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{{Short description|American award for achievements in music}}
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| name = Grammy
| previous_awards = 67th Annual Grammy Awards
| previous_date = {{start date|2025|2|2}}
| pending_awards =
| pending_date =
| next_awards = 68th Annual Grammy Awards
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| image = Grammy Awards logo.svg
| image_size = 280
| caption =
| awarded_for = Outstanding achievements in the [[music industry]]
| presenter = [[The Recording Academy]]
| country = United States
| network = [[NBC]] (1959–1970)<br />[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1971–1972; 2027)<br />[[CBS]] (1973–present)
| firstawarded = {{Start date and age|1959|5|4}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.grammy.com/|grammy.com}}
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The '''Grammy Awards''', stylized as '''GRAMMY''', and often referred to as the '''Grammys''', are awards presented by [[The Recording Academy]] of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the [[music industry]] worldwide and thus the show is frequently called "music's biggest night".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Larsen |first1=Crystal |title=Celebrating Music's Biggest Night Nationwide |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/celebrating-musics-biggest-night-nationwide |website=Grammy Awards |access-date=February 18, 2025 |date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> The trophy depicts a gilded [[Phonograph|gramophone]], and the original idea was to call them the "Gramophone Awards"'''.'''

The Grammys are the first of the [[Big Three television networks|Big Three networks]]' major music awards held annually,{{NoteTag|Before the [[Billboard Music Awards]] in the summer and the [[American Music Awards]] in the fall.}} and are considered one of the [[EGOT|four major annual American entertainment awards]] with the [[Academy Awards]] (for films), the [[Emmy Award]]s (for television), and the [[Tony Award]]s (for theater). The [[1st Annual Grammy Awards|first Grammy Awards ceremony]] was held on May 4, 1959,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/1st-annual-grammy-awards|title=1958 Grammy Winners|publisher=Grammy.com|website=Recording Academy Grammy Awards|access-date=November 14, 2022|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815154726/https://www.grammy.com/awards/1st-annual-grammy-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/grammys-announce-broad-overhaul-of-award-categories-472184/|title=Grammys Announce Broad Overhaul of Award Categories|magazine=Billboard|author=Bill Werde|date=April 6, 2011|access-date=February 15, 2022|archive-date=February 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215185439/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/grammys-announce-broad-overhaul-of-award-categories-472184/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[67th Annual Grammy Awards]], featuring a total of 94 categories, were presented on February 2, 2025.

After over fifty years being broadcast on [[CBS]], it was announced on October 30, 2024, that the Grammys would move to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Disney+]] and [[Hulu]] as part of a ten-year broadcast deal between the Recording Academy and [[the Walt Disney Company]]. The 2027 broadcast will mark the first time the Grammys are streamed simultaneously on multiple Disney-owned platforms, including Hulu and Disney+, alongside ABC's traditional television airing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roots |first=Kimberly |date=October 30, 2024 |title=Grammys to Leave CBS After 54-Year Run — Find Out Where They'll Land |url=https://tvline.com/news/the-grammys-disney-plus-abc-hulu-broadcast-deal-1235372520/ |access-date=October 30, 2024 |website=TVLine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="White">{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=October 30, 2024 |title=The Grammys Move From CBS To Disney In Major 10-Year Deal |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/the-grammys-move-cbs-to-disney-10-year-deal-1236162518/ |access-date=October 30, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Most recent Grammy Award winners
| election_date = [[67th Annual Grammy Awards|2023–24]]
| type = primary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 66th Annual Grammy Awards
| previous_year = 2022–23
| next_election = [[68th Annual Grammy Awards|2024–25]]
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| 2blank = Winner
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| 2data1 = [[Beyoncé]]<br />(''[[Cowboy Carter]]'')
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| 1data5 = [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]
| 2data5 = [[Chappell Roan]]
| next_year = [[68th Annual Grammy Awards|2024–25]]
| after_election = ''[[Cowboy Carter]]''
| title = Album of the Year
| before_election = ''[[Midnights]]''
}}

The Grammys had their origin in the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] project in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/about/|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame History|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610020129/http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/about/|archive-date=June 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/pages/history|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame History|access-date=May 21, 2011|archive-date=October 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027173256/http://walkoffame.com/pages/history|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[Academy Awards|Oscars]] and the [[Emmy Award|Emmys]]. After deciding to go forward with such awards, a question remained what to call them. One working title was the 'Eddie', to honor [[Thomas Edison]], the inventor of the [[phonograph]]. Eventually, the name was chosen after a mail-in contest whereby approximately 300 contestants submitted the name 'Grammy', with the earliest postmark from contest winner Jay Danna of New Orleans, Louisiana, as an abbreviated reference to [[Emile Berliner]]'s invention, the [[Phonograph|gramophone]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Sim Myers | title=On The Square | publisher=Times Picayune | date=May 4, 1959}}</ref> Grammys were first awarded for achievements in 1958.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NnRPAAAAIBAJ&pg=1440,1446700&dq=paul+weston&hl=en|title=Record Academy Plans TV Spectacular of Its Own|author=Thomas, Bob|date=April 8, 1959|newspaper=Ocala Star-Banner|access-date=January 29, 2011|archive-date=December 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231022624/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NnRPAAAAIBAJ&pg=1440,1446700&dq=paul+weston&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ca9NAAAAIBAJ&pg=7065,1739274&dq=paul+weston&hl=en|title=Recording Stars Plan Eddie To Join Oscar And Emmy|date=August 9, 1957|newspaper=The Deseret News|access-date=February 2, 2011|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126002400/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ca9NAAAAIBAJ&pg=7065,1739274&dq=paul+weston&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aSBAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3612,4838071&dq=paul+weston+grammy&hl=en|title=Bronze Stars Begot Grammy|date=February 22, 1976|publisher=The Robesonian|access-date=May 2, 2011|archive-date=December 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231012805/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aSBAAAAAIBAJ&pg=3612,4838071&dq=paul+weston+grammy&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[1st Annual Grammy Awards|first award ceremony]] was held simultaneously in two locations on May 4, 1959, the [[Beverly Hilton Hotel]] in Beverly Hills, California, and the [[Park Central Hotel|Park Sheraton Hotel]] in New York City, New York,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1959-may-238.html |title=Grammy Awards 1959 (May) |work=Grammy |access-date=February 17, 2016 |archive-date=September 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908053645/http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1959-may-238.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with 28 Grammys awarded. The number of awards given grew, reaching over 100, and fluctuated over the years with categories added and removed.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |url=http://timelines.latimes.com/grammy-awards/ |title=Grammys history and winners through the years |date=January 28, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 18, 2016 |archive-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922103759/http://timelines.latimes.com/grammy-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[2nd Annual Grammy Awards|second Grammy Awards]], also held in 1959, was the first ceremony to be televised.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1959-239.html |title=Grammy Awards 1959 |work=Grammy |access-date=February 17, 2016 |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920103207/http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1959-239.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Still, the ceremony was not aired live until the [[13th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1971-220.html |title=Grammy Awards 1971 |work=Grammy |access-date=February 17, 2016 |archive-date=January 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128212941/http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1971-220.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Latin Grammy Awards===
{{Main|Latin Grammy Awards}}

The concept of a separate Grammy Awards for [[Latin music]] recorded in Spanish or [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] began in 1989,<ref>{{cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon|title=Critic's Notebook; Latin Faces Light Up TV Courtesy of The Grammys|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/16/arts/critic-s-notebook-latin-faces-light-up-tv-courtesy-of-the-grammys.html|access-date=January 18, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 16, 2000|archive-date=January 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118222959/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/16/arts/critic-s-notebook-latin-faces-light-up-tv-courtesy-of-the-grammys.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Cobo |first1=Leila |title='The Academy's Big Responsibility Is The Diffusion Of Latin Music' |magazine=Billboard |date=September 4, 2004 |volume=116 |issue=36 |page=62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62 |access-date=September 30, 2019  |issn=0006-2510 |quote=Q: What is LARAS's definition of Latin music? A: Music in Spanish or Portuguese. |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207045932/https://books.google.com/books?id=AhMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62 |url-status=live }}</ref> as it was deemed too large to fit on the regular Grammys ceremony.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-12-ss-19479-story.html|title=One Little Word, Yet It Means So Much|last=Valdes-Rodriguez|first=Alisa|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 12, 2000|access-date=April 7, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229065435/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/sep/12/news/ss-19479|url-status=live}}</ref> The Recording Academy then established [[the Latin Recording Academy]] in 1997, and the separate [[Latin Grammy Awards]] were first held in 2000. The Latin Grammys honor works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been released either in [[Ibero-America]], the [[Iberian Peninsula]], or the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=FAQ|url=http://www.latingrammy.com/en/content/faq|website=Latin Grammy Awards|publisher=[[Latin Recording Academy]] |access-date=November 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404205823/http://www.latingrammy.com/en/content/faq|archive-date=April 4, 2020}}</ref>

===COVID-19 impact (2021–2022)===
The [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]] were postponed from its original January 31, 2021, date to March 14, 2021, due to the [[impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry|music industry impact]] of [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-03-14/grammys-2021-trevor-noah-cbs-awards-shows|title=Review: The best Grammys in memory may have just revived the awards show|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Lorraine Ali|date=March 14, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2022|archive-date=February 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215191113/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-03-14/grammys-2021-trevor-noah-cbs-awards-shows|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/2021-best-grammy-awards-ever-1139720/|title=Surprise! The Best Grammys Ever|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Rob Sheffield|date=March 15, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2022|archive-date=February 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215191111/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/2021-best-grammy-awards-ever-1139720/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[64th Annual Grammy Awards]] were also postponed from its original January 31, 2022, date to April 3, 2022, due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 [[SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant|Delta]] [[SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant|cron]] hybrid variant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grammy-awards-postponed-2-1235142718/|title=Grammy Awards Officially Postponed|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=January 5, 2022|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204022219/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grammy-awards-postponed-2-1235142718/|archive-date=February 4, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref> The ceremony was also moved from the [[Crypto.com Arena]] in Los Angeles to the [[MGM Grand Garden Arena]] in Las Vegas due to the former having scheduling conflicts with sports games and concerts nearly every night through mid-April.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/grammy-awards-moving-to-las-vegas-on-april-3-1235156447/|title=Grammy Awards Moving to Las Vegas on April 3|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=January 18, 2022|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119124952/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/grammy-awards-moving-to-las-vegas-on-april-3-1235156447/|archive-date=January 19, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref>

==Gramophone trophy==
[[File:Grammy Award 2002.jpg|thumb|200px|left|upright|alt=|[[Ted Jensen]]'s 2002 Grammy Award]]
The gold-plated trophies, each depicting a [[gilded]] [[Phonograph|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billingsartworks.com/grammy_making.php |title=Making the Grammy |publisher=Billingsartworks.com |year=2006 |access-date=August 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423143542/http://www.billingsartworks.com/grammy_making.php |archive-date=April 23, 2010 }}</ref> Billings developed Grammium, a [[Zinc#Alloys|zinc alloy]] that they trademarked.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=And the Grammy Comes From...|last=Williams|first=Nick|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=February 13, 2016|pages=56–57|volume=128|issue=4}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billingsartworks.com/about.php |title=About Billings Artworks |publisher=Billingsartworks.com |year=2006 |access-date=August 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423143518/http://www.billingsartworks.com/about.php |archive-date=April 23, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Best|first1=Tamara|title=How the Grammy Awards Are Made: 4 Craftsmen and 'Grammium'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/arts/music/grammy-award-maker-john-billings.html|website=The New York Times|date=February 7, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009122232/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/arts/music/grammy-award-maker-john-billings.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

By February 2009, some 7,578 Grammy trophies had been awarded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/News/Default.aspx?newsID=2787&newsCategoryID=1 |title=Neil Portnow's 50th Grammy's Telecast Remarks |website=Grammys |date=February 10, 2008 |access-date=August 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221031851/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/News/Default.aspx?newsID=2787&newsCategoryID=1 |archive-date=February 21, 2009 }}</ref>

==Ceremonies and venues==

{{main|List of Grammy Award ceremony locations}}

[[File:Crypto.com Arena exterior 2023.jpg|thumb|200px|right|upright|alt=|The [[Crypto.com Arena]] in [[Los Angeles]] has typically served as the venue for the Grammy Awards since 2000.]]

Since 2000, the Grammy Awards have been held annually at the [[Crypto.com Arena]] in [[Los Angeles]], with a few exceptions. Before 1971, Grammy Award ceremonies were held in different locations on the same day. Originally [[New York City]] and [[Los Angeles]] were the host cities. [[Chicago]] joined as a host city in 1962, and [[Nashville]] became a fourth location in 1965.

The 1971 ceremony at the [[Hollywood Palladium]] in Los Angeles was the first to take place in one location as it was the first live telecast of the event. In 1972, the ceremony was held at [[Madison Square Garden]]'s [[Felt Forum]] in New York City. In 1973, it took place at Nashville's [[Tennessee Theatre (Nashville)|Tennessee Theatre]]. From 1974 to 2003, the Grammys were held in various venues in Los Angeles and New York City, including Los Angeles' [[Shrine Auditorium]], [[Crypto.com Arena]] and Hollywood Palladium; and New York's Madison Square Garden and [[Radio City Music Hall]].

In 2000, the [[Crypto.com Arena]] (known as the Staples Center from 1999 to 2021) became the permanent home of the award ceremonies. [[Grammy Museum at L.A. Live|The Grammy Museum]] was built across the street from the Crypto.com Arena in [[LA Live]] to preserve the history of the Grammy Awards. Embedded on the sidewalks on the museum streets are bronze disks, similar to the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], to honor each year's top winners, Record of the Year, Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. Since 2000, the Grammy Awards have taken place outside of Los Angeles only three times. [[New York City]]'s [[Madison Square Garden]] hosted the awards in [[45th Annual Grammy Awards|2003]] and in [[60th Annual Grammy Awards|2018]], while the [[MGM Grand Garden Arena]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] hosted in [[64th Annual Grammy Awards|2022]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/new-york-city-host-2018-grammys|title=When are the 2018 GRAMMYs?|date=May 9, 2017|website=Grammy.com|access-date=December 30, 2017|archive-date=May 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501023745/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/new-york-city-host-2018-grammys|url-status=live}}</ref>

The annual awards ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena requires the local sports teams such as the [[Los Angeles Kings]], [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and [[Los Angeles Sparks]] to play an extended length of road games.

==Categories==
{{main|List of Grammy Award categories}}

The "General Field" are four awards which are not restricted by music genre.
* The [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] award is presented to the performer, featured artists, songwriter(s), and/or production team of a full album if other than the performer.
* The [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] award is presented to the performer or production team of a single song if other than the performer.
* The [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] award is presented to the songwriter(s) of a single song.
* The [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|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).

To date, three artists have won all four awards, two won all four at once: [[Christopher Cross]] (1981) and [[Billie Eilish]] (2020). [[Adele]] won the Best New Artist award in 2009 and her other three awards in 2012 and 2017. At age 18, Eilish is the youngest artist to have won all four awards.

As of 2024, an additional two awards were added to the "General Field".
* The [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical|Producer of the Year, Non-Classical]] award is presented to a producer for a body of work released during the eligibility period. It was first presented in 1974 and was not previously part of any specific field.
* The [[Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical|Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical]] award is presented to an individual who works primarily as a songwriter for a body of work released during the eligibility period. It was first presented in 2023 and was not previously part of any specific field.

Other awards are given for performance and production in specific genres and for other contributions such as artwork and video. Special awards are also given for longer-lasting contributions to the music industry.

Because of the large number of award categories (94 as of 2024), and a desire to feature several performances by various artists, only awards with the most popular interest – typically about 10 to 12, including the four general field categories and one or two categories in the most popular music genres (i.e., pop, rock, country, and rap) – are presented directly at the televised award ceremony. Most other Grammy trophies are presented in a pre-telecast "Premiere Ceremony" in the afternoon before the Grammy Awards telecast.

===2012 category restructuring===
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On April 6, 2011, the Recording Academy announced a significant overhaul of many Grammy Award categories for 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/apr-06-2011-914-am|title=THE RECORDING ACADEMY® CONTINUES EVOLUTION OF GRAMMY® AWARDS|date=April 6, 2011|access-date=December 14, 2017|archive-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707162509/https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/press-release/apr-06-2011-914-am|url-status=live}}</ref> The number of categories was cut from 109 to 78. The most substantial change was eliminating the distinction between male and female soloists and between collaborations and duo/groups in various genre fields (pop, rock, rhythm and blues [R&B], country, and rap). Additionally, several instrumental soloist categories were discontinued; recordings in these categories now fall under general categories for best solo performances.

In the [[Rock music|rock]] field, the hard rock and metal album categories were combined. The [[Best Rock Instrumental Performance]] category was also eliminated.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rohter |first=Larry |date=April 12, 2011 |title=Grammy Chief Defends Award Cuts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/13/arts/music/grammy-awards-executive-defends-cuts-in-categories.html |access-date=June 12, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], the distinction between best contemporary R&B album and other R&B albums has been eliminated, consolidated into one [[Best R&B Album]] category.<ref>{{cite web |title=Explanation For Category Restructuring |url=https://www.grammy.com/recording-academy/announcement/explanation-for-category-restructuring |website=Grammy.com |date=April 5, 2011 |access-date=February 21, 2019 |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705032036/https://www.grammy.com/recording-academy/announcement/explanation-for-category-restructuring |url-status=live }}</ref>

In [[rap music|rap]], the categories for best rap soloist and best rap duo or group have been merged into the new [[Best Rap Performance]] category.

The [[American folk music|roots]] category had the most eliminations. Up through 2011, there were separate categories for regional American music forms, such as Hawaiian, Native American, and Zydeco/Cajun music. A consistently low number of entries in these categories led the Recording Academy to combine these music variations into a new [[Best Regional Roots Music Album]], including [[polka]], which had lost its category in 2009.<ref name=CBC>{{cite news|publisher=[[CBC News]] |title=Grammy board axes polka category to stay 'relevant and responsive' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/grammy-board-axes-polka-category-to-stay-relevant-and-responsive-1.828218?ref=rss |date=June 4, 2009 |access-date=July 20, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610190520/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2009/06/04/grammy-changes-polka-ostanek.html?ref=rss |archive-date=June 10, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="NYT090605">{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Sisario|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Polka Music Is Eliminated as Grammy Award Category|page=C5|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/arts/music/05polk.html |url-access=subscription |date=June 5, 2009|access-date=October 18, 2010|archive-date=May 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510005556/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/arts/music/05polk.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In same-genre fields, the traditional and contemporary blues categories and the traditional and contemporary folk categories each were consolidated into one per genre due to the number of entries and the challenges in distinguishing between contemporary and traditional blues and folk songs. In the world music field, the traditional and contemporary categories also were merged.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

In the [[Classical music|classical]] field, several categories, including its main category [[Best Classical Album]], were trimmed down from eleven to seven distinct categories plus two classically focused production prizes. Classical recordings since then became eligible for the main [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] category.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tsioulcas |first=Anastasia |date=April 7, 2011 |title=Bye-Bye, Best Classical Album: Grammy Categories Cut |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2011/04/07/135204990/bye-bye-best-classical-album |access-date=June 12, 2025 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>

A few minor name changes were also made to better reflect the nature of the separate categories. The Recording Academy determined that the word "gospel" in the [[Gospel music|gospel]] genre field tends to connote images and sounds of traditional soul gospel to the exclusion of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). Therefore, the field and some categories were renamed as Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/the-academy-continues-evolution-of-grammy-awards-process |first1=Tim |last1=McPhate |title=The Academy Continues Evolution Of GRAMMY Awards Process|website=Grammy.com|date=April 6, 2011|access-date=December 14, 2017|archive-date=August 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829130514/http://www.grammy.com/news/the-academy-continues-evolution-of-grammy-awards-process|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Since 2012===
Since 2012, small adjustments have been made to lists of categories and genre fields. The number of categories has risen from 78 in 2012 to 84 since 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/60th-grammy-awards-full-nominees-list|title=See The Full List Of 60th GRAMMY Nominees|date=November 27, 2017|website=Grammy.com|access-date=December 8, 2017|archive-date=January 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128121536/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/60th-grammy-awards-full-nominees-list|url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2020, amid the [[George Floyd protests]], several urban, rap, and Latin music categories were renamed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/873805210/the-grammys-changed-some-categories-will-they-make-any-difference |date=June 10, 2020 |first1=Anastasia |last1=Tsioulcas |title=The Grammys Changed Some Categories. Will They Make Any Difference?|website=NPR |access-date=April 12, 2021|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415184407/https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/873805210/the-grammys-changed-some-categories-will-they-make-any-difference|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, the number of awards was increased from 86 to 91.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Grammy Awards are adding new categories |work=NPR |first1=Rachel |last1=Martin |date=June 10, 2022 |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104109723/the-grammy-awards-are-adding-new-categories |access-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613081446/https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104109723/the-grammy-awards-are-adding-new-categories |url-status=live }}</ref> Performance categories were added for the Americana and alternative music genres alongside new categories for video game score and spoken word poetry albums. A songwriter category (non-classical) and a song for social change category were also added and several categories were adjusted slightly.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grammys-new-awards-songwriter-of-the-year-1235288780/ |first1=Jem |last1=Aswad |website=Variety | title=Grammys Add New Awards: Songwriter of the Year, Song for Social Change, More | date=June 9, 2022 | access-date=June 10, 2022 | archive-date=June 10, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610191315/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grammys-new-awards-songwriter-of-the-year-1235288780/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/recording-academy-adds-new-awards-for-2023-grammys-songwriter-of-the-year-best-song-for-social-change/ |first1=Matthew |last1=Strauss | title=Recording Academy Adds New Awards for 2023 Grammys: Songwriter of the Year, Best Song for Social Change, and More | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=June 9, 2022 | access-date=June 10, 2022 | archive-date=June 10, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610141140/https://pitchfork.com/news/recording-academy-adds-new-awards-for-2023-grammys-songwriter-of-the-year-best-song-for-social-change/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023, several key changes were announced for the [[66th Annual Grammy Awards]], set to take place in 2024. Three new categories were announced, bringing the total number to 94, the highest since the peak of 109 in 2010. In addition, both [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical|Producer of the Year, Non-Classical]] and [[Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical|Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical]], were moved to the General Field, the first time new categories had been added to this field since the concept of the Big Four was established.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/new-grammys-categories-2024/|title=Here's Everything We Know About the 3 New Grammy Categories for 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Paul Grein|date=June 13, 2023|access-date=June 14, 2023}}</ref> The total number of fields was consolidated from 26 to 11 to ensure that all voting members would be able to exercise their allocated ten genre votes, as some members were prevented from doing so previously due to some fields only containing one category.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/2024-grammy-ballot-fields-categories-complete-list/|title=Here Are the 11 Fields on 2024 Grammy Ballot & Categories They Contain: Complete List|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Paul Grein|date=June 16, 2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref>

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has announced the date for the 68th Grammy Awards. The organizers also introduced two new categories: Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover.

==Entry process and selection of nominees==
Members of the [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] (NARAS), both media companies and individuals, may nominate recordings for consideration. Entries are made and submitted online. When a work is entered, review sessions are held that involve over 150 recording industry experts, to determine that the work has been entered in the correct category.

The resulting lists of eligible entries are then circulated to voting members, each of whom may vote to nominate in the general fields ([[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]], and [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]) and in up to nine out of 30 other fields on their ballots. The five recordings that earn the most votes in each category become the nominees, while in some categories (craft and specialized categories) review committees determine the final five nominees.<ref name="VotingProcess">{{cite web | url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/grammy-awards-voting-process | title=Grammy Awards Voting Process | website=Grammy.org | date=October 18, 2010 | access-date=January 17, 2014 | archive-date=March 13, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313085730/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/grammy-awards-voting-process | url-status=live }}</ref> There may be over five nominees if a tie occurs in the nomination process.

Although members of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] generally are invited to screenings or are sent DVDs of films nominated for Oscars, NARAS members do not receive nominated recordings, but instead receive access to a private online listening service.

==Final voting==
After nominees have been determined, final voting ballots are sent to NARAS voting members, who may then vote in the general field and cast ten votes in various genre categories spread to three of the eleven fields. Members are encouraged, but not required, to vote only in their fields of expertise. Ballots are tabulated secretly by the independent accounting firm [[Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu]].<ref name="VotingProcess" /> After vote tabulation, winners are announced at the Grammy Awards. The recording with the most votes in a category wins, and it is possible to have a tie (in which case the two [or more] nominees who tie are considered winners). Winners are presented with a Grammy Award; those who do not win receive a medal for their nomination.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

In both voting rounds, Academy members are required to vote solely based on quality, without consideration for sales, chart performance, personal friendships, regional preferences or company loyalty. Gifts may not be accepted. Members are urged to vote in a manner that preserves the integrity of the academy and their member community. Although registered media companies may submit entries, they have no vote.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

==Certificates==
In many categories, certificates are presented to those ineligible for a Grammy Award but who did contribute to a winning recording. These certificates are known as Participation Certificates or Winners Certificates. Those eligible for a certificate can apply for one in the weeks after the Grammy ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GRAMMY Participation Certificates {{!}} RECORDINGACADEMY.com |url=https://www.recordingacademy.com/awards/grammy-participation-certificates |access-date=March 25, 2025 |website=recordingacademy.com}}</ref>

==Special honors==
===Grammy Legend===
{{main|Grammy Legend Award}}

A special Grammy Award of merit is occasionally awarded to recognize "ongoing contributions and influence in the recording field".<ref name="Grammy Legend Award">{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Legends/ |title=Grammy Legend Award |website=Grammy.com |access-date=December 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207040854/http://www2.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Awards/Legends/ |archive-date=December 7, 2010 }}</ref> It has come to be known as the '''Grammy Legend Award''' and the '''Grammy Living Legend Award''' at different ceremonies. {{As of|2018|post=,}} fourteen solo musicians and one band have received this award.

===Salute to Industry Icons Award===
The Grammy Salute to Industry Icons Award honors those who have made innovative contributions to the music industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/clarence-avant-to-be-honored-at-clive-davis-pre-grammy-gala-1203120416/ |title=Clarence Avant to Be Honored at Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala |date=January 28, 2019 |website=Variety |access-date=August 19, 2019 |archive-date=August 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819001744/https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/clarence-avant-to-be-honored-at-clive-davis-pre-grammy-gala-1203120416/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/clarence-avant-2019-grammy-salute-industry-icons-award/ |title=Clarence Avant to Receive 2019 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons Award |magazine=Billboard |date=January 25, 2019 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216055917/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8494949/clarence-avant-2019-grammy-salute-industry-icons-award |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/music/music-reviews/prince-grammys-salute-best-moments/|title=The 10 best moments from the Grammys Salute to Prince Sheila E., Maya Rudolph, and Susanna Hoffs all paid tribute to the Purple One By Alex Suskind and Sarah Rodman|publisher=Variety|date=April 21, 2020|access-date=August 18, 2023}}</ref> Recipients include:
* [[Herb Alpert]] and [[Jerry Moss]]
* [[Irving Azoff]]
* [[Martin Bandier]]
* [[Richard Branson]]
* [[Clive Davis]]
* [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
* [[Ahmet Ertegun]]
* [[David Geffen]]
* [[Berry Gordy]]
* [[Lucian Grainge]]
* [[Jay-Z]]
* [[Debra L. Lee]]
* [[Doug Morris]]
* [[Mo Ostin]]
* [[L.A. Reid]]
* [[Sean Diddy Combs]]
* [[Julie Greenwald]] and [[Craig Kallman]]
* [[Rob Stringer]]
* [[Jon Platt]]

==Leading winners==
{{Main|Grammy Award milestones}}
With 35 Grammy Awards, [[Beyoncé]] is the artist with the most Grammy wins.<ref>{{cite news |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/23/arts/music-the-grammys-classical-fewer-records-more-attention.html |title=Music: the Grammys/Classical; Fewer Records, More Attention |work=The New York Times |date=February 23, 2003 |access-date=August 28, 2010 |archive-date=January 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106224845/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/23/arts/music-the-grammys-classical-fewer-records-more-attention.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Todd Leopold |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/08/grammy.night/index.html |title=Plant, Krauss rise with 'Raising Sand' at Grammys |work=CNN |date=February 9, 2009 |access-date=August 28, 2010 |archive-date=June 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103900/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/08/grammy.night/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[U2]], with 22 Grammy Awards, holds the record for most awards won by a group.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Michael Paolette |author2=Gail Mitchell |author3=Melinda Newman |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/19799718/u2s-big-grammy-night |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722124927/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/19799718/u2s-big-grammy-night  |archive-date=July 22, 2015 |title=U2's Big Grammy Night |magazine=Billboard |date=February 18, 2006 |access-date=July 20, 2015}}</ref>

==Criticism==
{{Over-quotation|section|date=October 2023}}

===Commercialism===
When [[Pearl Jam]] won a Grammy for the [[Best Hard Rock Performance]] in 1996, the band's lead singer [[Eddie Vedder]] commented on stage, "I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/grammy-the-movies-20080208 |title=Grammy & The Movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611053024/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/grammy-the-movies-20080208 |archive-date=June 11, 2017 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 8, 2008}}</ref> In 2008, [[Glen Hansard]], leader of the Irish rock group [[the Frames]], stated that the Grammys represent something outside of the real world of music "that's fully industry based". He said he was not particularly interested in attending that year's ceremony, even though he had been nominated for two awards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/columnists/contenderqa/env-en-songs6feb06,0,4879961.story |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Todd |last=Martens |title=Glen Hansard, Eddie Vedder crash Grammy Awards |date=February 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221000127/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/columnists/contenderqa/env-en-songs6feb06%2C0%2C4879961.story |archive-date=February 21, 2013 }}</ref> [[Maynard James Keenan]], lead singer of [[progressive rock]] band [[Tool (band)|Tool]], did not attend the Grammy Awards ceremony to receive one of the band's awards, explaining that:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2002/tool_int.asp |title=Interview with Maynard James Keenan of Tool |author=Gabriella |publisher=NY Rock |date=July 2002  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125082736/http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2002/tool_int.asp |archive-date=January 25, 2007 }}</ref>

{{blockquote|I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself. That's basically what it's all about.}}

The Grammys have also been criticized for generally awarding or nominating more commercially successful albums rather than critically successful ones.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dietz |first1=Jason |title=2011 Grammy Awards: A Closer Look at Key Nominees |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/nominees-for-53rd-grammy-awards |website=Metacritic |access-date=April 7, 2022 |date=February 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214100732/http://features.metacritic.com/features/2011/nominees-for-53rd-grammy-awards/|archive-date=February 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Daniel |first1=Josh |title=Yes, But Why Are the Grammys So Awful? |url=https://slate.com/culture/2001/02/yes-but-why-are-the-grammys-so-awful.html |website=Slate Magazine |access-date=April 7, 2022 |date=February 23, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131173955/http://www.slate.com/id/101306/ |archive-date=January 31, 2011 }}</ref> In 1991, [[Sinéad O'Connor]] became the first musician to refuse a Grammy, boycotting the ceremony after being nominated for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]], and [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance]]. O'Connor would go on to win the latter award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grammys-terrible_n_56a8f4fee4b0f6b7d544765c|title=The Grammys Are Even More Terrible Than You Thought|last=Van Luling|first=Todd|date=February 15, 2016|work=HuffPost|access-date=April 7, 2022|archive-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215235137/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/grammys-terrible_us_56a8f4fee4b0f6b7d544765c|url-status=live}}</ref> She said her reasoning came from the Grammys' extreme commercialism.<ref>{{cite web |last=Firecloud |first=Johnny |title=The Grammys Top 10 Bashers & Boycotters |url=https://www.mandatory.com/culture/129524-the-grammys-top-10-bashers-boycotters |website=Mandatory |access-date=April 7, 2022 |date=February 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203052823/http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/129524-the-grammys-top-10-bashers-boycotters |archive-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> In 2024, [[Rhiannon Giddens]] described the financial strain of attending the ceremony for middle and working class musicians. She criticized the Recording Academy for introducing a policy of charging nominees $1200 for a plus one, saying the policy "makes it ever more obvious who is valued, and more specifically what (that would be lots of money, for the folks in the back)." A ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' article clarified that the new policy was a tiered system, ranging from $375 to $2000 for a ticket to attend the pre-telecast ceremony.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=January 23, 2024 |title=Recording Academy Now Gives Only 1 Free Ticket to Members Who Land Grammy Nominations |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/recording-academy-policy-change-1-free-grammy-ticket-1235586883/ |access-date=January 26, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Reactions to nominations and awards===
The Grammys also have been criticized for snubbing awards to some nominated artists. The organization's awards journey states that nominees and winners are determined solely by voting members of the Recording Academy and that voting members are active creative professionals involved in the recording process, such as performers, songwriters, producers, and engineers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://recordingacademy.com/awards/awards-journey|title=AWARDS JOURNEY|newspaper=Recordingacademy.com |date=June 30, 2021|access-date=February 15, 2022|archive-date=February 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215045600/https://recordingacademy.com/awards/awards-journey|url-status=live}}</ref>

Nomination review committees, composed of anonymous industry figures, were established following the [[37th Grammy Awards]], which attracted criticism for the slate of Album of the Year nominations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wyman |first1=Bill |title=Why I Hate the Grammys |url=https://slate.com/culture/2011/02/the-grammys-the-secret-committee-that-alters-the-membership-s-nominations.html |website=Slate |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304215512/https://slate.com/culture/2011/02/the-grammys-the-secret-committee-that-alters-the-membership-s-nominations.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Grammy Nominations in the Post-Committee Era: Who Benefited and Who Didn't? |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammy-nominations-analysis-review-committees-1235002304/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304215511/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammy-nominations-analysis-review-committees-1235002304/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The winner, [[Tony Bennett]]'s live album ''[[MTV Unplugged (Tony Bennett album)|MTV Unplugged]]'', competed against the live classical album ''[[The Three Tenors in Concert 1994]]'', [[Seal (musician)|Seal]]'s second [[Seal (1994 album)|eponymous album]], and the twelfth albums from [[Longing in Their Hearts|Bonnie Raitt]] and [[From the Cradle|Eric Clapton]], both longtime musical mainstays. Not nominated that year were several albums that would later be recognized as classics, including [[Nas]]'s debut album ''[[Illmatic]]'', [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]'s debut album ''[[Definitely Maybe]]'', [[Hole (band)|Hole]]'s album ''[[Live Through This]]'', [[Jeff Buckley]]'s ''[[Grace (Jeff Buckley album)|Grace]]'', and the [[Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)|debut album]] from [[Wu-Tang Clan]]. The nomination review committees would be disbanded in 2021 following criticism of the lack of nominations for [[the Weeknd]]'s album ''[[After Hours (The Weeknd album)|After Hours]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=The Associated Press |title=Grammys: Recording Academy Cuts Nomination Review Committees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/grammys-recording-academy-cuts-nomination-review-committees-4176889/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=April 30, 2021 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308185739/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/grammys-recording-academy-cuts-nomination-review-committees-4176889/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the [[38th Annual Grammy Awards]], artist [[Mariah Carey]] was nominated for six awards for her album ''[[Daydream (Mariah Carey album)|Daydream]]'', including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for her single "[[One Sweet Day]]". Although critics believed Carey would be "cleaning up" that year, Carey ultimately lost in all her nominated categories that night, much to the shock of critics and Carey herself.<ref>{{Citation
 | last = Nickson
 | first = Chris
 | title = Mariah Carey revisited: her story
 | year = 1998
 | publisher = [[St. Martin's Press]]
 | isbn = 978-0-312-19512-0
 }}</ref> In 2011, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' journalist Randall Roberts criticized the exclusion of [[Kanye West]]'s ''[[My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]]'' from [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] nominations for the [[54th Grammy Awards]]. He described West's album as "the most critically acclaimed album of the year, a career-defining record".<ref name="Roberts">{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Randall|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/11/critics-notebook-your-grannys-awards.html|title=Critic's Notebook: Grammy Awards? Your granny's awards|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 30, 2011|access-date=December 1, 2011|archive-date=December 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201104930/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/11/critics-notebook-your-grannys-awards.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Roberts went on to criticize the Grammy Awards for being "mired in the past" and out of touch with "new media" and trends among music listeners such as [[file sharing|music sharing]], stating:<ref name="Roberts"/>

{{blockquote|The major nominations for the 54th annual awards clearly show that the recording academy has been working overtime to be all-inclusive, but more significantly, they also reveal a deep chasm between its goals and the listening habits of the general population...The focus is still on the old music industry model of [[Cash cow|cash-cow]] hits, major label investments and commercial radio...}}

In an article for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', journalist [[Touré (journalist)|Touré]] also responded to the snub and expressed general displeasure with the awards, stating "I don't pretend to understand the Grammys. I have never been able to discern a consistent logic around who gets nominated or who gets statues. I comprehend the particular logic of the Oscars, but not the big awards for music. My normal state of confusion around what drives Grammy decisions was exponentialized this week when, to the shock of many, Kanye's masterpiece ''My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' was not nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year."<ref name="Touré"/> He went on to compare understanding the Grammy Awards to [[Kremlinology]] and commented on The Recording Academy's exclusion of more "mature" hip hop albums as Album of the Year nominees, noting that it occasionally opts to nominate "pop-friendly" hip hop albums instead.<ref name="Touré">{{cite magazine |author=Touré |author-link=Touré (journalist) |url=https://ideas.time.com/2011/12/02/grammys-fallout-the-subtle-snubbing-of-kanye/ |title=Touré: Why The Grammys Snubbed Kanye West's Twisted Fantasy |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 2, 2011 |access-date=January 31, 2012 |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207085952/http://ideas.time.com/2011/12/02/grammys-fallout-the-subtle-snubbing-of-kanye/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 2011 profile for ''[[The New York Times]]'' after the [[53rd Grammy Awards]], frontman [[Justin Vernon]] of indie band [[Bon Iver]] was asked about the Grammys and how he would react to a nomination for his group, to which he responded:<ref name="Caramanica">{{cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/the-bon-iver-grammy-quandary/ |title=The Bon Iver Grammy Quandary |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=The 6th Floor |date=December 2, 2011 |access-date=December 5, 2011 |archive-date=December 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206102008/http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/the-bon-iver-grammy-quandary/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{blockquote|You know, I was thinking about that a couple of months ago, someone asked me that, and I was like "I would go and I would" – and I don't think the Bon Iver record is the kind of record that would get nominated for a Grammy – "I would get up there and be like, 'This is for my parents, because they supported me,' because I know they would think it would be stupid of me not to go up there. But I kinda felt like going up there and being like: "Everyone should go home, this is ridiculous. You should not be doing this. We should not be gathering in a big room and looking at each other and pretending that this is important." That's what I would say.}}

He reaffirmed this sentiment and commented about the Grammys, saying:<ref name="Caramanica"/>

{{blockquote|[Ninety-eight] percent of the people in that room, their art is compromised by the fact that they're thinking that, and that they're hoping to get that award. And who is that award given by? It's like they think it's literally handed down by the musical-history gods. And I don't know who the voters are. Like, I have a friend who's a voter who was like, "I had to be a voter because I don't trust the other voters." And I was like, "Me either!" And it's just not important and people spend too much time thinking about it.}}

Bon Iver subsequently received four nominations in November for the 54th Grammy Awards.<ref name="Caramanica"/> After winning, Vernon said in his acceptance, "It's really hard to accept this award. There's so much talent out here [...] and there's a lot of talent that's not here tonight. It's also hard to accept because you know, when I started to make songs I did it for the inherent reward of making songs, so I'm a little bit uncomfortable up here."<ref name="Lee">{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Amy |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bon-iver-grammys_n_1272975 |title=Grammys 2012: Bon Iver Wins Best New Artist, Feels Conflicted About It |work=[[HuffPost]] |date=February 13, 2012 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-date=February 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215034857/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/bon-iver-grammys_n_1272975.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In his article "Everything Old Is Praised Again", Jon Caramanica of ''The New York Times'' criticized Grammy voters for being "conservative" and disregarding more "forward-looking" music and wrote in response to the 54th Grammy Awards, "for the umpteenth time, the Grammys went with familiarity over risk, bestowing album of the year honors (and several more) on an album that reinforced the values of an older generation suspicious of change."<ref name="Caramanica2"/> He cited the Grammy successes of [[Lauryn Hill]]'s ''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]'' (1998), [[Norah Jones]]' ''[[Come Away with Me]]'' (2003), and [[Adele]]'s ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]'' (2011) as examples of "the Grammys drop[ping] a boatload of awards on a young female singer-songwriter and her breakthrough album". Of Kanye West's absence from the ceremony, Caramanica stated, "He didn't even bother to show up for the broadcast, which was well enough because hip-hop was almost completely marginalized."<ref name="Caramanica2">{{cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/arts/music/at-the-54th-grammy-awards-everything-old-is-praised-again.html |title=At the 54th Grammy Awards, Everything Old Is Praised Again |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 13, 2012 |access-date=February 14, 2012 |archive-date=February 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214093822/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/arts/music/at-the-54th-grammy-awards-everything-old-is-praised-again.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In an article for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', music executive and author [[Steve Stoute]] criticized the Recording Academy and the Grammy Awards for having "lost touch with contemporary popular culture" and noted "two key sources" for it: "(1) over-zealousness to produce a popular show that is at odds with its own system of voting and (2) fundamental disrespect of cultural shifts as being viable and artistic."<ref name="Stoute">{{cite news |last=Stoute |first=Steve |author-link=Steve Stoute |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-stoute-grammys_b_825377 |title=Steve Stoute: An Open Letter to Neil Portnow, NARAS and the Grammy Awards |work=[[HuffPost]] |date=February 20, 2011 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219002003/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-stoute/steve-stoute-grammys_b_825377.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Stoute accused the academy of snubbing artists with more cultural impact, citing respective losses by the critical and commercial successes in [[Eminem]]'s ''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]'' (2000) and Kanye West's ''[[Graduation (album)|Graduation]]'' (2007) in the Album of the Year category. Stoute asserted:<ref name="Stoute" />

{{blockquote|As an institution that celebrates artistic works of musicians, singers, songwriters, producers and technical specialists, we have come to expect that the Grammys upholds all of the values that reflect the very best in music that is born from our culture. Unfortunately, the awards show has become a series of hypocrisies and contradictions, leaving me to question why any contemporary popular artist would even participate. [...] While there is no doubt in my mind of the artistic talents of [[Steely Dan]] or [[Herbie Hancock]], we must acknowledge the massive cultural impact of Eminem and Kanye West and how their music is shaping, influencing and defining the voice of a generation. It is this same cultural impact that acknowledged the commercial and critical success of [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'' in 1984.}}

In 2020, Canadian artist Abel Tesfaye, known by his stage name [[the Weeknd]], was shut out from the Grammys when his fourth studio album, ''[[After Hours (The Weeknd album)|After Hours]]'', received no nominations at the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]]. This came as a surprise to critics, fans, and Tesfaye himself, who had a successful run in 2020 with the success of both his album and the single "[[Blinding Lights]]". Tesfaye responded by social media calling the Grammys "corrupt".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/the-weeknd-lashes-out-recording-academy-9489770/ |title=The Weeknd Calls Out Recording Academy After Nominations Snub: 'The Grammys Remain Corrupt' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=November 24, 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108022707/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9489770/the-weeknd-lashes-out-recording-academy |url-status=live }}</ref> Speculation arose that the announcement of his then-upcoming Super Bowl performance, as well as the discrepancy of being nominated as pop music versus R&B, contributed to the snubs.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Weeknd Received Zero Grammy Nominations, Responds on Twitter |date=November 24, 2020 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/11/the-weeknd-snub-2021-grammy-nominations.html |access-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107223940/https://www.vulture.com/2020/11/the-weeknd-snub-2021-grammy-nominations.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Harvey Mason, Jr.]], CEO of the Recording Academy, responded by saying:<ref>{{cite web |date=November 25, 2020 |title=The Weeknd Lashes Out at Recording Academy: "The Grammys Remain Corrupt" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/the-weeknd-lashes-out-at-recording-academy-the-grammys-remain-corrupt-4097296/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107223936/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/the-weeknd-lashes-out-at-recording-academy-the-grammys-remain-corrupt |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

<blockquote>We understand that The Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated. I was surprised and can empathize with what he's feeling. His music this year was excellent, and his contributions to the music community and broader world are worthy of everyone's admiration. We were thrilled when we found out he would be performing at the upcoming Super Bowl and we would have loved to have him also perform on the Grammy stage the weekend before. Unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of deserving artists. But as the only peer-voted music award, we will continue to recognize and celebrate excellence in music while shining a light on the many amazing artists that make up our global community. To be clear, voting in all categories ended well before The Weeknd's performance at the Super Bowl was announced, so in no way could it have affected the nomination process. All Grammy nominees are recognized by the voting body for their excellence, and we congratulate them all.</blockquote>

===Formatting===
The Grammys' eligibility period runs from October 1 of one year until September 30 of the next year.<ref>{{cite web|title = FAQs|url = https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/voting-process/faqs#two|website = The GRAMMYs|access-date = February 16, 2016|archive-date = March 2, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160302230020/https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/voting-process/faqs#two|url-status = live}}</ref> Records released in the fourth quarter of a given year are not eligible for that year's awards (the submissions and first round ballots are underway at that time). This is despite the quarter falling during the [[Christmas and holiday season]], when many physical albums have been traditionally released and are heavily purchased for holiday gift giving, and when [[Christmas music]] is at its natural peak.

Fans unfamiliar with the Grammys voting window perennially hold a mistaken notion that a favorite artist has then been [[snub]]bed; for example, [[Adele]]'s album ''[[25 (Adele album)|25]]'' was released in November 2015 and thus was ineligible for nomination for the 2015 awards, despite its massive sales, earning its Grammys (including Album of the Year) instead in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title = Here's Why Adele Wasn't Nominated for Any Grammys This Year|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/adele-grammys-snub-why-wasnt-846425/|website = The Hollywood Reporter|date = December 7, 2015|first = Erin|last = Strecker|access-date = April 7, 2022|archive-date = June 16, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200616192245/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adele-grammys-snub-why-wasnt-846425|url-status = live}}</ref> Conversely, the Grammys often recognize work more than a year after it was released. [[Taylor Swift]]'s ''[[1989 (Taylor Swift album)|1989]]'' won Album of the Year in 2016, even though the album came out in October 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title = The Truth Behind This Year's Maddening Grammy Nominations|url = https://www.buzzfeed.com/brianmcmanus/the-truth-behind-this-years-maddening-grammy-nominations|website = BuzzFeed| date=February 6, 2015 |access-date = February 16, 2016|archive-date = February 11, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160211084010/http://www.buzzfeed.com/brianmcmanus/the-truth-behind-this-years-maddening-grammy-nominations#.qyONGwObxO|url-status = live}}</ref>

===Accusations of racial bias===
{{Main|Accusations of racial bias in Grammy Awards}}

The Grammys have also been accused of a [[Racism in Grammy Awards|racist]] bias against [[African American|black]] recording artists. In a 2017 interview Canadian artist [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] accused the awards of seeing him only as a rapper and not as a pop-music artist due to his previous work and heritage. He criticized the snubbing of "[[One Dance]]" for the Record of the Year award and the nomination of "[[Hotline Bling]]" for [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Song|Best Rap Song]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance|Best Rap/Sung Performance]], despite it not being a rap song.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationofbillions.com/drake-meets-semtex-for-more-talk|title=Drake Meets Semtex For More Talk|newspaper=A Nation of Billions|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219175040/https://nationofbillions.com/drake-meets-semtex-for-more-talk|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Atlantic]]''{{'}}s Spencer Kornhaber accused the Grammys of "sidelining a black visionary work in favor of a white traditionalist one".<ref>{{cite web |title=Adele, Beyoncé, and the Grammys' Fear of Progress |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/02/adele-beyonce-grammys-album-of-the-year-progress-25-lemonade/516426/ |last=Kornhaber |first=Spencer |website=[[The Atlantic]] |date=February 13, 2017 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216045457/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/02/adele-beyonce-grammys-album-of-the-year-progress-25-lemonade/516426/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Drake did not attend the 2017 awards ceremony where he was nominated. He had a performance in Manchester, England on February 12, 2017, the same night as the ceremony. [[Frank Ocean]] was vocal about boycotting the same Grammy Awards and did not submit his album ''[[Blonde (Frank Ocean album)|Blonde]]'' for award consideration as a protest.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/drake-missing-grammys-justin-bieber-kanye-west-7670151/|title=Drake Won't Be at the Grammy Awards|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 7, 2022|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731041220/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/7670151/drake-missing-grammys-justin-bieber-kanye-west|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Grammys were also criticized after the [[59th Annual Grammy Awards]] when [[Adele]]'s ''25'' (as mentioned above, released in late 2015) won Album of the Year over [[Beyoncé]]'s album ''[[Lemonade (Beyoncé album)|Lemonade]]'' (released in April 2016), which many music publications believed should have won the award. Steve Knopper of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine believed that she lost due to the Grammy voters being all white males and for her pro-Black performance during the [[Super Bowl 50 halftime show]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grammys-2017-5-reasons-why-adele-won-album-of-the-year-instead-of-beyonce-118375/|title=Grammys 2017: 5 Reasons Why Adele Won Album of the Year Instead of Beyonce|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-date=September 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920072739/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grammys-2017-5-reasons-why-adele-won-album-of-the-year-instead-of-beyonce-118375/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' also criticized Beyoncé's loss stating that "Black artists have struggled to win album of the year". They also felt ''25'' won only due to the album's record-breaking sales rather than having cultural significance and the large impact that ''Lemonade'' had in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/02/13/why-beyonce-lemonade-lost-the-grammys-why-she-should-have-won/97847070/|title=Why Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' lost the Grammys – and why she should have won|work=USA Today|access-date=February 13, 2017|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502122406/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2017/02/13/why-beyonce-lemonade-lost-the-grammys-why-she-should-have-won/97847070/|url-status=live}}</ref> Adele also expressed that ''Lemonade'' should have won over her for Album of the Year, stating in her acceptance speech:

{{blockquote|I can't possibly accept this award. And I'm very humbled and I'm very grateful and gracious. But my artist of my life is Beyoncé. And this album to me, the ''Lemonade'' album, is just so monumental. Beyoncé, it's so monumental. And so well thought out, and so beautiful and soul-baring and we all got to see another side to you that you don't always let us see. And we appreciate that. And all us artists here adore you. You are our light.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/grammys-2017-adele-full-speech-beyonce-lemonade-dedicated-a7576966.html|title=Grammys 2017: Read Adele's speech in full, 'my artist of my life is Beyoncé'|work=Independent|access-date=2017-02-13|archive-date=February 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214150637/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/grammys-2017-adele-full-speech-beyonce-lemonade-dedicated-a7576966.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}} In 2019, for the first time since Outkast won Album of the Year in 2004, rap artists won major award nominations outside the rap categories when [[Childish Gambino]] won the first Song and Record of the Year awards ever for a rap song.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grammys 2019: Rap Sees Landmark Wins After Years Of Snubs, Courtesy Childish Gambino And Cardi B|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/grammys-2019-rap-sees-landmark-wins-after-years-of-snubs-courtesy-childish-gambino-and-cardi-b-1991650|access-date=August 30, 2020|website=NDTV.com|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502122401/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/grammys-2019-rap-sees-landmark-wins-after-years-of-snubs-courtesy-childish-gambino-and-cardi-b-1991650|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hispanic and Latino Americans]] (the largest minority in America) are also considered to be under-represented at the Grammy Awards, and their music is prone to be shifted to the categories of the [[Latin Grammy Awards]] unless they have a mainstream following.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lopez, Smokey Robinson defend her Grammys Motown tribute|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/02/11/grammys-2019-jennifer-lopez-motown-tribute/2835146002/|access-date=April 11, 2021|website=USA Today|archive-date=April 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412035159/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2019/02/11/grammys-2019-jennifer-lopez-motown-tribute/2835146002/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Grammys showcased growing Latino clout. Wins? Not so much.|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/grammys-showcased-growing-latino-clout-wins-not-so-much-n970101|access-date=April 11, 2021|website=NBC News|date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401014217/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/grammys-showcased-growing-latino-clout-wins-not-so-much-n970101|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2022, the late Indian singer [[Lata Mangeshkar]] was omitted from the In Memoriam segment, and the nation's domestic media criticized the Grammys and Oscars for their Western-centric view of artists receiving attention over those throughout the rest of the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=After Oscars, Lata Mangeshkar left out of Grammys tribute |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/celebrity/video/after-oscars-lata-mangeshkar-left-out-of-grammys-tribute-1933462-2022-04-04 |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=India Today |date=April 4, 2022 |archive-date=April 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405013731/https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/celebrity/video/after-oscars-lata-mangeshkar-left-out-of-grammys-tribute-1933462-2022-04-04 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Issues with women===
The Grammys have also been criticized for their treatment of female artists specifically. Notably at the [[60th Annual Grammy Awards]] in 2018, New Zealand singer [[Lorde]] made headlines after turning down an offer to perform at the ceremony. She suggested that she was invited to perform alongside several other artists in a tribute to [[Tom Petty]] but was refused a solo slot, despite being nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] award and stated that each male nominee was allowed a solo performance. Lorde's mother [[Sonja Yelich]] also criticized the Grammys, pointing out an article that only nine percent of the nominees at the previous six Grammy ceremonies were women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/heres-lorde-turned-grammy-performance-2230515 |title=Here's why Lorde turned down a Grammy performance|website=[[NME]]|date=January 28, 2018|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502122401/https://www.nme.com/news/music/heres-lorde-turned-grammy-performance-2230515 |url-status=live}}</ref> After the ceremony, several media outlets reported that the ceremony had failed women, specifically pointing to the most nominated female artist [[SZA]] who failed to win in any of her five nominated categories, and to the [[Best Pop Solo Performance]] category which included four female nominees but was won by [[Ed Sheeran]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/01/29/grammys-essay-women-artists-2018|title=How the 2018 Grammys failed women artists |website=The FADER|date=January 29, 2018 |access-date=April 12, 2021|archive-date=April 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412123528/https://www.thefader.com/2018/01/29/grammys-essay-women-artists-2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Neil Portnow]], president of the Recording Academy, sparked controversy after stating in an interview that female artists needed to "step up" in order to win awards. Portnow's comments were criticized by many female musicians including [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], [[Katy Perry]], [[Vanessa Carlton]], [[Sheryl Crow]], [[Iggy Azalea]], [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]], and [[Charli XCX]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/30/pink-sheryl-crow-slam-grammys-neil-portnow-women-step-up|title=Pink, Sheryl Crow and more slam Grammys boss for telling women to 'step up'|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|date=January 30, 2018|website=The Guardian|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090202/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/30/pink-sheryl-crow-slam-grammys-neil-portnow-women-step-up |url-status=live}}</ref> They also caused the hashtag #GrammysSoMale to trend on social media.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5122993/grammys-so-male-reactions/|title=The Internet Is Calling Out the Grammys With #GrammysSoMale|magazine=Time|archive-date= April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405082723/http://time.com/5122993/grammys-so-male-reactions/|url-status=live|first = Samantha|last = Cooney|date = January 29, 2018}}</ref>

Before the [[61st Annual Grammy Awards]] in 2019, singer [[Ariana Grande]] decided not to perform or attend that year's ceremony over a disagreement about the song choices for her performance. An anonymous source told ''Variety'' that Grande felt "insulted" when producers refused to let the singer perform her latest single "[[7 Rings]]". They compromised by having her perform the song as part of a medley, but the condition that the producers choose the second song led Grande to withdraw from the show. The source said that the same stipulations were not imposed on other performers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/ariana-grande-not-attending-grammys-after-disagreements-with-producers-1203129734/|title=Ariana Grande Not Attending Grammys After Disagreements With Producers|first=Jem|last=Aswad|date=February 5, 2019|website=Variety|access-date=February 12, 2019|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212002252/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/ariana-grande-not-attending-grammys-after-disagreements-with-producers-1203129734/|url-status=live}}</ref> Grande later accused Grammy producer [[Ken Ehrlich]] of lying about why she dropped out of the show. Ehrlich had said that Grande "felt it was too late for her to pull something together". Grande responded:
{{Blockquote|I can pull together a performance over night and you know that, Ken; it was when my creativity and self expression was stifled by you, that I decided not to attend. I hope the show is exactly what you want it to be and more.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ariana-grande-slams-2019-grammys-producer-kenneth-ehrlich-accuses-him-of-lying-about-why-shes-not-performing/|title=Ariana Grande slams Grammys producer and accuses him of lying|work=CBS News|access-date=2019-02-08|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070625/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ariana-grande-slams-2019-grammys-producer-kenneth-ehrlich-accuses-him-of-lying-about-why-shes-not-performing/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Despite the controversy, Grande won for [[Best Pop Vocal Album]] and in 2020 performed at the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards]] when nominated for five awards, including [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], but won none.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/ariana-grande-perform-2020-grammy-awards-jan-26|title=Ariana Grande To Perform At 2020 GRAMMY Awards On Jan. 26|work=CBS News|access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112010920/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/ariana-grande-perform-2020-grammy-awards-jan-26|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite past controversies, female artists dominated the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]], with the big four awards being awarded entirely to women. Several women also broke records at that ceremony.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/music/grammys-2021-women-artists-dominate-the-awards/?slide=2df81225-a403-401d-b94f-3747f5a51bcb#2df81225-a403-401d-b94f-3747f5a51bcb|title=Women Ruled the 2021 Grammys with History-Making Wins and Jaw-Dropping Performances|work=People|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502122726/https://people.com/music/grammys-2021-women-artists-dominate-the-awards/?slide=2df81225-a403-401d-b94f-3747f5a51bcb#2df81225-a403-401d-b94f-3747f5a51bcb|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2018, it was revealed that money intended for the Recording Academy charity [[MusiCares]] was siphoned off to pay for the cost overruns of hosting the [[60th Annual Grammy Awards]] at [[New York City]]'s [[Madison Square Garden]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/musicares-artist-managers-concern-recording-academy-distribution/|title=Top Artist Managers Express Concern for MusiCares Amid Turmoil as Recording Academy Announces Record Dollar Distribution|magazine=Billboard|date=May 31, 2018|access-date=April 7, 2022|archive-date=April 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407050046/https://www.billboard.com/pro/musicares-artist-managers-concern-recording-academy-distribution/|url-status=live}}</ref> Concerning the controversies of hosting that year's Grammy Awards in New York, Dana Tomarken, the former executive vice president of the MusiCares foundation claimed [[Wrongful dismissal|wrongful termination]]. She alleges that she was fired for pushing back against the Academy's "boys club". She claimed that by having the MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at [[Radio City Music Hall]], the event had to forgo its traditional VIP dinner and silent auction. She had already been offered a deal to have the event at the [[Barclays Center]] in [[Brooklyn]]. The Barclays Center is owned by AEG, which competes directly with [[The Madison Square Garden Company]] which owns [[Madison Square Garden]] and Radio City. [[Irving Azoff]], who then had a joint venture with the Madison Square Garden Company, told Tomarken that the event can not be held at Barclays and had to be held at Radio City. Oak View Group, which is associated with Azoff, received 300 of the highest price tickets to the MusiCares event at Radio City. Oak View Group was supposed to sell them as a package deal which also included tickets to the Grammy Awards themselves. MusiCares was promised to receive $1.5 million from those tickets according to Tomarken. Those 300 tickets were never sold and were then returned to MusiCares, which resulted in a loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-grammys-tomarken-20190524-story.html|title=Was the Grammys 'boys club' behind the firing of two women at its charity?|date=May 24, 2019|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108200726/https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-grammys-tomarken-20190524-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2019, rapper [[Nicki Minaj]] spoke up against the Grammys for allegedly [[blackballing]] her after her controversial performance of "[[Roman Holiday (song)|Roman Holiday]]" at the [[54th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/06/21/nicki-minaj-explains-ken-ehrlich-feud-grammys-producer-queen-radio/|title=Nicki Minaj Finally Explains Feud With Grammys Producer Ken Ehrlich: He 'Blackballed' Me|work=Hollywood Life|access-date=April 25, 2024|date=June 22, 2019}}</ref> Minaj claimed that producer [[Ken Ehrlich]], who had previously accepted the performance, wanted her to cancel it last minute due to what he excused as the passing of [[Whitney Houston]]. Minaj however refused his request and performed anyway. She accused that shortly after the performance, Ehrlich had snubbed her from winning the [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] category, which was awarded to [[Bon Iver]]. In October 2022, Minaj went after the Grammys again for [[snub]]bing her song "[[Super Freaky Girl]]" from the rap categories at the [[65th Annual Grammy Awards]] and instead placing it in the pop categories. By way of comparison, Minaj mentioned [[Latto]]'s 2021 song "[[Big Energy]]" being potentially considered for the rap categories, saying that if Minaj's own single is not being qualified as a rap song, neither should be Latto's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/nicki-minaj-grammys-move-super-freaky-girl-rap-pop-category-latto-1235403285/|title=Nicki Minaj Calls Out Grammys for Moving 'Super Freaky Girl' From Rap to Pop, Claims Latto Is Treated Differently|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=October 13, 2022|access-date=October 17, 2022}}</ref> She also accused the Grammys of purposely placing her in those categories to favor other artists over her, such as [[Adele]] and [[Harry Styles]]. After Minaj's comments, Latto later responded to her in a series of tweets, leading them into a back-and-forth argument.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/nicki-minaj-latto-twitter-fight-explained-1235156569/|title=Here's Why Nicki Minaj & Latto Are Beefing|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 13, 2022|access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> Subsequently, Minaj's song was not nominated for any categories for the ceremony, while Latto received nominations for the Best New Artist category as well as the [[Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance|Best Melodic Rap Performance]] category for the latter song.

Recording Academy CEO [[Deborah Dugan]] was placed on leave on January 16, 2020, after a complaint of bullying from a member of staff (according to an anonymous ''New York Times'' source), ten days before the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref name="LaT">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-01-16/grammys-deborah-dugan-recording-academy-fired|title=Ousted Grammys chief: 'We will expose what happens when you "step up" at the Recording Academy'|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 16, 2020|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127135414/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-01-16/grammys-deborah-dugan-recording-academy-fired |url-status=live}}</ref> Dugan had complained internally, alleging a broken system of voting that was subject to [[Conflict of interest|conflicts of interest]] and unnecessary spending.<ref name="LaT" /> On the nominations for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, she stated that the voting process was an "outrageous conflict of interest" with several nominated artists sitting on the voting boards of their prospective categories. She claimed that "one artist who initially ranked 18 out of 20 in the 2019 'Song of the Year' category ended up with a nomination". She also claimed that a few artists like [[Ed Sheeran]] and [[Ariana Grande]] had the votes to be nominated for the category, but were ultimately omitted.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/deborah-dugan-speaks-filing-lawsuit-recording-academy-68460397|title=Deborah Dugan speaks out after filing lawsuit against Recording Academy with Grammy allegations|work=Good Morning America|archive-date=January 23, 2020|first1= Hayley|last1= FitzPatrick |first2= Lesley|last2= Messer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123223935/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/deborah-dugan-speaks-filing-lawsuit-recording-academy-68460397|url-status=live|date = January 23, 2020}}</ref>

In 2020, comedy star [[Tiffany Haddish]] turned down the invitation to host the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]] pre-telecast premiere ceremony when they said that she would have to pay her own way. In an exclusive interview with ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', Haddish revealed that she was told to cover the cost of hair, makeup, and wardrobe for the three-hour event, adding, "I don't know if this might mean I might not get nominated ever again, but I think it's disrespectful". When contacted, the Recording Academy explained that the premiere ceremony is not a CBS program and is hosted by the Academy, a not-for-profit organization, meaning that artists, hosts and performers have to perform free every year. They also noted that the issue would have no impact in Haddish's future nomination.<ref>{{cite web|last=Malkin|first=Marc|date=December 10, 2020|title=Why Tiffany Haddish Turned Down Hosting the Grammys Pre-Telecast (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2020/scene/news/tiffany-haddish-turned-down-hosting-grammys-1234849656/|access-date=December 10, 2020|website=Variety|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210000715/https://variety.com/2020/scene/news/tiffany-haddish-turned-down-hosting-grammys-1234849656/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, the Grammys were criticized for nominating, and subsequently awarding, [[Louis C.K.]] a [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album|Best Comedy Album]] prize for his comedy special ''Sincerely Louis C.K.'' The album made light of, and included jokes about, the multiple [[Louis C.K.#2017: Sexual misconduct revelations|sexual misconduct revelations]] he had admitted to years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/04/04/1090743278/louis-c-k-crawls-out-of-cancellation-wins-a-grammy-and-triggers-a-backlash|title=Louis C.K. cancels his cancellation, wins a Grammy and triggers a backlash|first=Dustin|last=Jones|date=April 4, 2022|website=NPR|access-date=April 5, 2022|archive-date=April 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405194314/https://www.npr.org/2022/04/04/1090743278/louis-c-k-crawls-out-of-cancellation-wins-a-grammy-and-triggers-a-backlash|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Abbey |title=Louis C.K. Wins Grammy for Comedy Album in Which He Addresses Sexual Misconduct Revelations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/louis-ck-wins-grammy-sexual-misconduct-1235124373/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 7, 2022 |date=April 4, 2022 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407204818/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/louis-ck-wins-grammy-sexual-misconduct-1235124373/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, the Grammys faced significant backlash for debuting a new award called the [[Dr. Dre]] Global Impact Award, due to the rapper's [[Dr. Dre#Violence against women|history of violence against women]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Conteh |first=Mankaprr |date=February 8, 2023 |title=The Grammys Call Dr. Dre an Icon. Dee Barnes Calls Him an Abuser |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dr-dre-grammy-award-dee-barnes-reacts-abuse-1234675681/ |access-date=February 5, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guy |first=Zoe |date=February 8, 2023 |title=Dee Barnes Thinks It's a Choice to Name Grammy Award After Dr. Dre |url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/02/grammys-dr-dre-award-dee-barnes-abuse.html |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Joe |title=Dee Barnes on Dr. Dre Being Honored at Grammys: 'They Named This Award After an Abuser' |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/backwoodsaltar/dee-barnes-dr-dre-honored-grammys-named-award-abuser |access-date=February 5, 2024 |website=Complex |language=en-us}}</ref>

==TV broadcasts and ratings==
Before the first live Grammys telecast in 1971 on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], a series of filmed annual specials in the 1960s called ''The Best on Record'' was broadcast on [[NBC]]. The first Grammy Award telecast took place on the night of November 29, 1959, as an episode of the NBC anthology series ''[[NBC Sunday Showcase]]'', which normally was devoted to plays, original TV dramas, and variety shows. Until 1971, awards ceremonies were held in both New York and Los Angeles, with winners accepting at one of the two venues. Television producer [[Pierre Cossette (producer)|Pierre Cossette]] bought the rights to broadcast the ceremony from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and organized the first live telecast.<ref>{{cite book |first=Ken |last=Ehrlich |title=At The Grammys: Behind the Scenes at Music's Biggest Night |publisher=Hal Leonard Books |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4234-3073-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/atgrammysbehinds0000ehrl }}</ref> [[CBS]] bought the rights in 1973 after moving the ceremony to [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]; the [[American Music Award]]s were created for ABC by the late [[Dick Clark]] as a result.

The Recording Academy announced on June 21, 2011, that it had reached a new deal with CBS to keep the awards show on the network for another 10 years. As part of the new contract, the network would also air a "nominations concert" special in the last week of November, where nominations would be released during a special exclusive to CBS, rather than at a traditional early-morning press conference to a multi-network [[press pool]]. This was ended after the 2016 concert due to low ratings and criticism about the announcement format, and as of the 2017 nominations, they have been revealed in a roundtable conversation with Recording Academy representatives during ''[[CBS Mornings]]'', though since 2020, it has returned to a traditional noontime Eastern [[press release]] statement and highlight of in-show award nominees on social media. In [[58th Grammy Awards|2016]], the Grammys became the first awards show to regularly air live annually in all U.S. territories, and for decades, alongside the [[Academy Awards]], [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] and [[Tony Awards]], the shows have aired live in over 150 countries worldwide.

From 2004 to 2019, the Grammys were held on the second Sunday of February (the week after the [[Super Bowl]]), with two exceptions: if that day was February 14 ([[Valentine's Day]]), it was moved to the following day; if it was a [[Winter Olympics]] year, it was held earlier on the last Sunday of January (the week before the [[Super Bowl]]). Starting in 2020, the [[Academy Award]]s ceremony would move back to the second Sunday of February, forcing the Grammys to move back to the last Sunday of January to avoid conflict with either the Oscars or the Super Bowl.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/grammy-awards-air-dates-2020-2021-cbs-1202487764/|title=Grammy Awards Sets Dates For 2020 & 2021|date=October 23, 2018|magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=September 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920194822/https://deadline.com/2018/10/grammy-awards-air-dates-2020-2021-cbs-1202487764/|url-status=live}}</ref> To allow enough time for preparation, the cutoff date for eligible recordings would move from September 30 to August 31. This change reduced the eligibility period for the 2020 awards to eleven months (October 1, 2018{{Snd}} August 31, 2019), a month shorter than usual.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammy-awards-eligibility-shorten-20190326-story.html|title=With 2020 Grammy Awards moving to January, eligibility deadline is pushed up a month|last=Lewis|first=Randy|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=March 26, 2019|access-date=April 24, 2019|archive-date=April 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409040735/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-grammy-awards-eligibility-shorten-20190326-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

CBS last renewed its rights to the Grammys in 2016 under a ten-year deal through 2026, making it the longest continuous broadcasting partnership between an awards presentation and a U.S. television network.<ref name="White" /> On October 30, 2024, the Recording Academy announced that the Grammys would return to ABC and stream on [[Hulu]] and [[Disney+]] beginning in 2027, under a ten-year deal.<ref name="White" /> The agreement came amid cost-cutting by CBS parent company [[Paramount Global]], which had also dropped the [[Academy of Country Music Awards]] in favor of its in-house [[CMT Music Awards]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Nicholson |first=Jessica |date=November 2, 2023 |title=ACM Awards Re-Up With Prime Video in Multiyear Deal |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/acm-awards-2024-prime-video-frisco-texas-1235462089/ |access-date=August 21, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=June 28, 2021 |title=CMT Music Awards Set to Move to CBS in 2022 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/cmt-music-awards-moving-cbs-2022-9594120/ |access-date=January 16, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> while picking up rights to the American Music Awards earlier in the year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |date=March 25, 2024 |title=Golden Globes to Stay on CBS with Five-Year Deal, Network Also Picks Up American Music Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/golden-globes-cbs-five-year-deal-american-music-awards-1235867299/ |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |location=United States}}</ref>

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|-
! Year
! Viewers (millions)
! Rating/Share (households)
! Average ad price (30s)
! {{Reference column heading}}
|-
| [[16th Annual Grammy Awards|1974]]
| N/A
| 30.3/52
| N/A
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|-
| [[17th Annual Grammy Awards|1975]]
| N/A
| 16.4/30
| N/A
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|-
| [[18th Annual Grammy Awards|1976]]
| N/A
| 23.8/47
| N/A
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[19th Annual Grammy Awards|1977]]
| 28.86
| 21.3/38
| N/A
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[20th Annual Grammy Awards|1978]]
| N/A
| 26.6/44
| N/A
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[21st Annual Grammy Awards|1979]]
| 31.31
| 21.9/34
| N/A
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[22nd Annual Grammy Awards|1980]]
| 32.39
| 23.9/39
| N/A
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[23rd Annual Grammy Awards|1981]]
| 28.57
| 21.2/34
| N/A
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[24th Annual Grammy Awards|1982]]
| 24.02
| 18.2/29
| N/A
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[25th Annual Grammy Awards|1983]]
| 30.86
| 25.6/33
| N/A
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[26th Annual Grammy Awards|1984]]
| 51.67
| 30.8/45
| N/A
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[27th Annual Grammy Awards|1985]]
| 37.12
| 23.8/35
| N/A
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[28th Annual Grammy Awards|1986]]
| 30.39
| 20.3/32
| $205,500
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[29th Annual Grammy Awards|1987]]
| 27.91
| 18.3/27
| $264,200
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[30th Annual Grammy Awards|1988]]
| 32.76
| 21.1/33
| $299,900
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[31st Annual Grammy Awards|1989]]
| 23.57
| 16.0/26
| $318,300
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[32nd Annual Grammy Awards|1990]]
| 28.83
| 18.9/31
| $330,600
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[33rd Annual Grammy Awards|1991]]
| 28.89
| 18.8/31
| $319,200
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[34th Annual Grammy Awards|1992]]
| 23.10
| 16.2/27
| $352,900
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[35th Annual Grammy Awards|1993]]
| 29.87
| 19.9/31
| $401,500
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[36th Annual Grammy Awards|1994]]
| 23.69
| 16.1/24
| $407,700
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[37th Annual Grammy Awards|1995]]
| 17.27
| 11.8/19
| $399,100
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[38th Annual Grammy Awards|1996]]
| 21.50
| 14.6/23
| $304,800
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[39th Annual Grammy Awards|1997]]
| 19.21
| 13.4/22
| $346,300
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[40th Annual Grammy Awards|1998]]
| 25.04
| 17.0/27
| $315,600
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[41st Annual Grammy Awards|1999]]
| 24.88
| 16.6/26
| $472,000
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[42nd Annual Grammy Awards|2000]]
| 27.79
| 17.3/27
| $505,500
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[43rd Annual Grammy Awards|2001]]
| 26.65
| 16.7/26
| $574,000
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[44th Annual Grammy Awards|2002]]
| 18.96
| 11.9/19
| $573,900
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[45th Annual Grammy Awards|2003]]
| 24.82
| 14.7/23
| $610,300
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[46th Annual Grammy Awards|2004]]
| 26.29
| 15.7/24
| $654,600
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[47th Annual Grammy Awards|2005]]
| 18.80
| 11.6/18
| $703,900
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[48th Annual Grammy Awards|2006]]
| 17.00
| 10.9/17
| $675,900
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[49th Annual Grammy Awards|2007]]
| 20.05
| 12.1/19
| $557,300
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[50th Annual Grammy Awards|2008]]
| 17.18
| 10.3/16
| $572,700
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[51st Annual Grammy Awards|2009]]
| 19.04
| 10.3/16
| $592,000
|<ref name="Zap2It"/>
|-
| [[52nd Annual Grammy Awards|2010]]
| 25.80
| TBD
| $426,000
|<ref name="statista.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.statista.com/statistics/260164/average-cost-of-a-tv-commercial-during-the-grammy-awards/|title=Average cost of a TV commercial during the Grammy Awards 2014 |publisher=Statista.com|date=July 21, 2015|access-date=July 30, 2015|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106193629/https://www.statista.com/statistics/260164/average-cost-of-a-tv-commercial-during-the-grammy-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/01/grammys-2010-ratings-high_n_444546.html |title=Grammy's 2010 Ratings: 25.8 Million Viewers, Highest Since 2004 |publisher=HuffPost |date=February 1, 2010 |access-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104447/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/01/grammys-2010-ratings-high_n_444546.html }}</ref>
|-
| [[53rd Annual Grammy Awards|2011]]
| 26.55
| 10.0/25
| $630,000
|<ref name = tvbythenumbers>{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/15/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-grammy-awards-modern-family-glee-american-idol-ncis-top-week-21-viewing/82771/ |title=TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: Grammy Awards, Modern Family, Glee, American Idol, NCIS Top Week 21 Viewing – Ratings |publisher=Zap2it |access-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-date= February 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217022647/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/15/tv-ratings-broadcast-top-25-grammy-awards-modern-family-glee-american-idol-ncis-top-week-21-viewing/82771}}</ref><ref name="statista.com"/><ref>{{cite web |author=Carina MacKenzie |url=http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/ratings_grammy_awards_most_viewed_since_2001-2011-02 |title=Ratings: Grammy Awards most viewed since 2001 |publisher=Zap2It |date=February 14, 2011 |access-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120928/http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/ratings_grammy_awards_most_viewed_since_2001-2011-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[54th Annual Grammy Awards|2012]]
| 39.91
| 14.1/32
| $768,000
|<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2012/02/ratings-rat-race-grammys-sharply-up-in-early-ratings-230237/ |title=Whitney Houston Tragic Grammys Draw 39.9 Million Viewers, Second Most Watched Ever |magazine=Deadline |date=February 13, 2012 |access-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823120918/https://deadline.com/2012/02/ratings-rat-race-grammys-sharply-up-in-early-ratings-230237/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/grammy-ad-rates-climb-to-record-900000-per-spot-1538146/ |title=Grammy Ad Rates Climb to Record $900,000 Per Spot |magazine=Billboard |date=February 7, 2013 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911085040/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/branding/1538146/grammy-ad-rates-climb-to-record-900000-per-spot |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[55th Annual Grammy Awards|2013]]
| 28.37
| 10.1/25
| $850,000–$900,000+
|<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/2014-grammy-commercials-sold-for-as-high-as-record-1-million-5885153/|title=2014 Grammy Commercials Sold For As High As Record $1 Million (Exclusive)|magazine=Billboard|date=January 23, 2014 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-date=July 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731095747/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/5885153/2014-grammy-commercials-sold-for-as-high-as-record-1-million |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/11/tv-ratings-sunday-grammy-awards-fall-from-2012-record-revenge-once-upon-a-time-hit-series-lows/169006/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213073117/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/11/tv-ratings-sunday-grammy-awards-fall-from-2012-record-revenge-once-upon-a-time-hit-series-lows/169006/  |archive-date=February 13, 2013 |title=TV Ratings Sunday: Grammy Awards Fall From 2012 Record + 'Revenge' & 'Once Upon a Time' Hit Series Lows (Updated) – Ratings |publisher=TV by the Numbers|access-date=July 30, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[56th Annual Grammy Awards|2014]]
| 28.51
| 9.9/25
| $800,000–$850,000
|<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Rick Kissell |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/grammys-ratings-1201072714/ |title=Grammys Ratings: Grammy Awards Show Viewership Reaches 2nd Largest Since 1993 |magazine=Variety |date=January 27, 2014 |access-date=July 30, 2015 |archive-date=May 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517045545/https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/grammys-ratings-1201072714/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="statista.com"/><ref name="billboard"/>
|-
| [[57th Annual Grammy Awards|2015]]
| 25.30
| 8.5/23
| $1,000,000
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/09/tv-ratings-sunday-grammy-awards-slide-from-2014-mulaney-rises-as-the-simpsons-family-guy-fall/361021/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209201301/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/09/tv-ratings-sunday-grammy-awards-slide-from-2014-mulaney-rises-as-the-simpsons-family-guy-fall/361021/  |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |title=TV Ratings Sunday: (Updated) Grammy Awards Slide from 2014 + 'Mulaney' Rises as 'The Simpsons' & 'Family Guy' Fall – Ratings |publisher=TV by the Numbers |access-date=July 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/target-imagine-dragons-commercial-break-8-million-grammys-2015-6465640/ |title=Grammys 2015: Target's Imagine Dragons Commercial Break Cost About $8 Million |magazine=Billboard |date=February 9, 2015 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-date=May 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503132650/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/grammys-2015/6465640/target-imagine-dragons-commercial-break-8-million-grammys-2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[58th Annual Grammy Awards|2016]]
| 24.95
| 7.7/22
| $1,200,000
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Porter|first=Rick|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/02/16/tv-ratings-monday-feb-15-2016-grammys/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217091512/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/02/16/tv-ratings-monday-feb-15-2016-grammys/|archive-date=February 17, 2016|title=TV Ratings Monday: Grammy Awards dominate, 'X-Files' and 'Castle' take hits [Updated]|publisher=TVbytheNumbers|date=February 15, 2016|access-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[59th Annual Grammy Awards|2017]]
| 26.05
| 7.8/22
|
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Porter|first=Rick|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-sunday-feb-12-2017/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213210509/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-sunday-feb-12-2017/|archive-date=February 13, 2017|title=TV Ratings Sunday: Grammys up slightly from 2016 [Updated]|publisher=TVbytheNumbers|date=February 13, 2017|access-date=February 19, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[60th Annual Grammy Awards|2018]]
| 19.80
| 5.9/21
|
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Porter|first=Rick|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-jan-28-2018/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130194004/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-jan-28-2018/|archive-date=January 30, 2018|title='Shark Tank' and Grammys pre-show adjust down: Sunday final ratings|date=January 30, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|2019]]
| 19.88
| 5.6/22
|
|<ref>{{cite web|last=Welch|first=Alex|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-feb-10-2019/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212223022/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-feb-10-2019/|archive-date=February 12, 2019|title=Grammy Awards adjusts up, 'The Simpsons' adjusts down: Sunday final ratings|date=February 12, 2019|access-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards|2020]]
|18.70
|5.4/22
|
|<ref name="ratings">{{Cite news|date=January 27, 2020|title=Grammy Ratings Slip To All-Time Low|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/grammy-ratings-slip-kobe-bryant-billie-eilish-cbs-1202842407/|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128080057/https://deadline.com/2020/01/grammy-ratings-slip-kobe-bryant-billie-eilish-cbs-1202842407/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[63rd Annual Grammy Awards|2021]]
|9.23
|2.1/22
|
|<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=March 15, 2021|title=Grammys Suffer Steep Fall in Early 2021 Ratings|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/grammys-2021-ratings-9541290/|url-status=live|access-date=April 7, 2022|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316022420/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9541290/grammys-2021-ratings}}</ref>
|-
|[[64th Annual Grammy Awards|2022]]
|9.59
|
|
|<ref name="hollywoodreporter1">{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/grammys-tv-ratings-sunday-april-3-2022-1235124919/|title = TV Ratings: Grammys Narrowly Avoid All-Time Low|last = Porter|first = Rick|work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = April 5, 2022|access-date = November 16, 2022|archive-date = April 7, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220407050055/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/grammys-tv-ratings-sunday-april-3-2022-1235124919/|url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
|[[65th Annual Grammy Awards|2023]]
|12.55
|
|
|<ref name="2023 Ratings">{{cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Rick |title=TV Ratings: Grammy Awards Hit Three-Year High for CBS |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-sunday-feb-5-2023-1235318741/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 8, 2023 |date=February 6, 2023 |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207220718/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-sunday-feb-5-2023-1235318741/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[66th Annual Grammy Awards|2024]]
|16.9
|
|
|<ref name="Ratings2425"/>
|-
|[[67th Annual Grammy Awards|2025]]
|15.4
|
|
|<ref name="Ratings2425">{{cite web |title=Despite Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar, ratings for the Grammys fall |url=https://apnews.com/article/grammy-awards-2025-ratings-48a63918a50df8601434c1d4c497fbfc |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=February 6, 2025 |date=February 4, 2025 |archive-date=February 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207145610/https://apnews.com/article/grammy-awards-2025-ratings-48a63918a50df8601434c1d4c497fbfc |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

==See also==
{{portal|Music|United States}}
* [[List of Grammy Award winners and nominees by country]]
* [[List of music awards]]

== Footnotes ==
{{NoteFoot}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Sister project links |wikt=Grammy |commons=Grammy Awards |commonscat=yes |d=Q41254 |n=no |q=no |s=no |b=no |v=no}}
* {{official website}}
* [http://www.grammy.com/ Grammy Awards winners] at Grammy.com (searchable database)
* [https://www.cbs.com/shows/grammys/ CBS: Grammys] Official broadcast for Grammys

{{Grammy Award years}}
{{Music awards}}
{{Authority control}}

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