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Argumentative Essay On Grammy Awards

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If there's one award that will determine if an artist is worth listening to or not, it's definitely going to be the coveted Grammy. Over time, many musicians have dreamed of capping themselves just one Grammy citation, either to reward their efforts in the work that they do or to spark interest amongst those who don't know them. The prestige of having a Grammy award perched upon an artist's belt is so much like saying that he or she possess something extraordinary, something very impressive, something worth your time. The shimmering Gramophone is just the cherry on top of the cake but the bragging rights and pride that comes along with it is what most artists are dying for. We are now listening to artists due to the unmistakable recognition they received from the illustrious Grammy Awards, and we are yet to know some others in the succeeding years. The Grammy Awards is being honored by the relevant association called The Recording Academy. It had been built 57 years ago, exactly May 4, 1959 and is currently one of the most influential award-giving body in the music industry. Recognizing the outstanding achievements reaped by some English-language acts, the Grammy Awards invokes rave and applause every single year that they are holding the event. Just recently, Grammy Awards had been held in the Staples Center in Los …show more content…

The most successful artists who have been recognized by this important award-giving body are Sir Georg Solti with 31 Grammy awards under his name and country singer Alison Krauss leading the female brethren with 27 Grammys. Last 2016, the 58th Grammy Awards rendered 24.95 million viewers all over the planet, raking in a whopping Average Advertisement Price of $1.2 million. By far, as Grammy Awards delve deeper and longer, the better profit the organizers are

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