List of Grammy Award ceremony locations
The Grammy Awards have been held at multiple locations throughout the years. In 1971 the Grammy Awards had its first live telecast and therefore had its own sole venue each year for the telecast. From 1963 to 1970 the Academy aired a TV special annually called "The Best On Record" which highlighted the awards dinners. Since 2000, the Grammy Awards have been held most years at Crypto.com Arena located in Downtown Los Angeles.
Non-televised era
From 1959 to 1970 Awards dinners were held in the following locations simultaneously on the same day:
- 1959–1961: Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and New York
- 1962–1964: Chicago, Los Angeles and New York
- 1965–1970: Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York
Televised era
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Grammy Award ceremonies have been televised live since 1971. The Crypto.com Arena (known as Staples Center from 1999 until 2021 has hosted the most Grammy Award telecasts, having hosted nineteen times. The Shrine Auditorium which hosted sixteen times was surpassed by the Staples Center in 2017. Los Angeles has held a total of 38 Grammy Award telecasts, with New York having hosted ten times and Nashville serving as host once.
Ceremonies
Listed below is a table showing Grammy Award ceremonies. Future editions of the Grammy Awards are designated in italics.
Most frequent venues
With nineteen telecasts hosted, Staples Center/Crypto.com Arena has hosted the most Grammy telecasts. It surpassed the Shrine Auditorium as the most frequently used venue in 2016. The Shrine Auditorium hosted fifteen times between 1978 and 1999.
While Crypto.com Arena hosts the main telecast which is broadcast on CBS, the premiere ceremony (also known as the Pre-Telecast) is held at the neighboring Microsoft Theater, which is just across the street from the Staples Center. The MusiCares Person of the Year tribute is held at the adjacent Los Angeles Convention Center two days prior to the Grammy Awards.
| Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th/5th (tie) | 6th/7th/8th (tie) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Staples Center/Crypto.com Arena | Shrine Auditorium | Radio City Music Hall | Hollywood Palladium Madison Square Garden |
Tennessee Theatre Uris Theater Los Angeles Convention Center |
| Number of Telecasts | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Most frequent host cities
Los Angeles has held a total of 38 Grammy telecasts, and a total of 50 including the pre-broadcast era years. The last time the Grammy Awards took place outside of Los Angeles was in 2018.
| Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Los Angeles, CA | New York City, NY | Chicago, IL | Nashville, TN |
| Number of Pre-Telecast Era Award Ceremonies | 12 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| Number of Telecasts | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Total Number of Times Hosted | 50 | 21 | 6 | 1 |
References
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- "49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 20, 2006. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
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- "2013 Grammy Nominations". MTV. December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- Jon Weisman, Grammy Awards Set for Jan. 26, Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2013
- "The Academy Introduces The GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony". Grammy.com. November 8, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- Grammy.com, 11 May 2015
- Press Release, 16 June 2016
- "GRAMMY AWARDS® TO RETURN TO STAPLES CENTER IN LOS ANGELES IN 2019". Grammy.com. June 28, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- "CBS and The Recording Academy(R) Announce "The 64th Annual Grammy Awards(R)" to Air Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 on CBS" (Press release). CBS. March 31, 2021 – via The Futon Critic.
External links
- Awards at the Internet Movie Database