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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Spanish prosecutors in January shelved a first complaint over the same allegations against Iglesias, a Grammy winner with more than 300 million records sold in a career spanning decades.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Grammy winner Rodrigo announced her festival in June, fresh off the release of her junior album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In the years to come, Dolly Parton's success only grew, with more hits, nominations and awards - she won her first Grammy in 1978 for Here You Come Again.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
She won 10 career Grammy Awards and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The board is the real one that she found at a tag sale with Grammy for only five cents, so she decided to take it and make the rest—the cards, the money, and the deeds.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
"Harry wore a feather boa to the Grammies, a fan copied, the world of TikTok took it and it became a thing."
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2023
In 2009, 16-year-old Miley Cyrus attempted to meet Radiohead backstage at the Grammies.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2018
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
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
Lauper is nominated for five Grammies, including Best New Artist.
From Time Magazine Archive
That drive, talent and output won her 11 Grammys, including one for Lifetime Achievement, and earned her 55 nominations.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Parton won two Grammys for the chart-topping tune, which was also nominated for an Oscar, and later spawned a Broadway musical and a documentary.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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
On the strength of “Moneymaker,” the Crowes were nominated for best new artist at the Grammys in 1991.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Despite performing at the Grammys and earning several nominations, including for Best Music Video, the group has never won.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
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