Sound Off: And the Gramophone Goes to…
January 28, 2010
Written by Michelle Brockman
And the Gramophone Goes to……!!!!!!
So, the Grammy’s are this weekend, you gonna watch? The first Grammy’s telecast was in 1959 and the world and the music of the world have certainly come a long way in 50 years.
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (the people that put together the Grammy’s bash) was established in 1957 for the sole purpose of quality control. Basically, some big wig music executives in Hollywood were nervous about this new type of ‘devil music’ dubbed Rock-n-Roll and had the brilliant idea to start a type of music award society which would be an incentive for musicians and producers to strive to make better, scandal free music. Of course in order to win one of these prestigious shiny awards your musical creation had to fall within their guidelines (yeah, they knew what they were doing!)
Thankfully, times changed, and people changed with the times. Now we have categories to celebrate all of our favorite types of music and there is absolutely nothing wrong with a little creativity and difference. So with that little mini bio of the Grammy awards here are some *Fun Facts* to get you jazzed up for the live show on January 31st.
Most Grammy Awards won by a band: U2, total of 22 Grammys
Most Grammy Awards for Solo Artist (Male): Stevie Wonder, total of 28 Grammys in addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award
Most Grammy Awards for Solo Artist (Female): Alison Krauss, total of 20 Grammys
Most Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance (Female): Aretha Franklin total of 11 Grammys
Youngest Grammy Winner: LeAnn Rimes was 14 years old when she won for “Best New Artist”
Most Grammys won in one night (Male) Michael Jackson in 1984 was nominated for 11 awards and won 8. Carlos Santana in 2000 won 8 Grammys to tie Jacksons record.
Most Grammys won in one night (Female) Lauryn Hill in 1999, Alicia Keys in 2002, Norah Jones in 2003, and The Dixie Chicks in 2007, all tied this record for winning 5 Grammys in one night.
Most Grammy Nominations: Quincy Jones has had 79 nominations, and won 27 Grammys
Most Grammy Nominations with no wins: Alan Parsons and Joe Satriani are tied with 13 nominations but no wins
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