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85-502: Gregory Allen Kurstin (born May 14, 1969) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. He has won nine Grammy Awards , including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2017 and 2018, and contributed to four songs which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 . Kurstin collaborated with Adele on the albums 25 and 30 . He co-wrote and produced " Easy on Me ,"

170-538: A Grammy Award but who did contribute to a winning recording. These certificates are known as Participation Certificates or Winners Certificates. Those eligible for a certificate can apply for one in the weeks after the Grammy ceremony. A special Grammy Award of merit is occasionally awarded to recognize "ongoing contributions and influence in the recording field". It has come to be known as the Grammy Legend Award and

255-645: A bird and the bee record, Kurstin was nominated for his first Producer of the Year Grammy in 2010. Kurstin's first commercially available collaboration with Sia was "Death by Chocolate", released on her 2008 album Some People Have Real Problems . In 2010, he produced Sia's fifth album, We Are Born . It reached number 2 in Australia and number 37 in the US. It won ARIA Music Awards for Best Pop Album and Best Independent Release. In 2012, Kurstin earned his first number 1 song in

340-434: A demo they recorded on to David Byrne , who signed them to his label, Luaka Bop . "They incorporate so many disparate elements into their sound that one senses a new sensibility afoot", Byrne said in 1997. Geggy Tah released their debut album Grand Opening in 1994; Kurstin played bass, clavinet, guitar, organ, piano, synthesizers and drums, and was credited as a songwriter, producer, programmer, and backup vocalist. In 1996

425-777: A lack of commercial allure on their fourth album, Spirit of Eden . Their fifth and final album, Laughing Stock , was released through Verve on September 16, 1991 and, while being slightly divisive at the time, has since been reconsidered by critics and fans as their masterpiece and a precursor to the post-rock movement. In the 1990s, as part of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, Verve signed Herbie Hancock , Wayne Shorter , Joe Henderson , Roy Hargrove , John Scofield , Shirley Horn , Betty Carter , Abbey Lincoln , Chris Botti , Jeff Lorber , Gino Vannelli , Art Porter , Will Downing , and Incognito . When Universal and Polygram merged in 1998, Verve's holdings were merged with Universal's GRP Recording Company to become Verve Music Group. Verve

510-460: A manner that preserves the integrity of the academy and their member community. Although registered media companies may submit entries, they have no vote. The eligibility period for the upcoming 66th Annual Grammy Awards is October 1, 2022 – September 15, 2023. The 2024 Grammy Awards , unveiled by Recording Academy chief Harvey Mason Jr., are set to be held on February 4, 2024. In many categories, certificates are presented to those ineligible for

595-758: A pre-telecast "Premiere Ceremony" in the afternoon before the Grammy Awards telecast. On April 6, 2011, the Recording Academy announced a significant overhaul of many Grammy Award categories for 2012. The number of categories was cut from 109 to 78. The most substantial change was eliminating the distinction between male and female soloists and between collaborations and duo/groups in various genre fields (pop, rock, rhythm and blues [R&B], country, and rap). Additionally, several instrumental soloist categories were discontinued; recordings in these categories now fall under general categories for best solo performances. In

680-481: A private online listening service. After nominees have been determined, final voting ballots are sent to NARAS voting members, who may then vote in the general field and cast ten votes in various genre categories spread to three of the eleven fields. Members are encouraged, but not required, to vote only in their fields of expertise. Ballots are tabulated secretly by the independent accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu . After vote tabulation, winners are announced at

765-651: A publishing joint venture with Sony/ATV. The first songwriters signed to No Expectations were Jesse Shatkin and Wendy Wang. In 2017, Kurstin produced tracks on CHVRCHES third album called " Love Is Dead ". The album was released on May 28, 2018, on Virgin EMI Records and Goodbye Records. Kurstin produced the Paul McCartney album Egypt Station , recorded over a two-year period at studios in Los Angeles and Sussex, England, and mixed at Abbey Road Studios . The album

850-401: A question remained what to call them. One working title was the 'Eddie', to honor Thomas Edison , the inventor of the phonograph . Eventually, the name was chosen after a mail-in contest whereby approximately 300 contestants submitted the name 'Grammy', with the earliest postmark from contest winner Jay Danna of New Orleans, Louisiana, as an abbreviated reference to Emile Berliner 's invention,

935-532: A total of 94 categories, will be presented on February 2, 2025. After over fifty years being broadcast on CBS , it was announced on October 30, 2024, that the Grammys would move to ABC , Disney+ and Hulu as part of a ten-year broadcast deal between the Recording Academy and The Walt Disney Company . Harry's House Midnights The Grammys had their origin in the Hollywood Walk of Fame project in

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1020-475: A work is entered, review sessions are held that involve over 150 recording industry experts, to determine that the work has been entered in the correct category. The resulting lists of eligible entries are then circulated to voting members, each of whom may vote to nominate in the general fields ( Record of the Year , Album of the Year , Song of the Year , and Best New Artist ) and in up to nine out of 30 other fields on their ballots. The five recordings that earn

1105-600: Is the American contemporary, classic and jazz division of Universal Music Group in the US. Labels in the group include Verve and Impulse! Records labels and Universal Music Classics . Verve labels are Verve Records and Verve Forecast . Universal Music Classical consists of Decca Gold label plus represents the European imprints Decca Records , Decca Classics , Deutsche Grammophon , Philips Classics and Mercury KX plus ECM Records distributed label. On May 20, 2016,

1190-506: The 66th Annual Grammy Awards , set to take place in 2024. Three new categories were announced, bringing the total number to 94, the highest since the peak of 109 in 2010. In addition, both Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical , were moved to the General Field, the first time new categories had been added to this field since the concept of the Big Four

1275-649: The Billboard 200. In addition to Clarkson, in 2013 and 2014 Kurstin wrote and produced songs which appeared on albums by Lana Del Rey , Foster the People , Ellie Goulding , Lykke Li , Katy Perry , and Charli XCX . He co-wrote and produced Ellie Goulding's " Burn ", which was the number 1 single in the UK for three consecutive weeks, teamed again with Allen, and collaborated with Sia on 1000 Forms of Fear . Her most successful album to date, 1000 Forms of Fear debuted at number one on

1360-624: The California Institute of the Arts with a BFA in 1992. In a 2013 interview, Kurstin said that his education in jazz had played a vital role in his pop success. "It's still something I carry over into my pop music work. It's really important to me that the notes I'm choosing strike the right emotional chord." Kurstin continued to perform with Hutcherson, Coleman, McPherson and others following his graduation. In 1994, he formed Geggy Tah with Tommy Jordan, whom he had met at an LA jam . A friend passed

1445-608: The Crypto.com Arena (known as the Staples Center from 1999 to 2021) became the permanent home of the award ceremonies. The Grammy Museum was built across the street from the Crypto.com Arena in LA Live to preserve the history of the Grammy Awards. Embedded on the sidewalks on the museum streets are bronze disks, similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame , to honor each year's top winners, Record of

1530-483: The Grammy Living Legend Award at different ceremonies. As of 2018, fourteen solo musicians and one band have received this award. The Grammy Salute to Industry Icons Award honors those who have made innovative contributions to the music industry. Recipients include: Before 1971, Grammy Award ceremonies were held in different locations on the same day. Originally New York City and Los Angeles were

1615-683: The Grammys , are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry . They are regarded by many as the most prestigious and significant awards in the music industry worldwide. They were originally called the Gramophone Awards , as the trophy depicts a gilded gramophone . The Grammys are the first of the Big Three networks ' major music awards held annually, and are considered one of

1700-592: The Impulse! Records imprint manages the portion of Universal's catalog that was acquired from ABC Records , which itself includes the jazz catalog of the Famous Music Group, which was once owned by Paramount Pictures / Gulf+Western , but which was sold to ABC in 1974. Meanwhile, GRP manages the rest of MCA/Universal's jazz catalog, including some releases once issued on the Decca and Chess labels. The Verve Label Group

1785-633: The Los Angeles Kings , Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Sparks to play an extended length of road games. With 32 Grammy Awards, Beyoncé is the artist with the most Grammy wins. U2 , with 22 Grammy Awards, holds the record for most awards won by a group. When Pearl Jam won a Grammy for the Best Hard Rock Performance in 1996, the band's lead singer Eddie Vedder commented on stage, "I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything." In 2008, Glen Hansard , leader of

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1870-530: The debut album from Wu-Tang Clan . The nomination review committees would be disbanded in 2021 following criticism of the lack of nominations for The Weeknd 's album After Hours . At the 38th Annual Grammy Awards , artist Mariah Carey was nominated for six awards for her album Daydream , including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for her single " One Sweet Day ". Although critics believed Carey would be "cleaning up" that year, Carey ultimately lost in all her nominated categories that night, much to

1955-599: The four major annual American entertainment awards with the Academy Awards (for films), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater). The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments of performers for the year 1958. After the 2011 ceremony, the Recording Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. The 67th Annual Grammy Awards , featuring

2040-713: The gramophone . Grammys were first awarded for achievements in 1958. The first award ceremony was held simultaneously in two locations on May 4, 1959, the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City, New York, with 28 Grammys awarded. The number of awards given grew, at one time reaching over 100, and fluctuated over the years with categories added and removed. The second Grammy Awards , also held in 1959,

2125-413: The rock field, the hard rock and metal album categories were combined. The Best Rock Instrumental Performance category was also eliminated. In R&B , the distinction between best contemporary R&B album and other R&B albums has been eliminated, consolidated into one Best R&B Album category. In rap , the categories for best rap soloist and best rap duo or group have been merged into

2210-576: The 1950s. As recording executives on the Walk of Fame committee compiled a list of significant recording industry people who might qualify for a Walk of Fame star, they realized that many leading people in their business would not earn a star on Hollywood Boulevard . They determined to rectify this by creating awards given by their industry similar to the Oscars and the Emmys . After deciding to go forward with such awards,

2295-576: The 1970s, Verve became part of PolyGram , incorporating the Mercury / EmArcy jazz catalog, which Philips , part owners of PolyGram had earlier acquired. Verve Records became the Verve Music Group after PolyGram was merged with Seagram 's Universal Music Group in 1999. The jazz holdings from the merged companies were folded into this sub-group. In 1990, British group Talk Talk signed to Polydor after conflicts with their previous label EMI regarding

2380-552: The 2014 adaptation of the film Annie and served as the soundtrack's executive producer. With Sia, he created new arrangements for the Broadway musical 's original tracks and co-wrote several new songs for the film, including "Opportunity", for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. Kurstin began working with Beck on his follow up to the Grammy-winning Morning Phase in 2015. He co-wrote and produced " Dreams ",

2465-443: The 2023 Gorillaz album Cracker Island and also produced Jaded , third single of Miley Cyrus eighth studio album Endless Summer Vacation that won an ASCAP Pop Awards of Song of the Year and also an BMI Pop Awards for Most-Performed Song of the Year . He helped on 2 tracks on Halsey (singer) 's album The Great Impersonator . Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards , stylized as GRAMMY , and often referred to as

2550-540: The B-side to classmate Dweezil Zappa 's " My Mother Is a Space Cadet ". In high school, Kurstin focused on jazz piano. After graduation, he moved to New York to study with Charles Mingus ' pianist Jaki Byard at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music . In addition to coursework, as a student Kurstin played with prominent jazz artists including Bobby Hutcherson , George Coleman , and Charles McPherson . He returned to Los Angeles to finish his degree, and graduated from

2635-476: The Best New Artist award in 2009 and her other three awards in 2012 and 2017. At age 18, Eilish is the youngest artist to have won all four awards. As of 2024, an additional two awards were added to the "General Field". Other awards are given for performance and production in specific genres and for other contributions such as artwork and video. Special awards are also given for longer-lasting contributions to

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2720-649: The Bird and the Bee's 2015 release, Recreational Love . After working on tracks with artists including Peaches , All Saints , Pink, the Flaming Lips , and Kylie Minogue , Kurstin was introduced to Lily Allen. Along with other musicians, co-writers, producers and engineers, he worked on her 2006 debut, Alright, Still , which went on to achieve platinum status. For her second album It's Not Me, It's You , Allen worked exclusively with Kurstin; he co-wrote every song and played all of

2805-651: The COVID-19 Delta cron hybrid variant. The ceremony was also moved from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas due to the former having scheduling conflicts with sports games and concerts nearly every night through mid-April. The gold-plated trophies, each depicting a gilded gramophone , are made and assembled by hand by Billings Artworks in Ridgway, Colorado . In 1990,

2890-508: The Cole Porter Song Book . The catalog grew throughout the 1950s and 1960s to include Charlie Parker , Bill Evans , Stan Getz , Billie Holiday , Oscar Peterson , Ben Webster , and Lester Young . By 1960 Milton Rudin, Granz' attorney, represented Frank Sinatra and knew that Sinatra wanted his own label. Sinatra and Granz made a handshake deal, but negotiations broke down over price and Sinatra's desire that Granz remain head of

2975-530: The Girl , Samara Joy and Arooj Aftab . The restructured Verve Records is now part of the Verve Label Group ( VLG ), a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. This company is also home to historic imprints including Verve Forecast , Impulse! and Decca Records . Norman Granz created Verve to produce new recordings by Ella Fitzgerald , whom he managed; the first album the label released was Ella Fitzgerald Sings

3060-541: The Grammy Awards. The recording with the most votes in a category wins, and it is possible to have a tie (in which case the two [or more] nominees who tie are considered winners). Winners are presented with a Grammy Award; those who do not win receive a medal for their nomination. In both voting rounds, Academy members are required to vote solely based on quality, without consideration for sales, chart performance, personal friendships, regional preferences or company loyalty. Gifts may not be accepted. Members are urged to vote in

3145-602: The Grammy-nominated Pink album The Truth About Love , including its first single, " Blow Me (One Last Kiss) ". The album was Pink's first number 1 in the United States; it charted in the Top 10 in 31 countries, and as of 2016 had been certified seven-times platinum. Later in 2012, he began production on Tegan & Sara's Heartthrob and worked closely with the Shins' James Mercer on Port of Morrow , which debuted at number 3 on

3230-452: The Irish rock group The Frames , stated that the Grammys represent something outside of the real world of music "that's fully industry based". He said he was not particularly interested in attending that year's ceremony, even though he had been nominated for two awards. Maynard James Keenan , lead singer of progressive rock band Tool , did not attend the Grammy Awards ceremony to receive one of

3315-451: The Recording Academy and that voting members are active creative professionals involved in the recording process, such as performers, songwriters, producers, and engineers. Nomination review committees, composed of anonymous industry figures, were established following the 37th Grammy Awards , which attracted criticism for the slate of Album of the Year nominations. The winner, Tony Bennett 's live album MTV Unplugged , competed against

3400-586: The Recording Academy for introducing a policy of charging nominees $ 1200 for a plus one, saying the policy "makes it ever more obvious who is valued, and more specifically what (that would be lots of money, for the folks in the back)." A Billboard article clarified that the new policy was a tiered system, ranging from $ 375 to $ 2000 for a ticket to attend the pre-telecast ceremony. The Grammys also have been criticized for snubbing awards to some nominated artists. The organization's awards journey states that nominees and winners are determined solely by voting members of

3485-621: The US Billboard 200 and charted at number 1 in Australia and Canada and reached the top five charts in Denmark, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. 1000 Forms of Fear earned three ARIA Music Awards . Kurstin was nominated for a Record of the Year Grammy for the album's lead single, " Chandelier ", and once again nominated as Producer of the Year. Kurstin scored

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3570-594: The United States and two Grammy Award nominations for Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", which he co-wrote and produced. He reunited with Clarkson in 2013 (on Wrapped in Red ) and in 2015 (on Piece by Piece ). "I think what makes him stand out as a producer is his skill as a musician", Clarkson said. "He can play anything phenomenally. His abilities as a musician give him an advantage, because he doesn't have to rely on anyone else to interpret his vision." In 2012 Kurstin produced and wrote or co-wrote five songs for

3655-493: The Year (Non-Classical) in recognition of his work with Adele, Tegan and Sara, Sia and Ellie Goulding. In March 2017, the BBC reported that Kurstin was working with Paul McCartney on a new studio album. Kurstin co-produced the song "Love" on Kendrick Lamar 's album Damn , released in March 2017. On June 1, 2017, a single by Liam Gallagher entitled " Wall of Glass " was released, which

3740-453: The Year, Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year. Since 2000, the Grammy Awards have taken place outside of Los Angeles only three times. New York City 's Madison Square Garden hosted the awards in 2003 and in 2018 , while the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas hosted in 2022 . The annual awards ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena requires the local sports teams such as

3825-434: The age of 12, he intensified his efforts, working "day and night, pumping out songs". In addition to writing on his own, he collaborated with songwriters and artists including Sia, whom he met through Beck in 2003. In 2004, Kurstin was introduced to singer Inara George by a mutual friend, Mike Andrews. Then producing George's solo debut, Andrews hired Kurstin as a pianist for the album. Kurstin and George clicked musically in

3910-424: The aughts (including stints by Danny Bennett and David Foster) before Jamie Krents took over with a revamped label team in 2019. Notable moments during this period include the signing of Jon Batiste , Samara Joy , Kurt Vile and Arooj Aftab . Verve has had particularly strong showings at the Grammy's since 2019 with Jon Batiste leading the music industry in 2022 with 11 nominations and 5 wins, including album of

3995-569: The band released Sacred Cow . It included the song "Whoever You Are", which became a hit in 2001, after it was used in a television spot for Mercedes-Benz . As the song ascended the charts, Geggy Tah released their final album, Into the Oh . In addition to playing with Geggy Tah, Kurstin did session work, one-offs and tours with artists including Beck , Ben Harper , Jon Hassell and the Red Hot Chili Peppers . In 2001, he released an album under

4080-525: The band's awards, explaining that: I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself. That's basically what it's all about. The Grammys have also been criticized for generally awarding or nominating more commercially successful albums rather than critically successful ones. In 1991, Sinéad O'Connor became

4165-644: The creation of a folk music subsidiary named Verve Folkways which was later renamed Verve Forecast . Taylor left Verve in 1967 to form CTI Records . Aside from jazz, Verve's catalogue included the Righteous Brothers , the Velvet Underground , Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention , Rare Earth , and the Blues Project , as well as a series of "Sound Impressions of an American on Tour" records which

4250-473: The exclusion of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). Therefore, the field and some categories were renamed as Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music. Since 2012, small adjustments have been made to lists of categories and genre fields. The number of categories has risen from 78 in 2012 to 84 since 2017. In 2020, amid the George Floyd protests , several urban, rap, and Latin music categories were renamed. In 2022,

4335-463: The first musician to refuse a Grammy, boycotting the ceremony after being nominated for Record of the Year , Best Female Pop Vocal Performance , and Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance . O'Connor would go on to win the latter award. She said her reasoning came from the Grammys' extreme commercialism. In 2024, Rhiannon Giddens described the financial strain of attending the ceremony for middle and working class musicians. She criticized

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4420-657: The first single from 30 , which hit the US Hot 100 only five hours after its release and broke all-time records on Spotify with 24 million plays within the first 24 hours it was available. He also co-wrote, produced and played most of the instruments on Adele's record-breaking 2015 single " Hello ". Among others, he has worked with Kylie Minogue , Sia , Kelly Clarkson , Halsey , Jonas Brothers , Kendrick Lamar , Maren Morris , Dido , Beck , Paul McCartney , Pink , Lily Allen , Harry Styles , and Foo Fighters . He often plays guitar, bass, keyboards and drums, and engineers and programs

4505-840: The first single from Adele's 2021 album, 30 . Kurstin also produced the track, which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 27, 2021. "Easy on Me" was Kurstin's fourth #1 hit on the Hot 100. In September 2022, Kurstin performed at the tribute concerts for Taylor Hawkins at Wembley Stadium in London and at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, he played with Them Crooked Vultures and, with Rufus Taylor and Justin Hawkins, members of Coattail Riders . He played with Dave Grohl and Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson in London. Kurstin co-produced

4590-521: The first single from the album Colors . Kurstin co-wrote and produced three songs on Adele 's 2015 album, 25 , including its first single, " Hello ". In an interview with Rolling Stone , Adele said: "This song was a massive breakthrough for me with my writing because it'd been pretty slow up to this point, and I felt after I worked with Greg [Kurstin] on this, it all poured right out of me." Kurstin also played bass, guitar, drums, piano and keyboards on "Hello", which reached number one in 28 countries. It

4675-684: The host cities. Chicago joined as a host city in 1962 and Nashville became a fourth location in 1965. The 1971 ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles was the first to take place in one location. In 1972, the ceremony was then moved to Madison Square Garden 's Felt Forum in New York City, then moved in 1973 to Nashville's Tennessee Theatre . From 1974 to 2003, the Grammys were held in various venues in New York City and Los Angeles, including New York's Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall ; and Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium , Staples Center and Hollywood Palladium. In 2000,

4760-410: The instruments on the record, which he also engineered and produced. The album's first single, " The Fear ", spent four weeks at number 1 in the UK, and the album hit number 5 in the US and charted in the top 10 in eight other countries. With Allen, Kurstin won three Ivor Novello Awards for his work on the double-platinum It's Not Me, It's You . Based in part on the album's success, as well as his work on

4845-716: The label. Granz sold Verve to MGM in 1960. Sinatra established Reprise Records and hired Mo Ostin , an executive at Verve, to run it. At Verve, Creed Taylor was made head producer. Taylor adopted a more commercial approach, terminating several contracts. He brought bossa nova to America with the release of Jazz Samba by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd , Getz/Gilberto , and Rain Forest by Walter Wanderley . Verve's arrangers included Claus Ogerman and Oliver Nelson . According to Ogerman in Jazzletter , he arranged 60–70 albums for Verve from 1963 to 1967. In 1964, Taylor supervised

4930-489: The live classical album The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 , Seal 's second eponymous album , and the twelfth albums from Bonnie Raitt and Eric Clapton , both longtime musical mainstays. Not nominated that year were several albums that would later be recognized as classics, including Nas 's debut album Illmatic , Oasis 's debut album Definitely Maybe , Hole 's album Live Through This , Jeff Buckley 's Grace , and

5015-527: The most votes in each category become the nominees, while in some categories (craft and specialized categories) review committees determine the final five nominees. There may be over five nominees if a tie occurs in the nomination process. Although members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences generally are invited to screenings or are sent DVDs of films nominated for Oscars, NARAS members do not receive nominated recordings, but instead receive access to

5100-463: The music industry. Because of the large number of award categories (94 as of 2024), and a desire to feature several performances by various artists, only awards with the most popular interest – typically about 10 to 12, including the four general field categories and one or two categories in the most popular music genres (i.e., pop, rock, country, and rap) – are presented directly at the televised award ceremony. Most other Grammy trophies are presented in

5185-493: The music of which he produces. Kurstin began his career as a jazz pianist and later co-founded Geggy Tah . He worked with singer Inara George to form the collaborative duo the Bird and the Bee in 2004. Kurstin was born in Los Angeles , California . He is Jewish . He started playing piano at age five. Soon after, he picked up guitar and bass. Kurstin joined his first band at the age of 11, and at 12 co-wrote "Crunchy Water",

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5270-461: The name Action Figure Party on the Verve -affiliated label Blue Thumb Records . Mostly instrumental and in a jazz-funk vein, the album featured guests Flea , Sean Lennon , Soul Coughing 's Yuval Gabay as well as musicians who performed with Beck, Air, Gil-Scott Heron and Garbage . Kurstin signed a worldwide publishing deal with EMI (now Sony/ATV) in 2002. While he had consistently written songs since

5355-477: The new Best Rap Performance category. The roots category had the most eliminations. Up through 2011, there were separate categories for regional American music forms, such as Hawaiian, Native American, and Zydeco/Cajun music. A consistently low number of entries in these categories led the Recording Academy to combine these music variations into a new Best Regional Roots Music Album , including polka , which had lost its category in 2009. In same-genre fields,

5440-458: The newly-formed Verve Label Group appointed industry veteran Danny Bennett as its president and CEO. Besides Verve, the label group was formed with Decca Records, Decca Classics, Deutsche Grammophon, Mercury Classics, and distributed label ECM. The group relocated to New York City. The label group in March 2019 was further restructured to its global classical and jazz unit. Dickon Stainer, President and CEO of Universal Classics and Jazz, would lead

5525-451: The number of awards was increased from 86 to 91. Performance categories were added for the Americana and alternative music genres alongside new categories for video game score and spoken word poetry albums. A songwriter category (non-classical) and a song for social change category were also added and several categories were adjusted slightly. In 2023, several key changed were announced for

5610-687: The original Grammy design was reworked, changing the traditional soft lead for a stronger alloy less prone to damage, making the trophy bigger and grander. Billings developed Grammium, a zinc alloy which they trademarked. Trophies engraved with each recipient's name are not available until after the award announcements, so "stunt" trophies are re-used each year for the ceremony broadcast. By February 2009, some 7,578 Grammy trophies had been awarded. The "General Field" are four awards which are not restricted by music genre. To date, three artists have won all four awards, two won all four at once: Christopher Cross (1981) and Billie Eilish (2020). Adele won

5695-559: The past" and out of touch with "new media" and trends among music listeners such as music sharing , stating: The major nominations for the 54th annual awards clearly show that the recording academy has been working overtime to be all-inclusive, but more significantly, they also reveal a deep chasm between its goals and the listening habits of the general population...The focus is still on the old music industry model of cash-cow hits, major label investments and commercial radio... In an article for Time , journalist Touré also responded to

5780-674: The program's conversations and advertisements pitched everything from Nico and the Velvet Underground (produced by Wilson) and the Bosstown Sound bands ( Beacon Street Union , Ultimate Spinach and Orpheus ), to MGM movie-soundtrack LPs like Gone with the Wind . While the Velvet Underground's first records did not initially sell well, the band became a major influence in independent rock music. See The Velvet Underground & Nico and their second album, White Light/White Heat . In

5865-577: The second album The Battle at Gardens Gate by Greta Van Fleet was released with Kurstin producing. In May 2021, Kurstin won the ASCAP Golden Note Award , given to songwriters, composers and artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones. Beck presented him with the award. Kurstin also co-produced the Twenty One Pilots song "Saturday" off their album Scaled and Icy . Kurstin and Adele reunited to co-write "Easy on Me,"

5950-420: The shock of critics and Carey herself. In 2011, Los Angeles Times journalist Randall Roberts criticized the exclusion of Kanye West 's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy from Album of the Year nominations for the 54th Grammy Awards . He described West's album as "the most critically acclaimed album of the year, a career-defining record". Roberts went on to criticize the Grammy Awards for being "mired in

6035-472: The snub and expressed general displeasure with the awards, stating "I don't pretend to understand the Grammys. I have never been able to discern a consistent logic around who gets nominated or who gets statues. I comprehend the particular logic of the Oscars, but not the big awards for music. My normal state of confusion around what drives Grammy decisions was exponentialized this week when, to the shock of many, Kanye's masterpiece My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

6120-452: The sound moving outwards. Not necessarily alternative instrumentation and shit like that, just sonically to push it out. Greg is a fucking genius. He's a brilliant producer and he has this sonic intuition that I have never seen in anybody else." During Hanukkah of 2020, Kurstin and Grohl released previously-recorded covers of songs by Jewish artists , one per night. This continued in 2021 and 2022. In 2017, Kurstin launched No Expectations,

6205-402: The studio and together they formed the bird and the bee . Shortly thereafter, they were signed by Blue Note Records chairman Bruce Lundvall . Described by Entertainment Weekly as "space-age pop that cunningly combines bossa nova languidity with Beach Boys -style lushness", they have since released four albums and an EP. Kurstin was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album for

6290-428: The traditional and contemporary blues categories and the traditional and contemporary folk categories each were consolidated into one per genre due to the number of entries and the challenges in distinguishing between contemporary and traditional blues and folk songs. In the world music field, the traditional and contemporary categories also were merged. In the classical field, its main category Best Classical Album ,

6375-549: The world that has been released either in Ibero-America , the Iberian Peninsula , or the United States. The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards were postponed from its original January 31, 2021, date to March 14, 2021, due to the music industry impact of COVID-19 pandemic . The 64th Annual Grammy Awards were also postponed from its original January 31, 2022, date to April 3, 2022, due to health and safety concerns related to

6460-497: The year, as well as a win for Aftab in Best Global Performance, and Samara Joy winning Best New Artist in 2023, a first in the label's 67-year history. The Verve imprint itself manages much of the jazz catalog that once belonged to PolyGram (not including recordings by Herb Alpert for his A&M Records label which Alpert acquired in a legal settlement with Universal Music and are licensed to Shout! Factory ), while

6545-470: Was certified platinum in the UK. It was one of four Kurstin-produced tracks included on Gallagher's debut album As You Were , three of which were co-written with Gallagher. Kurstin produced the Foo Fighters album Concrete and Gold , which released on September 15, 2017. In an interview with Music Week , Dave Grohl said: "If you want to survive you have to kind of push a little bit. I just imagined

6630-476: Was corporately aligned with Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in 2006 and was no longer a stand-alone label within UMG during that time. Under this regime, led by UMe's President, Bruce Resnikoff, Verve won the Grammy for album of the year, the first time a jazz record had garnered this award since another Verve album, Stan Getz's Getz/Gilberto, won in 1965. Verve Records went through several other leadership changes in

6715-496: Was discontinued because most recipients in the category had also won in other classical categories for the same album. Classical recordings are now eligible for the main Album of the Year category. A few minor name changes were also made to better reflect the nature of the separate categories. The Recording Academy determined that the word "gospel" in the gospel genre field tends to connote images and sounds of traditional soul gospel to

6800-532: Was established. The total number of fields was consolidated from 26 to 11 to ensure that all voting members would be able to exercise their allocated ten genre votes, as some members were prevented from doing so previously due to some fields only containing one category. Members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), both media companies and individuals, may nominate recordings for consideration. Entries are made and submitted online. When

6885-467: Was not nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year." He went on to compare understanding the Grammy Awards to Kremlinology and commented on The Recording Academy's exclusion of more "mature" hip hop albums as Album of the Year nominees, noting that it occasionally opts to nominate "pop-friendly" hip hop albums instead. Verve Records The label has continued to be the home to an eclectic mix of modern artists, including Kurt Vile , Everything But

6970-461: Was produced in cooperation with Esquire Magazine. The late 1960s relationship between Verve and other MGM labels is illustrated in the promotional "Music Factory" radio series for college stations hosted by A&R man Tom Wilson (record producer) , with studio guests from a variety of MGM labels: Janis Ian , Dave Van Ronk , Richie Havens , the Cowsills , Lovin' Spoonful and more. Meanwhile,

7055-637: Was released in September 2018. In 2018 and 2019, Kurstin reunited with Liam Gallagher to co-write and produce four tracks for his second solo album Why Me? Why Not. , including its lead single " Shockwave ". The album was released in September 2019. Kurstin also co-produced Maren Morris' second album Girl , which won the CMA Album of the Year award in 2019. He wrote and produced three songs on Halsey's album, Manic , released in January 2020. On April 16, 2021,

7140-648: Was the first ceremony to be televised, but the ceremony was not aired live until the 13th Annual Grammy Awards in 1971. The concept of a separate Grammy Awards for Latin music recorded in Spanish or Portuguese began in 1989, as it was deemed too large to fit on the regular Grammys ceremony. The Recording Academy then established the Latin Recording Academy in 1997, and the separate Latin Grammy Awards were first held in 2000. The Latin Grammys honor works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around

7225-407: Was the first record to exceed 1 million in digital sales over a 7-day period. As of February 2016, the album has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Kurstin's fourth album with Sia, This Is Acting , was released in January 2016. In February 2017, he won four Grammy Awards. He won Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year for his work on Adele's 25. He won Producer of

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