First, industry experts nominate candidates, and a shortlist is compiled, from which the final round of voting takes place. The eligibility period for the 65th Grammy Awards ran from 1 October 2021 to 30 September 2022, meaning that artists who released music over this period could be nominated.
Each year, record companies and academy members submit entries for consideration. NARAS voting members select five nominees for each award, with each voter casting a ballot only in their field of expertise.
Formally, there are no cash prizes associated with winning a Grammy award and even selling the statue is against the rules of the Recording Academy, the organization that presents the awards.
When CBS network broadcasted the 61th Annual Grammy Awards in 2019, it cost advertisers an average of 720 thousand U.S. dollars to air their 30-second commercials during the event.
Deleon Richards. Gospel singer Richards is the youngest Grammy nominee in history. She started touring at age 5, and by 8, she was nominated for her first Grammy.
Even country singer Dolly Parton has “only” won 10 Grammys despite being a country music legend and pop cultural phenomenon.
Who has received the most Grammy nominations ever? According to GRAMMY.com, it's Beyoncé who shares the honor with her husband, Jay-Z. They each have 88 nods.
By increasing the number of nominees, the minimum percentage of the total votes an artist or song or album needs in order to win falls from a little over 20 percent to a little over 12.5 percent.
CBS has aired the Grammys for more than 40 years, and has an agreement with The Recording Academy to broadcast the live event annually until the year 2021. In its previous deal, CBS's licensing fee paid the Academy $20 million dollars every year for the telecast, and the current agreement is reportedly worth even more.
Grammy Awards ballots are tabulated by Deloitte, an independent accounting firm, and results are not known until the night of the Grammy Awards. Deloitte delivers each winner's name in a sealed envelope that is not opened until the ceremony.
FINAL VOTING TO SELECT GRAMMY WINNERS
All ballots, including those from special committees, are tabulated confidentially by an independent accounting firm. Results of the final voting are not known until the day of the GRAMMY Awards, when Deloitte delivers sealed envelops with names of the winners.
As one of the busiest women in music, it'll come as no surprise that Taylor has won pretty much every award there is to win in the biz - being the proud owner of no less than 12 GRAMMY Awards, 14 MTV Video Music Awards...
The first numerical rule boils eligibility down to the number of an artist's releases. The minimum required is five singles or tracks or a complete album. The maximum is either three albums or a total of 30 singles or tracks previously released.
Grammy tickets are not available to the general public. Nominees are given tickets to attend the awards show.
Michael Jackson:
In 1984, he made history by winning a total of 8 Grammy Awards in one night, solidifying his status as a musical icon.
Taylor Swift's Best Music Video win was her first of the 2023 GRAMMYs, which also marked another GRAMMY first for the superstar.
You could play the shortest recording to win Record Of The Year three times in the time it would take to play the longest. The shortest winner, Henry Mancini's melancholy "Days Of Wine And Roses" (1963), clocks in at 2:05.
They are the most prestigious and important awards at the ceremony. The Big Four include: Album of the Year is awarded to the performer, songwriter(s), and the production team of a full album. Record of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of a single song.
Domenico Modugno won the inaugural Record of the Year and Song of the Year awards for the popular lounge song “Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu (Volare),” and Henry Mancini's The Music from Peter Gunn won Album of the Year.
8-year-old Leah Peasall, who won in 2002 after being featured on the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack, holds the record as the youngest-ever Grammy winner. Blue Ivy Carter, at 9, became the second-youngest in 2021.
Beyoncé has 32 Grammy wins to her name and, with a total of nine nominations at the 2023 awards, she's tied with her husband Jay-Z as the most-nominated music act in the history of the Grammys with 88 nominations each.
Beyoncé – 32 Grammys
As of the 2023 Grammy Awards, Queen Bey is the equal most-awarded person in the history of the ceremony, with 31 awards. She's tied with the late conductor George Solti.
Eilish is the recipient of numerous awards, including seven Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, an Academy Award, two Guinness World Records, one Brit Award, and three Billboard Music Awards.