Grammy
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Grammys,
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Grammies
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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.
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The band has won 22 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Now, “What’s Wrong” and “You Seem Pretty Sad” are both expected to land multiple Grammy nods when nominations are announced Nov. 16.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
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
I’m not really surprised she knows; Grammy seems to hear me the most when I don’t say anything at all.
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
It was recorded by The 5th Dimension, and it soared high in the charts, sold 875,000 copies and won some more Grammies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adds the singer nominated for best new artist at this past February’s Grammys ceremony: “There’s no ego — it’s all about what’s right for the song.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 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
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
The collection topped the Billboard 200 the week of release and went on to be nominated for multiple Grammys, winning four.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
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