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The GRAMMY AWARDS is an annual large-scale music awards event held by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Science. . The Grammy Awards are known as the "Oscars of the music industry." The 50th Grammy Awards was held grandly at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, USA on the morning of February 11, 2008, Beijing time. Amy Winehouse won 5 awards and became the biggest winner. The Beethoven album Lang Lang collaborated with conductor Eschenbach was nominated for "Best Performer". This is the first time a Chinese has been nominated for a Grammy Award. At the awards ceremony, Lang Lang played excerpts from Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody" and George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."

"GRAMMY" is a variant homophony of the English word "Gramophone". The music award named after it has a history of 50 years, and its trophy is shaped like an old-fashioned gramophone.

In 1957, a group of musicians and record company managers in Los Angeles, USA, initiated the establishment of an organization representing the art and science of music products, and through this organization to encourage talented musicians, singers and behind-the-scenes music producers . The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Recording Academy) and the Grammy Awards were born. The first Grammy Music Awards were awarded in 1958. Since then, the Recording Society has held an awards ceremony every year. The awards have also increased from the initial 26 to 101 in 28 categories.

Although the Grammy Awards are an award in the American recording industry, it has now become one of the most influential music awards in the world. The Grammys in the music industry are like the Oscars in the film industry. Although it is undoubtedly marked by American culture, most musicians around the world are still proud to hold this old gramophone.

The reason why the Grammy Award is so talked about by musicians around the world is that the United States has always been the center of global pop music and represents the higher level of pop music. There are also the following three reasons.

The first is its authority. The Recording Academy of America is an organization composed of many senior musicians. It has set up 12 regional chapters and a producer and engineer chapter across the United States, with currently more than 10,000 members. Fifteen categories of professionals, including singers, performers, lyricists, composers, conductors, photographers, narrators and music video producers, can apply to serve as judges, but only those who have at least 6 published works are eligible. Hold this position. People without real talent and lack of persistent pursuit of music career will generally not be able to enter the jury. A jury composed of so many senior professionals will naturally be trusted by music lovers.

The second is its fairness. The selection of the Grammy Music Awards has a very strict system and procedure. Recommended works must be selected from that year. After the works are recommended, they must first be screened and qualified by more than 150 experts from various fields in the music industry, and then classified. Except for works that need to be voted by the special nomination committee, all works that pass the preliminary round must be sent to the judges for the first round of voting. But each judge can only select 9 items of their own expertise to vote on. Of course, they also have to vote for the 4 awards of that year: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. The list after the preliminary evaluation will be handed over to the judges for the second round of voting. In addition to the 4 basic awards, each judge can only choose 8 awards for voting. These strict measures effectively ensure the fairness of the selection.

The third is its widespread influence. The Grammy Awards didn't have much fame when they first came out. Television helped. Television not only transformed the Grammy Awards ceremony into a colorful music program, but also greatly increased the international visibility of the Grammy Music Awards through live broadcasts around the world.

A large number of European and American music superstars performed on the stage, coupled with the stage art and technical means that Americans are good at using, the Grammy Awards Ceremony has become a popular entertainment event around the world. The 44th Grammy Awards attracted approximately 1.7 billion viewers in 170 countries around the world. The Grammy Awards Ceremony went global and made great contributions to the Grammy Music Awards becoming an award widely accepted by musicians around the world.

Grammy-winning works are obviously not the product of hype by a few people or boasting by record companies, but are selected by experts and strict procedures. The high quality of these works and the rendering on television not only make the winners popular and their records sell well, but also play a real role in leading the music trend. On the other hand, judges are also consumers and will naturally be affected by the market. Best-selling records, popular singers, and popular movie songs are of course the easiest to enter their field of vision.

In addition to the Grammy Music Awards, the Recording Academy of America has also established the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Board of Directors Award and the Grammy Hall of Honor to recognize people and works with outstanding achievements and long-term historical value, including Including those who are not included in the Grammy selection and those who have been buried in history. For example, the black singer Robertson received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, 22 years after his death. The Recording Academy of America is also actively involved in causes involving the rights and interests of record companies and individuals, such as record trademark legislation, intellectual property protection, combating piracy, and digital music download litigation, and actively advocates art exchange and music education. The Grammy Foundation is also concerned about difficulties musicians to provide help and support young people to join the ranks of musicians.

All Grammy awards are presented annually by representatives elected by the Recording Academy to those who have made outstanding contributions to the art and technology of recording. The difference between the Grammy Awards and other awards is that the selection of all his awards is not affected by sales and rankings, but depends entirely on technical and artistic contributions.

The annual Grammy Awards can also be considered a grand event, which attracts all the best music and recording industry professionals in the world. In addition to the traditional Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy also awards other supplementary awards. These awards make up for some of the gaps left by the Grammy Awards, but again, although there are some supplementary flavors in them, all those who can win these awards are outstanding talents who have made outstanding contributions to the recording career and music. These awards include the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Grammy Award for Best Technical, and the Grammy Legend Award.

The biggest feature of the Grammy Awards is that it has a large selection committee organization, and all members are music practitioners. The large number of judges can avoid the subjectivity of a few people, and their professionalism also enhances the quality. Due to the credibility of Les Mills, the Grammy Awards require tedious steps to select winners.

Since its inception, it has attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of music fans around the world every year. Although the Grammy Music Awards are the most important in the American recording industry award, it has now become one of the most influential music awards in the world. The Grammys in the music industry are like the Oscars in the film industry. Although it is undoubtedly marked by American culture, most musicians around the world are still proud to hold this old gramophone.

Selection process

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1. Nominations are recommended by all members who are outstanding within the specified year (September of the previous year to September of the following year) Recorded publications (including music videos), but because the number of records released each year is so large, in order to avoid being left behind, each record company can also recommend some overlooked works of its artists to the Grammys during the nomination stage In the past few years, Joan Osborne's "Relish" received widespread attention only because of the protection of the record company.

2. This stage of review is to classify the nominated works according to their different musical attributes, such as rock, country, Latin, classical, etc. At this time, no artistic or technical judgment can be made, it is just a purely nomination Works just find a home, and the Grammy classification standards are very suitable for reference by music fans who have questions about how to distinguish music genres.

3. The shortlisted nomination list will be classified and processed. Except for special technical projects, which will be handed over to the special committee elected by each branch to decide on the shortlist, the remaining projects will be handed over to the members of the academy for the first round of voting, and In order to ensure the quality of voting, members can only vote in 9 of their specializations from 22 categories. Of course, the four general categories ("Album of the Year", "Record of the Year", "Song of the Year", "Newcomer of the Year") need to be decided together by all members.

4. In the second round of voting for the final election, more than 9,000 members will select 8 projects from 27 categories (plus four general categories) and vote on the five categories of each category. Finalists vote, and the votes are mailed to the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP for counting.

5. Winners The list of winners will be kept by the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP and will be kept confidential until the day of the awards ceremony.

1. Scope of Awards: All awards established by the Grammy are judged on all records released in the United States from October 1st of the previous year to September 30th of the following year. Taking the 46th Grammy Awards as an example, the release dates of the selected records were all between October 1, 2002 and September 30, 2003.

2. How to nominate: These audio and video products nominated and criticized by the judges are jointly recommended by various record companies. Of course, in principle, artists can nominate themselves.

3. Number of awards: The Grammy awards for each session are different, except for a few more important awards (such as "Best Record of the Year", "Best Album of the Year", etc.) There are exceptions every year, and the minor awards are always slightly different. Today's Grammy total has 104 awards in 28 categories (including pop, rock, country, etc.).

4. Selection method: During the first round of voting, each judge can cast the ballot sent to him by the organizing committee to any singer or artist or band or record he thinks should win the award. Producers..., that is, they can participate in the selection of every award established by the Grammy Awards. But after the first round of voting, these judges will be restricted from exercising their right to vote in their own areas of expertise. Similarly, in the second round of voting, all judges can also vote for general category awards, but their voting rights in their respective professional fields are still limited.

5. Judge qualifications: The Grammy Record Awards was founded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), so how can one become a judge of the Academy? According to the regulations, your name must appear at least 6 times as a creator or technician in publicly published publications (maybe one day there will be an "underground Grammy"), which means that the judges can be singers, producers People, songwriters, band managers, even sound engineers and the list goes on. Theoretically, it's possible as long as you work hard, but luck is another matter!

6. Number of nominations: All votes are recorded, and each award can have 5 nominations.

7. Confidentiality: Only the staff of Deloitte & Touche Accounting Firm responsible for managing the envelopes will have the opportunity to know the final list of winners in advance. The results won't be revealed until the envelope is opened at the awards ceremony. It is precisely because the confidentiality measures are so tight that the Grammys are more suspenseful and hopeful - so many people were nervous and restless before the winners were announced. After learning that they had won, the audience was filled with tears of joy. No surprise!

Award-winning conditions

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Although the Grammy Awards strive to be fair and objective, everyone who passes by will leave traces, and they still leave traces after forty years. The following winning trends are available for prediction.

The theme of "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year" should be related to "love" and "faith (definitely not "sex")", such as "I Will Always Love You"; Life is full of hope, such as "Evergreen" and "We Are The World"; it can miss loved ones, such as "Tears In Heaven", "Unforgetable"; encourage people to pursue happiness, such as "Somewhere Out There"; or reverse disadvantages Courage, such as "Change The World" and other positive meanings, the above themes are more likely to be affirmed, which is why the early Rolling Stones and Madonna were rejected.

The market must take 2004 as an example. The five "Records of the Year" were all in the top 20 of the Billboard charts, and the five "Songs of the Year" were all on-demand hits. In the past ten years, the " The winners of "Album of the Year" include four chart-topping songs, four chart-topping runner-ups, and one top-five song. After all, judges are also part of the consumer audience. Based on their complementary roles, works that are nominated or winning Grammys will often be immediately reflected in the surge in record sales once the media highlights them.

There are too many examples of tie-in movies that have been widely recognized by the Grammys. In the past ten years, eight "Songs of the Year" are also movie theme songs or interludes. .

There are two situations in terms of impression scores. One is a veteran who has won a Grammy, and the other is a rookie who just won the award in the last year. As long as the performance of the new work is not too bad (not to mention the Grammy Newcomers who have been recognized by the Grammys usually have impressive commercial performance in the coming year), and the Grammys will try their best to reserve a good seat for them.

Only games with detailed rules can be played for a long time. The four major awards in the American performing arts world (music: Grammy, film: Oscar, stage: Tony Award, television: Emmy Award) all meet this requirement. requirements.

The most awards

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1. Singer who has won the "Album of the Year" for two consecutive years:

Frank Sinatra, 1966 and 1967;

Stevie Wonder, 1974 and 1975 Year.

2. People who won "Record of the Year" for two consecutive years:

Roberta Flack, 1973 and 1974 Years;

U2, 2001 and 2002 respectively.

3. The artist who has won the "Best Vocal Performance (Male)" award the most times:

Sting, in 1988 and 1994 respectively , 2000 and 2001.

4. The artist who has won the most "Best Vocal Performance (Female)" awards:

Barbra Streisand, 1964 years, 1965, 1966, 1978 and 1987.

5. The band with the longest span of winning the "Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" award twice:

"The Beatles" "(The Beatles), respectively in 1965 and 1997, 35 years apart.

6. The female singer who has won the "Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female)" award the most times:

Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow and Pat Benatar have each won the award four times.

7. The artist who has won the "Best Rock Duo or Group Performance" award the most times:

U2, in 1988, 1989, and 1993 , 2001 and 2002.

8. The artist who has won the most "Best Ramp; B Song" awards:

"Babyface" (Babyface), who is a songwriter and The author has won the title three times, in 1993, 1995 and 1997. But he has never won this award as a singer.

9. The artist who has won the "Best Ramp; B Vocal Performance, Female" award the most times:

Alyssa Franklin ( Aretha Franklin, she won the award for the 11th time. They were from 1968 to 1975 (she won this award for eight consecutive years), 1982, 1986 and 1988.

10. The artist who has won the most "Best Country Vocal Performance (Male)" awards:

Vince Gill, who has Won this award seven times. They were in 1991 and 1993 respectively, and they won the award for five consecutive years from 1995 to 1999.

11. The artist who has won the "Best Rock Vocal Performance (Male)" award the most times consecutively:

Lenny Kravitz ), he won this award for four consecutive years from 1999 to 2002.

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