It’s very flattering for any musician to have a crowd of fans. But it’s much more important when musical talent is recognized by industry professionals. Below is a list of the most prestigious music awards.
Grammy Awards
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Billie Eilish received 5 awards at the Grammys this year
The Grammy is number 1 in the world of music awards. It is also called the musical Oscar. The first Grammy took place in 1959.
The award honors the high success and achievements of musicians, singers, composers, producers, sound engineers, technicians, directors, and other representatives of the profession. At the same time, the commercial success of the musician and the single, as well as the place in the charts, do not matter.
The award is a gilded statuette — a small gramophone on a wooden stand.
The Grammy is awarded in almost a hundred nominations. Among the musicians who won the most Grammys are Beyoncé (24 awards), Jay-Z, U2, and Stevie Wonder — each received 22 awards.
American Music Awards
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Taylor Swift had 6 wins at the last AMAs
Among prestigious music awards, there is also the AMAs. American Music Awards was founded in 1973 as a competitor to the Grammy Awards. The commercial success of the artist is taken into account here. The winners are the musicians with the most sales and airplay.
People choose the winners by voting through the AMAs website. Most wins here belong to Taylor Swift (29 awards) and Michael Jackson (26 awards).
BRIT Awards
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Foals won the best group at the BRITs 2020
The BRITs is one of the most respected and significant music awards. The first BRIT Awards took place in 1977.
The BRITs trophy depicts Britannia — the female personification of Britain.Robbie Williams has the most wins (18 awards).
In 2000, a separate awards ceremony was established for classical music, The Classic BRIT Awards.
Billboard Music Awards
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Drake hit the jackpot in 12 awards at the last BBMAs
Billboard Music Awardswas founded in 1990. It is presented by Billboard — American music magazine.
The BBMAs honors topmost musicians and best-selling songs.
The most successful here are Drake (27 awards) and Taylor Swift (23 awards).
MTV Video Music Awards
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Lady Gaga and her 5 awards at the VMAs 2020
MTV established the VMAs in 1984. The award is given to the best music videos.
Viewers choose the best videos by voting on MTV’s website.
The winners receive a “Moon Person”, a statuette depicting an astronaut on the moon.
The most wins overall have Beyoncé (25 awards), Madonna (20 awards), and Lady Gaga (18 awards).
World Music Awards
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At the last ceremony in 2014, Mariah Carey received the Pop Icon Award
This music award has been presented since 1989 in Monte Carlo.
It is awarded to musicians with the highest worldwide sales of their audio recordings. The winner receives a statuette that depicts an artist with the world in his hands.
The ceremony is broadcast in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, covering more than 160 countries worldwide.
Mariah Carey is the most awarded musician in the history of the World Music Awards (19 awards).
Music awards turned from awards ceremonies into the great shows celebrating musical talent. But besides the entertainment function, they also have a more important role — they support the development of musical culture in general.
Entertainment
By Chuck Arnold and Rob Bailey-Millado
Updated: April 1, 2022 | 7:22pm
With 31 golden gramophones to his credit, the most decorated musician in Grammy Awards history — the late orchestra conductor Georg Solti — is hardly a household name.
But there are plenty of mainstream pop superstars — from Stevie and Kanye to Beyoncé — who have racked up those trademark trophies, too.
In fact, Queen Bey made history by tying a living legend for most wins at Grammys 2021. Here are the other top 10 nonclassical winners of music’s biggest night.
1. Beyoncé: 28
Yes, she made history at Grammys 2021: With nine nominations — and three wins — at this year’s ceremony, she has become the most decorated woman in Grammys history.
Beyoncé, 40, first received Grammy love as a member of Destiny’s Child, winning two awards for their No. 1 smash “Say My Name” in 2001. Since then, Grammy has said her name 26 more times, including five wins with husband Jay-Z — for their hit singles “Crazy in Love” and “Drunk in Love,” plus their joint album “Everything Is Love.”
Still, Beyoncé has never won Album of the Year throughout her career — she’s wasn’t up for the 2021 honor because she didn’t release a project during the eligibility period — but she is the most nominated woman ever with 79 nods.
1. Quincy Jones: 28
Beyoncé tied one of the music industry’s most iconic and respected figures with her 2021 win.
Not only was Jones, 89, a part of Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” sweep in 1984 as producer of that classic LP, he also won Album of the Year for his own “Back on the Block” in 1991. Right behind Solti on the all-time list, Q first triumphed for Best Instrumental Arrangement (of the Count Basie Orchestra’s “I Can’t Stop Loving You”) in 1964.
3. Alison Krauss: 27
The bluegrass queen, 50, has tasted victory both on her own and with her group Union Station. But her biggest wins came with Robert Plant in 2009, when the unlikely pair won Album of the Year (“Raising Sand”) and Record of the Year (“Please Read the Letter”).
4. Stevie Wonder: 25
This R&B icon, 71, holds the distinction of winning Album of the Year three times — a record he shares with Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon. He triumphed for three consecutive LPs: 1973’s “Innervisions,” 1974’s “Fulfillingness’ First Finale” and 1976’s “Songs in the Key of Life.”
4. John Williams: 25
The legendary film composer, 90, just broke his own record with his 52nd Oscar nomination (Best Original Score for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”). But while he’s only taken home five Academy Awards, he’s won nearly five times as much at the Grammys, most recently in 2017.
6. Chick Corea: 23
This late jazz pianist won Grammys in every decade since the ’70s, starting in 1976 (Best Jazz Performance by a Group for “No Mystery,” with Return to Forever) and most recently in 2015 (Best Jazz Instrumental Album for “Trilogy”). It’s no wonder Corea, who died in February 2021 at 79, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
6. Jay-Z: 23
Beyoncé’s hubby is a big-time Grammy boss, too, with the lion’s share of his hardware coming in the rap categories — his first being for Best Rap Album (“Vol. 2 … Hard Knock Life”) back in 1999. But the 52-year-old has never won any awards in the Big Four fields (Album, Record and Song of the Year, plus Best New Artist).
8. U2: 22
Bono, 61, and company have won the prestigious Album of the Year twice — first for their 1987 classic “The Joshua Tree” and then for 2004’s “How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.” But they’ve also claimed victories twice in two other Big Four categories: Record of the Year (“Beautiful Day,” “Walk On”) and Song of the Year (“Beautiful Day,” “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own”).
8. Kanye West: 22
Despite three consecutive Album of the Year nominations (for 2004’s “The College Dropout,” 2005’s “Late Registration” and 2007’s “Graduation”), Yeezy, 44, has never copped that coveted prize. Still, he has been able to console himself with 22 other gramophones, most recently winning three awards with Jay-Z in 2013.
10. Vince Gill: 21
Starting with his 1990 victory for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male (for “When I Call Your Name”), the singer-guitarist, 64, has come up big in the country categories over the years. But his last win came in another field: Best American Roots Song (“Kid Sister”) in 2017.
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