Grammy
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Grammys,
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Grammies
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What are the Grammys? The Grammys is another name for the Grammy Awards, an award ceremony to honor excellence in the music and recording industry. The statuette awarded to winners is called a Grammy. The plural form Grammys is usually used. The Grammy Awards are held by the Recording Academy (formally known as the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), whose members include musical artists, producers, songwriters, and engineers. The Grammy Awards honor winners in many different genres and categories, including pop, dance and electronic, R&B, rap, rock, alternative, country, jazz, gospel, instrumental, Latin, classical, spoken word, comedy, and musical theater, among others. Prominent awards include Album of the Year, Record of the Year (for best recorded track), Song of the Year (for best single song composition), and Best New Artist. Winning a Grammy is often considered the music industry’s top honor. The Grammys ceremony often features musical performances by some of the nominated artists and others.
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She built on this momentum with El Mal Querer, which won a Latin Grammy for album of the year, as did its follow-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
His first album and single were both UK number ones, while his record Harry's House won a Grammy and a Brit Award after its release in 2022.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The chain has been a source of memorable marketing over the years, however, going back to a viral tweet during the 2013 Grammy Awards suggesting that Pharrell Williams had borrowed the hat from Arby’s logo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Disney is also expected to look for synergies between the Grammy Awards on Feb. 7 and its first Super Bowl telecast since 2006, which airs the following week on Feb. 14.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Grammy leans over and pats Ronan on the shoulder.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Norah Jones - Q: Where do you keep your Grammies?
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2012
Laura Herlovich owns the Las Vegas public relations firm PR Plus, whose clients include the pawnshop owners on the History Channel show Pawn Stars, the Grammies, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, and the Cupcakery.
From Inc ● Jul. 26, 2010
The album won her three Swedish Grammies and a new international audience, which she characterises as "B Donka Donk girls from the Bronx, and hipsters, and nerdy goth kids and 35-year-old white males".
From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2010
Grade: C See the full list of TIME's "Grading the Grammies" Click to Print Find this article at: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1958098,00.html Copyright © 2010 Time Inc. All rights reserved.
From Time ● Feb. 1, 2010
The Sylvanias, Peabodys, Oscars, Grammies, Christophers, Tonys and countless other awards had already been announced.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now she’s in the mix for a coveted best new artist nod at the Grammys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
For close to two decades, this crowd-pleasing pop superstar has been topping charts and gobbling up Grammys with detailed recreations of an ever-expanding array of past musical styles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Pink also pointed out that in 2014, Macklemore performed his same-sex anthem Same Love at the Grammys, while a mass wedding ceremony saw 33 LGBTQ+ couples get married on stage.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
That drive, talent and output won her 11 Grammys, including one for Lifetime Achievement, and earned her 55 nominations.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
After studying at the Juilliard School of Music in Manhattan, at 22 Marsalis became the first artist to win Grammys in both classical and jazz categories at once—a feat he repeated the very next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
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