LIVE PERFORMANCES HIGHLIGHT SHOW.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer What's worth more to a recording artist - a victory at the 47th annual Grammy Awards Grammy Awards Annual awards given by the Recording Academy (officially the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences). The first Grammies (the name is a dimunitive of “gramophone”) were given in 1958. or a chance to perform on the broadcast? Only album, record and song of the year, best new artist and a precious few other categories will be handed out during Sunday's 3 1/2-hour telecast in order to leave time for plenty of live music ringing in the rafters of the Staples Center. That is, after all, why viewers will tune in and why some fans are paying thousands of dollars to ticket brokers for a seat at the Staples Center - not to hear a surround-sound producer thanking the makers of his sub-woofers. Sure, recording artists, their producers, their songwriters and their CD package designers will say it's very gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to be recognized by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc. is known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS. Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is a U.S. and, evermore ev·er·more adv. 1. Forever; always. 2. In a future time. evermore Adverb all time to come Adv. 1. , to see the words ``Grammy winner'' attached to one's name. The real measure will be in next week's Billboard charts, when acts like Green Day, Alicia Keys, Tim McGraw and U2 savor the sales afterglow afterglow small amounts of light emitted by a phosphor after the stimulating radiation has ceased. Seen in x-ray intensifying screens and fluoroscopic screens. of a live performance before thousands of jazzed music fans and millions more at home. Rapper Kanye West comes into the event with 10 nominations, including the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. album of the year, song of the year and best new artist. (And just as a little career protection, he's performing his hit ``Jesus Walks.'') Keys and Usher, who joined forces on the song ``My Boo,'' have eight nominations apiece. Academy voters' sentimentality will be tested with the seven nominations for the late Ray Charles. Green Day has six nominations, while Norah Jones, Loretta Lynn and Prince have five each. NARAS NARAS National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammy awards) NARAS Navigation Aids, Radar and ARPA Simulation (UK maritime course) keeps adding more specific categories to its Grammy Awards - best Hawaiian music, for instance - but every year there are a few artists who insist on stepping out of bounds. This time it's rapper Queen Latifah in jazz (``The Dana Owens Album''), primitive rocker Jack White in country (duet with Loretta Lynn on ``Portland Oregon''), R&B legend Charles and country's Randy Travis in gospel, rocker Steve Earle in contemporary folk, and bawdy bawd·y adj. bawd·i·er, bawd·i·est 1. Humorously coarse; risqué. 2. Vulgar; lewd. bawd  i·ly adv. Broadway star Elaine Stritch in children's spoken-word album. Deja vu alert: Because of the Grammys' hard-to-figure rules, ``Nick of Time,'' Bonnie Raitt's fine album of the year winner of 1989, is up again this year in the recently added surround-sound category. Valerie Kuklenski, (818) 713-3750 valerie.kuklenski(at)dailynews.com |
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