Grammy Award

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Grammy Award
Current: 14th Annual Grammy Awards
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Description Outstanding achievements in the music industry
Country United States
Presented by The Recording Academy
First awarded April 16, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-04-16)
Television/radio coverage
Network CBS

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the MusicNation music industry. The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest. The Grammys are the first of the major awards held annually.

The first annual ceremony was hosted on April 16, 2010, to honor the musical accomplishments by performers for the year 2009. The 14th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 25, 2024, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.

History

In March 2010, it was announced by CBS that the first-ever Grammy Award ceremony would be held in April of that year, to honor the musical accomplishments of 2009. The event was held in Los Angeles, California, at the Dolby Theatre, under a two-year deal with CBS Television Studios and CBS Television Distribution. Following the 2011 event, the event was placed on indefinite hiatus, due to a short-term industry shut down and inability to re-establish terms of their contract with CBS and its affiliated companies. The event returned in 2013, this time held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Grammy ceremony returned to Los Angeles in 2014, this time held at its new home at the Staples Center, following an extended three-year contract with CBS Television Studios and CBS Television Distribution. In 2017, a new contract was established for an addition three years.

Gramophone trophy

The gold-plated trophies, each depicting a gilded gramophone, are made and assembled by hand by Billings Artworks in Ridgway, Colorado. The design features a stronger alloy less prone to damage, making the trophy bigger and grander. Billings developed a zinc alloy named grammium, which is trademarked., and the trophies with the recipient's name engraved on them are not available until after the award announcements, so "stunt" trophies are re-used each year for the broadcast.

Categories

The "General Field" are four awards which are not restricted by genre.

  • Album of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of a full album if other than the performer.
  • Record of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of a single song if other than the performer.
  • Song of the Year is awarded to the songwriter(s) of a single song.
  • Best New Artist is awarded to a promising breakthrough performer who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording that establishes the public identity of that artist (which is not necessarily their first proper release).

2020 category reconstructing

Lifetime Achievement Award

Venue

The 2010 and 2011 ceremonies were held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood California. In the following year, the ceremony was moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, to the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. Since its return to California in 2014, the ceremony has been hosted in Los Angeles, at the Staples Center.

Ceremonies

List of Grammy Award ceremonies
Edition Date Venue Venue City Album of the Year Record of the Year Song of the Year Best New Artist Artist of the Year Network
1st April 16, 2010 Dolby Theatre Hollywood Introduction by Brody Chandler N/A "Crazy Chick" by Jude Harrison N/A N/A CBS
2nd February 25, 2011 The Learning Curve by Jude Harrison "Young & Restless" by Nathan Hunter "Heaven Gave Me Your Gun" by Jude Harrison Suite 44
3rd February 19, 2013 Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Love & Sound, Vol. 1: The Declaration by DeJonay "Turn It Up" by Liberty "Colorblind" by Sam Berton Ace Winston
4th February 28, 2014 Staples Center Los Angeles You Only Live Once by 1OAK "Downtown Love" by Nicole Jordan "Celebration" by Lilly Smith Ana Simpson
5th February 27, 2015 The First Lady by DeJonay "Stronger Than You" by Lilly Smith "Breathing With Purpose" by Ace Winston Adrenaline
6th February 21, 2016 Breaking News by Suite 44 "Political War" by Suite 44 "Gone Too Soon" by Damita Jo N/A 1OAK
7th April 9, 2017 God Forgives... I Don't by Chris Kane "Make Me Want You" by Jayden Hart "Lighthouse" by Ryleigh Cavanaugh Josiah Tucker Chris Kane
8th February 25, 2018 Love and War by Jude Harrison "Die a Happy Man" by Justice Jones "Sirens" by Leah Barton Imani Sam Berton
9th March 16, 2019 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
10th February 16, 2020 Boy Interrupted by Embry "Boy Interrupted" by Embry "Train Off the Track" by Phillip Santos Embry Leland Myles CBS
11th February 21, 2021 Thunderbolt by Ace Winston "Manhunter" by Blair Meyers "Queer" by Embry N/A DeJonay
12th February 27, 2022 Crypto.com Arena Americana by Leslie Michaelson "New Jack Swing" by Justice Jones "Before the Devil Knows I'm Dead" by The Tazewell Era Nelson Evans Suite 44
13th March 5, 2023 Other Side of the Tracks by Clay Capehart "Manhunter" by Blair Meyers "Queer" by Embry N/A DeJonay
14th February 25, 2024 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Logos

History of Grammy Awards logos
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