The 1st Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 4, 1959. They recognized musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Two separate ceremonies were held simultaneously on the same day; the first hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the second in the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City. Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Domenico Modugno, Ross Bagdasarian, and Henry Mancini, each won 2 awards.
The Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or just Grammy, is an award presented by the Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.
The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone. The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks' major music awards held annually (between the American Music Awards in fall, and Billboard Music Awards in summer).
The Grammy is considered one of the four major annual American entertainment awards, along with the Academy Awards (for film achievements), the Emmy Awards (for television achievements), and the Tony Awards (theatre and Broadway achievements).
The annual award ceremony features performances by prominent artists and presentation of awards that showcase achievements made by industry recording artists. The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honour the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958.
After the 2011 ceremony, the Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012.
More information: Recording Academy Grammy Awards
The Grammys had their origin in the Hollywood Walk of Fame project in the 1950s.
As recording executives on the Walk of Fame committee compiled a list of significant recording industry people who might qualify for a Walk of Fame star, they realized that many leading people in their business would not earn a star on Hollywood Boulevard. They determined to rectify this by creating awards given by their industry similar to the Oscars and the Emmys.
After deciding to go forward with such awards, a question remained what to call them. One working title was the Eddie, to honour Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph. Eventually, the term Grammy was agreed upon in tribute to Emile Berliner’s gramophone. Grammys were first awarded for achievements in 1958.
The first award ceremony was held simultaneously in two locations on May 4, 1959, the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City, New York, with 28 Grammys awarded. The number of awards given grew, at one time reaching over 100, and fluctuated over the years with categories added and removed.
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.
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 reworked, changing the traditional soft lead for a stronger alloy less prone to damage, making the trophy bigger and grander. Billings developed Grammium, a zinc alloy which they trademarked. Trophies engraved with each recipient's name are not available until after the award announcements, so stunt trophies are re-used each year for the ceremony broadcast.
The General Field are four awards which are not restricted by music genre.
-The Album of the Year award is presented to the performer, songwriter(s), and/or production team of a full album if other than the performer.
-The Record of the Year award is presented to the performer and/or production team of a single song if other than the performer.
-The Song of the Year award is presented to the songwriter(s) of a single song.
-The Best New Artist award is presented to a promising breakthrough performer or performers who in the eligibility year releases the first recording that establishes their public identity, which is not necessarily their first proper release.
More information: Awards and Shows
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