Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album , in German "Grammy Award for the best alternative album", is a music prize that is presented at the annual Grammy Awards . Musicians or bands are honored for particularly high-quality albums from the alternative sector .
Background and story
Since 1958, the Grammy Awards (actually Grammophone Awards) have been presented annually in numerous categories by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in the United States of America to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence and excellent overall performance regardless of album Honor sales or chart position.
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album was first given in 1991 to honor music albums that move outside the musical mainstream and are "heavily played on college radio stations" upon nomination vocal and instrumental albums of alternative music are taken into account, which contain at least 51% newly recorded material; "Alternative" is a "non-traditional genre outside the mainstream consciousness" (" non-traditional form that exist (at least initially) outside of the mainstream music consciousness. ") And includes productions from the areas of rock, pop, R&B , Dance, folk and classical music (“ Its avant-garde approach may utilize new technology or new production techniques and contain elements of rock, pop, R&B, dance, folk, or even classical musical styles. ”).
In 1991 and from 1994 to 1999 the award was named Best Alternative Music Performance . Since 2001, the award recipients have included not only the artists but also the producers and sound engineers and mixers.
Until 2010, the bands Radiohead and The White Stripes shared the record for the most frequent awards, each with three awards in this category. Radiohead singer Thom Yorke was also nominated in 2007 for his solo album The Eraser . Beck and Coldplay have each received the award twice, the latter for two consecutive years. American artists received the award most frequently, British artists received it five times, Irish artists twice, and it went once each to Australian and French artists. The Icelandic artist Björk holds the record for the most nominations without distinction, she was nominated seven times from 1996 to 2016.
Winner and nominated artist
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supporting documents
- ↑ “ Honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position ” (German: “Honor of artistic achievement, technical competence and general quality in the music industry, regardless of sales figures or chart Positions ") Overview . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved September 11, 2014.
- ^ Grammy Awards at a Glance . In: Los Angeles Times . Tribune Company . Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ Grammys return to New York . In: TimesDaily , Tennessee Valley Printing, May 25, 1990. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ Jon Pareles: Grammy Nominees Announced . In: The New York Times , The New York Times Company, January 11, 1991. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ↑ 52nd OEP Category Description Guide (PDF; 85 kB) National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ Past Winners Search . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Accessed on September 11, 2014. Note: In order to find the content, the category "Alternative" must be selected in the search window.
Web links
- Official website of the Grammy Awards
- Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Music Performance . Rock on the Net. Retrieved January 10, 2011.