51st Annual Grammy Awards | |
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Date | February 8, 2009 |
Location | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California |
Hosted by | none |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | CBS |
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 8, 2009. It will be broadcast on CBS in the United States at 8PM EST. Nominations were announced on December 3, 2008. For the sixth year in a row, the ceremony will be held in the Staples Center. The nominations were announced on a special concert airing on CBS on December 3rd, 2008, and were posted on the official website afterwards. [1]
To be eligible for an award a recording must have been commercially released between October 1, 2007 and September 30, 2008. This is for all recordings released in the 2008 recording year. After the nominees are announced on December 4, 2008 final voting ballots will be sent to the academy members. This is when they will vote for one of the nominees to win the award. Each category has five nominees. More than five is the result of a tie in the nominating process. Members are allowed to vote in the General field and up to nine other fields on their final voting ballots. All ballots are tabulated by the independent accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. There are about 7,000 people who vote in the nominating and final voting process. These people are artists, producers, engineers, mixers and mastering engineers. Academy members are to vote based upon quality alone. They are not to be influenced by mass sales or personal friendships. The acceptance of gifts is prohibited and can result in termination of membership.
After the nominations are announced the recipients of all special awards such as lifetime achievement awards will be announced. In addition performers and presenters will be announced. Neil Diamond will be the recipient of the MusiCares Person of the Year award.
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of Instrumental tracks.)
(Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
(For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer.)
Directors; Megan Gutman, video producer
Director; Anne Johnson, video producer
Directors; Mick Ebeling, Sheira Rees-Davies & Jane Tredget, video producers
Director; Dawn Fanning, video producer
Director; Bernard Rahill, video producer
(For video album packages consisting of more than one song or track. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer of at least 51% of the total playing time.)
Danny Clinch, video director; Lindha Narvaez, video producer
Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer
Paul Caslin, video director; John Paveley, Ruth Paveley & Rupert Style, video producers
Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby, Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers
Paul Crowder & Murray Lerner, video directors; Murray Lerner, Robert Rosenberg & Nigel Sinclair, video producers
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51st Annual Grammy Awards | |
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![]() | |
Date | February 8, 2009 |
Location | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California |
Hosted by | none |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | CBS |
The 51st Annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 8, 2009. It will be broadcast on CBS in the United States at 8PM EST. Nominations were announced on December 3, 2008. For the sixth year in a row, the ceremony will be held in the Staples Center. The nominations were announced on a special concert airing on CBS on December 3rd, 2008, and were posted on the official website afterwards. [1]
To be eligible for an award a recording must have been commercially released between October 1, 2007 and September 30, 2008. This is for all recordings released in the 2008 recording year. After the nominees are announced on December 4, 2008 final voting ballots will be sent to the academy members. This is when they will vote for one of the nominees to win the award. Each category has five nominees. More than five is the result of a tie in the nominating process. Members are allowed to vote in the General field and up to nine other fields on their final voting ballots. All ballots are tabulated by the independent accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. There are about 7,000 people who vote in the nominating and final voting process. These people are artists, producers, engineers, mixers and mastering engineers. Academy members are to vote based upon quality alone. They are not to be influenced by mass sales or personal friendships. The acceptance of gifts is prohibited and can result in termination of membership.
After the nominations are announced the recipients of all special awards such as lifetime achievement awards will be announced. In addition performers and presenters will be announced. Neil Diamond will be the recipient of the MusiCares Person of the Year award.
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of Instrumental tracks.)
(Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling)
(For an individual track or single promotional clip. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer.)
Directors; Megan Gutman, video producer
Director; Anne Johnson, video producer
Directors; Mick Ebeling, Sheira Rees-Davies & Jane Tredget, video producers
Director; Dawn Fanning, video producer
Director; Bernard Rahill, video producer
(For video album packages consisting of more than one song or track. Award to the Artist and to the Video Director/Producer of at least 51% of the total playing time.)
Danny Clinch, video director; Lindha Narvaez, video producer
Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer
Paul Caslin, video director; John Paveley, Ruth Paveley & Rupert Style, video producers
Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video directors; Mark Crosby, Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville, video producers
Paul Crowder & Murray Lerner, video directors; Murray Lerner, Robert Rosenberg & Nigel Sinclair, video producers
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