Grammy Awards
格莱美音乐奖

A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award) , one of the most prestigious music awards in the United States, is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest. The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on 4 May, 1959. The 56th Grammy Awards were held on 26 January, 2014, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
格莱美奖(原名“留声机大奖”)是美国音乐界的权威奖项之一，由美国国家录音艺术科学学院负责颁发，目的在于奖励音乐行业的杰出成就。每年的颁奖礼上都会有著名的艺术家登台演出，也会给那些流行的成功作品颁发奖项。第一届格莱美奖于1959年5月4日举行。2014年1月26日，第56届格莱美颁奖典礼于加利福尼亚州洛杉矶斯台普斯中心成功举办。

The Grammy Awards had their origin in the Hollywood Walk of Fame project in the 1950s. Chosen for the Walk of Fame committee working at compiling a list of important recording industry people who might qualify for a Walk of Fame star, the recording executives realized there were many more people who were leaders in their business who would never earn a star on Hollywood Boulevard. The music executives decided to rectify this by creating an award given by their industry similar to the Oscars and the Emmys. This was the beginning of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. After it was decided to create such an award, there was still a question of what to call it. After considerable discussion, they finally settled on using the name of the invention of Emile Berliner, the gramophone, for the awards.
格莱美奖的起源要追溯到20世纪50年代的好莱坞“星光大道”计划。“星光大道”组委会的录音委员受托拟出一份音乐家名单，这些音乐家必须拥有足够的资历和成就在“星光大道”上留名，但是未能留名的那些音乐人士却也都是行业的翘楚，拥有巨大的成就。于是，这些录音委员决定成立一个类似于奥斯卡奖和艾美奖的音乐奖，从此美国国家录音艺术科学学院便诞生了。接下来便是为此设一个奖项的问题，经过一番讨论，最终确定以德裔美国人爱米尔·贝利纳的发明“留声机”(the gramophone)作为奖项的名称。