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28-470: The category was introduced in 2012 in which the previous Best Hawaiian Music Album , Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album and Best Native American Music Album categories were combined. The change was the result of a major overhaul of Grammy categories, announced in April 2011. The new category also recognizes other American roots forms, such as polka , whose own Grammy category was discontinued in 2009. In 2021,

56-434: A band and moved to Austin, where they added drummer Tommy Taylor . There, they played covers for cash while recording demo versions of original songs at Austin's Odyssey Sound, which later became Pecan Street Studio, which they shipped to record labels. Though they considered themselves a band, Warner Bros. signed Christopher Cross as a solo artist in early 1979. Although best known for his vocals and songwriting, Cross

84-588: A concert in his hometown, at the Tobin Center , San Antonio, Texas. In 2018, he joined with other musicians in Austin to form the band Freedonia. In late 2019, Cross toured with Todd Rundgren , Jason Scheff , Micky Dolenz and Joey Molland of Badfinger in celebration of the Beatles ' White Album on the "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today – A Tribute to the Beatles' White Album". Cross performed " Sailing " and " Ride Like

112-698: A new studio album titled Doctor Faith . In 2013, he released A Night in Paris , a 2-CD live album he recorded and filmed in April 2012 at the Theatre Le Trianon in Paris, France. The song "Ride Like the Wind" was featured on the Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues original movie soundtrack, released in 2013. In September 2014, he released Secret Ladder , followed in November 2017 by Take Me as I Am . In 2017, he played

140-767: A nomination for Album of the Year despite being highly critically acclaimed and topping many end of year charts. West's album went on to win Best Rap Album . A total of 78 awards were presented following the Academy's decision to restructure the Grammy Award categories . Paul McCartney received the MusiCares Person of the Year award on February 10, 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Center , two nights prior to

168-405: A one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live . Kanye West received the most nominations with seven. Adele , Foo Fighters , and Bruno Mars each received six nominations. Lil Wayne , Skrillex , and Radiohead all earned five nominations. The nominations were criticised by many music journalists as Kanye West 's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy missed out on

196-414: Is also a skilled guitarist. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan invited Cross to play on their albums, but Cross declined. Cross also substituted for Ritchie Blackmore during a Deep Purple concert in 1970 when Blackmore fell ill. Cross was the original owner of fellow Austin guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan ’s legendary “Number One” 1962/1963 hybrid Fender Stratocaster . Vaughan purchased

224-884: Is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from San Antonio , Texas. He has won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles " Sailing " (1979), and " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) " (from the 1981 film Arthur ) peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 . "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1980, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1980 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach , Carole Bayer Sager , and Peter Allen ). Geppert, bassist Andy Salmon, and keyboardist Rob Meurer met in San Antonio when they were still teens. Geppert and Salmon became bandmates in Flash, with Geppert on guitar. Together, they formed Christopher Cross as

252-512: Is no meaning behind this other than the painting chosen for his first album cover featured the bird, which has been used as a motif ever since. A self-described " army brat ", Cross is the son of a U.S. Army pediatrician stationed at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., in the mid-1950s, acting as physician for President Dwight Eisenhower 's grandchildren. He attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio and graduated in 1969. He

280-532: The 11th person to become an EGOT winner. The anticipation for the show's tributes to the late Whitney Houston greatly helped increased the ratings for the 54th Grammy Awards, which became the second highest in its history with 39.9 million viewers (trailing only behind the 1984 Grammys with 51.67 million viewers). The rating was 50% higher than in 2011 . This remains the highest-rated Grammy telecast on 21st-century U.S. television. The following performed: The winners per category were: Record of

308-732: The Grammy Awards held that year. 2012 Grammy Awards The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles being broadcast on CBS honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. LL Cool J hosted the show. It was the first time in seven years that the event had an official host. Nominations were announced on November 30, 2011, on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night",

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336-532: The Grammy telecast. On February 8, 2012, the Academy announced that the 54th Grammy Pre-Telecast Ceremony would stream live internationally. The ceremony took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center and was streamed live in its entirety internationally at Grammy's official website and CBS Television Network. The ceremony was co-hosted by Dave Koz and MC Lyte . A total of 68 awards were presented in

364-565: The Pre-Telecast ceremony. The official poster was designed by Architect Frank Gehry . The day before the ceremony, Whitney Houston died in Los Angeles, and the show's producers quickly planned a tribute in the form of Jennifer Hudson singing Houston's " I Will Always Love You ". The awards show began with a Bruce Springsteen performance followed by an LL Cool J prayer for Whitney Houston. Adele won all of her six nominations, equalling

392-458: The Wind ". Since 2018, Cross has been playing in a band called Freedonia. They have two full length albums: "Freedonia" and "Firefly" and an EP titled "Bring Back The Dinosaurs". During 2021–2022, Cross played in his 40th anniversary tour which had been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One common feature of Cross's album covers is the appearance of a flamingo . According to Cross, there

420-486: The Wind" hit number two on the U.S. Hot 100, while "Sailing" topped the chart for one week. "Never Be The Same" went number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. Cross, the album, and the song "Sailing" were nominated for six Grammy Awards in 1980 and won five. Cross was the first artist in Grammy history to win all four general field awards in a single ceremony, bringing home Record of the Year ("Sailing"), Album of

448-588: The World and 1988's Back of My Mind did not produce any top 40 hits or reach Gold or Platinum status. He did, however, place the song "Swept Away" in the TV show Growing Pains . It was used during a video montage while Kirk Cameron 's character Mike fell in love with a local girl while vacationing with the family in Hawaii. Cross made three more albums in the 1990s, and although some of his releases gained critical response, he

476-2436: The Year Album of the Year Song of the Year Best New Artist Best Pop Solo Performance Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Best Pop Instrumental Album Best Pop Vocal Album Best Dance Recording Best Dance/Electronic Album Aldridge: Elmer Gantry Judith Sherman "Brahms: Symphony No. 4" "Adams: Doctor Atomic" "Light & Gold" "Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music from Slide" – Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird "Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion & Orchestra" "Diva Divo" " Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry " – Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein The following artists received multiple nominations: The following artists received multiple awards: Amy Winehouse , Nick Ashford , Phoebe Snow , Jerry Leiber , Steve Jobs , Heavy D , Sylvia Robinson , Nate Dogg , M-Bone , Jimmy Castor , George Shearing , Roger Williams , Ray Bryant , Gil Cates , Fred Steiner , Dobie Gray , Ferlin Husky , Larry Butler , Wilma Lee Cooper , Harley Allen , Liz Anderson , Charlie Craig , Barbara Orbison , Frank DiLeo , Steve Popovich , Tal Herzberg , Bruce Jackson , Johnny Otis , Benny Spellman , Don DeVito , Roger Nichols , Stan Ross , Joe Arroyo , Facundo Cabral , Marv Tarplin , Esther Gordy Edwards , Carl Gardner , Cornell Dupree , Jerry Ragovoy , Gene McDaniels , Joe Morello , Gil Bernal , Frank Foster , Ralph MacDonald , Leonard Dillon , Clare Fischer , Bert Jansch , Andrew Gold , Bill Morrissey , Warren Hellman , Hazel Dickens , Gary Moore , Gerard Smith , Doyle Bramhall , Pinetop Perkins , Hubert Sumlin , David "Honeyboy" Edwards , Camilla Williams , Milton Babbitt , David Mason , Andy Kazdin , Alex Steinweiss , Bill Johnson , Jessy Dixon , Don Butler , Clarence Clemons and Whitney Houston . Christopher Cross Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert ; May 3, 1951)

504-588: The Year ( Christopher Cross ), Song of the Year ("Sailing") and Best New Artist at the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards . This feat was not replicated for 39 years, until Billie Eilish won all four awards at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020. In addition, "Sailing" won for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist (s). Christopher Cross has been certified platinum five times in the U.S., selling over 5 million copies. Later in 1981, Cross released " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ", co-written by Burt Bacharach , Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen , which

532-406: The category added the inclusion of Go-go music, and in 2024 it was announced that conjunto would be recognized under the category starting in 2025. Hawaiian musician Kalani Pe'a holds the record of most wins in the category with three. and Lost Bayou Ramblers & Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (TIE) and Live: Orpheum Theater Nola (TIE) Each year is linked to the article about

560-531: The guitar at Ray Hennig’s Heart of Texas Music in Austin in 1974, only one day after Cross had traded the guitar for a Gibson Les Paul . Cross released his self-titled debut album, Christopher Cross , on December 20, 1979. Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hits from this album included " Ride Like the Wind " (featuring backing vocals by Michael McDonald ), " Sailing ", " Never Be the Same " and "Say You'll Be Mine" (featuring backing vocals by Nicolette Larson ). "Ride Like

588-560: The record for most wins by a female artist in one night , first held by Beyoncé . Adele became only the second artist in history, following Christopher Cross in 1981 , to have won all four of the general field ( Album of the Year , Best New Artist , Record of the Year and Song of the Year ) awards throughout her career. Foo Fighters and Kanye West followed with five and four awards, respectively. With his win for Best Musical Theater Album (for The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording ), producer Scott Rudin became

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616-545: The second and last American number-one hit by Christopher Cross. Cross's second album, Another Page (1983), produced " All Right ", "No Time for Talk", and " Think of Laura ". "All Right" was used by CBS Sports for its highlights montage following the 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament , while "Think of Laura" is used as a reference to characters on the soap opera General Hospital . Against his wishes ABC used his song in this context; however, he has stated that he wrote "Think of Laura" not in reference to

644-457: The song "A Chance For Heaven" for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games . After 1984, Cross's commercial success faded. As music television channel MTV grew to dominate the mainstream music scene in the United States, Cross's style of music proved to be a bad fit for the network, and Cross's brand of adult contemporary music declined in popularity. Cross's next two albums, 1985's Every Turn of

672-413: The television characters, but to celebrate the life of Denison University college student Laura Carter who was killed when she was struck by a stray bullet. Cross has stated on his social media platforms that he felt it was inappropriate for ABC/General Hospital to use the song against his wishes and those of Carter's family. Another Page sold well, getting Gold certification. He also co-wrote and sang

700-432: The use of his legs, but his doctors told him he should fully recover. Physicians told him his illness triggered an episode of Guillain–Barré syndrome that caused the nerves in his legs to stop functioning properly. By October 2020, he was able to walk with a cane, but said his memory and speech had been affected. In 2021 and 2022 he played his 40th anniversary concert tour, which had originally been planned for 2020. He

728-478: Was involved in football and track and field. Cross was married to Roseanne Harrison from 1973 until the couple divorced in 1982. His 1988 marriage to Jan Bunch ended in a 2007 divorce. He has two children, Madison and Rain. On April 3, 2020, Cross confirmed through his Facebook page that he had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, and was ill, but was recovering. Cross later reported on Twitter that he had lost

756-487: Was not able to attract the mass audience he once enjoyed. After his decline in fame in the mid to late 1980s, he toured and opened for various acts during the 1990s. The year 2002 saw the release of the Very Best of... album, and in 2007 he completed a Christmas album titled A Christopher Cross Christmas . In 2008, Cross recorded a new acoustic album of his hits titled The Cafe Carlyle Sessions . In 2011, Cross released

784-627: Was the main theme for the 1981 film Arthur . The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981, and was nominated for three Grammys, but did not win. In the U.S., it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Hot Adult Contemporary charts in October 1981, remaining at the top of the Hot 100 for three weeks while it also was a top-ten hit in several other countries. The song became

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