Grammy Award (American Music Award)

Grammy Award(American Music Award)

Grammy Award, any of a series of awards presented annually in the United States by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS; commonly called the Recording Academy) or the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences(LARAS; commonly called the Latin Recording Academy) to recognize achievement in the music industry.
The famous Sitar maestro a reputed name in Hindustani classical music Pt. Ravi Shankar received Grammy award for the first time, in 1967 for " West meets East" in the "Best Chamber music performance" category.
Winners are selected from more than 25 fields and in total model 75 awards are presented. The honourees receive a golden statuette of a gramophone.
The Grammy awards were first presented by NARAS in Los Angeles in  1959 when 28 prices were given. Winners included Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and the Kingston Trio.
The number of awards has increased as the musical genre has emerged. Rock was first recognized as a genre by the  Academy at the 1980 ceremony and rap at the 1989 presentation. UN award for the best music video was first handed out in 1982 to acknowledge the growing influence of the medium.
In 2011 NARAS radically restructured the Grammy category system and reduced the total number of awards from 109 to 78. Gender-based categories were eliminated, as were those that distinguished between solo and group efforts. Awards recognizing genres such as Hawaiian music Native American Music, and zydeco were folded into a single category, dubbed "regional roots music", and instrumental categories were drastically scaled back.

History

The Grammys had their origin in the Hollywood Walk of Fame project in the 1950s. As the recording executives chosen for the Walk of Fame committee worked at compiling a list of important recording industry people who might qualify for a Walk of Fame star, they realized there were many more people who were leaders in their business who would not earn a star on Hollywood Boulevard. The music executives decided to rectify this by creating an award given by their industry similar to the Oscars and the Emmys. This was the beginning of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences After it was decided to create such an award, there was still a question of what to call it; one working title was the Eddie, to honor the inventor of the phonograph, Thomas Edison. They eventually settled on using the name of the invention of Emile Berliner, the gramophone, for the awards, which were first given for the year 1958.

The first award ceremony was held simultaneously in two locations on May 4, 1959 - Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverley Hills California and Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City,^, and 28 Grammys were awarded. The number of awards given grew and fluctuated over the years with categories added and removed, at one time reaching over 100. The second Grammy Awards, also held in 1959, was the first ceremony to be televised. but the ceremony was not aired live until the 13th Annual Grammy Awards in 1971.

Gramophone Trophy

The gold-plated trophies, each depicting a gilded gramophone, are made and assembled by hand by Billings Artworks in Ridgway, Colorado. In 1990 the original Grammy design was revamped, changing the traditional soft lead for a stronger alloy less prone to damage, making the trophy bigger and grander. Billings developed a zinc alloy named geranium, which is trademarked. The trophies with the recipient's name engraved on them are not available until after the award announcements, so "stunt" trophies are re-used each year for the broadcast. By February 2009, a total of 7,578 Grammy trophies had been awarded.

Catagory

The "General Field" are four awards which are not restricted by genre.

• Album of the Year is awarded to the performer, songwriter(s), and the production team of a full album if other than the performer.

• Record of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of a single song if other than the performer.

• Song of the Year is awarded to the songwriter(s) of a single song.

Best New Artist is awarded to a promising breakthrough performer who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording that establishes the public identity of that artist (which is not necessarily their first proper release).

Pt. Ravi Shankar

• He was the first Indian to win Grammy Awards.

• He was nominated 10 times and 14 Grammy award in 1967 ,1972 ,2001 and 2012 respectively.

•  He is an Indian with the maximum number of Grammy Awards (4 Grammy +1 lifetime achievement award in 2013 = total 5 awards from Grammy).

Question to Answer
In 2001, who won the Song of the Year Grammy for "Beautiful day"?

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