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Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards (originally the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, make up the rest). However, the Grammys, usually held in February, (last of what are considered the "big three" music awards shows, including the BMA and AMA shows) are considered the approximate equivalent to the Oscars, in the music world.

Like the Oscars, the Grammys, which currently have 108 categories within 30 genres of music (such as pop, gospel, and rap), are voted upon by peers - voting members of the Recording Academy - rather than being based upon popularity (as with the AMAs) or sales and chart achievements (the BMAs).

The awards are named for the trophy which the winner receives - a small gilded statuette of a gramophone, handcrafted by Billings Artworks. The awards ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the more prominent Grammys are presented in a widely-viewed televised ceremony.

Some feel that because Grammy voters tend to vote conservatively, and are marketed to by record companies, the most widely-recognized Grammys tend to go to either well-established artists or those being hyped by the recording industry. Hence, the Grammys are not taken seriously by some musicians and music fans. In fact, many artists who are placed in high regard, artistically, by many fans and critics (such as Elvis Presley, Mariah Carey, Garth Brooks, Pink Floyd, Kenny Rogers, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, ) have been awarded very few Grammys.

Of the "big three" music awards shows, the Grammys are the highest rated.

Unlike the Academy Awards, for which the eligibility period begins January 1, the eligibility period for the Grammys begins October 1, which results in September being considered the Christmas sales period for the music industry (in which artists generally release big albums to qualify for the next year's Grammy). So, for example, John Lennon & Yoko Ono's album Double Fantasy was released in November, 1980, a month-and-a-half too late to qualify for the 1981 Grammys, and thus eligible for the 1982 awards (it eventually won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year).

The Grammys are currently broadcast on CBS.

Grammy Records

Pat Metheny and the Pat Metheny Group have won 16 Grammys in total, including six consecutive awards for six consecutive albums. Metheny, as of the 2004 Grammy Awards, holds the record for Grammy wins in the most different categories:

  1. Best Jazz Fusion Performance (1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990)
  2. Best Instrumental Composition (1991)
  3. Best Contemporary Jazz Performance/Album (1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2003)
  4. Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group (1998, 2000)
  5. Best Rock Instrumental Performance (1999)
  6. Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (2001)
  7. Best New Age Album (2004)

Session drummer Hal Blaine played on six consecutive records which won Record of the Year:

  1. 1966 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - "A Taste of Honey"
  2. 1967 Frank Sinatra - "Strangers in the Night"
  3. 1968 5th Dimension - "Up, Up and Away"
  4. 1969 Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson"
  5. 1970 5th Dimension - "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
  6. 1971 Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

Legendary Opera Diva Leontyne Price has won 18 awards

Soul and R&B legend Aretha Franklin has won 11 awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, including 8 consecutive (and the first 8 ever awarded) awards in the category:

  1. 1968 - "Respect"
  2. 1969 - "Chain of Fools"
  3. 1970 - "Share Your Love With Me"
  4. 1971 - "Don't Play That Song"
  5. 1972 - "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
  6. 1973 - Young, Gifted, and Black
  7. 1974 - "Master of Eyes"
  8. 1975 - "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"
  9. 1982 - "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
  10. 1986 - "Freeway of Love"
  11. 1988 - Aretha

Conductor Sir Georg Solti holds the record for most Grammys won, having won a total of thirty-eight awards before his death in 1997.

The most Grammys won in a single night is eight -- a record shared by Michael Jackson (1984), and Carlos Santana (2000).

Christopher Cross (Grammy Awards of 1981) and Norah Jones (Grammy Awards of 2003) are the only artists to receive the "Big Four" (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist) in a single ceremony.

Béla Fleck has been nominated in more categories than any other musician, namely country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical, folk, and spoken word, as well as composition and arranging.

Award categories

  • Record of the Year
  • Album of the Year
  • Song of the Year
  • Best New Artist
  • Grammy Hall of Fame
  • Grammy Legend Award
  • Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Grammy Tech Award
  • Grammy Trustees Award

Alternative

  • Best Alternative Music Album

Blues

  • Best Traditional Blues Album
  • Best Contemporary Blues Album

Children's

  • Best Album for Children
  • Best Musical Album for Children
  • Best Spoken Word Album for Children

Classical

  • Best Orchestral Performance
  • Best Classical Vocal Performance
  • Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral
  • Best Opera Recording
  • Best Choral Performance
  • Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra)
  • Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
  • Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)
  • Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor)
  • Best Chamber Music Performance
  • Best Classical Contemporary Composition
  • Best Classical Album
  • Best Classical Crossover Album
  • Best New Classical Artist

Comedy

  • Best Comedy Album
  • Best Spoken Comedy Album

Composing and arranging

  • Best Instrumental Composition
  • Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (now in the "Film/TV/Media" field)
  • Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (now in the "film/TV/media" field)
  • Best Arrangement
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
  • Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices

Country

  • Best Female Country Vocal Performance
  • Best Male Country Vocal Performance
  • Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or Instrumental
  • Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance
  • Best Country & Western Recording
  • Best Country & Western Single
  • Best Country Song
  • Best Country Album
  • Best Bluegrass Album
  • Best New Country & Western Artist

Dance

  • Best Dance Recording (previously in "Pop")
  • Best Electronic/Dance Album

Disco

  • Best Disco Recording

Film/TV/Media

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
  • Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (previously in the "composing and arranging" field)
  • Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (previously in the "composing and arranging" field)

Folk

  • Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording
  • Best Traditional Folk Album
  • Best Contemporary Folk Album
  • Best Native American Music Album
  • Best Hawaiian Music Album

Gospel

  • Best Gospel Performance
  • Best Gospel Performance, Traditional
  • Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary
  • Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female
  • Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male
  • Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male or Female
  • Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus
  • Best Inspirational Performance
  • Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album
  • Best Rock Gospel Album
  • Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album
  • Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
  • Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album
  • Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album

Historical

  • Best Historical Album

Jazz

  • Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
  • Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
  • Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group
  • Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
  • Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
  • Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
  • Best Jazz Fusion Performance
  • Best Original Jazz Composition
  • Best Jazz Vocal Album
  • Best Contemporary Jazz Album
  • Best Latin Jazz Album

Latin

  • Best Latin Recording
  • Best Latin Pop Album
  • Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
  • Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
  • Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album
  • Best Tejano Album
  • Best Salsa Album
  • Best Merengue Album
  • Best Salsa/Merengue Album

Musical Show

  • Best Musical Show Album
  • Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television

Music Video

  • Best Short Form Music Video
  • Best Long Form Music Video
  • Best Concept Music Video
  • Best Performance Music Video
  • Video of the Year

New Age

  • Best New Age Album

Packaging and notes

  • Best Album Cover
  • Best Album Cover - Classical
  • Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
  • Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts
  • Best Album Cover, Photography
  • Best Recording Package
  • Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
  • Best Album Notes
  • Best Album Notes - Classical

Polka

  • Best Polka Album

Pop

  • Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Best Vocal Performance, Male
  • Best Performance by a Vocal Group
  • Best Performance by a Chorus
  • Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus
  • Best Instrumental Performance
  • Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
  • Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
  • Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female
  • Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus
  • Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
  • Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing
  • Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing
  • Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  • Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring
  • Best Contemporary Song
  • Best Pop Vocal Album
  • Best Pop Instrumental Album

Production and engineering

  • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
  • Best Engineered Album, Classical
  • Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects
  • Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical
  • Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
  • Producer of the Year, Classical
  • Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical

R&B

  • Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
  • Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
  • Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female
  • Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
  • Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
  • Best R&B Instrumental Performance
  • Best Urban/Alternative Performance
  • Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
  • Best R&B Song
  • Best R&B Album
  • Best Contemporary R&B Album

Rap

  • Best Rap Performance
  • Best Rap Solo Performance
  • Best Female Rap Solo Performance
  • Best Male Rap Solo Performance
  • Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
  • Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
  • Best Rap Song
  • Best Rap Album

Reggae

  • Best Reggae Album

Rock

  • Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
  • Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
  • Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo
  • Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
  • Best Rock Instrumental Performance
  • Best Hard Rock Performance
  • Best Metal Performance
  • Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental
  • Best Rock Song
  • Best Rock Album

Surround Sound

  • Best Surround Sound Album

Spoken

  • Best Spoken Word Album
  • Best Spoken Comedy Album

Traditional Pop

  • Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

World

  • Best World Music Album
  • Best Traditional World Music Album
  • Best Contemporary World Music Album

Awards by year

Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for music released in the previous year.

Grammy Awards by year
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. On October 22, 2005, a sequel was announced, tentatively directed by Tim Story and written by Mark Frost. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for music released in the previous year. It stars Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Jessica Alba as Susan Storm/Invisible Woman, Chris Evans as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm/The Thing and Julian McMahon as Victor Von Doom, with Stan Lee making a cameo appearance as Willie Lumpkin, the mailman. World. Fantastic Four opened in approximately 3600 Theaters and despite predominantly poor reviews grossed US$156M in North America and a total of $329M worldwide, weighed against a production budget of $100M and an officially undisclosed marketing budget. Traditional Pop. Another feature film adaptation of The Fantastic Four was released July 8, 2005 by Sony, and directed by Tim Story.

Spoken. It was only made because the studio who owned the movie rights to the Fantastic Four would have lost them if it had not begun production by a certain deadline date (a tactic known as creating an ashcan copy). Surround Sound. It was ultimately revealed by Stan Lee that unbeknownst to the cast and crew, this movie was never intended to be released in the first place. Rock. The film was made on a shoestring budget and is largely mocked by fans of the comic book foursome for what they see as poor acting and disappointing special effects (at one point, The Human Torch — played by a human actor — turns into an obvious cartoon upon "flaming-on"). Reggae. While this movie was never released to theaters or video, it has been made available from various bootleg video distributors.

Rap. A movie adaptation of The Fantastic Four was completed in 1994 by famed b-movie director/producer Roger Corman. R&B. The Fantastic Four also appeared in the Super NES and Sega Genesis video games based on the 1990's Spider-Man animated series, and inevitably, they starred in their own multi-platform games based on the 2005 movie. Production and engineering. The game was widely panned by critics for having weak storyline and handling of the characters' powers. Pop. In the game you and a friend could pick among the Fantastic Four characters (along with the She-Hulk), and battle your way through various levels until you faced Doctor Doom.

Polka. In 1998 a side-scrolling video game was released for the Sony PlayStation home video game system / platform, based on the Fantastic Four characters. Packaging and notes. The Fantastic Four also guest-starred in the "Secret Wars" story arc of the 1990s Spider-Man animated series. New Age. There have been three Fantastic Four animated TV series and two feature films (though one of the movies went unreleased, and is only available in a widely circulated bootleg). Music Video. Marvels Comics: Fantastic Four (2000) was a mock-up of what the comic book published in the Marvel Universe might have looked like, and was (within the fictional context of the story) produced with the official approval of "Fantastic Four, Inc.".

Musical Show. Byrne made use of this comic-within-the-comic notion in his 1990s Senasational She-Hulk run. Latin. At the end of the issue, Byrne submitted his story. Jazz. He was about to make up a story when the Watcher whisked him away to take part in the FF's latest adventure. Historical. Byrne explained he had been unable to contact the Fantastic Four for the latest story, since they were away.

Gospel. 1984), which depicted writer-artist John Byrne being asked by editor Michael Higgins for the latest issue, since it was almost late. Folk. This conceit was again used in #262 (Jan. Film/TV/Media. Lee, Kirby, writer Thomas, issue artists George Perez and Joe Sinnott, and Marvel staffers Gerry Conway, Archie Goodwin, Marie Severin, Marv Wolfman, and John Verpoorten all made cameo appearances. Disco. 1976), "Improbable As It May Seem — The Impossible Man Is Back In Town!" Here he invaded the Marvel offices demanding to have his own comic.

Dance. The second story marked the introduction of the impish Impossible Man, who starred in writer Roy Thomas' self-referential update in Fantastic Four #176 (Nov. Country. 1963). Composing and arranging. This was in "A Visit with the Fantastic Four", the first of two stories in issue #11 (Feb. Comedy. The following issue reinforced this notion of "real-world superheroes" by having the Fantastic Four, in civilian clothes, stroll to a newstand hopeing to pick up the latest comic book.

Classical. Sharp-eyed fans would later note that this "real-world" Marvel was even more fictional than it seemed: Not only was penciler Jack Kirby working at a drawing table there, rather than at home per his wont, but the office door was labeled "Lee and Kirby" — suggesting the kind of comradely partnership fans wanted and expected. Children's. In this issue, Doctor Doom himself came to Marvel's Madison Avenue offices. Blues. 1963) established the conceit that the Fantastic Four (and by extenstion the rest of the Marvel universe) existed in the same world as Marvel Comics; the team-members, it was explained, had licensed their names and likenesses to the company, and the rights to adapt their "real-life" adventures. Alternative. Issue #10 (Jan.

Béla Fleck has been nominated in more categories than any other musician, namely country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical, folk, and spoken word, as well as composition and arranging. Franklin Richards(son) Valeria Richards (daughter). Christopher Cross (Grammy Awards of 1981) and Norah Jones (Grammy Awards of 2003) are the only artists to receive the "Big Four" (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist) in a single ceremony. For a list including one-shots, miniseries, graphic novels, and trade paperback collections, see Thing Bibliography. The most Grammys won in a single night is eight -- a record shared by Michael Jackson (1984), and Carlos Santana (2000). Another ongoing solo series, also titled The Thing, debuted with a premiere issue cover-dated January 2006. Conductor Sir Georg Solti holds the record for most Grammys won, having won a total of thirty-eight awards before his death in 1997. 1974 - June 1983), with seven summer annuals (1976–1982), and was immediately followed by the solo title The Thing #1-36 (July 1983 – June 1986).

Soul and R&B legend Aretha Franklin has won 11 awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, including 8 consecutive (and the first 8 ever awarded) awards in the category:. The series ran 100 issues (Jan. Legendary Opera Diva Leontyne Price has won 18 awards. The "ever-lovin', blue-eyed Thing", as Ben Grimm sometimes refers to himself, appeared in the team-up title Marvel Two-in-One, co-starring with Marvel heroes not only in the present day but occassionally in other time periods (fighting alongside the Liberty Legion in #20 and Doc Savage in #21, for example) and in alternate realities. Session drummer Hal Blaine played on six consecutive records which won Record of the Year:. "The Human Torch" shared the "split book" Strange Tales with fellow feature "Doctor Strange" for the majority of its run, before finally flaming off with issue #134 (July 1965), replaced the following month by "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.". Metheny, as of the 2004 Grammy Awards, holds the record for Grammy wins in the most different categories:. 1964).

Pat Metheny and the Pat Metheny Group have won 16 Grammys in total, including six consecutive awards for six consecutive albums. The FF made occasional cameo appearances, and the Thing became a co-star with #123 (Aug. . (She was seen again in a 1970s issue of Fantastic Four, having become a heavyset but cheerful wife and mother.) Ayers took over the penciling after 10 issues, later followed by original Golden Age Human Torch creator Carl Burgos and others. The Grammys are currently broadcast on CBS. Supporting characters included Johnny's girlfriend, Doris Evans, usually seen only in consternation as Johnny cheerfully flew off to battle bad guys. So, for example, John Lennon & Yoko Ono's album Double Fantasy was released in November, 1980, a month-and-a-half too late to qualify for the 1981 Grammys, and thus eligible for the 1982 awards (it eventually won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year). (Decades later, a retcon revealed that his friends and neighbors knew of his dual identity all along, from Fantastic Four news reports, but had humored him).

Unlike the Academy Awards, for which the eligibility period begins January 1, the eligibility period for the Grammys begins October 1, which results in September being considered the Christmas sales period for the music industry (in which artists generally release big albums to qualify for the next year's Grammy). Here Johnny was seen living with his elder sister, Susan, in fictional Glenview, Long Island, New York, where he continued to attend high school and, with youthful naivete, attempted to maintain his "secret identity". Of the "big three" music awards shows, the Grammys are the highest rated. 1962), in 12- to 14-page stories plotted by Lee and initially scripted by his brother, Larry Lieber, and drawn by penciler Kirby and inker Dick Ayers. In fact, many artists who are placed in high regard, artistically, by many fans and critics (such as Elvis Presley, Mariah Carey, Garth Brooks, Pink Floyd, Kenny Rogers, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, ) have been awarded very few Grammys. Johnny Storm starred in a early Silver Age solo series beginning in Strange Tales #101 (Oct. Hence, the Grammys are not taken seriously by some musicians and music fans. Recent issues have revealed that this is a deliberate move by Reed Richards, who works to keep the team highly visible and well-regarded out of guilt for causing their mutations.

Some feel that because Grammy voters tend to vote conservatively, and are marketed to by record companies, the most widely-recognized Grammys tend to go to either well-established artists or those being hyped by the recording industry. Unlike most superheroes, the Fantastic Four's identities are not secret and they maintain a high public profile, enjoying celebrity status for their scientific and heroic contributions to society. The awards ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the more prominent Grammys are presented in a widely-viewed televised ceremony. The children of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, Franklin Richards and Valeria Richards, are also regulars in the series. The awards are named for the trophy which the winner receives - a small gilded statuette of a gramophone, handcrafted by Billings Artworks. Although not strictly related, The Thing's role is that of the beloved Dutch uncle, and his relationship with Mister Fantastic and the Human Torch is nonetheless quite sibling-like. Like the Oscars, the Grammys, which currently have 108 categories within 30 genres of music (such as pop, gospel, and rap), are voted upon by peers - voting members of the Recording Academy - rather than being based upon popularity (as with the AMAs) or sales and chart achievements (the BMAs). Three of the four members are directly related, with The Thing being the exception.

However, the Grammys, usually held in February, (last of what are considered the "big three" music awards shows, including the BMA and AMA shows) are considered the approximate equivalent to the Oscars, in the music world. The comic has typically emphasized that the Fantastic Four, unlike most superhero teams, are truly a family. The Grammy Awards (originally the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, make up the rest). In the mid-2000s, an orbiting satellite version of the Baxter Building has been used. Best Contemporary World Music Album. Pier 4, a warehouse on the New York waterfront, served as a temporary headquarters for the group after Four Freedoms Plaza was condemned, due to the actions of another superhero team, the Thunderbolts. Best Traditional World Music Album. Fantastic) Doctor Doom.

Best World Music Album. The Baxter Building was replaced by Four Freedoms Plaza, built at the same location, after the Baxter Building's destruction at the hands of Kristoff Vernard, adopted son of the Fantastic Four's seminal villain (and rumored half-brother of Mr. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. They have had a number of headquarters, most notably the Baxter Building in New York City. Best Spoken Comedy Album. Propelled mainly by Richards' innate scientific curiosity, the team have explored space, the Negative Zone, the Microverse, other dimensions and nearly every hidden valley, nation and lost civilization on the planet. Best Spoken Word Album. The team of adventurers have used their fantastic abilities to protect humanity, the Earth and the universe from a number of threats.

Best Surround Sound Album. They also appear to be inspired by co-creator Kirby's similarly unmasked though non-superpowered DC Comics quartet the Challengers of the Unknown. Best Rock Album. Fantastic). Best Rock Song. The four characters were modeled after the four classical Greek elements: earth (The Thing), fire (The Human Torch), wind (The Invisible Girl) and water (the pliable and ductile Mr. Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental. Filled with anger, self-loathing and self-pity over his new existance, he dubbed himself the Thing, the term Susan used in her initial, startled reaction to his transformation.

Best Metal Performance. and a nearly invulnerable hide. Best Hard Rock Performance. Finally, pilot Ben Grimm was transformed into a monstrous, craggy, humanoid with orange, rock-like skin, incredible strength. Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Her younger brother, Johnny Storm, possessed the incendiary powers of the Human Torch, enabling him to control fire, project burning bolts of flame from his body, and fly. Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. She later developed the ability to project force fields, create invisible objects, and turn other objects visible or invisible.

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo. His fiancée, Susan Storm, gained the ability to become invisible at will and named herself the Invisible Girl (later the Invisible Woman). Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Richards, who took the name Mister Fantastic, was now able to stretch his body into nearly any shape he could imagine (similar to Timely Comics' Thin Man and Quality Comics' celebrated Plastic Man). Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Upon crash landing back on Earth, the four impromptu astronauts found themselves transformed and possessed of bizarre new abilities. Best Reggae Album. The Fantastic Four acquired superhuman abilities after an experimental rocket ship designed by scientist Reed Richards passed through a storm of cosmic rays on its test flight to outer space.

Best Rap Album. Other ongoing-title spinoffs have included the 1970s quarterly title Giant-Size Fantastic Four and the 1990s Fantastic Four Unlimited, and there have been numerous miniseries. Best Rap Song. Additionally, Marvel launched Marvel Knights 4, a spinoff Fantastic Four series, in April 2004. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. In February 2004, Marvel launched the series Ultimate Fantastic Four, a version of the group in the "Ultimate" alternate universe. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Byrne also staked bold directions in the characters' personal lives, having the married Sue and Reed Richards suffer a miscarriage — as well as a separation that seemed headed for divorce.

Best Male Rap Solo Performance. His key contribution was the modernization of the Invisible Girl into the Invisible Woman — a self-confident and dynamic character whose newfound control of her abilities made her the most powerful member of the team. Best Female Rap Solo Performance. Then, with issue #232 (July 1981), the aptly titled "Back to the Basics", Byrne began his triple-threat run as writer, penciller, and (initially under the pseudonym Bjorn Heyn) inker on the celebrated title. Best Rap Solo Performance. 1980) before writer Doug Moench and penciler Bill Sienkiewicz took over for 10 issues. Best Rap Performance. Byrne then scripted two tales as well (#220-221, July-Aug.

Best Contemporary R&B Album. 1979), doing pencil breakdowns for Sinnott to finish. Best R&B Album. He started on the title with issue #209 (Aug. Best R&B Song. In the 1980s, John Byrne created what many critics call the series' best run since Lee & Kirby's. Best Rhythm & Blues Recording. Jim Steranko contributed a handful of covers.

Best Urban/Alternative Performance. After Kirby's departure from Marvel in 1970, Fantastic Four continued with Lee, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, and Marv Wolfman as its consecutive regular writers, working with artists including John Romita, Sr., John Buscema, Rich Buckler, and George Perez, with longtime inker Joe Sinnott helping to provide some visual continuity. Best R&B Instrumental Performance. In the book's most groundbreaking yet utterly natural development, Fantastic Four presented superhero comics' first pregnancy, culminating with the birth of a superhero family's first child, Franklin Benjamin Richards, in Fantastic Four Annual #5 (1968). Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. As well, the daring duo of Lee & Kirby, who eventually shared credited as co-plotting collaborators, introduced such concepts as the Negative Zone and unstable molecules, two core elements of the Marvel mythos. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Through its creators' lengthy run, the series produced many acclaimed stories and characters that have become central to Marvel, including Doctor Doom; the Silver Surfer; Galactus; the Watcher; the The Inhumans; the Black Panther; the rival alien Kree and Skrull races; and Him, who would become Adam Warlock.

Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female. Lee's intended swan song became unexpectedly and phenomenally successful; Lee and Kirby stayed together on the book and began launching other titles from which the vaunted "Marvel Universe" of additional interrelated titles and characters grew. Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. To forestall possibly upsetting DC[citation needed] (which, in addition to being a competing publisher, was also the distributor of Marvel's limited line of comics), Lee and Kirby deliberately avoided making the new book look like a competing superhero comic; the new characters appeared on the cover without costumes and had no secret identities. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. And the characters would be the kind of characters i could personally relate to: they'd be flesh and flood, they'd have their faults and foibles, they'd be fallible and feisty, and — most important of all — inside their colorful, costumed booties they'd still have feet of clay".3. Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical. "For just this once", Lee wrote, "I would do the type of story I myself would enjoy reading...

Producer of the Year, Classical. Lee teamed with artist Jack Kirby to produce a groundbreaking series featuring a family of superheroes who were fallible and more naturalistically human than virtually anything seen in superhero comics to that time. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. ...[H]er little dissertation made me suddenly realize that it was time to start concentrating on what I was doing — to carve a real career for myself in the nowhere world of comic books".2. Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. She wondered why I didn't put as much effort and creativity into the comics as I seemed to be putting into my other freelance endeavors. Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects. "[My wife] Joan was commenting about the fact that after 20 years of producing comics I was still writing television material, advertising copy and newspaper features in my spare time.

Best Engineered Album, Classical. Lee, who'd served as editor-in-chief and art director of Marvel and its predecessor companies, Timely Comics and Atlas Comics, for two decades, had by now found the medium restrictive. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. ' If the Justice League is selling ', spake he, ' why don't we put out a comic book that features a team of superheroes?' "1. Best Pop Instrumental Album. .. Best Pop Vocal Album. "It was a book called The [sic] Justice League of America and it was composed of a team of superheroes.

Best Contemporary Song. "Martin mentioned that he had noticed one of the titles published by National Comics seemed to be selling better than most", recalled Lee in 1974. Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring. Whether or not this mythic meeting actually occurred, Goodman, a publishing trend-follower aware of the JLA's strong sales, directed his comics editor, Stan Lee, to begin publishing a comic-book series about a team of superheroes. Best Pop Instrumental Performance. 1960). Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing. 1960) before going on to its own hit title (premiere cover-date: Nov.

Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing. Liebowitz, according to the story, bragged about DC's success with the superhero team the Justice League of America, which had debuted in The Brave and the Bold #28 (Feb. Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. National Periodical Publications. Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus. a.k.a. Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Legend has it that in 1961, longtime magazine and comic book publisher Martin Goodman was playing golf with rival publisher Jack Liebowitz of DC Comics.

Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female. . Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The comic-book series, which famously added the hyperbolic tagline "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine!" above the title starting with issue #4, dropped the "The" from the cover logo with #15, becoming simply Fantastic Four. Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The Fantastic Four have have remained more or less popular since, and have been adapted into other media, including three animated television series, an aborted 1990s low-budget film, and a major-studio motion picure, Fantastic Four (2005). Best Instrumental Performance. The team launched the revival of Marvel Comics in the early 1960s, giving it a pivotal place in the history of American comic books.

Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus. Uniquely at the time, and also breaking convention with comic-book archetypes, its members would squabble and even hold animosities both deep and petty toward one another at times, though ultimately truly caring for and supporting each other. Best Performance by a Chorus. Since its introduction — in which the groundbreaking team did not even hew to the convention of superhero costumes its first two issues — the Fantastic Four has been portrayed as a somewhat dysfunctional yet loving family. Best Performance by a Vocal Group. Although the group's membership has occasionally changed temporarily, it almost always consists of these four core friends and family-members, who gained superpowers after being exposed to cosmic rays during an outer space science mission:. Best Vocal Performance, Male. 1961).

Best Vocal Performance, Female. The Fantastic Four is Marvel Comics' flagship superhero team, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and debuting in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. Best Polka Album. In the PBS cartoon Arthur (TV series), a 'daydream' sequence features Buster Baxter, Arthur's best friend, emerging from a space shuttle and exhibiting the powers of the FF (one limb streches, one bursts into flame, one turns invisible, and one turns into orange rock). Best Album Notes - Classical. Since various parts of that future have been referenced since (Gert becoming an Avenger, Victor as the son of Ultron) it may be that the Richards family will continue to grow... Best Album Notes. In Runaways volume 2 #1, a time-traveller made reference to a future team called the Fantastic Fourteen.

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. Had the Fantastic Five book lasted longer, the team would have been succeeded by their superpowered offspring. Best Recording Package. Fantastic(Lyja), Psi-Lord(Franklin Richards), Big Brain(a robot with the mind of Reed Richards), and the Thing(though he may be dead). Best Album Cover, Photography. It's membership consists of the Human Torch, Ms. Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts. In the MC2 imprint, a team called the Fantastic Five exists.

Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical. In Family Guy, in the episode "Petarded", Peter Griffin refers to Fantastic Four while playing Trivial Pursuit. Best Album Cover - Classical. The name of the comics company that turns out Garfield was placed instead of Marvel Comics, as Paws Comics Group. Best Album Cover. Fantastic, Nermal was the Human Torch (who was trying to blow out his flaming tail), and Arlene was the Invisible Woman. Best New Age Album. Garfield was the Thing, Odie was Mr.

Video of the Year. The opening of a Garfield Sunday strip parodied the opening of a FF comic book. Best Performance Music Video. Ghostmare was later renamed Matriarch, paralleling the Invisible Woman's role in the Fantastic Four family as well. Best Concept Music Video. In issues 50-52 of Power Pack, a quartet of Kymellian heroes called Force 4 (Teamleader, Ghostmare, Firemane and Thunderhoof) was based in powers (though Teamleader's power was only his superior intelligence, and not any variation of Mister Fantastic's stretching power) and in name (with the exception of Ghostmare, the real names of these heroes was a Pig Latin version of their Fantastic Four counterparts') on the Fantastic Four. Best Long Form Music Video. In issues 29-30 of the 1989 Legion of Super-Heroes series, a team of four villains (Elasti-Kid 5, Ghost 6, Flare and Alloy 12) had powers based on those of the Fantastic Four.

Best Short Form Music Video. Similarly, Duke Nukem's condition was brought about due to radioactive exposure. Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television. The animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers featured a villain named Duke Nukem, who had rocky skin similar to that of the Thing. Best Musical Show Album. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Best Salsa/Merengue Album. They are counterparts to the Fantastic Four in many ways, mostly in their powers and in the relationships between the analogs to Mr.

Best Merengue Album. The Wildstorm comic series Planetary has as its main villains a group called simply The Four. Best Salsa Album. Fantastic, and the Thing, including their traditional colors. Best Tejano Album. An episode of "Atomic Betty", featured three Betty clones possessing the powers of the Torch, Mr. Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album. Only the invisibility stone was used, however.

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album. An episode of "The Mask" animated series featured four stones that granted the exact same powers as those of the Fantastic Four. Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album. (Another family-member has superspeed.) Marvel Studios chairperson Avi Arad told Entertainment Weekly that, "In the words of Stan Lee, when someone asked him about The Incredibles, he said, ' You know, it feels like I wrote it.'"5. Best Latin Pop Album. The 2004 Disney/Pixar animated feature The Incredibles is built around a family of superheroes whose powers include stretching, super strength, invisibility/force field, and, to a more briefly seen extent, flame. Best Latin Recording. The universe of writer Kurt Busiek's various Astro City comics includes a Fantastic Four-like group called The First Family.

Best Latin Jazz Album. In another episode of The Simpsons entitled "I Am Furious, Yellow" guest-starring Stan Lee, a boy in the comic book shop wants to buy a Batman action figure, but Stan tries to sell the boy an action figure of The Thing instead. Best Contemporary Jazz Album. In The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror XIV episode, Bart discovers a magic stopwatch; near the end of the episode he gives it to Lisa, who presses the button repeatedly — at one point briefly turning the family into the Fantastic Four. Best Jazz Vocal Album. In The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror X episode, Bart and Lisa are exposed to radiation and transformed into 'Stretch Dude' and 'Clobber Girl'. Best Original Jazz Composition. The hit cartoon show The Simpsons has also poked fun at the Fantastic Four.

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    Best Jazz Fusion Performance. The SpongeBob SquarePants episode Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V had a parody of the Fantastic Four, although SpongeBob's powers were a parody of The Flash and not of a particular Fantastic Four member. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. An early episode of Batman Beyond, called "Heroes," features a trio of superheroes who closely resemble The Fantastic Four. Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group. An episode of the animated series The Venture Bros., titled Ice Station Impossible, involved an obvious parody of the Fantastic Four (especially their costumes,) with powers more horrific than beneficial. Best Jazz Instrumental Solo. He would later appear as the Cyborg Superman.

    Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group. The Mr Fantastic analogue managed to prevent his wife from fading from existence before seeming to die himself. Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male. The Thing and Human Torch analogues died as a result. Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female. In DC Comics' Adventures of Superman #466, a space shuttle crew gained the powers of the Fantastic Four, but were unable to control them. Best Historical Album. She gets all the powers of Invisible Woman and calls herself "Invisible Sister".

    Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album. The only person to get a Fantastic Four power is Libby. Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album. On an episode of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Jimmy and his friends pass through a radiation belt that gives them super powers. Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. The cartoon series The Tick featured in several episodes an obvious Fantastic Four parody known as The Civic Minded Five, which included team members Four-Legged Man, Captain Mucilage, The Carpeted Man, Jungle Janet, and Feral Boy. Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album. The cover to Fantastic Four #1 is likely the most-spoofed comic book cover ever.

    Best Rock Gospel Album. Fantastic Four (1994 animated series). Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album. Fantastic Four (1978 animated series). Best Inspirational Performance. Fantastic Four (1967 animated series). Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus. Wizard.

    Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male or Female. Trapster. Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male. Thundra. Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female. The Sandman. Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary. Terrax.

    Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional. Thanos. Best Soul Gospel Performance. Super-Skrull. Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus. Skrulls. Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male. Red Ghost.

    Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female. Puppet Master. Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary. Overmind. Best Gospel Performance, Traditional. Molecule Man. Best Gospel Performance. Mole Man.

    Best Hawaiian Music Album. Mephisto. Best Native American Music Album. Mad Thinker. Best Contemporary Folk Album. Klaw. Best Traditional Folk Album. Kang the Conqueror/Rama-Tut/Immortus.

    Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording. Impossible Man. Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (previously in the "composing and arranging" field). Hydro-Man. Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (previously in the "composing and arranging" field). Galactus. Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. Frightful Four.

    Best Disco Recording. Dragon Man. Best Electronic/Dance Album. Doctor Doom. Best Dance Recording (previously in "Pop"). Diablo. Best New Country & Western Artist. Devos (The Destroyer).

    Best Bluegrass Album. Blastaar. Best Country Album. Annihilus. Best Country Song. Air-Walker. Best Country & Western Single. Wyatt Wingfoot.

    Best Country & Western Recording. Postal worker Willie Lumpkin. Best Country Instrumental Performance. The Watcher. Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. Silver Surfer. Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Namor the Sub-Mariner.

    Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or Instrumental. Triton. Best Male Country Vocal Performance. Karnak. Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Gorgon. Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices. Medusa (former FF member).

    Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s). Crystal (former FF member). Best Instrumental Arrangement. Black Bolt. Best Arrangement. The Inhumans

      . Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (now in the "film/TV/media" field). Alicia Masters.

      Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (now in the "Film/TV/Media" field). In the main Marvel Universe, they stepped in to temporarily replace the team when the Four had been kidnapped by an enemy, while in the Ages of Apocalypse timeline, they remained in the roles more permanently. Best Instrumental Composition. The Hulk, Spider-Man, Wolverine and Ghost Rider have together served as a complete replacement-Fantastic Four on occasion. Best Spoken Comedy Album. Attracted to Ant Man's daughter, joined team in last issues of series I. Best Comedy Album. Kristoff - Doctor Doom's protege, mind-conditioned to behave as Doom.

      Best New Classical Artist. Fantastic was missing and presumed dead. Best Classical Crossover Album. Ant Man II - Scott Lang, reformed thief utilizing Henry Pym's shrinking particles; briefly hired when Reed Richards/Mr. Best Classical Album. Lyja - An undercover Skrull whom Johnny Storm married, believing her to be Alicia Masters. Best Classical Contemporary Composition. wrestler Sharon Ventura; gained powers and appearance similar to the Thing's.

      Best Chamber Music Performance. Marvel - Former pro. Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor). Ms. Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra). She-Hulk - Jennifer Walters, first cousin of Bruce Banner, the Hulk; replacement for the Thing. Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra). Nova - Mutant Frankie Raye; later became herald to Galactus.

      Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra). Luke Cage - Power Man - Replacement during the Thing's brief absence. Best Choral Performance. Crystal - An Inhuman and Johnny Storm's girlfriend at the time; left due to pollution allergies. Best Opera Recording. Medusa - An Inhuman; filled-in for the pregnant Invisible Girl. Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral. - Humanoid Experimental Robot; replaced Human Torch in 1978 TV series.

      Best Classical Vocal Performance. H.E.R.B.I.E. Best Orchestral Performance. The Human Torch - Jonathan Lowell Spencer "Johnny" Storm. Best Spoken Word Album for Children. Invisible Woman (previously Invisible Girl) - Susan Richards (née Storm). Best Musical Album for Children. The Thing - Benjamin Jacob "Ben" Grimm.

      Best Album for Children. Mister Fantastic - Reed Richards. Best Contemporary Blues Album. List of Fantastic Four members. Best Traditional Blues Album. Best Alternative Music Album.

      Grammy Trustees Award. Grammy Tech Award. Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Grammy Legend Award.

      Grammy Hall of Fame. Best New Artist. Song of the Year. Album of the Year.

      Record of the Year. 1988 - Aretha. 1986 - "Freeway of Love". 1982 - "Hold On, I'm Comin'".

      1975 - "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing". 1974 - "Master of Eyes". 1973 - Young, Gifted, and Black. 1972 - "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

      1971 - "Don't Play That Song". 1970 - "Share Your Love With Me". 1969 - "Chain of Fools". 1968 - "Respect".

      1971 Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water". 1970 5th Dimension - "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In". Robinson". 1969 Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs.

      1968 5th Dimension - "Up, Up and Away". 1967 Frank Sinatra - "Strangers in the Night". 1966 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - "A Taste of Honey". Best New Age Album (2004).

      Best Jazz Instrumental Solo (2001). Best Rock Instrumental Performance (1999). Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group (1998, 2000). Best Contemporary Jazz Performance/Album (1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2003).

      Best Instrumental Composition (1991). Best Jazz Fusion Performance (1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990).