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unusual facts about Grammy Awards



Antonio Pontarelli

In February 2006 his performances from the red carpet of the 48th Annual Grammy Awards were featured on "The Tonight Show", CNN, TV Guide and E! .

Arturo O'Farrill

Under the new institution, O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra released their second album Song for Chico in 2008, which won a Grammy Award for "Best Latin Jazz Album" at the 2009 Grammy Awards.

Billy Branch

Billy Branch is a three-time Grammy nominee, a retired two-term governor for the Chicago Grammy Chapter, an Emmy Award winner, and a winner of the Addy Award.

Charles Fazzino

He has been commissioned to create artwork for high profile events such as The Super Bowl, The GRAMMY Awards, The Pori Jazz Festival, Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Daytime Emmy Awards, and more.

Children's music

The quality of Sesame Street's children's music (much of it created by noted composers Joe Raposo and Jeff Moss) has dominated the children's music landscape to this day - the show has won 11 Grammy Awards.

David Finckel

A member of the Emerson String Quartet since 1979, David has participated in over thirty acclaimed recordings produced with Deutsche Grammophon since 1987, nine Grammy Awards (including two for best classical album, an unprecedented honor for a chamber music group), three Gramophone Awards, the coveted Avery Fisher Prize and cycles of the complete Beethoven, Bartók, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich string quartets in the world's musical capitals.

Fly Like a Bird

Carey performed the song on several high profile industry events, including the 48th annual Grammy Awards, the Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast concert charity benefit, and Idol Gives Back.

Gerry Owens

Owens wrote, arranged, recorded and co-produced the Skindive album and gained considerable exposure and success worldwide with the band, including rave reviews in publications such as Rolling Stone Magazine, Boston Globe and Rock Sound and the music being featured on the Grammy Awards 2002, MTV Movie Awards 2002 and MTV Road Rules.

Gregory Euclide

In 2011, Euclide collaborated with the Justin Vernon of Bon Iver to create the band's acclaimed album artwork for their 2011 album Bon Iver, winner of the Grammy for Best New Artist.

Herbert Blomstedt

He led the orchestra on regular tours of Europe and Asia, and made numerous prize-winning recordings for London/Decca, winning two Grammy Awards, a Gramophone Award and a Grand Prix du Disque, as well as awards from Belgium, Germany and Japan.

Ian Dench

He was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2010, one as co-producer of two tracks on Beyoncé's album I Am... Sasha Fierce, which was nominated as Album of the Year and the other for "Once in a Lifetime", which he co-wrote with Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, The Rural and Beyoncé.

Jed Hilly

During his tenure, expansion has been evident such as the Recording Academy’s decision (2010) to add the Americana Category to its list of Grammy Awards and in 2011, Merriam-Webster to added the word, Americana, as a musical term, to its prestigious Collegiate Dictionary.

Jordan Zevon

Following his father's death in 2003, Jordan, his half-sister, Ariel, and longtime Zevon collaborator Jorge Calderón accepted Warren's two posthumous Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal Performance and Best Contemporary Folk Album.

Kazzer

The energetic lead single, "Pedal to the Medal", was co-written with Brian West, Grammy-nominated producer for the likes of Nelly Furtado.

Lawrence Cohn

He has been nominated seven times at the Grammy Awards, winning the Grammy Award for Best Historical Album in 1991 with his recording Robert Johnson : The Complete Recordings.

Live from Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell

It was nominated for the Grammy Awards in 2006 as the Best Traditional Folk Album.

Nemer Saade

In 2010, Nemer Saadé became the first Lebanese Fashion Designer to dress up celebrities for the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles such as Adam Lambert, Slash from Guns N' Roses or Tonex, while other celebrities like Usher and David Guettachose to wear his brand for their private events .

Odell Borg

Odell has sold to clients in Germany, France, Japan and Australia, as well as musicians such as Grammy-winner Bill Miller and NAMA "Flutist of the Year" winning Native American flute players Jan Michael Looking Wolf and Cody Blackbird.

Øystein Fevang

Ensemble 96 and Øystein Fevang's CD "Immortal Nystedt", published on the label 2L, is nominated for the 49th Grammy Awards in the categories Best Choral Performance and Best Surround Album.

Phil Leadbetter

In 1994, Phil received a Grammy Nomination for "Best Bluegrass Album" at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards for his work with J. D. Crowe and the New South on the album "Flashback".

Polar Air Cargo

For example, Polar has shipped horses, cattle, race cars and helicopters across the Atlantic; critically needed supplies to Tsunami victims; and the rock band Green Day’s musical equipment from one tightly scheduled performance in Glasgow to another at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Quién como tú

This material was nominated to the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 1991, but lost to José Feliciano's ¿Por Qué Te Tengo Que Olvidar?

Steve Klong

In 1990, he played drums for Wilson Phillips world tour promoting their breakthrough debut album and also appeared with the band on "The Tonight Show" and 1990 Grammy Awards.

Tavalon Tea

The company works with various entities both in New York City & Seoul including the Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, Montblanc, Quintessentially, Momentum Women, Bvlgari, Juicy Couture, People Magazine, and WebMD.

The Mighty Death Pop!

"Shooting Stars" contains a diss towards Chris Brown and mention his domestic violence case with Rihanna, as well as other pop stars Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga at the Staples Center during the Grammy Awards.


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Ben Margulies

"Vision of Love" was nominated for Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Café Racers

The song "I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is" was included on the chart-topping, six times Platinum Flashdance soundtrack which received a Grammy Award for Best Album Of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture at 26th Annual Grammy Awards.

Chucho Valdés

Chucho has won four Grammy awards: in 1978 for the album Live at Newport by Irakere; in 1998 for his contribution to the CD Havana by his band Crisol (formed in 1997), with two songs - "Mr. Bruce" and "Mambo para Roy" - written by Chucho; in 2003 for his album Live at the Village Vanguard; and in 2011 for his album Chucho's Steps.

David Guido Pietroni

Rigoletto Story has obtained two nominations to the Grammy Awards in the categories "Best Surround Sound" and "Best Long Form Music Video", having David Guido Pietroni become voting member of the Recording Academy.

Freddie Awards

Freddie Awards were touted as the frequent traveler's answer to the Oscar, Emmy and Grammy Awards by creator Randy Petersen, editor and publisher of InsideFlyer magazine.

Fruta Fresca

At the 1st Latin Grammy Awards it received nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Tropical Song, while Vives was a candidate for Male Pop Vocal Performance.

Green Versace dress of Jennifer Lopez

Lopez arrived on the red carpet of the Grammy Awards in the company of then-boyfriend Sean Combs; he was dressed in a gray suit.

IME, New York City

Creator Ron Durbin was asked by local NARAS Vice President, John Marcus (Grammy Awards) to attend and speak at the digital download conference in 1993 and participated in the conference with Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock and many more artists savvy with digital age vision.

In Square Circle

"Go Home" was performed during the Grammy awards ceremony in 1985, in the famous synthesizer jam with Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock and Howard Jones.

Jeff Bass

He co-wrote the Oscar-winning song, "Lose Yourself", featured in the movie 8 Mile and went on to win numerous Grammy awards for his long-time collaboration with Eminem.

John Mann

Johnny Mann (born 1928), American composer and recipient of multiple Grammy Awards

Marek Napiórkowski

In 2002 took part in the Anna Maria Jopek & Friends with Pat Metheny Intoxication (album) and two shows at the Congress Hall in Warsaw, with the winner of 15 Grammy Awards, guitarist Pat Metheny.

Michael Gandolfi

He often looks to the sciences for his subject matter, resulting in pieces such as The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (inspired by Charles Jencks' garden in Scotland that incorporates modern physics into its design, and nominated for Best Contemporary Classical Composition at the 2009 Grammy Awards) and Trivia, written for the Weilerstein Trio, which counts Richard Wolfson's book Simply Einstein as a source.

Michigan State University Children's Choir

The choir has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Orchestra Hall in Detroit, Symphony Center in Chicago, and the Kennedy Center, in Washington D.C. In 2006, the choir won two Grammy Awards for their contributions to William Bolcom's Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Album .

Mike Elizondo

Mike was nominated for Producer of the Year at the 2008 Grammy Awards alongside Mark Ronson, Timbaland and Joe Chiccarelli.

O'Landa Draper

The choir also sang back up for Billy Joel during the 1994 grammy awards, performed with celebrities such as actress Jennifer Holliday, performer B.B. King and other gospel artists such as Albertina Walker and Shirley Caesar.

Paul Halley

While organist and choirmaster at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1977 to 1989, he collaborated with Paul Winter to create the Missa Gaia/Earth Mass, Halley became a member of the Paul Winter Consort, and earned five Grammy Awards for his contributions as a composer and performer with the group.

Paul Hinojos

In February 2009 at the 51st annual Grammy Awards, Hinojos, along with fellow Mars Volta bandmates was awarded the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song "Wax Simulacra", from the album "The Bedlam in Goliath".

Ryan Murphey

Ryan produced several Michael Martin Murphey albums, including Buckaroo Blue Grass and Buckaroo Blue Grass II, which were both nominated for Grammy Awards.

Tropical fusion

The term "tropical fusion" was initially promoted as a genre for the 2012 Latin Grammy Awards as "Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Fusion Album."

Urban contemporary gospel

She has won multiple awards, including four Grammy Awards, four of the Gospel Music Association's Dove Awards, one American Music Award, seven NAACP Image Awards, one Soul Train Music Award, and three BET Awards.

William Kanengiser

Kanengiser has won Grammy Awards with the LAGQ, which received the award for best classical crossover album at the 47th Grammy Awards for Guitar Heroes; he has also won for his contribution to Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's performance of Golijov's Ainadamar: Fountain Of Tears, which won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording in 2007.