Grammy

American  

[gram-ee] / ˈgræm i /

noun

plural

Grammys, Grammies

1. one of a group of statuettes awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement in various categories in the recording industry.

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Grammy British  

/ ˈɡræmɪ /

noun

1. (in the US) one of the gold-plated discs awarded annually for outstanding achievement in the record industry

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Usage

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.

Etymology

Origin of Grammy

gram(ophone) + -y ²

Example Sentences

“I  always knew I was gonna do it,” he said in November, on the eve of the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite its mainstream success in both Mexico and the U.S. — and making various end-of-year best of lists — “111Xpantia” received zero nominations at the 2025 Latin Grammys and the upcoming Grammy Awards, which will take place Feb. 1 at downtown L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena.

From Los Angeles Times

Since the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards in 2000, critics and academics have lambasted the Latin Recording Academy, and the industry at large, for excluding popular acts like Los Tigres del Norte from contention in general categories — in comparison to the outpouring of support for mainstream pop stars such as Puerto Rican hitmaker Ricky Martin and Cuban queen Gloria Estefan.

From Los Angeles Times

Times contributor Justino Aguila voiced similar concerns about the marginalizing of Mexicans at the 2019 Grammy Awards: “It was surprising that the Grammys telecast didn’t include one regional Mexican artist, considering that Mexicans are the second-largest racial or ethnic group in the U.S. at about 36 million,” he wrote at the time.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet there have been recent efforts to diversify the Grammy electorate.

From Los Angeles Times