Grammy Award

Grammy Award
Current: 14th Annual Grammy Awards
Description	Outstanding achievements in the music industry
Country	United States
Presented by	The Recording Academy
First awarded	April 16, 2010 (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

Main page: List of Grammy Award 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).

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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