Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album information
Honor presented to recording artists for quality Native American music albums
Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album
Awarded for
Quality works in the Native American music genre
Country
United States
Presented by
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded
2001
Last awarded
2011
Website
grammy.com
The Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality albums in the Native American music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]
Following a three-year lobbying effort by Ellen Bello, founder of the Native American Music Awards and the Native American Music Association,[3] the Grammy award was first presented to Tom Bee and Douglas Spotted Eagle in 2001 as the producers of the compilation album Gathering of Nations Pow Wow. Previously, Native American recordings had been placed in the folk, world or new-age music categories.[4] While some Native American artists criticized the award category for being "too narrowly defined to accommodate the breadth of today's Indian music", others took pride in its inclusion.[5][6] The name of the award remained unchanged between 2001 and 2011. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award was presented to "vocal or instrumental Native American music albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded music", with the intent to honor recordings of a more "traditional nature".[7]
As performing artists, Bill Miller and Mary Youngblood share the record for the most wins in this category, with two each. Thomas Wasinger holds the record for the most wins as a producer, with three. The group Black Lodge Singers holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with seven. In 2011, the category Best Native American Music Album was eliminated along with thirty others due to a major overhaul by the Recording Academy. Four additional categories in the American Roots Music field were eliminated (Best Contemporary Folk Album, Best Hawaiian Music Album, Best Traditional Folk Album, Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album).[8][9] Native American works will now be eligible for the Best Regional Roots Music Album category.[9]
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^"Overview". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
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^"Grammy honors Native Americans". The Hour. Norwalk, Connecticut. June 9, 2000. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
^Brockman, Joshua (January 16, 2002). "Arts in America; Beyond Drumbeats: New Sounds From Indian Country". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
^Strauss, Neil (February 21, 2001). "The Pop Life; Native Genre Takes Pride Of Place at The Grammys". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
^"52nd OEP Category Description Guide" (PDF). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
^Daigle, Cody (April 7, 2011). "Grammys nix Cajun, Zydeco category". The Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana: Gannett Company. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
^ ab"Grammy for Best Zydeco or Cajun Album Goes to Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band". Burlington, Vermont: WFFF-TV. 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
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