Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album , in German "Grammy award for the best Hawaiian music album", is a music prize that was awarded from 2005 to 2011 by the American Recording Academy in the field of Hawaiian music .
History and background
Since 1959, the Grammy Awards are presented annually in numerous categories by the Recording Academy in the United States to recognize artistic achievement, technical competence, and overall outstanding performance regardless of album sales or chart position.
One of these categories was the Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album. The prize was awarded from 2005 to 2011.
For decades before the Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album was awarded, Hawaiian music lovers struggled with Hawaiian music recordings only being considered in the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album category . Proponents of a separate category included musicians, record labels, government officials, and the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Recording Academy in Seattle . No Hawaiian musician or band had received a Grammy before the Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album was founded . One obstacle to setting up the category was defining Hawaiian music and establishing the terms and conditions in terms of music style and language. There was conflict between traditional and western Hawaiian music, mostly involving the use of the slack key guitar , an instrument invented in Hawaii but commercialized in mainland America. According to the Recording Academy representative, Bill Freimuth, the category was designed “for more traditional recordings”. The use of the Hawaiian language to more than half of the time spoke of the inclusion of traditional music but also instrumental albums (like the one at the Grammy Awards 2005 excellent compilation album) were considered.
In the seven-year history of the Grammy category, Charles M. Brotman for Slack Key Guitar: Volume 2 , producers Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser, and Wayne Wong for Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Volume One , the same production team, and George Kahumoku Jr. for Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Live from Maui in 2007, followed by Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar in 2008 and Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Volume 2 in 2010, Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho for Ikena and Carrere awarded for Huana Ke Aloha in 2011. Eligible albums had to show the Hawaiian language on "more than half of the songs", but instrumental albums were also accepted. In addition to the performing artists, the sound engineers and / or producers were also honored.
Daniel Ho holds the record for the most wins, with five wins. The four winners include Paul Konwiser and Wayne Wong as producers. George Kahumoku Jr. received three awards as a producer and Tia Carrere received two awards as a performing artist. Ho also holds the record for the most nominations, with seven nominations. Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom holds the record for the most nominations without a win with five. Six of the seven Grammy-winning albums were released by the Daniel Ho Creations record label.
In 2011, the Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album category was dropped along with thirty other categories due to a major overhaul of the Grammy categories by the Recording Academy. Four other categories in the field of American Roots Music were discontinued ( Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album , Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album , Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album and Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album ).
Hawaiian musical works have been recognized in the Grammy Award for Best Regional Roots Music Album category since the 2012 Grammy Awards . Kalani Pe'a is the only Hawaiian music artist to have won the new category so far. Pe'a received its first Grammy Award in 2017 and its second in 2019 .
Winners and nominees
| year | winner | nationality | album | Nominees | Picture of the winner (s) |
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| 2005 | Charles M. Brotman (producer) |
 United States
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Slack Key Guitar: Volume 2 |
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| 2006 | Daniel Ho, Paul Konwiser and Wayne Wong |
United States
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Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Volume One |
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| 2007 | Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku Jr., Paul Konwiser, and Wayne Wong (producers) |
United States
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Legends of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Live from Maui |
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| 2008 | Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku Jr., Paul Konwiser, and Wayne Wong (producers) |
United States
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Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar |
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| 2009 | Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho |
United States
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Ikena |
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| 2010 | Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku Jr., Paul Konwiser, and Wayne Wong (producers) |
United States
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Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Volume 2 |
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| 2011 | Tia Carrere |
United States
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Huana Ke Aloha |
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Web links
- Official website of the Grammy Awards - Recording Academy, Los Angeles (English)
- Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album (English) at grammy.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Grammy Awards. Retrieved on August 24, 2019 .
- ^ The Official Site of the Grammy Awards - Overview. Retrieved on August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ GRAMMY Awards Winners for Best Hawaiian Music Album. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Dear Grammy, is it Hawaiian enough? Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ a b A Grammy Hawaii Can Call Its Own. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Grammys nix Cajun, Zydeco Category. Retrieved on August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ The award went to Charles M. Brotman for the Hawaii-recorded slack-key guitar compilation album, which journalist Nate Chinen described as "an easy-to-listen instrumental collection apparently tailored to the tastes of the mainland."
- ↑ Various Artists Slack Key Guitar Volume 2. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Hawaiian Music Star, Maker of Hybrid Hits, Seeks a Bigger Stage Beyond Waikiki. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Hawaiian Music Makes Its Grammy Debut. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Music notes: Grammys have added Hawaiian. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Various Artists Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar, Vol. 1. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Kapono Beamer Slack Key Dreams of Ponomoe. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Raiatea Sweet & Lovely. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Sonny Lim Slack Key Guitar: The Artistry of Sonny Lim.Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ 'Slack Key' wins Grammy for best Hawaiian music album. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ The prizes were given to Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku Jr., Konwiser, and Wong. Ho, Konwiser and Wong became the first multiple recipients in the category and the first consecutive award winners. Da Ukulele Boys musicians Peter deAquino, Richard Ho'opi'i, Kaapana and Garrett Probst, who all contributed live tracks to the album, performed with the producers to perform Hawaii Aloha a cappella for the audience and the award in To receive. Kahumoku's acceptance speech emphasized the importance of funding public art and music education and earned him a standing ovation from the audience.
- ↑ The prizes were given to Ho, Kahumoku, Konwiser, and Wong. Daniel Ho also received an award as the sound engineer on the compilation album, which was number twelve on the Billboard Top World Music Albums chart. This marked the third straight win for the production team to record live Maui's longstanding Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar concert series .
- ^ Various Artists Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Keola Beamer Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow). Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Raiatea Hawaiian Blossom. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho were recognized as performing artists, Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman and Daniel Ho as producers and sound engineers.
- ↑ This year, for the first time in the history of the category, all nominees were past nominations for Best Hawaiian Music Album - Hanaiali'i and Kaapana both received nominations in 2004 and 2006, Carrere was nominated in 2008, and Chris and Milton Lau were also nominated in 2006.
- ↑ Who's Nominated for a Grammy? It's Kind of Insane! From LMFAO to Lonely Island. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Daniel Ho sweeps in fifth Grammy. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Amy Hānaiali'i Amy Hanaiali'i: Friends and Family of Hawai'i. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Who's Nominated for a Grammy? It's Kind of Insane! From LMFAO to Lonely Island. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Slack key could take Grammy once again. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Tia Carrere wins Grammy for Best Hawaiian Music Album. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Hawaiian music Grammy announced. Accessed August 25, 2019 .
- ^ Grammy nominees for best Hawaiian music album announced. Accessed August 25, 2019 .