People love music, especially recorded music. In the world music market, digital download is a primary revenue stream for recorded music, increasing to $6.7 billion in 2015 according to IFPI, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in Zurich. And people carry their music with them everywhere via radio, mobile phone, Apple iPod or other Mp3 players. The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS, commonly called the Recording Academy) is the organization behind the annual Grammy ceremony as well as ongoing year-round events.

 

The GRAMMY Awards (originally called Gramophone Award), as a preeminent awards show, is music's biggest night. The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958. Twenty-eight prizes were given out back then and winners included Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and the Kingston Trio. Following the 2011 ceremony, The Academy overhauled many Grammy Award categories for 2012. Four general awards which are the most popular categories that can draw people to the award show are Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist. You will find below this paragraph a simple table recounting a few of the most popular award categories going back since the award's inception and who won them for that year.

 

The only two artists to win all four of these awards are Christopher Cross, who won all four in 1980, and Adele, who won the Best New Artist award in 2009 and the other three in 2012. The 59th Grammy Award ceremony to decide the winners for the 2016 award categories will be broadcast live by the CBS Television Network on Sunday, December 12.