Grammy Nominees Collection

Band Group Compilation, Western Music / May 27, 2018

The Grammy Nominees is a series of various artists compilation albums celebrating the best of the music industry. Albums are released before the airing of the annual Grammy Awards. All of the songs on the albums are Grammy nominated in the year released. The first one of these albums was released in 1995 and has been released every year since to date. Each one through the 2007 edition has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), while the 1996 and 2000 editions have also been certified Platinum.

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize 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. It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance awards such as the Academy Awards (film), the Emmy Awards (television), and the Tony Awards (theater).

格莱美奖（英语：Grammy Award），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（National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences）负责颁发。学院由音乐界的专业人士所组成，目的在于奖励过去一年中成就出众的音乐艺术家。格莱美奖是美国四个主要表演艺术奖项之一，相当于电影界的奥斯卡金像奖（Academy Award）、电视界的艾美奖（Emmy Award）以及剧场界的东尼奖（Tony Award）。

奖项肇始于好莱坞星光大道计划，为的是推选出音乐界的杰出表现人士于好莱坞大道上留下星光纪念章而起，尔后获得唱片工业的重视，成立了美国国家录音艺术科学学院，并于1959年5月4日正式颁发第一届格莱美奖以表扬前年于音乐界有杰出表现人士。

格莱美奖奖盃是一座小型的镀金留声机塑像（Gramophone trophy），因「Gramophone」暱称「Grammy」，故称葛莱美奖。

格莱美奖涵盖的奖项相当广泛，包括流行、电音、摇滚、爵士、古典、民谣、福音等音乐类型，是由业内人士，也就是录音学院的成员投票决定，而不是像告示牌音乐奖或全美音乐奖那样由人气决定。由位于科罗拉多州的比灵斯工艺公司（Billings Artworks）製作。颁奖典礼上安排知名艺人现场演出，并通过电视转播于全国播岀。

格莱美奖于十月一日开始报名，因此歌手们在九月左右都纷纷推岀作品，以便获得参选翌年格莱美奖的资格。