barclays and had to be held at Radio City. Oak View Group which is
associated with Azoff received 300 of the highest price tickets to the MusiCares event at Radio City. Oak
View Group was supposed to sell them as a package deal which also included tickets to the Grammy
Awards itself. MusiCares was promised to receive $1.5 million from those tickets according to Tomarken.
Those 300 tickets were never sold and were then returned to MusiCares, which resulted in a loss.[108]
Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan was placed on leave on January 16, 2020, after a complaint of
bullying from a member of staff (according to an anonymous New York Times source), ten days before the
62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[109] Dugan had complained internally, alleging a broken system of voting
that was subject to conflicts of interest and unnecessary spending.[109] On the nominations for the 61st
Annual Grammy Awards, she stated that the voting process was an "outrageous conflict of interest" with
several nominated artists sitting on the voting boards of their prospective categories. She claimed that "one
artist who initially ranked 18 out of 20 in the 2019 'Song of the Year' category ended up with a
nomination". She also claimed that a few artists like Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande had the votes to be
nominated for the category, but were ultimately omitted.[110]
In 2020, comedy star Tiffany Haddish turned down the invitation to host the 63rd Grammy pre-telecast
premiere ceremony when they said that she would have to pay her own way. In an exclusive interview with
Variety, Haddish revealed that she was told to cover the cost of hair, makeup, and wardrobe for the three-
hour event, adding, "I don't know if this might mean I might not get nominated ever again, but I think it's
disrespectful". When contacted, The Recording Academy explained that the premiere Ceremony is not a
CBS program and is hosted by the academy, a not-for-profit organization, meaning that artists, hosts and
performers have to perform free every year. They also noted that the issue would have no impact in
Haddish's future nomination.[111]
In 2022, the Grammys were criticized for nominating, and subsequently awarding, Louis C.K. a Best
Comedy Album prize for his comedy special Sincerely Louis C.K. The album made light of, and included
jokes about, the multiple sexual misconduct revelations he had admitted to years earlier.[112][113] In 2023,
the Grammys faced significant backlash for debuting a new award called the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award,
named in honor of prolific domestic abuser Dr. Dre.[114][115][116]
TV broadcasts and ratings

Before the first live Grammys telecast in 1971 on ABC, a series of filmed annual specials in the 1960s
called The Best on Record was broadcast on NBC. The first Grammy Award telecast took place on the
night of November 29, 1959, as an episode of the NBC anthology series NBC Sunday Showcase, which
normally was devoted to plays, original TV dramas, and variety shows. Until 1971, awards ceremonies
were held in both New York and Los Angeles, with winners accepting at one of the two venues. Television
producer Pierre Cossette bought the rights to broadcast the ceremony from the National Academy of
Recording Arts and Sciences and organized the first live telecast.[117] CBS bought the rights in 1973 after
moving the ceremony to Nashville, Tennessee; the American Music Awards were created for ABC by the
late Dick Clark as a result.
The Recording Academy announced on June 21, 2011, that it had reached a new deal with CBS to keep the
awards show on the network for another 10 years. As part of the new contract, the network would also air a
"nominations concert" special in the last week of November, where nominations would be released during a
special exclusive to CBS, rather than at a traditional early-morning press conference to a multi-network
press pool. This was ended after the 2016 concert due to low ratings and criticism about the announcement
format, and as of the 2017 nominations, they have been revealed in a roundtable conversation with
Recording Academy representatives during CBS Mornings, though since 2020, it has returned to a
traditional noontime Eastern press release statement and highlight of in-show award nominees on social
media. In 2016, the Grammys became the first awards show to regularly air live annually in all U.S.
territories, and for decades, alongside the Academy Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards and Tony Awards,
the shows have aired live in over 150 countries worldwide.
From 2004 to 2019, the Grammys were held on the second Sunday of February (the week after the Super
Bowl), with two exceptions: if that day was February 14 (Valentine's Day), it was moved to the following
day; if it was a Winter Olympics year, it was held earlier on the last Sunday of January (the week before the
Super Bowl). Starting in 2020, the Academy Awards ceremony would move back to the second Sunday of
February, forcing the Grammys to move back to the last Sunday of January to avoid conflict with either the
Oscars or the Super Bowl.[118] To allow enough time for preparation, the cutoff date for eligible recordings
would move from September 30 to August 31. This change reduced the eligibility period for the 2020
awards to eleven months (October 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019), a month shorter than usual.[119]
Viewership by year
Viewers Rating/Share Average Ad Price
Year Source(s)
(Millions) (Households) (30s)
1974 N/A 30.3/52 N/A [120]
1975 N/A 16.4/30 N/A [120]
1976 N/A 23.8/47 N/A [120]
1977 28.86 21.3/38 N/A [120]
1978 N/A 26.6/44 N/A [120]
1979 31.31 21.9/34 N/A [120]
1980 32.39 23.9/39 N/A [120]
1981 28.57 21.2/34 N/A [120]
1982 24.02 18.2/29 N/A [120]
1983 30.86 25.6/33 N/A [120]
1984 51.67 30.8/45 N/A [120]
1985 37.12 23.8/35 N/A [120]
1986 30.39 20.3/32 $205,500 [120]
1987 27.91 18.3/27 $264,200 [120]
1988 32.76 21.1/33 $299,900 [120]
1989 23.57 16.0/26 $318,300 [120]
1990 28.83 18.9/31 $330,600 [120]
1991 28.89 18.8/31 $319,200 [120]
1992 23.10 16.2/27 $352,900 [120]
1993 29.87 19.9/31 $401,500 [120]
1994 23.69 16.1/24 $407,700 [120]
1995 17.27 11.8/19 $399,100 [120]
1996 21.50 14.6/23 $304,800 [120]
1997 19.21 13.4/22 $346,300 [120]
1998 25.04 17.0/27 $315,600 [120]
1999 24.88 16.6/26 $472,000 [120]

2000 27.79 17.3/27 $505,500 [120]
2001 26.65 16.7/26 $574,000 [120]
2002 18.96 11.9/19 $573,900 [120]
2003 24.82 14.7/23 $610,300 [120]
2004 26.29 15.7/24 $654,600 [120]
2005 18.80 11.6/18 $703,900 [120]
2006 17.00 10.9/17 $675,900 [120]
2007 20.05 12.1/19 $557,300 [120]
2008 17.18 10.3/16 $572,700 [120]
2009 19.04 10.3/16 $592,000 [120]
2010 25.80 TBD $426,000 [121][122]
2011 26.55 10.0/25 $630,000 [121][123][124]
2012 39.91 14.1/32 $768,000 [125][126]
2013 28.37 10.1/25 $850,000–$900,000+ [127][128]
2014 28.51 9.9/25 $800,000–$850,000 [129][121][127]
2015 25.30 8.5/23 $1,000,000 [130][131]
2016 24.95 7.7/22 $1,200,000 [132]
2017 26.05 7.8/22 [133]
2018 19.80 5.9/21 [134]
2019 19.88 5.6/22 [135]
2020 18.70 5.4/22 [136]
2021 9.23 2.1/22 [137]
2022 9.59 [39]
2023 12.55 [41]
See also
Music portal
United States
portal
List of Grammy Award winners and nominees by country
Footnotes
1. Before the Billboard Music Awards in the summer and the American Music Awards in the fall.
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Official website (https://www.grammy.com)
Grammy Awards winners (http://www.grammy.com/) at Grammy.com (searchable database)
CBS: Grammys (https://www.cbs.com/shows/grammys/) Official broadcast for Grammys
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1st May 4, 1959 Mort Sahl

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March 16, Hollywood

March 2, Radio City Music

February 23, Madison Square

March 14, Los Angeles

As of 2024, an additional two awards were added to the "General Field".

2012 category restructuring

Entry process and selection of nominees

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Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss

The 1971 ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles was

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1974 N/A 30.3/52 N/A [120]

1975 N/A 16.4/30 N/A [120]

1976 N/A 23.8/47 N/A [120]

1977 28.86 21.3/38 N/A [120]

1978 N/A 26.6/44 N/A [120]

1979 31.31 21.9/34 N/A [120]

1980 32.39 23.9/39 N/A [120]

1981 28.57 21.2/34 N/A [120]

1982 24.02 18.2/29 N/A [120]

1983 30.86 25.6/33 N/A [120]

1984 51.67 30.8/45 N/A [120]

1985 37.12 23.8/35 N/A [120]

1986 30.39 20.3/32 $205,500 [120]

1987 27.91 18.3/27 $264,200 [120]

1988 32.76 21.1/33 $299,900 [120]

1989 23.57 16.0/26 $318,300 [120]

1990 28.83 18.9/31 $330,600 [120]

1991 28.89 18.8/31 $319,200 [120]

1992 23.10 16.2/27 $352,900 [120]

1993 29.87 19.9/31 $401,500 [120]

1994 23.69 16.1/24 $407,700 [120]

1995 17.27 11.8/19 $399,100 [120]

1996 21.50 14.6/23 $304,800 [120]

1997 19.21 13.4/22 $346,300 [120]

1998 25.04 17.0/27 $315,600 [120]

1999 24.88 16.6/26 $472,000 [120]

2001 26.65 16.7/26 $574,000 [120]

2002 18.96 11.9/19 $573,900 [120]

2003 24.82 14.7/23 $610,300 [120]

2004 26.29 15.7/24 $654,600 [120]

2005 18.80 11.6/18 $703,900 [120]

2006 17.00 10.9/17 $675,900 [120]

2007 20.05 12.1/19 $557,300 [120]

2008 17.18 10.3/16 $572,700 [120]

2009 19.04 10.3/16 $592,000 [120]

2010 25.80 TBD $426,000 [121][122]

2011 26.55 10.0/25 $630,000 [121][123][124]

2012 39.91 14.1/32 $768,000 [125][126]

2013 28.37 10.1/25 $850,000–$900,000+ [127][128]

2014 28.51 9.9/25 $800,000–$850,000 [129][121][127]