What does the Grammy Award mean?

Grammy Award is an annual large-scale music award event organized by the National recording arts and the Academy of Sciences. Grammy awards are called "the Oscar of music". On the morning of February 6th, Beijing time, the 50th Grammy Awards was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Amy winehouse (* * * * won five awards and became the biggest winner. Lang Lang's Beethoven album with conductor Eisenbach was nominated as "Best Performer", which was the first time that China people were nominated for a Grammy Award. At the award ceremony, Lang Lang played pieces of Liszt's hungarian rhapsody and george gershwin's rhapsody in blue.

Grammy is a homophonic variant of English phonograph. The music prize named after it has a history of 50 years, and its trophy is shaped like an old phonograph.

From 65438 to 0957, a group of musicians and record company managers in Los Angeles proposed to create an organization representing the art and science of music products, through which talented musicians, singers and behind-the-scenes music producers were encouraged. The National recording arts and Science Association (Recording Association for short) and Grammy Music Awards were born. The first Grammy Music Award was awarded in 1958. Since then, the Recording Society has held an award ceremony every year, and the number of awards has increased from 26 at the beginning to 28 categories *** 10 1.

Although the Grammy Music Award is an award of the American recording industry, it has now become one of the most influential music awards in the world. Grammy in music is like Oscar in film. Although there is no doubt that they bear the imprint of American culture, most musicians around the world are still proud to hold this old phonograph.

Grammy can be talked about by musicians all over the world, except that the United States has always been the center of global pop music, representing a higher level of pop music, for three reasons.

The first is its authority. The Recording Association of America is an organization composed of many experienced musicians. It has set up 12 regional branches and a producer and engineer branch all over the United States, and currently has more than10,000 members. Singers, performers, lyricists, composers, conductors, photographers, lyricists and music video producers can all apply to be judges, but only those who have published at least six works are eligible for this position. People who have no real talent and practical learning and lack persistent pursuit of music generally cannot enter the jury. The jury composed of so many senior professionals will naturally be trusted by music lovers.

The second is fairness. There is a very strict system and procedure for the selection of Grammy Music Awards. Recommended works must be selected from the works of the year. After the works are recommended, they must first be screened and qualified by 150 experts in various fields of the music industry, and then classified. Except for the works that need to be voted by the Special Nomination Committee, all the works that have passed the primary election should be submitted to the judges for the first round of voting. However, each judge can only choose nine projects that he is good at to vote. Of course, they will also vote for four awards: album of the year, album of the year, song of the year and new artist of the year. After the initial evaluation, the list will be submitted to the judges for a second round of voting. Except for the four basic awards, each judge can only choose eight awards to vote. These strict measures effectively ensure the fairness of the selection.

The third is its extensive influence. Grammy awards were not famous at first, but TV helped a lot. Television not only turned the original rigid Grammy Awards ceremony into a colorful music program, but also greatly improved the international popularity of the Grammy Awards by broadcasting it live to the whole world. A large number of European and American pop stars perform on the stage, and Americans are good at using stage art and technical means, which makes the Grammy Awards Ceremony a popular entertainment activity in the world. The 44th Grammy Awards Gala attracted audiences from about 170 countries around the world. The Grammy Awards ceremony went global, which made great contributions to the Grammy Music Awards being widely accepted by musicians all over the world.

Grammy-winning works are obviously not the product of hype by a few people or boasting by record companies, but are selected by experts and strict procedures. The high quality of these works and the rendering of TV not only make the winners popular and the records sell well, but also really play a leading role in the music trend. On the other hand, judges are also consumers and will naturally be affected by the market. Of course, the best-selling records, the most popular singers and the most popular movie songs are also the easiest to enter their field of vision.

In addition to the Grammy Music Awards, the Recording Society of America has successively established Lifetime Achievement Awards, Board Awards and Grammy Hall of Honor to commend those people and works with outstanding achievements and long-term historical value, including those who were not included in the Grammy Awards and those who were buried in history. For example, the black singer Robertson won the 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award 22 years after his death. The Recording Society of America also actively participates in trademark legislation, intellectual property protection, cracking down on piracy, digital music download litigation and other undertakings involving the rights and interests of record companies and individuals, and actively advocates artistic exchange and music education. The Grammy Foundation also helps musicians in difficulty and supports young people to join the ranks of musicians.

All Grammy Awards are presented to those who have made outstanding contributions to the art and technology of recording by the representatives elected by the Recording Association every year. The difference between Grammy Award and other awards is that the evaluation of all his awards is not affected by sales and ranking, but depends entirely on his contribution to technology and art.

The annual Grammy Awards can also be regarded as a grand event, which attracts all the best music and record professionals in the world. In addition to the traditional Grammy awards, the Record Association also awards other supplementary awards. These awards make up for some gaps in the Grammy Awards, but similarly, although these awards have some complementary flavors, all the people who can win these awards are outstanding talents who have made outstanding contributions to the recording industry and music. These awards include Lifetime Achievement Award, Best Grammy Award for Science and Technology and Grammy Legend Award.

The biggest feature of Grammy Award is that it has a huge selection committee organization, and all members are music practitioners. Many judges can avoid the subjectivity of a few people, and this professionalism also enhances the credibility of Grammy. Choosing Grammy winners requires complicated steps.

Since its establishment, it has attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of fans around the world every year. Although the Grammy Music Award is an award of the American recording industry, it has now become one of the most influential music awards in the world. Grammy in music is like Oscar in film. Although there is no doubt that they bear the imprint of American culture, most musicians around the world are still proud to hold this old phonograph.

Selection program

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1. nomination: all members recommend excellent audio publications (including music videos) in the specified year (from September of the previous year to September of the next year). However, due to the large number of records released each year, in order to avoid the regret of the legacy, record companies can also recommend some neglected artists' works to Grammy. A few years ago, only with the support of record companies, Joan Osborne's "Youwei" was widely concerned.

2. At this stage, the nominated works are classified according to their different musical attributes, such as rock, country, Latin and classical. At this time, we can't make any artistic and technical judgments, but simply find a home for the nominated works. Grammy classification standard is very suitable for those fans who have doubts about the method of distinguishing music factions.

Third, the shortlist and classified nomination list shall be submitted to the special committee selected by each branch for shortlisting, and all other items shall be submitted to the members of the college for the first round of voting. Moreover, in order to ensure the quality of voting, members can only choose 9 categories from 22 categories to vote. Of course, the four general categories (album of the year, album of the year, song of the year and newcomer of the year) need to be decided by all members.

4. In the second round of voting, more than 9,000 members will select 8 categories (plus 4 general categories) from 27 categories, and vote for 5 finalists in each category. The voting results will be sent to Deloitte. Touching LLP accounting firm statistics.

The winner will be nominated by Deloitte. Tush LLP kept it and kept it a secret until the day of the award ceremony.

1. Award scope: All awards set by Grammy are for all records released in the United States from the year before last to September 30th. Take the 46th Grammy Awards Ceremony as an example. The release dates of the above records are between June 6, 2002 and September 30, 2003.

2. How to nominate: These audio-visual products nominated and ordered by the judges are recommended by various record companies. Of course, in principle, it is also possible for artists to recommend themselves.

3. Number of awards: Each Grammy Award is different. Except for several important awards (such as "album of the year" and "album of the year"), small awards are always slightly different. Today, there are 28 categories of Grammy Awards (including pop music, rock and country music, etc.). ) won 65,438+004 awards.

4. Selection method: In the first round of voting, each judge can vote for any singer, artist, band or record producer who he thinks should win the prize, that is, they can participate in the selection of each Grammy Award. However, after the first round of voting, these judges will be restricted to exercise their voting rights in their own professional fields. Similarly, in the second round of voting, all judges can also vote for general categories of awards, but their voting rights in their respective professional fields are still limited.

5. Qualifications of judges: The Grammy Award was founded by the National Institute of recording arts and Science (NARAS), so how can I be a judge of this association? According to the regulations, your name as a creator or technician must appear in public publications at least six times (maybe one day there will be an "underground Grammy"), which means that the judges can be singers, producers, songwriters, band managers and even sound engineers. Theoretically, it is possible as long as you work hard, but how lucky you are is another matter!

6. Number of nominations: All votes are recorded, and each award can have 5 nominations.

7. Confidentiality: Only Deloitte &; The staff in charge of envelope management of Tuche Certified Public Accountants have the opportunity to know. The results will not be revealed until the moment when the envelope is opened at the award ceremony. It is precisely because of such strict confidentiality measures that Grammy has more suspense and hope-no wonder so many people were nervous before the announcement of the winners, and no wonder the audience cried with joy after learning that they won the prize!