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HISTORY
OF THE
GRAMMY AWARDS
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Chronological listings of various Grammy
Award categories.
Click on a category to get started looking into the
history of Grammy Award winners and nominees.
Album of the Year |
Awarded since 1959, this
category's multiple winners include Frank
Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Paul
Simon, U2, Taylor Swift, and Adele. |
Record of the Year |
The first winner in this category
was Domenico Modugno in 1959
followed by others including Henry
Mancini, Simon & Garfunkel,
Roberta Flack, Billy
Joel, Tina
Turner, Bette
Midler, Whitney
Houston, Eric
Clapton, U2, Kings Of Leon, Amy Winehouse, and Coldplay. |
Song of the Year |
This category is awarded to
the songwriter and winners have included John Lennon, Paul
Simon, Marvin Hamlisch, Stephen
Sondheim, Sting, Lionel Richie, Bruce
Springsteen, Shawn
Colvin, Beyoncé, John Mayer, and Alicia Keys. |
Best
New Artist |
First awarded at the second
Grammy Award ceremony, winning this category has
been viewed as a music career curse - but some
winners who overcame the curse include The
Beatles, Carly
Simon, Cyndi
Lauper, Tracy
Chapman, Mariah
Carey, Sheryl
Crow, Esperanza Spalding,
Christina
Aguilera, Adele, and Amy Winehouse. |
Pop |
Best Pop Solo
Performance |
In 2012, Best
Pop Vocal Performance - Female and Best
Pop Vocal Performance - Male were combined into this
category. Adele has won 3 so far - other
winners include Ed Sheeran, Pharrell, and Lorde. |
Best Pop Vocal
Performance - Female |
Ella Fitzgerald
first won this category in 1959 (and the next 2
years) followed by other winners including Barbra
Streisand (5 wins), Olivia Newton-John, Dionne Warwick, Whitney
Houston, Bonnie Raitt, Annie
Lennox, Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson, and Sarah
McLachlan. |
Best Pop Vocal
Performance - Male |
Multiple winners in this
category include Jack Jones, Frank
Sinatra, Harry Nilsson, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Phil Collins, Bruno Mars, Michael
Bolton, Sting, Eric
Clapton, Elton
John, Justin Timberlake, and John Mayer. |
Best Pop Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group |
Winners in this category include
Peter, Paul & Mary, The
Beatles, The 5th Dimension,
The Carpenters, Eagles, Bee Gees, The Police, Manhatten
Transfer, R.E.M., Santana, U2, Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, and No
Doubt, |
Best Pop Vocal
Album |
This category started in
1995 with a win by Bonnie Raitt and has also been won by Celine
Dion, Madonna, Steely Dan, Sade, Lady Gaga, and Justin Timberlake. |
Best Pop
Instrumental Performance |
Since this category's debut in 1972,
winners have included Quincy Jones, Marvin Hamlisch,
George Benson, John Williams,
Herb Alpert, Larry
Carlton, Neville Brothers,
Bruce Hornsby, Brandford
Marsalis, Los Lobos, Santana, Brian Setzer
Orchestra, and George
Harrison |
Best Pop
Instrumental Album |
This category began in 2001
- winners have included Joe Jackson, Larry Carlton
& Steve Lukather, Norman
Brown, Beastie Boys, and Ry Cooder &
Manuel Galban. |
Best Pop
Collaboration with Vocals |
Since the creation of this category
in 1995, winning collaborations have included Al Green & Lyle Lovett,
John Lee Hooker &
Van Morrison, Santana & Rob
Thomas, Christina
Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink, Sting & Mary
J. Blige, and Ray Charles & Norah Jones. |
Best Traditional
Pop Vocal Performance |
This category finally gave Rod Stewart his first Grammy Award in
2005 along with other winners including Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett (8 wins), Frank
Sinatra, Patti Page, Joni Mitchell, Michael Buble, and Harry
Connick, Jr.. |
Dance |
Best Dance
Recording |
In 1980, Gloria
Gaynor won the only Grammy ever given as
'Best Disco Recording' and it wasn't until 1998
that the category Best Dance Recording could be
won over the years by Donna Summer, Madonna, Cher, Janet
Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Britney
Spears. |
Best Electronic /
Dance Album |
Basement Jaxx won
the first Grammy Award in this category started
in 2005. Other winners include Madonna, Lady Gaga, Daft Punk, La Roux,
and the Chemical Brothers. |
R&B |
Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female |
Aretha Franklin won the first Grammy in
this category in 1968 and continued to win until
1976, joining other winners including Natalie Cole, Donna Summer, Dionne Warwick, Chaka
Khan, Anita Baker, Patti
LaBelle, Toni
Braxton, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, and Mary
J. Blige. |
Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Male |
This category began in 1968
- winners have included Otis Redding, B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, Michael
Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Bobby
Brown, Luther Vandross, R. Kelly, Usher, John Legend, and Prince. |
Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group |
Winners in this category
have included Sam & Dave, Isley
Brothers, The Temptations, Gladys Knight &
The Pips, Earth, Wind &
Fire, Prince & The
Revolution, Boyz
II Men, TLC, Sade, and Destiny's
Child. |
Best R&B
Recording |
This category was awarded at the
first 9 Grammy ceremonies (with Ray Charles winning 5 of the years)
before the category was separated by gender. |
Best R&B Song |
Awarded to the songwriter
since 1960, winners have included Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Boz Scaggs, Leo Sayer, Michael
Jackson, Prince, Anita Baker, MC Hammer, Janet
Jackson, Babyface, Luther Vandross, and Alicia Keys. |
Best Traditional
R&B Vocal Performance |
Winners of this category,
established in 1999, included Patti
LaBelle, Barry White, The Temptations, Gladys Knight, Chaka
Khan, Aretha Franklin, and Prince. |
Best R&B Album |
It took until 1995 before this
category was awarded, and winners have included Boyz
II Men, TLC, Erykah
Badu, Lauryn
Hill, John Legend, D'Angelo, Alicia Keys, India.Arie, Chaka Khan, Mary
J. Blige, and Luther Vandross. |
Best R&B
Instrumental Performance |
Winners of this category,
established in 1999, included The Temptations, George Benson, Earth, Wind &
Fire, Marvin Gaye, Herbie Hancock,
Soul II Soul, and Miles Davis. |
Best Urban /
Alternative Performance |
Started in 2003, winners have
included India.Arie, Gnarls Barkley, Outkast, Cee Lo Green, Lupe Fiasco, and Jill Scott. |
Best Contemporary
R&B Album |
Also started in 2003, winners have
included Ashanti, Beyoncé, Ne-Yo, Mariah
Carey, Mary
J. Blige, and Usher. |
Best Urban
Contemporary Album |
The category started in 2013 and
gave wins to Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, Pharrell, and 2-time winner in this
category already: The Weeknd. |
Country |
Best Country Vocal
Performance - Female |
Dottie West
was the first female to win this award in 1965 -
other winners included Tammy
Wynette, Lynn Anderson, Olivia Newton-John, Anne Murray,
Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris,
Dolly Parton, Rosanne Cash,
Reba
McEntire, k.d. lang, Mary Chapin
Carpenter, LeAnn
Rimes, Shania
Twain, Faith Hill, and June Carter
Cash. |
Best Country Vocal
Performance - Male |
Established in 1965 (and ending in
2011), winners in this category have included Roger
Miller, Johnny
Cash, Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Ronnie Milsap, Randy Travis,
Garth
Brooks, Vince Gill (8
wins), Keith Urban, and Tim McGraw. |
Best Country Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group |
Winners in this category have
included Johnny
Cash & June Carter,
Conway Twitty & Loretta
Lynn, Pointer Sisters, Waylon Jennings
& Willie Nelson, Alabama,
The Judds, Brooks &
Dunn, Alison Krauss & Union
Station, and the Dixie Chicks. |
Best Country Song |
Awarded to the songwriter
since 1965, winners have included Roger
Miller, Kris Kristofferson,
Larry Gatlin, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, K.T. Oslin,
Vince Gill, Lucinda
Williams, Shania
Twain, and Alan Jackson. |
Best Country Album |
Established in 1965 as
'Best Country & Western Album' for 2 years
and then re-emerging in 1995 as Best Country
Album, winners have included Roger Miller,
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shania
Twain, Lyle Lovett, Johnny
Cash, Dixie Chicks, and Loretta Lynn.
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Rock &
Alternative |
Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female |
This category was separated
by gender in 1980 (although it was combined in
1988, 1992, 1994, and 2005), winners have
included Donna Summer, Pat
Benatar, Tina
Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Melissa
Etheridge, Alanis
Morissette, Sheryl
Crow, and Pink. |
Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Male |
This category was separated by
gender in 1980 (although it was combined in 1988,
1992, 1994, and 2005 and beyond), winners have
included Bob
Dylan, Billy
Joel, Michael
Jackson, Bruce
Springsteen, Robert Palmer, Don
Henley, Eric
Clapton, Lenny
Kravitz, and Dave
Matthews. |
Best Rock Vocal
Solo Performance |
This category was awarded when the
rock category wasn't separated by gender and
winners have included Bruce
Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Bob
Dylan, John Mayer, and Meat Loaf.
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Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group |
Since the category was
established in 1980, winners have included Eagles, The Police, Dire
Straits, U2, Aerosmith, Blues
Traveler, Dave
Matthews Band, Santana, and Coldplay. |
Best Rock Song |
Awarded to the songwriter since
1992, winners have included Sting, Eric
Clapton, Bruce
Springsteen, Alanis
Morissette, Tracy
Chapman, Red
Hot Chili Peppers, Jack White, and U2. |
Best Rock Album |
Begun in 1995, winners in this
category have included the Rolling
Stones, Alanis
Morissette, Sheryl
Crow, John Fogerty, Santana, Muse, Foo Fighters, U2, Bruce
Springsteen, and Green
Day. |
Best Hard Rock
Performance |
When this category began in
1989, Jethro Tull was the
controversial winner - other winners with less
controversy have included Living Colour, Van
Halen, Red
Hot Chili Peppers, Stone
Temple Pilots, Pearl
Jam, Smashing
Pumpkins, Metallica, and Linkin Park. |
Best Rock
Instrumental Performance |
Winners in this category have
included The Police, Sting, Yes, Frank Zappa,
Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray
Vaughan, The Flaming Lips,
and Pink
Floyd. |
Best Metal
Performance |
Started in 1990, winners in
this category have included Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Ozzy Osbourne, Rage Against The
Machine, Black Sabbath,
Korn, and Motorhead. |
Best Alternative
Music Performance/Album |
Alternative artists weren't
honored by the Grammys until 1991, and with only
this lone category which has included such
winners as Sinéad
O'Connor, R.E.M., U2, Green
Day, Nirvana, Radiohead, Beck, Coldplay, and The White Stripes. |
Rap |
Best Rap Solo
Performance |
Winners in this category established
in 1991 (separated by gender in 2003 and 2004)
have included MC Hammer, L.L.
Cool J, Dr. Dre, Queen
Latifah, Will
Smith, Nelly, Eminem, Missy
Elliott, and Jay-Z. |
Best Rap
Performance by a Duo or Group |
Winners in this category
started in 1989 included D.J.
Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Arrested
Development, Salt-N-Pepa, Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony, the Beastie
Boys, Outkast, and Black Eyed Peas. |
Best Rap Album |
Established in 1996, winners in this
category have included Naughty By Nature,
Fugees, Puff
Daddy, Ludacris, Jay-Z, Eminem, Outkast, Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, and Kanye West. |
Best Rap/Sung
Collaboration |
Started in 2002, winners in
this category have included Usher, Beyoncé, Jay-Z & Alicia Keys, Nelly, Justin
Timberlake & T.I., and Eve. |
Video |
Best Music Video,
Short Form and Best Music Video,
Long Form |
This category has had many names
since videos began to be honored in 1984 with
winners including Duran Duran, Michael
Jackson, David
Bowie, Dire
Straits, Weird Al Yankovic,
Madonna, Annie
Lennox, Peter Gabriel, Janet
Jackson, Korn, Fatboy Slim,
Alanis
Morissette, and The Clash. |
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