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Grammy Known as “Music’s Biggest Night”. Recording industry awards started in 1959 to honor music artist who at that time had little way of receiving recognition. On May 4, the 1st Annual GRAMMY Awards dinner presentations (for 1958 releases) are simultaneously held in two locations, the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., and the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City. There are 28 original award categories. As of 2009 now has 31 fields or categories covering all genres of music and technical portions such as production, arrangement etc. These may be further broken down by Best Male, Best Female, Best Solo, Best Duet, Best Group Etc. Past notable winners Range from Frank Sinatra to Bruce Springsteen “Film/TV/Video” , Alicia Keys to Usher “R&B”, Amy Winehouse, to Perry Como for “Pop”, Eagles to Bob Dylan “Rock”, Coolio to Jay Z “Rap”, even the then Senator Barack Obama 2005 “Spoken Word” category for “Dreams From My Father” and again in 2007 for “The Audacity Of Hope”. The tropy resembles a small, gilded gramophone (of the 1920's)statuette.
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