2015 Event Beck wins Album of the Year and Sam Smith wins both Song and Record of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, while 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' wins five awards and 'Boyhood' wins best film at the 68th BAFTA Awards 2013 Event At the Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, winners include Fun for the song 'We Are Young', Gotye featuring Kimbra for the record for 'Somebody That I Used To Know", and Mumford & Sons for the album 'Babel' 2012 Event Los Angeles, California's Staples Center hosts the 54th Grammy Awards 2012 Event At the Grammy Awards, Adele, a British singer, wins awards for the Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Album of the Year 2011 Event At the 53rd Grammy Awards, Lady Antebellum wins the Song of the Year and Record of the Year award for the song, 'Need You Now' 2004 Event 46th Grammy Awards, Coldplay, Outkast, Richard Marx, Luther Vandross, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake win major awards 2003 Event 45th Grammy Awards, Norah Jones and John Mayer win major awards 2002 Event 44th Grammy Awards, U2, Alicia Keyes, Nelly Furtado and James Taylor win major awards 2001 Event 43rd Grammy Awards, U2, Steely Dan, Macy Gray and Sting win major awards 2000 Event 42nd Grammy Awards, Santana, Sarah McLachlan and Sting win major awards 1999 Event 41st Grammy Awards, Celine Dion, Lauryn Hill and Eric Clapton win major awards 1998 Event 40th Grammy Awards, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan, Sarah McLachlan, and Elton John win major awards 1997 Event 39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck and LeAnn Rimes wins 1996 Event 38th Grammy Awards: Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morisette wins 1995 Event 37th Grammy Awards: All I Want to Do, Streets of Philadelphia, Sheryl Crow 1994 Event 36th Grammy Awards: I Will Always Love You, Toni Braxton wins 1993 Event 35th Grammy Awards: Tears in Heaven, Eric Clapton wins 1992 Death Stephen Albert, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto', killed in an automobile accident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts 1992 Event 34th Grammy Awards: Unforgetable, Marc Cohn wins 1991 Event 33rd Grammy Awards: Another Day in Paradise, Mariah Carey 1990 Event 32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins 1989 Event 31st Grammy Awards: Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman 1989 Event 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award) 1988 Event 30th Grammy Awards: Graceland, Joshua Tree, Jody Watley 1987 Event 29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins 1986 Event 28th Grammy Awards: We Are the World, Sade, Phil Collins wins 1985 Event 27th Grammy Awards: Whats Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper wins 1984 Event 26th Grammy Awards: Beat It, Michael Jackson wins 8 1983 Event 25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins 1982 Event 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins 1981 Birthday Beyonce Knowles, born in Houston, Texas, singer, actress, dancer, song, 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)', earned six Grammy Awards, worth over $87 million dollars 1981 Event 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins 1981 Birthday Alicia Keys, born in New York City, New York, born Alicia Augello Cook, singer, recording artist, actress, debut album, 'Songs in A Minor', won five Grammy Awards 1980 Event 22nd Grammy Awards: What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet 1979 Birthday Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide 1979 Event 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins 1979 Event 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey 1978 Birthday Usher Raymond, born in Dallas, Texas, stage name, 'Usher', recording artist, actor, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, won five Grammy Awards, films include, 'In the Mix' 1978 Event 20th Grammy Awards: Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone wins 1977 Event 19th Grammy Awards: This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band 1976 Event 18th Grammy Awards: 'Love Will Keep Us Together' Record of the Year, Natalie Cole wins as best New Artist 1975 Birthday Lauryn Hill, born in South Orange, New Jersey, singer, actress, won five Grammy's for 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' album, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide 1975 Event 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win 1974 Event 16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly, Bette Midler wins 1973 Event 15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America 1971 Birthday Mariah Carey, born in Huntington, New York, singer, rhythm and blues, pop music genres, five-time Grammy award winner, sold over 62.5 million albums 1971 Event 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win 1971 Birthday Mary J. Blige, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide 1970 Event 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win 1969 Event 11th Grammy Awards: Mrs. Robinson, By the Time I Get to Phoenix wins 1968 Event 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up and Away, Sgt. Pepper's wins 4 1968 Event Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" wins Grammy 1967 Event 9th Grammy Awards: Strangers in Night, Michele wins 1966 Event 8th Grammy Awards: Taste of Honey, Tom Jones, Sintra and Striesand 1965 Birthday Karyn White, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, Grammy Award-nominated Pop and R&B singer 1965 Event Beatles win 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964 1964 Event 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2 1963 Event Peter, Paul and Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer) 1961 Birthday Wynton Marsalis, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz trumpeter, Grammy 1983 1961 Event 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4 1960 Birthday Sade, Helen Ady, Nigeria, rocker, Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer 1959 Birthday Al Yankovic, born in Downey, California, singer, songwriter, satirist, won three Grammy Awards, four gold records, six platinum records, sold over 12 million albums 1959 Event 1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win 1958 Birthday Ice-T, born in Newark, New Jersey, Tracy Marrow, musician, pioneer of gangsta rap, songwriter, actor, Grammy Award winner, author 1955 Birthday Cassandra Wilson, born in Jackson, Mississippi, jazz singer, guitar player, jazz and blues genres, album 'New Moon Daughter' won Grammy Award 1953 Birthday Earl Klugh, born in Detroit, Michigan, jazz musician, guitarist, composer, won Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, 1981 1953 Birthday Robert Cray, Columbus, Georgia, blues singer and songwriter, 1987 Grammy 1952 Birthday Pat MacDonald, born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, singer, songwriter, guitarist, member of band, Timbuk 3, Grammy Award Nominee for Best New Artist, 1987 1947 Birthday Murray Perahia, born in New York City, pianist, Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988 1941 Birthday Stephen Albert, born in New York City, New York, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto' 1937 Birthday George Carlin, born in New York, American comedian, actor, author, Grammy Award winner 1933 Birthday Robert Goulet, born in Massachusetts, singer, actor, television, film, Canadian-American Grammy, Tony-Award winner 1932 Birthday Miriam Makeba, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, singer, Grammy 1965 1931 Birthday Ike Turner, born in Mississippi, American musician, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, Grammy Award winner 1931 Birthday Gregg Smith, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, directed The Gregg Smith Singers, a mixed chorus of 16 singers who toured the U.S. 40 times, recorded over 100 albums, received three Grammy Awards 1930 Birthday Liz Anderson, born in Roseau, Minnesota, country music singer, songwriter, Grammy Award nominee, wrote hits for Merle Haggard 1926 Birthday Bill Justis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, musician, musical arranger, rock and roll pioneer, celebrated for Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" and Australian hit "Tamoure" 1925 Birthday Oscar Peterson, born in Montreal, Canada, jazz pianist, composer, Grammy Award winner
