Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance

These are Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Winner
Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Working On A Dream
[Columbia]
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
Bob Dylan
Track from: Together Through Life
[Columbia]
Change In The Weather
John Fogerty
Track from: The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
[Verve Forecast]
Dreamer
Prince
Track from: LotusFlow3r
[NPG Records]
Fork In The Road
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Winner
Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Working On A Dream
[Columbia]
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
Bob Dylan
Track from: Together Through Life
[Columbia]
Change In The Weather
John Fogerty
Track from: The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
[Verve Forecast]
Dreamer
Prince
Track from: LotusFlow3r
[NPG Records]
Fork In The Road Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Winner
Working On A Dream
Bruce Springsteen
Track from: Working On A Dream
[Columbia]
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
Bob Dylan
Track from: Together Through Life
[Columbia]
Change In The Weather
John Fogerty
Track from: The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
[Verve Forecast]
Dreamer
Prince
Track from: LotusFlow3r
[NPG Records]
Fork In The Road
I found this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

Best Traditinol Pop Vocal Album

These are Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

Winner
Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden
Michael Bublé
[143/Reprise]
A Swingin' Christmas
Tony Bennett
[Columbia]
Your Songs
Harry Connick, Jr.
[Columbia]
Liza's At The Palace
Liza Minnelli
[Hybrid Recordings]
American Classic
Willie Nelson
[Blue Note] I found this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

Best Dance Recording

These are Best Dance Recording
For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.

Winner
Poker Face
Lady Gaga
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, mixers
Track from: The Fame
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]
Boom Boom Pow
The Black Eyed Peas
will.i.am, Jean Baptiste & Poet Name Life, producers ; Dylan Dresdow, mixer
Track from: The E.N.D.
[Interscope Records]
When Love Takes Over
David Guetta & Kelly Rowland
David Guetta & Frédéric Riesterer, producers; Veronica Ferraro, mixer
Track from: One Love
[Astralwerks]
Celebration
Madonna
Madonna & Paul Oakenfold, producers; Demacio Castellon, mixer
[Warner Bros.]
Womanizer
Britney Spears
I found this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

Best Pop Vocal Album

These are Best Pop Vocal Album
For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.

Winner
The E.N.D.
The Black Eyed Peas
[Interscope Records]
Breakthrough
Colbie Caillat
[Universal Republic Records]
All I Ever Wanted
Kelly Clarkson
[RCA Records / 19 Recordings LLC./ S Records]
The Fray
The Fray
[Epic]
Funhouse
Pink
Ifound this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

Best Regional Mexican Album

These are the Best Regional Mexican Album
Vocal or Instrumental.

Winner
Necesito De Ti
Vicente Fernández
[Sony Music Norte]
Corazón Ranchero
Shaila Dúrcal
[EMI Mexico]
Compañeras
Mariachi Reyna De Los Angeles
[Serenata Records]
10 Aniversario
Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
[Shea Records/East Side Records]
Pegadito Al Corazón
Joan Sebastian
[Balboa Records Co. & Discos Musart]
I found this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=135

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

These are Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
For established duos or groups, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.

Winner
I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas
Track from: The E.N.D.
[Interscope Records]
We Weren't Born To Follow
Bon Jovi
[Island]
Never Say Never
The Fray
Track from: The Fray
[Epic]
Sara Smile
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Track from: Live At The Troubadour
[Shout! Factory]
Kids
MGMT
Track from: Oracular Spectacular
[Columbia]
I found this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

Best Male Pop Performance

These are the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Winner
Make It Mine
Jason Mraz
Track from: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
[Atlantic]
This Time
John Legend
Track from: Evolver
[G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia]
Love You
Maxwell
Track from: Blacksummers' Night
[Columbia]
If You Don't Know Me By Now
Seal
Track from: Soul
[143/Warner Bros.]
All About The Love Again
Ifound this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

These are the best female pop vocal performance
For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.

Winner
Halo
Beyoncé
Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music / Columbia]
Hometown Glory
Adele
Track from: 19
[XL/Columbia]
Hot N Cold
Katy Perry
[Capitol]
Sober
Pink
Track from: Funhouse
[LaFace Records]
You Belong With Me
Taylor Swift
Track from: Fearless
[Big Machine Records]
I found this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

Best New Artist

These are all the Best New Artist
For a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist.

Winner
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
I found this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

Songs Of The Year

These are all Songs Of The Year
A Songwriter(s) Award. A song is eligible if it was first released or if it first achieved prominence during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

Winner
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music / Columbia; Publishers: Songs of Peer/March 9th Publishing, 2082 Music/WB Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Tunes, Suga Wuga Music, B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music.]
Poker Face
Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
Track from: The Fame
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree; Publishers: Stefani Germanotta p/k/a Lady Gaga, Sony/ATV Songs/House of Gaga Publishing/GloJoe Music, Sony/ATV Songs/RedOne Productions.]
Pretty Wings
Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
Track from: Blacksummers' Night
[Columbia; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tunes/Muszewell, EMI April Music, Ben Ami Music.]
Use Somebody
Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
[RCA Records; Publishers: Martha Street Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, Followill Music/Songs of Combustion Music/Music of Windswept, McFearless Music/Bug Music, Coffee, Tea or Me Publishing/Bug Music.]
You Belong With Me
Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Track from: Fearless
[Big Machine Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music/Potting Shed Music, Barbara Orbison World Publishing.]
I found this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

Album Of The Year

These are all Album Of The Year
Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.

Winner
Fearless
Taylor Swift
Colbie Caillat, featured artist; Nathan Chapman & Taylor Swift, producers; Chad Carlson, Nathan Chapman & Justin Niebank, engineers/mixers; Hank Williams, mastering engineer
[Big Machine Records]
I Am... Sasha Fierce
Beyoncé
Shondrae "Mr. Bangledesh" Crawford, Ian Dench, D-Town, Toby Gad, Sean "The Pen" Garrett, Amanda Ghost, Jim Jonsin, Beyoncé Knowles, Rico Love, Dave McCracken, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Radio Killa, Stargate, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Ryan Tedder & Wayne Wilkins, producers; Jim Caruana, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Toby Gad, Kuk Harrell, Jim Jonsin, Jaycen Joshua, Dave Pensado, Radio Killa, Mark "Spike" Stent, Ryan Tedder, Brian "B-LUV" Thomas, Marcos Tovar, Miles Walker & Wayne Wilkins, engineers/mixers; Tom Coyne, mastering engineer
[Music World Music/Columbia]
The E.N.D.
The Black Eyed Peas
Apl.de.ap, Jean Baptiste, Printz Board, DJ Replay, Funkagenda, David Guetta, Keith Harris, Mark Knight, Poet Name Life, Frédéric Riesterer & will.i.am, producers; Dylan "3D" Dresdow, Padraic "Padlock" Kerin & will.i.am, engineers/mixers; Chris Bellman, mastering engineer
[Interscope Records]
The Fame
Lady Gaga
Flo Rida, Colby O'Donis & Space Cowboy, featured artists; Brian & Josh, Rob Fusari, Martin Kierszenbaum, RedOne & Space Cowboy, producers; 4Mil, Robert Orton, RedOne, Dave Russell & Tony Ugval, engineers/mixers; Gene Grimaldi, mastering engineer
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King
Dave Matthews Band
Jeff Coffin, Tim Reynolds & Rashawn Ross, featured artists; Rob Cavallo, producer; Chris Lord-Alge & Doug McKean, engineers/mixers; Ted Jensen, mastering engineer
[RCA Records / Bama Rags Recordings, LLC.]
I found this at http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

The Record Of The Year

Record Of The Year
Award to the Artist and to the Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s) and/or Mixer(s), if other than the artist.

Winner
Use Somebody
Kings Of Leon
Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia, producers; Jacquire King, engineer/mixer
[RCA Records]
Halo
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Knowles & Ryan Tedder, producers; Jim Caruana, Mark "Spike" Stent & Ryan Tedder, engineers/mixers
Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
[Music World Music / Columbia]
I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas
David Guetta & Frédéric Riesterer, producers; will.i.am, Dylan "3-D" Dresdow & Padraic "Padlock" Kerin, engineers/mixers
[Interscope]
Poker Face
Lady Gaga
RedOne, producer; Robert Orton, RedOne & Dave Russell, engineers/mixers
Track from: The Fame
[Streamline/Interscope/Konlive/Cherrytree]
You Belong With Me
These are all the record of the year. I got this from http://www.grammy.com/nominees?category=All

2009 hit songs January-March

These hits songs are from 2009

March 2009 Hit Songs

1. Love Game - Lady Gaga

2. Love Story - Taylor Swift

3. Insomnia - Craig David

4. Lucky - Jason Mraz feat. Colbie Caillat

5. My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson

6. Thinking of You - Katy Perry

7. Poker Face - Lady Gaga

8. Right Round - FloRida

9. If U Seek Amy - Britney Spears

10. Single Ladies - Beyonce

　

February 2009 Hit Songs

1. Poker Face - Lady Gaga

2. Right Round - Akon

3. Single Ladies - Beyonce

4. Love Story - Taylor Swift

5.My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson

6. Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf

7. Love Lockdown - Kanye West

8. If U Seek Amy - Britney Spears

9. Just Dance - Lady Gaga

10. I Hate This Part - Pussycat Dolls

　

January 2009 Hit Songs

1. Superhuman - Chris Brown

2. I Hate This Part - Pussycat Dolls

3. Just Dance - Lady Gaga

4. T-Shirt - Shontelle

5. Booty Music - Deepside

6. My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson

7. This is My Now - Jordin Sparks

8. Love Lockdown - Kanye West

9. Circus - Britney Spears

10. Poker Face - Lady Gaga

I found these 2009 hits at://2009hhttpitsongs.blogspot.com/

The Music Time Line

Can you belive that there was music from 325 B.C - 2007!!! And there is still music going on to today in 2010!!!!

Music Time Line ( To be countinued)

Hello bloggers. I want to tell you about the time line about music. I found out on Fact Monster that music was ivented since 325 B.C.

325

Constantine declares Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. The spread of Christianity in the western world spurred the development of European music.

600

Pope Gregory the Great codifies and collects the chant, which is used in Roman Catholic services and is named the Gregorian chant in his honor.

c. 850

Western music begins to move from monophony to polyphony with the vocal parts in church music moving in parallel intervals.

c. 1030

Guido of Arezzo, an Italian monk, develops a system for learning music by ear. Voice students often use the system, called solfège, to memorize their vocal exercises. In the 19th century, solf ège developed into the tonic sol-fa system used today.

c. 1180

Troubadours appear in Germany and call themselves minnesingers, "singers about love."

1430

The Renaissance begins. This rebirth favors the simplistic virtues of Greek and Roman Classic styles, moves from polyphony to one harmonized melody and sees the increased importance and popularity of secular music. Josquin Desprez, often called the Prince of Music, is a leading composer of the Renaissance. He worked for ducal courts in Italy and France, at the Sistine Chapel and for kings Louis XI and Louis XII.

1562

In Pope Pius IV's Counter-Reformation, he restores church music to its pure vocal form by eliminating all instruments except the organ, any evidence of secularism, harmony and folk melody. Giovanni Da Palestrina satisfies the pope's rigid requirements and creates a new spiritual style that legend says "saved polyphony" when he writes Pope Marcellus Mass, his most famous and enchanting piece.

1565

In Italian music, castration emerges as a way of preserving high male singing voices. St. Paul's dictum prohibited women from singing on stage and in churches. The practice becomes commonplace by 1574.

1588

The English Madrigal School is firmly established. The movement, led by Thomas Morley, produces some of the most delightful secular music ever heard. Madrigals often told stories of love or grief.

1590–1604

A group of musicians and intellectuals gather in Count Giovanni de Bardi's camerata (salon) and discuss and experiment with music drama. It is during this period that opera is born. Jacopo Peri's Dafne, the first Italian opera, is produced in 1598 and Euridice in 1600.

c. 1600

The Baroque period, characterized by strict musical forms and highly ornamental works, begins in Europe. This period signals the end of the Renaissance.

1607

Italian master composer Claudio Monteverdi writes the opera Orfeo, Favola in Musica, a work deemed to be a prime example of the early Baroque musical form.

1625

Francesca Caccini, who most historians say is the first female composer, finishes the opera-ballet La Liberazione di Ruggiero, which is performed at a reception for Wladyslaw IV of Poland.

1631

Professional female singers appear for the first time on the English stage in the production of Chloridia, a court masque produced by Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones.

1639

The first comic opera, Chi Soffre Speri by Virgilio Mazzocchi and Marco Marazzoli, premieres in Rome.

1656

Henry Lawes and Matthew Locke add music to William Davenant's libretto The Siege of Rhodes, which is performed at the Rutland House in London. Davenant helps make the opera-masque a form of public entertainment.

1666

The first signed Stradivarius violins emerge from Antonio Stradivari's workshop in Cremona, Italy.

1675

Matthew Locke composes Psyche, the first surviving English opera.

1685

Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederick Handel are born. They become principal classical composers of the Baroque period. Bach, who fathers 20 children, explores musical forms associated with the church and Handel works as a dramatic composer.

1689

Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas opens in London.

1703

Vivaldi becomes violin master at Venice's La Pieta orphanage. He writes more then 400 concertos for La Pieta in his 35-year service there.

1705

Reinhard Keiser uses French horns for the first time in opera in his production of Octavia.

1725

Vivaldi writes The Four Seasons.

1733

The comic opera, La Serva Padrona, from Battista Pergolesi's serious opera Il Prigionier Superbo, wows Europe with its humorous story and enchanting music.

1735

Handel produces his last great operatic success, Alcina, which features dancer Marie Salle.

1742

Handel's Messiah premieres in Dublin to an enthusiastic audience.

1750

Bach dies. The end of the Baroque period is often seen in conjunction with his death. The highly ornate style of the Baroque period gives rise to the more simple, clarified styles of the Classical period, which sees the emergence of symphonies and string quartets.

1761

Franz Joseph Haydn becomes Vice-Kapellmeister to the Esterhazy family and Kapellmeister in 1766. Though living virtually as a slave to the family, he had at his disposal an impressive orchestra. During his 30-year service to the family, he completes 108 symphonies, 68 string quartets, 47 piano sonatas, 26 operas, 4 oratorios and hundreds of smaller pieces.

1762

Christoph Willibald von Glück sets out to reform opera with his Orfeo ed Euridice. He wants to restore opera to what the original composers intended it to be—an art form marked by high drama, few recitatives and orchestral set-pieces.

1786

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna.

1787

Mozart's Don Giovanni debuts in Prague.

1797

Franz Peter Schubert is born in Vienna. Though many musicians make Vienna their home, Schubert is the only one to be born there.

1803

Beethoven produces his third symphony, Eröica. This piece marks the beginning of the Romantic period, in which the formality of the Classical period is replaced by subjectivity.

1807

Beethoven completes his Symphony No. 5, which many consider to be the most popular classical work ever written.

1810

Robert Schumann is born in Germany.

1815

Schubert writes "Der Erlkönig," his first public success and most famous song.

1816

Gioacchino Rossini's The Barber of Seville, based on Pierre Beaumarchais's play, debuts in Rome. His Otello opens in Naples.

1818

Beethoven's hearing has deteriorated so badly that he no longer can hear the piano and must communicate with conversation books.

1821

Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischutz debuts in Berlin, and he becomes the master of German opera.

1826

Mendelssohn writes the overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, which debuts in Stettin in 1827.

1832

Schumann's career as a pianist is over as one of his fingers becomes paralyzed.

1839

The New York Philharmonic is established.

1851

Verdi's Rigoletto debuts in Venice.

1853

Richard Wagner publishes the librettos to Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring Cycle): Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Seigfried and Die Götterdämerung. The Ring Cycle is considered one of the most ambitious musical projects ever undertaken by a single person.

1854

Liszt conducts the first performance of his symphonic poems in Weimar. The symphonic poem is an orchestral work, often in one movement, and is usually based on a literary idea. Liszt is credited with creating the genre. His symphonic poems include Orpheus, Les Preludes and Mazeppa.

c. 1860

The slave trade introduces West African rhythms, work songs, chants and spirituals to America, which strongly influence blues and jazz.

Gustav Mahler is born in Bohemia.

1871

Verdi's Aïda premieres in Cairo.

1874

Verdi's Requiem, his most respected work, premieres in Milan.

1876

Tchaikovsky completes Swan Lake. It opens in 1877 at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre.

Wagner's The Ring Cycle is performed in full at the Bayreuth Festival. The opera house was built to accomodate Wagner's works.

Johannes Brahms completes his First Symphony. Twenty years in the making, the symphony received mixed reviews but would become one of the most popular ever written.

1877

Thomas Edison invents sound recording.

Camille Saint-Saën's Samson et Dalila debuts in Weimar.

1878

Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.

1880

John Paine's symphony, In Spring, debuts in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the first American symphony published in the United States.

Tchaikovsky writes the 1812 Overture, commemorating Russia's defeat of Napoleon.

1881

The Boston Symphony Orchestra is established.

1882

The Berlin Philharmonic is established.

1883

The Metropolitan Opera House opens in New York.

1885

Gilbert and Sullivan finish The Mikado, which premieres in London.

1888

Strauss writes the symphonic poem, Don Juan, which brings him international fame.

1890

Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty debuts in St. Petersburg.

1891

Carnegie Hall opens in New York.

1893

Dvorak composes his best and most popular work, From the New World.

1896

Ragtime, a combination of West Indian rhythm and European musical form, is born.

1900

Jean Sibelius's Finlandia premieres in Helsinki.

1901

Mahler's Fourth Symphony, his most popular, debuts in Munich.

1902

Claude Debussy introduces impressionism to music in Pelléas and Mélisande at the Opéra Comique in Paris.

1904

The London Symphony Orchestra is established.

1908

A major change in classical-music style comes about with the release of Arnold Schoenberg's Book of Hanging Gardens. The harmony and tonality characteristic of classical music are replaced by dissonance, creating what many listeners consider to be noise.

1910

Igor Stravinsky completes The Firebird for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Stravinsky will become one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.

1911

Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier premieres in Dresden.

1913

Billboard magazine publishes a list of the most popular vaudeville songs. It's the predecessor to their trademark charts.

1916

Charles Ives finishes his Fourth Symphony, his defining piece.

1919

After moving from its southern rural roots, jazz establishes Chicago as its capital. The city will become home to such jazz greats as trumpeter Louis Armstrong and pianist Jelly Roll Morton.

1923

"Queen of the Blues" Bessie Smith records her first song, "Down Hearted Blues," which becomes an immediate success.

1924

The Juilliard School opens in New York.

Maurice Ravel's Bolero opens in Paris.

George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue premieres in New York.

1925

Alban Berg's Wozzeck opens in Berlin.

1932

Jazz composer Duke Ellington writes "It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing," a song that presaged the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s.

1933

Laurens Hammond introduces his Hammond organ.

1936

Electric guitars debut.

1937

Bela Bartok's masterpiece, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, premieres in Basel.

The Glenn Miller Band debuts in New York.

1938

Roy Acuff joins the Grand Ole Opry and brings national recognition to the Nashville-based radio program.

1942

Bing Crosby releases "White Christmas," from the film Holiday Inn. The song goes on to be the all-time, top-selling song from a film.

RCA Victor sprays gold over Glenn Miller's million-copy-seller Chattanooga Choo Choo, creating the first "gold record."

1945

Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes premieres in London, which signals the rebirth of British opera.

1948

Columbia Records introduces the 33 1/3 LP ("long playing") record at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. It allows listeners to enjoy an unprecedented 25 minutes of music per side, compared to the four minutes per side of the standard 78 rpm record.

1949

45 rpm records are sold in the U.S.

1951

In an effort to introduce rhythm and blues to a broader white audience, which was hesitant to embrace "black music," disc jockey Alan Freed uses the term rock 'n' roll to describe R&B.

Elliott Carter composes his String Quartet No. 1 and becomes a leading avant-garde composer of the 20th century.

1954

Bill Haley and the Comets begin writing hit songs. As a white band using black-derived forms, they venture into rock 'n' roll.

Pierre Boulez completes Le Marteau Sans Maître (The Hammer Without a Master).

1956

With many hit singles (including "Heartbreak Hotel"), Elvis Presley emerges as one of the world's first rock stars. The gyrating rocker enjoys fame on the stages of the Milton Berle, Steve Allen and Ed Sullivan shows, as well as in the first of his many movies, Love Me Tender.

1957

Leonard Bernstein completes West Side Story.

1958

Billboard debuts its Hot 100 chart. Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" boasts the first No. 1 record.

Elvis Presley is inducted into the U.S. Army (March 24).

1959

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences sponsors the first Grammy Award ceremony for music recorded in 1958.

Frank Sinatra wins his first Grammy Award -- Best Album for Come Dance with Me.

1960

John Coltrane forms his own quartet and becomes the voice of jazz's New Wave movement.

1961

Patsy Cline releases "I Fall to Pieces" and "Crazy." The success of the songs help her cross over from country to pop.

1963

A wave of Beatlemania hits the U.K. The Beatles, a British band composed of John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, take Britain by storm.

The Rolling Stones emerge as the anti-Beatles, with an aggressive, blues-derived style.

1964

Folk musician Bob Dylan becomes increasingly popular during this time of social protest with songs expressing objection to the condition of American society.

The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.

1967

The Beatles release their break-through concept album, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Psychedelic bands such as The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane enjoy great success during this period with songs celebrating the counterculture of the '60s.

1969

In August, more than half a million people attend the Woodstock music festival in Bethel, N.Y. (near Woodstock, N.Y.) Performers include Janis Joplin; Jimi Hendrix; The Who; Joan Baez; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Jefferson Airplane; and Sly and the Family Stone.

A Rolling Stones fan is killed at the group's Altamont, California, concert by members of the Hell's Angels.

1970

The Beatles break up. By the end of the year, each member had released a solo album.

1971

Jim Morrison dies in Paris at age 27 (July 3).

The Allman Brothers' Duane Allman dies in a motorcycle accident at age 24. (Oct. 29).

1972

Women dominate the 1971 Grammy Awards, taking all four top categories. Carole King won Record, Album and Song of the Year, while Carly Simon takes the Best New Artist award.

1973

The Jamaican film The Harder They Come, starring Jimmy Cliff, launches the popularity of reggae music in the United States.

1974

Patti Smith releases what is considered to be the first punk rock single, "Hey Joe." Punk roars out of Britain during the late-'70s, with bands such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash expressing nihilistic and anarchistic views in response to a lack of opportunity in Britain, boredom, and antipathy for the bland music of the day.

1976

Philip Glass completes Einstein on the Beach, the first widely known example of minimalist composition.

1977

Saturday Night Fever sparks the disco inferno.

Elvis Presley dies at Graceland, his Memphis, Tenn. home. He was 42.

1978

Sony introduces the Walkman, the first portable stereo.

1979

The Sugar Hill Gang releases the first commercial rap hit, "Rapper's Delight," bringing rap off the New York streets and into the popular music scene. Rap originated in the mid 1970s as rhyme spoken over an instrumental track provided by snatches of music from records. Over the decades, rap becomes one of the most important commercial and artistic branches of pop music.

1980

John Lennon of the Beatles shot dead in New York City.

1981

MTV goes on the air running around the clock music videos, debuting with "Video Killed the Radio Star."

1982

Michael Jackson releases Thriller, which sells more than 25 million copies, becoming the biggest-selling album in history.

1983

With the introduction of noise-free compact discs, the vinyl record begins a steep decline.

1984

Led by Bob Geldof, the band Band Aid releases "Do They Know It's Christmas," with proceeds of the single going to feed the starving in Africa.

1985

Madonna launches her first road show, the Virgin Tour.

Dozens of top-name musicians and bands perform at the Live Aid concerts in Philadelphia and London. The shows benefit African famine victims.

1987

Though African, Latin American,and other genres of international music have been around for centuries, a group of small, London-based labels coin the term "world music," which helps record sellers find rack space for the eclectic music.

1988

CDs outsell vinyl records for the first time.

1990

Euro dance band Milli Vanilli admits to lip-synching hits such as "Girl You Know Its True," and has its Grammy award revoked.

1991

Seattle band Nirvana releases the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the LP Nevermind and enjoys national success. With Nirvana's hit comes the grunge movement, which is characterized by distorted guitars, dispirited vocals,and lots of flannel.

1992

Compact discs surpass cassette tapes as the preferred medium for recorded music.

1994

Woodstock '94 commemorates the original weekend-long concert. Green Day and Nine Inch Nails join Woodstock veterans including Santana and Joe Cocker.

1995

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opens in Cleveland. Renowned architect I. M. Pei designed the ultra-modern, 150,000 square-foot building.

Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia dies.

1996

Janet Jackson becomes the highest-paid musician in history when she signs an $80-million deal with Virgin Records.

Jazz great Ella Fitzgerald dies.

1998

Legendary crooner Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack at age 82.

The first MP3 player is introduced, the Saehan/Eiger Labs F10/F20.

1999

The merger of two major recording labels, Universal and Polygram, causes upheaval in the recording industry. It is estimated that the new company, Universal Music Group, controls 25% of the worldwide music market.

Woodstock '99 kicks off in Rome, N.Y. Concertgoers complain that the spirit of the original Woodstock has been compromised and commercialized.

Napster, the first widely used peer-to-peer file-sharing program, is introduced. At one point, the service is home to more than 24 million users.

2001

Apple introduces the iPod, which goes on to revolutionize the music industry and the way music is sold. As of late 2006, 70 million iPods had been sold and consumers had purchased some 1 billion songs from the iTunes digital music store.

2002

Bruce Springsteen begins The Rising tour, visiting 46 different arenas in 46 different cities. The tour later stops at stadiums across the world and includes 10 consecutive shows at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium.

2005

In May, Live 8 is hosted at ten different sites around the world in an attempt to raise poverty awareness prior to July’s G8 conference. The free event is highlighted by a reunion of the original Pink Floyd lineup. It is the first time the band has played together in 24 years.

2006

"The Godfather of Soul" James Brown dies of heart failure on December 25th at age 73.

Nearly 800 different record stores, including all Tower Records retailers, close their doors as the industry sees a seventh-straight year of declining sales largely attributed to the increase in sales of digital music.

2007

After years of consolidation, 70% of the world’s music is sold by one of four companies: Universal, Sony BMG, EMI, and Warner. All of these companies are part of large media conglomerates.

The Rolling Stone’s multi-year A Bigger Bang tour surpasses U2’s Vertigo tour to become the top-grossing tour of all time, earning $437 million.

Ana Gabriel

I found this picture at en.wikipedia.org This is Ana Gabriel she sings romantic and country music she is mexican she is great singer. When she sings her songs it is like you kind of feel emotional. She can hit her high notes really well. When she sings some of the songs it is like she is singing romantic but the the instrumment sounds like country. She sounds like she is in her 30s. When she sings sometime she can change her whole voice , beat, rythem ,and the melody and sometimes she keps it the same . Most of the times her speed is the same but over all she is good.

Ana Barbara

I found this picture at kazaa.com This is Ana Barbara she sings cumbia/pop she is also Mexican when she sings she will change everything she is a mother and she is a good person to. When she sings her songs she can also express her self but when she sings it is like she is number 1 she can sing in so many ways. She has so many fans that love the way she sings it is like you want to be just like her. When she is on television the people would do anything to go and see her. She is just like Thalia she is not a bad person for what i know but their voices are like WOW!!! Ana Barbara is a good dancer in her videos.

Jerry Rivera

I found this picture at limonconpapelon.blogspot.com This is Jerry Rivera. Jerry Rivera wonderful singer I love his music he is from Puerto Rica. Jerry Rivera can change everything once you hear one song and another you hear it is nothing a like can change everything. He looks very young he is around his middle30s. When he sings it is like wow I have never heard nothing like this in my life. Well you will love his songs I have 2 favourite songs 1. Cara de nino (a boys face) it talks about how his face look like a little boy and he is a man and he could never find his heart 2. Un amor verdedero(A True Love) I don't really like the lyrics but I love the melody of the song. When you listen to him sing he sounds like he is in his early 20s. he is awesome.

Alica Keys

I found this picture at urie.wordpress.com Alica Keys is my idol. She is vey nice person. The thing I like about Alica Keys is that when she sings a song she always changes her melody , rythem ,beat,and she also changes her voice. She changes every thing. She has a way of expressing her feelings in her songs it just pop up in my head Alica Keys when ever I go on youtube i always listen to her. I like the way she sings slow or not to fast but like a medium. She is just so amazing what she does to her voice when she sings.

Thalia

I found this pictrue at usmrnb.blogspot.com This is Thalia she sings pop. She is a vey nice singer to but she also works in charity work. When she sings sometime she sings fast and slow at times. She also sings in english and spanish. When she sings a song she ethier sings english or spanish but she doesnt sing english and spanish in a song. When she sings it is like fast most the time. She is not like she is 1 of the top 10 of favoutie. She also sings for charity or she is just on television and say that this child needs a mother of give this child a home and you could be one of the ones helping us and stuff like that. She has a very nice personality.

Olga Tanon

I found this picture at usmrnb.blogspot.com This is Olga Tanon she sings Merengue. Merengue is kind of fast but it is not slow. There is different types of dancing and singing in Merengue because you can dance and sing to all types of music. I love the way she sings she has a very strong and a very pretty voice. In her songs she sometimes can express her fellings and also in some songs what she is saying is true.

Aventura

I found picture at thebigbossnews.blogspot.com This band is called Aventura they sing Bachata. They sing kind of slow , fast , and fast and slow at on time. The band are brothers. They dont just sing bachata they sing bachata,and reggaton that i know of.They sing with a lot of different people but sometimes they just sing with just the band. Romeo always is the lead singer the others play an instument and sings backup.I think the band sings 2 songs that is english and spanish that i know of. I listen to this band all the time they are kind of old but they are good singers. I actually listen to a lot of latin music than english songs. Aventura sings all spanish but some have a remix and the remix is half english and half spanish.

All about music!!!!

Hello. My blog is about music.I am also latin. I love music so much that I listen to it every day.I am from Guatemala.All my siblings loves music like I do and of course I love listing to latin music.I also love listing to mostly all types of music.My favourite band is Aventura.It is a spainsh band. The band speaks english and spanish.Sometimes they sing half spainsh and english.They sing Bachata songs. Bachata is a type of dance and a rythem (like rock pop...). I love salsa,bachata,cumbia,merengue,reggaton,and mixtas.Those are the basics of latin songs/dances.The top 4 that I love are Reggaton,Bachata,Salsa,Merengue.