Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance explained

Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Awarded For:quality urban/alternative performances
Presenter:National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country:United States
Year:2003
Year2:2011
Website:grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality urban/alternative performances. Awards in several categories are distributed annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position."[2]

The award was first awarded to India.Arie at the 45th Grammy Awards (2003) for her song "Little Things". According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award was presented to artists that had made "newly recorded urban/alternative performances with vocals". The award was intended to recognize artists "who have been influenced by a cross-section of urban music" and who create music that is out of the "mainstream trends".[3]

Two-time recipients include India.Arie, Cee Lo Green (once as part of the duo Gnarls Barkley), and Jill Scott. Erykah Badu, Big Boi (a member of OutKast) and will.i.am (a member of The Black Eyed Peas) share the record for the most nominations, with three each. Sérgio Mendes is the only performer to be nominated twice in one year. The category was dominated by Americans, yet individuals from Jamaica and Côte d'Ivoire also won the award. The award was discontinued from 2012 in a major overhaul of the Grammys where the category was shifted to the Best R&B Performance category.[4]

Recipients

YearPerforming artist(s)WorkNomineesRef.
2003India.Arie[5]
2004OutKast[6]
2005[7]
2006[8]
2007Gnarls Barkley[9]
2008 and Jill Scott[10]
2009 and will.i.am[11]
2010India.Arie and Dobet Gnahoré[12]
2011[13]
Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Grammy Awards at a Glance. Los Angeles Times. March 20, 2011. March 9, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309064412/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/env-grammy_awards_info%2C0%2C5838827.htmlstory. live.
  2. Web site: Overview. March 16, 2011. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2017-03-24. 2011-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811045631/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy. live.
  3. Web site: 52nd OEP Category Description Guide . March 20, 2011 . 3 . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091027172820/http://www.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/52guide.pdf . October 27, 2009 .
  4. Web site: Awards Category Comparison Chart. April 8, 2011. 1. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. May 16, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110516111332/http://www.grammy.org/files/pages/category_final.pdf. live.
  5. News: Complete list of Grammy nominees; ceremony set for Feb. 23 . January 8, 2003 . March 19, 2011 . . . 3 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716050318/http://articles.sfgate.com/2003-01-08/entertainment/17470880_1_vanessa-carlton-norah-jones-steve-mcqueen-sheryl-crow/3 . July 16, 2011 .
  6. News: Grammy Award Winners. The New York Times. 2004. March 11, 2011. December 11, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101211072900/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/08grammy-list.html. live.
  7. News: Grammy Award nominees in top categories. February 7, 2005. March 19, 2011. Gannett Company. USA Today. June 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110628185751/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-07-grammy-nominee-list_x.htm. live.
  8. News: The Complete List of Grammy Nominations. March 20, 2011. December 8, 2005. 2. The New York Times. April 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401030803/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/arts/the-complete-list-of-grammy-nominations.html. live.
  9. News: 49th Annual Grammy Grammy Nominees. CBS News. March 20, 2011. December 3, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121203132941/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/07/entertainment/main2239101.shtml. live.
  10. Web site: 50th annual Grammy Awards nominations. December 6, 2007. March 20, 2011. Variety. Reed Business Information. December 8, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071208155608/http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117977172.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1. live.
  11. Web site: Grammy 2009 Winners List. February 8, 2009. MTV. MTV Networks. March 20, 2011. June 29, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120629104136/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604545/grammy-2009-winners-list.jhtml. dead.
  12. Web site: Nominees And Winners . National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . March 20, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101206065013/http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2009&genre=All . December 6, 2010 . 2017-04-30 .
  13. News: 53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list. February 20, 2011. Los Angeles Times. July 13, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713191629/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,2463095.htmlstory. live.

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