The first ceremony of Grammy awards was held on May 4, 1959, to honor the musical achievements of artists the previous year. Since then, statuettes have been awarded to hundreds of musicians in dozens of categories, but not many are part of the select group of top winners.
The most awarded musician of all time is Georg Solti, British-Hungarian conductor, who managed to collect 31 statuettes. The first trophy was obtained in 1962 for the best opera recording with Aída, by Giuseppe Verdi. He conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 22 years and was nominated a further 74 times before his death in 1997.
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The band that got the most gramophones is U2with a total of 22 awards. The Irish group led by Bono has won the Grammy Award by Group or Duo Rock in seven opportunities. To this they added twice Album of the Year (The Joshua Tree, in 1987 and How to Dismantelate an Atomic Bomb, from 2005), Record of the Year, Song of the Year (Beautiful Day, in 2000) and Best Rock Album (How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb).
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the american Beyonce She is one of the two women who received the most awards, with 28 statuettes, added between her time as a member of the group Destiny’s Child but, above all, in her solo career. The other is your compatriot Alison Kraussbluegrass singer and violinist, also with 28. Of the total number of awards, 14 are with his band Union Station.
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Among men, meanwhile, soloists what else grammys they won are two with 25 statuettes: Vladimir HorowitzAmerican-Ukrainian pianist and composer, and Stevie wonderAmerican singer-songwriter who is also one of the few who has won five or more awards on several different nights.
The artist who most grammys won in a single delivery is Michael Jacksonwith 9 statuettes, in 1984. They are followed by Carlos Santana (8), Adele (6) and Beyoncé (6).
Christopher Cross is he only artist to win “all four” big Grammys (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist) in the same ceremonyin 1981.
The record of most awards won for consecutive albums he has it, with 7, the Pat Metheny Group, a jazz and jazz fusion ensemble founded in 1977, whose leader is the American Pat Metheny, who has won 20 Grammys in total. In four of those works, he had the participation of the Argentine bassist Pedro Aznar.
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On the other hand, Bela FleckAmerican banjo player, was nominated in more categories than any other musician: Country, Pop, Jazz, Bluegrass, Classical, Folk, Spoken, Composition and Arrangements.
LeAnn Rimes is the youngest artist to win a grammys. The American country music singer and actress was voted Best New Artist in 1997 when she was just 14 years old.
the rapper Jay Z He is the most nominated musician in the history of these awards with 83 nominations, ahead of Paul McCartney, with 81, and Quincy Jones, with 80. Likewise, Allan Parsons and Joe Satriani They tie for the most Grammy nominations without winning one, with 13.
The most winning artists of the Grammy Award
- Georg Solti: 31 Grammys.
- Quincy Jones: 29 Grammys.
- Beyonce: 28 Grammys.
- Alison Krauss: 27 Grammys.
- Pierre Boulez: 26 Grammys.
- Vladimir Horowitz: 25 Grammys.
- Stevie Wonder: 25 Grammys.
- John Williams: 25 Grammys.
- Chick Corea: 22 Grammys.
- U2: 22 Grammys.
- Jay-Z: 22 Grammys.
- Kanye West: 22 Grammys.
- Vince Gill: 21 Grammys.
- Henry Mancini: 20 Grammys.
- Pat Metheny: 20 Grammys.
- Al Schmitt: 20 Grammys.
- Bruce Springsteen: 20 Grammys.
- Tony Bennett: 20 Grammys.
- Aretha Franklin: 19 Grammys.
- Yo-Yo Ma: 18 Grammys.
- Paul McCartney: 18 Grammys.
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