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Interesting Grammy Award Records

We found this interesting statistic of Grammy Award from Wikipedia:

  • Most Grammy Awards won by a band: U2, total of 22 Grammy awards;
  • Most Grammy Awards in a lifetime: Sir Georg Solti, total 31 Grammy awards;
  • Most Grammy Awards (male solo artist): Stevie Wonder, total 23 Grammy awards;
  • Most Grammy Awards (female solo artist)Alison Krauss, 20 Grammy Awards;
  • Only artist to have won the “Big Four” Grammy Awards at a single ceremony: Christopher Cross is the only artist to receive the “Big Four” (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist) in a single ceremony in 1981;
  • Youngest person to win a Grammy:LeAnn Rimes at the tender age of 14.

December 9, 2007   1 Comment

50th Grammy Awards (2008) Announced - Video included!

The list of Grammy Awards 2008 nominees has been announced. The 50th Grammy Awards will take place on February 10 again at the Staples Center. This will be a milestone for the Grammys and the Recording Academy. The list of nomination is huge, in fact there are total 110 separate categories! Here we will list down only the big 3 categories:

Record Of The Year
‘Irreplaceable’ - BeyoncĂ©
‘The Pretender’ - Foo Fighters
‘Umbrella’ - Rihanna ft. Jay-Z
‘What Goes Around…Comes Around’ - Justin Timberlake
‘Rehab’ - Amy Winehouse

Album Of The Year
‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace’ - Foo Fighters
‘These Days’ - Vince Gill
‘River: The Jni Letters’ - Herbie Hancock
‘Graduation’ - Kanye West
‘Back To Black’ - Amy Winehouse

Song Of The Year
‘Before He Cheats’ - Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood)
‘Hey There Delilah’ - Tom Higgenson (Plain White T’s)
‘Like A Star’ - Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)
‘Rehab’ - Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse)
‘Umbrella’ - Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash & Christopher Stewart (Rihanna ft. Jay-Z)


What’s your prediction?

December 9, 2007   No Comments