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(He placed two albums atop the Billboard 200 that year). 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.
Grammys were first awarded for achievements in 1958. 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 Sheraton Hotel in New York City, New York, with 28 Grammys awarded.
Long before Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande, Drake, and Childish Gambino's refusal to perform at the Grammys, and ahead of Jay-Z and Kanye's skipping of the ceremonies (despite collecting multiple awards), Sinead O'Connor, whose 53rd birthday is this week, became the first musical artist to say “no” to The Recording ...
Taylor Swift Won Her First Grammy When She Was Only 20, and That Was Just the Beginning. Taylor Swift is certainly no stranger to The Recording Academy. Over the span of her successful career, the singer has managed to rack up 46 Grammy nominations and 12 wins.
LeAnn Rimes is the youngest individual Grammy winner and the youngest to win Best New Artist.
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. On the heels of his big win, the young artist shares what it felt like to take home the award.
It's official: Beyoncé has made GRAMMY history. Her win for Best Dance/Electronic Album for 'RENAISSANCE' put her GRAMMY total at 32, the most of all time.
Sell A Grammy, Break A Law
It's illegal to sell a Grammy since the statues legally belong to the National Academy of Recording Arts & Science. This might explain why more one-hit wonder Grammys aren't floating around on Ebay.
Sammy Davis Jr. has a lifetime achievement award but no Grammy. Famous for his Las Vegas shows and for being a part of the infamous Rat Pack, Sammy Davis Jr. received three nominations but had no Grammy wins during his lifetime.
However, once the statuette is awarded, its actual value drops to $0, as the Recording Academy prohibits the resale of its awards. Although the award has no value, there is a monetary addition to the winners due to the phenomenon known as the 'Grammy bounce.
The Grammy Awards are annually presented in the United States by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS).
Ella Fitzgerald truly lived up to her nickname "First Lady of Song," being the first woman to receive a Grammy at the inaugural 1959 awards. About a decade later, she became the first woman to be honored with the Recording Academy's lifetime achievement award.
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.
Song of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album. This award goes to the songwriter who actually wrote the lyrics and/or melodies to the song.
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. This does not mean there are no financial benefits for winning...
Specifically, artists performing a nominated song earned at least $3,500, while union rates for solo artists started at $2,400 and ensembles were paid at least $5,000. Stars won't get rich hosting the Grammy awards, either.
There's one famous example of a pawned Grammy, which played out on TV. Back in 2010, the reality show Pawn Stars featured a man attempting to sell the 1970 Best R&B Recording Grammy, originally awarded to Ronald Dunbar for “Patches.”
Sir Georg Solti, an orchestral and operatic conductor, is the most Grammy Award-winning individual of all time with a total of 31 Grammy Awards won for recordings of works as diverse as Bach, Bartók, and Wagner.
Grammys flashback: When Steely Dan beat Eminem, one of the most controversial races of the 21st century.
Kanye West has accumulated his 21 Grammys in even less time than his frequent collaborator Jay-Z. He won three awards in rap and R&B categories in 2004, and then he kept winning almost every year until 2013, when he received his most recent plaudits.
Even country singer Dolly Parton has “only” won 10 Grammys despite being a country music legend and pop cultural phenomenon.
Eilish has received multiple accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, two Guinness World Records, three MTV Video Music Awards, three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award.
American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish is the recipient of several awards and nominations, including seven Grammy Awards, six MTV Video Music Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, three Brit Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, four Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a People's Choice Award, as ...