The recording industry's most prestigious award, the GRAMMY, is presented annually by the Recording Academy. A GRAMMY is awarded by the Recording Academy's voting membership to honor excellence in the recording arts and sciences. It is truly a peer honor, awarded by and to artists and technical professionals for artistic or technical achievement, not sales or chart positions (GRAMMY Awards Process). The annual GRAMMY Awards presentation brings together thousands of creative and technical professionals in the recording industry from all over the world.
In addition to the GRAMMY Awards, other honors are given by the Recording Academy. These awards recognize contributions and activities of significance to the recording field that fall outside the framework of the GRAMMY Awards categories, and include the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Trustees Award, the GRAMMY Hall of Fame Award, the Technical GRAMMY Award, and the GRAMMY Legend Award.
The GRAMMY Awards are telecast annually to an international audience of over 2 billion in 180 countries.
GRAMMY
Hall Of Fame Award
The GRAMMY Hall of Fame was established by the
Recording Academy's National Trustees in 1973 to honor early recordings of
lasting, qualitative or historical significance which were released more than
25 years ago.
Lifetime
Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by vote of the Recording
Academy's National Trustees to performers who, during their lifetimes, have
made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field
of recording.
Trustees
Award
This special merit GRAMMY is awarded by vote of the
Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals who, during their career
in music, have made significant contributions — other than performance —
to the field of recording.
Legend
Award
The GRAMMY Legend Award is presented by the Recording
Academy to individuals or groups for ongoing contributions and influence in
the recording field.
Tech
Award
This special merit GRAMMY is awarded by vote of the
Recording Academy's National Trustees to individuals and/or companies who have
made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording
field.
Latin
GRAMMY Awards
The Latin GRAMMY Awards were launched in 2000 with a
very successful first annual telecast aired on CBS. It was the first primarily
Spanish-language prime-time program carried on network television. Like the
GRAMMY Awards, the Latin GRAMMYs recognize artistic and technical excellence
in the recording arts and sciences by peer vote (Latin
GRAMMY Awards Process). It has already come to represent the height of
achievement in Latin recording.
Latin
GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Award
The Latin GRAMMY Hall of Fame was established in 2001
to honor early recordings of lasting, qualitative or historical significance
that were released more than 25 years ago.
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