List of Grammy Award categories

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The Grammy Awards are awarded in a series of categories, each of which isolate a specific contribution to music. The standard awards list nominees in each category from which a winner is selected. Grammy categories have been added and removed over time. The following is a list of the currently awarded categories:

[edit] Special awards

There are special awards which are awarded without nominations, typically for achievements of longer than the past year, which the standard awards apply to:

Lifetime Achievement Award is a Special Merit Award presented to performers (and some non-performers through 1972) who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.
Trustees Award is a Special Merit Award presented to individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance (and some performers through 1983), to the field of recording.
Technical Grammy Award is a Special Merit Award presented to individuals and/or companies who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.
Grammy Legend Award is a Special Merit Award is presented to individuals or groups for ongoing contributions and influence in the recording field; it was inaugurated in 1990.
Grammy Hall of Fame Award was established in 1973 to honor recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old. Winners are selected annually by a special member committee of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts.

[edit] General Field

The General Field are four standard awards for musical works which do not restrict nominees by genre or some other criteria:

Record of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of a single song.
Album of the Year is awarded to the performer and the production team of a full album.
Song of the Year is awarded to the writer(s)/composer(s) of a single song.
Best New Artist is awarded to an artist without reference to a song or album.

[edit] Genre-specific awards

[edit] Alternative

Best Alternative Music Album

[edit] Blues

[edit] Children's

[edit] Classical

[edit] Comedy

[edit] Composing/Arrangement

Best Instrumental Composition
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (now in the "Film/TV/Media" field)
Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (now in the "film/TV/media" field)
Best Arrangement
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices

[edit] Country

[edit] Folk

[edit] Gospel

[edit] Jazz

[edit] Latin

[edit] Musical Show

[edit] Music Video

[edit] Packaging/Notes; Best Album Cover

[edit] Polka

Best Polka Album

[edit] Pop

[edit] Production/Engineering

[edit] R&B

[edit] Rap

[edit] Reggae

Best Reggae Album

[edit] Rock

[edit] Surround Sound

Best Surround Sound Album

[edit] Spoken

[edit] World

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