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Grammy Awards
Beyoncé's unparalleled vocal range, Taylor Swift's epic transition from sweet country songs to defiant pop,
Ed Sheeran's warming, invigorating interpretation of love and romance,
Bruno Mars' infectious cheerfulness, and Adele's resonant emotional depth.
These famous and hugely successful artists vary greatly in their music styles, but there's one title they all share.
They were all winners of Grammy Awards, the awards that celebrate distinguished achievements in the music industry.
格莱美奖
碧昂丝无与伦比的音域,泰勒·斯威夫特从甜美的乡村歌曲到不屈不挠的流行音乐的史诗般转变,
Ed Sheeran对爱情和浪漫的温暖、充满活力的诠释,
布鲁诺·马尔斯富有感染力的快乐,以及阿黛尔共鸣的情感深度。
这些著名的和非常成功的艺术家在他们的音乐风格上差异很大,但是他们都有一个共同的头衔。
他们都是格莱美奖的获奖者,格莱美奖是庆祝音乐界杰出成就的奖项。
Every year, the Grammys ceremony is a musically rich spectacle that both treats your ears to and indulges your eyes with over three hours of breath-taking performances.
The idea of establishing the award can be traced back to the 1950s when the Hollywood Walk of Fame project was collecting names of artists to be carved into its star-shaped rocks.
Big names like Michael Jackson and John Lennon, the famed member of the Beatles, came up in the process.
However, the selection committee came to realize that there still existed a large number of accomplished artists whose names didn't make the cut.
In order to recognize their contribution to the history of music, they proposed to set up an award expressly devoted to the music industry.
When gathering ideas on how to name the award, they eventually settled on Grammy,
paying tribute to the invention of gramophone, an old-fashioned, classic device for playing music records.
Echoing Grammys' origin story, its trophy takes the shape of a golden gramophone securely placed on top of a golden plate.每年的格莱美颁奖典礼都是一个音乐丰富的盛会,通过三个多小时的精彩表演,让你耳目一新,赏心悦目。
设立这个奖项的想法可以追溯到20世纪50年代,当时好莱坞星光大道项目正在收集艺术家的名字,并将其刻在星星形状的岩石上。
像迈克尔·杰克逊和披头士乐队著名成员约翰·列侬这样的大牌人物也在这个过程中出现。
然而,评选委员会开始意识到,仍然有大量的有成就的艺术家,他们的名字没有入选。
为了表彰他们在音乐史上的贡献,他们提议设立一个专门致力于音乐产业的奖项。
在收集如何命名奖项的想法时,他们最终选择了格莱美,
向留声机的发明致敬,留声机是一种老式的、经典的音乐唱片播放设备。
与格莱美的起源故事相呼应,它的奖杯形状是一个金色的留声机,安全地放在一个金色的盘子上。
One thing you might not know about it is that the winning artists' names are only inscribed onto their trophies after they accept their awards during the ceremony.
As a result, the trophies that you see them holding onstage while you watch the ceremony live on television are not their real ones and are merely for show.
Those "fake" ones are then recycled for the ceremony year after year, from one group of artists to another.
Awards sorted by genres are announced each year, from the best rap song to the best country music.
Over time, more genres have been included as modern music and popular tastes evolved.
However, four important award categories take on a level of significance that other awards simply can't beat.
They are Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist有一件事你可能不知道,获奖艺术家的名字只会在颁奖典礼上接受奖项后刻在奖杯上。
因此,当你在电视上观看颁奖典礼时,你看到他们在台上举着的奖杯并不是真正的奖杯,只是为了炫耀而已。
然后,这些“假的”年复一年地被回收,从一组艺术家到另一组艺术家。
每年都会公布按流派分类的奖项,从最佳说唱歌曲到最佳乡村音乐。
随着时间的推移,随着现代音乐和流行口味的演变,更多的流派被纳入其中。
然而,四个重要奖项的重要性是其他奖项无法超越的。
他们是年度专辑、年度唱片、年度歌曲和最佳新人
One thing worth noting is that all the four awards transcend genre, so that you might see jazz music simultaneously competing against metal music.
Although professional music critics don't always concur with the lists of winners, and viewers from time to time complain about its declining quality,
the ceremony is still one of the biggest pageantries of music that has thousands of music lovers anticipating its arrival each year.
有一点值得注意的是,这四个奖项都超越了流派,所以你可能会看到爵士音乐同时与金属音乐竞争。
虽然专业音乐评论家并不总是赞同获奖名单,观众也不时抱怨其质量下降,
这个仪式仍然是最大的音乐盛会之一,每年都有成千上万的音乐爱好者期待着它的到来。
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