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. Some of the cartoons MTV has produced:. Years reflect the year in which the awards were presented, for music released in the previous year. Most of its other cartoons have lasted only for a single season, despite usually being original and creative. World. MTV has a history of cartoons with mature themes, the most notable probably being Beavis and Butt-head, and its spin-off, Daria. Traditional Pop. However many people believe that MTV is liberal biased.

Spoken. Presidential election, airing programs focused on the issues and opinions of young people, including a program where viewers could ask questions of Senator John Kerry on live TV. Surround Sound. It covered the 2004 U.S. Rock. Other politically diverse programmes include True Life, which documents people's lives and problems, and shows an epilogue of after the show was shot; MTV News Specials, which centers on very current events in both the music industry and the world; and a lot of other shows based on the current times. Reggae. The group ended up being caught in the midst of an attack outside of the hotel and were subsequently flown out of the country.

Rap. MTV aired a popular band's Sum 41 trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, documenting the conflict there. R&B. presidential election (two years ago the network spent a large amount of time on the 2004 election), and war in other countries, among other topics. Production and engineering. These shows include: "think MTV," which talks about current political issues such as gay marriage, the U.S. Pop. After so many shots to the network about the content of programmes, they started showing a plethora of political and economic shows.

Polka. The song Stinkfist by Tool was renamed "Track #1" since the title was considered "too offensive for public consumption" . Packaging and notes. Also, the song "Four Kicks" by Kings of Leon has the words "guns" and "switchblade" censored in the chorus. New Age. Edits include "45" by Shinedown (it is renamed "Starring Down" and a good portion of the chorus is edited to eliminate gun references), "We Are All On Drugs" by Weezer (It is renamed "We Are All In Love" and lyrics are changed from "On Drugs" to "In Love", and "Hash Pipe" by Weezer (the word "Hash" is obscured, and the vocal has been edited to sound like "Half"). Music Video. MTV has also heavily edited a number of music videos, frequently to remove references to drugs or weapons.

Musical Show. The creators of Jackass often felt that MTV's producers did not let the show run its free course due to the excessive restraints under which they put the Jackass team. Latin. This was most prevalent in the eventual decline of the hit show Jackass. Jazz. MTV has also come under criticism for being far too politically correct and sensitive when it came to censorship. Historical. Afterwards the NFL indicated that MTV would not produce any further Super Bowl halftime shows, or any public event.

Gospel. This infamous halftime show featured the exposure of one of Janet Jackson's breasts, which was shown on live television. Folk. The channel also faced criticism in the wake of the Super Bowl XXXVIII half time show — which it had produced. Film/TV/Media. 1 Because of the criticism the channel received over this, both MTV and VH1 decided to show the whole 10-hour Live 8 concert again the following weekend, this time without any commercial breaks or VJ interruptions. Disco. MTV VJ's came onscreen to talk during the first guitar solo in "Comfortably Numb," then cut back for a few seconds before playing a commercial.

Dance. The epitome of this was the widely reported decision to cut to commercial during Pink Floyd's performance in London, which was bassist Roger Waters' first performance with the rest of the band since 1981. Country. The broadcast of music was limited, as the network cut to its on-air personalities, celebrity interviews, and commercials in the middle of live acts. Composing and arranging. MTV and VH1 drew heavy criticism for their coverage of Live 8, the multinational concert of musical artists which raised awareness for African debt relief. Comedy. The show also airs homosexual daters, which can be seen as controversial due to its open sexual nature that is open to viewers of various ages.

Classical. There are also critics of MTV and their reality shows such as NEXT, the game dating show that demoralizes individuals by making the daters complete various tasks and games only to be "Nexted" when they were not pleasing enough because of their looks. Children's. It was also said by someone that 'MTV was porn for children!' (later in the evening and during the night, MTV tend to show slightly more adult-themed programming, most of the adult-themed programming was pornographic movies and shows). Blues. There have also been some critics who have said that MTV promotes bad behavior (mainly premarital sex, war propaganda, and even recreational drug use) to the youth of America by embracing the behaviors of certain celebrities who are not good role models. Alternative. Although it could be argued that MTV is simply giving airtime to the most popular acts in a given country, the counter-argument could also be made that these acts get popular simply because of the exposure that MTV gives them.

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. Critics also claim that bands sell well because they get a lot of exposure on MTV, rather than MTV picking the best bands to promote; and that MTV has too much influence in the music industry. 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. Ironically, the channel has also been criticized for lacking programming. The most Grammys won in a single night is eight -- a record shared by Michael Jackson (1984), and Carlos Santana (2000). MTV UK has also been attacked for over-use of on-screen graphics, such as logos, programme promotion and countdown timers, and its electronica-themed genre channel MTV Dance is often derided for playing a lack of dance music during the day, preferring a mix of pop-dance, pop, and R&B. Conductor Sir Georg Solti holds the record for most Grammys won, having won a total of thirty-eight awards before his death in 1997. MTV channel does occasionally play music videos (albeit rarely) instead of exclusively relegating them to their genre channels.

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 primary U.S. Legendary Opera Diva Leontyne Price has won 18 awards. The same criticism has also been made of MTV in the USA, with its dearth of music videos, and its stronger focus on reality shows such as Road Rules, The Real World, Laguna Beach, and others as well. Session drummer Hal Blaine played on six consecutive records which won Record of the Year:. Videos are also often played between other shows and at night. Metheny, as of the 2004 Grammy Awards, holds the record for Grammy wins in the most different categories:. Many argue, however, that as MTV runs nine music channels in the UK, it has delegated music videos to its genre channels in a bid to differentiate itself from the competition of the fourteen other music video-oriented channels.

Pat Metheny and the Pat Metheny Group have won 16 Grammys in total, including six consecutive awards for six consecutive albums. MTV UK has recently been under fire as it no longer airs any daytime music videos, outside of parts of a few shows like Total Request Live and Making the Video, and focuses primarily on MTV produced reality shows such as The Osbournes and Punk'd. . As early as 1985, some musicians were criticizing MTV for these reasons, perhaps most famously Dead Kennedys with "MTV − Get off the Air". The Grammys are currently broadcast on CBS. Because of its visibility as a promotional tool for the recording industry, MTV has been criticized as overly commercial and accused of denigrating the importance of music in the music industry (replacing it with a purely visual aesthetic); this is an ongoing problem for punk and emo bands. 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). This is in part because many young African-Americans prefer to watch BET rather than MTV.

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). Subsequently, MTV delved heavily into black musical acts, developing several hip-hop music-themed programs such as Yo! MTV Raps, and got rid of MTV X to make room for MTV Jams. Of the "big three" music awards shows, the Grammys are the highest rated. Shortly thereafter, the network began heavily featuring videos from Michael Jackson's album Thriller, in particular "Billie Jean" and "Thriller", and Prince's album 1999, in particular the videos for the title track and "Little Red Corvette". 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. MTV executives countered by claiming that there were few—if any—promotional videos available from black and other minority acts, although artists such as Diana Ross and The Jacksons had been making music videos before MTV existed. Hence, the Grammys are not taken seriously by some musicians and music fans. In its early years, MTV was criticized as racist, since the acts it featured were nearly exclusively white.

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. MTV Networks and Viacom have launched numerous native-language MTV-branded music channels to countries worldwide. The awards ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the more prominent Grammys are presented in a widely-viewed televised ceremony. MTV recently broadcast a new Indian Pop Culture channel called MTV Desi and University-oriented channel mtvU. The awards are named for the trophy which the winner receives - a small gilded statuette of a gramophone, handcrafted by Billings Artworks. Viacom, parent company of the MTV Networks, is also behind VH1, which is aimed at celebrity and popular culture programming; and CMT, which targets the country music market. 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 advent of digital satellite and cable has also brought greater diversity including channels such as MTV2, which features the slogan "Where The Music's At." In the U.S., MTV2 initially focused on playing music videos and other music-related programming exclusively; in Europe, MTV2 plays specific genres of music (mainly alternative and rock).

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. In November 2004, MTV announced it would begin airing in February 2005 MTV Base in Africa, [2] thereby reaching the world's last major populated area previously not served by MTV. 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 2004, MTV's parent company Viacom bought Germany's largest provider for music television Viva Media AG, thereby creating the largest company for music on the European mainland. Best Contemporary World Music Album. In the fall of 2004, Ozzy Osbourne's reality show Battle for Ozzfest aired. Best Traditional World Music Album. The success of Newlyweds was followed in June 2004 by The Ashlee Simpson Show, which documented the beginnings of the music career of Ashlee Simpson, Jessica Simpson's younger sister.

Best World Music Album. It has run for three seasons. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. In 2003, Newlyweds, another popular reality TV show that follows the lives of Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, a music celebrity couple, began. Best Spoken Comedy Album. television. Best Spoken Word Album. The show went on to become one of the network's biggest ever success stories and kick-started a musical career for Kelly Osbourne, while Sharon Osbourne went on to host a talk show on U.S.

Best Surround Sound Album. In 2002, MTV aired the first episode of another reality show, The Osbournes, based on the everyday life of former, Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, his wife Sharon, and two of their children, Jack and Kelly. Best Rock Album. The show ran for three seasons and spawned numerous imitations, including the currently running Fear Factor on NBC. Best Rock Song. In 2000, MTV's Fear became the first 'scary' reality show where contestants filmed themselves. Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental. By the second half of the 1990s, MTV programming consisted primarily of non-music programming.

Best Metal Performance. MTV started off showing music videos nearly full-time, but as time passed they introduced a variety of other shows, including animated cartoons such as Beavis and Butt-head and Daria; "reality" shows such as The Real World and Road Rules; prank/comedic shows such as The Tom Green Show, Jackass, and Punk'd; and soap operas such as Undressed. Best Hard Rock Performance. Today, MTV Networks also owns Nickelodeon, a cable channel airing children's and family programming. Best Rock Instrumental Performance. VH1 featured more popular music than MTV. Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. After MTV's programming shifted towards heavy metal and rap music, MTV Networks launched a second network, Video Hits 1 (VH-1), in 1985.

Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo. In 1992, the network would add a movie award show with similar success. Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Seen as a fit of self-indulgence by a fledgling network at the time, the "VMAs" developed into a music-industry showcase marketed as a hip antidote to the Grammy awards. Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. In 1984 the network produced its first MTV Video Music Awards show. Best Reggae Album. Madonna rose to fame on MTV in the 1980s, and to this day continues to use the network to promote her music.

Best Rap Album. Michael Jackson launched the second wave of his career as an MTV staple. Best Rap Song. 1980s bands immediately identifiable with MTV include Eurythmics, RATT, Culture Club, Def Leppard, Duran Duran and Bon Jovi. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. A large number of rock stars of the 1980s and 1990s were made into household names by MTV. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Several noted film directors got their start creating music videos, including Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, and David Fincher.

Best Male Rap Solo Performance. The early music videos that made up the bulk of the network's programming in the '80s were often crude promotional or concert clips from whatever sources could be found; as the popularity of the network rose, and record companies recognized the potential of the medium as a tool to gain recognition and publicity, they began to create increasingly elaborate clips specifically for the network. Best Female Rap Solo Performance. The term VJ (video jockey) was coined, a play on the term DJ (disc jockey.) Many VJs eventually became celebrities in their own right. Best Rap Solo Performance. Fresh-faced young men and women were hired to host the show's programming, and to introduce videos that were being played. Best Rap Performance. The early format of the network was modeled after Top 40 radio.

Best Contemporary R&B Album. (With similar tongue-in-cheek humor, the first video shown on MTV Europe was "Money for Nothing," by Dire Straits, which starts and finishes with repetition of the line "I want my MTV," voiced by Sting; on MTV Latino, the first video shown was "We Are Southamerican Rockers" by the Chilean band Los Prisioneros.). Best R&B Album. It went to air with the words, "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll!" Appropriately, the first music video shown on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles (often wrongly attributed to one of their contemporaries with a similar name, The Bangles). Best R&B Song. MTV started in New York City but was available in most of the United States by the mid-1980s with the nationwide expansion of cable. Best Rhythm & Blues Recording. [1].

Best Urban/Alternative Performance. The programming was created by the visionary music producer, Bob Pittman, who later became president and chief executive officer, of MTV Networks. Best R&B Instrumental Performance. At midnight on August 1, 1981, the format was changed to music video (using a concept originally devised and sold to Warner Amex by Michael Nesmith, previously a member of the hit pop band The Monkees), and the name was changed to "MTV—Music Television". Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. The popularity of the channel prompted Warner Amex to market the channel nationally to other cable services. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. One of these specialized channels was Sight On Sound, a music channel that featured concert footage and music oriented TV programs; with the interactive Qube service, viewers could vote for their favorite songs and artists.

Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male or Female. The Qube system offered many specialized channels, including a children's channel called Pinwheel which would later become Nickelodeon. Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. MTV's roots can be traced back to 1977, when Warner-Amex Cable (a joint venture between Warner Communications and American Express) launched the first two-way interactive cable TV system, Qube, in Columbus, Ohio. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. . Remixer of the Year, Non-Classical. In the 90's, MTV was often considered to be the driving force in American pop culture, but this influence has dramatically declined.

Producer of the Year, Classical. MTV's combination of music videos, youthful video jockeys, irreverent commentary, promotion of special rock concerts, and news and documentaries about bands and performers established the network's popularity with youthful viewers, and it became a leading promoter of new rock music and rock musicians. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. In 1985, it was acquired by Viacom Inc., and was folded into MTV Networks, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary. Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. The network was founded on August 1, 1981 as an operation of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, a joint venture of Warner Communications and American Express. Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects. Originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music, MTV later became an outlet for a variety of different material aimed at adolescents and young adults.

Best Engineered Album, Classical. MTV: Music Television is a young adult cable television network headquartered in New York City. Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The opening track on Pantera's "The Great Southern Trendkill" song with the same name include the lyrics, "Buy it at a store, From MTV to on the floor, You look just like a star, It's proof you dont know who you are.". Best Pop Instrumental Album. XLR was directed by Chris Prynoski, a former MTV animator whose own show (Downtown) had been cancelled by MTV years ago. Best Pop Vocal Album. Cartoon series Megas XLR frequently features the destruction of billboards and other paraphernilia for a group called "PoP TV", whose symbol is clearly based on the MTV Logo.

Best Contemporary Song. Lyrics to Beck's "MTV Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack" include "MTV makes me wanna burn flesh!/Having an orgy down in the satellite dish!". Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring. Lyrics to Reel Big Fish's "Don't Start A Band" include "And even if you make itall the way to MTV/I don't think you could take it all the bullshit and the greed.". Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Lyrics to Manowar's "Blow Your Speakers" include "Wrote a letter to the MTV/What’s goin’ on now/Don’t ya care about me.". Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra - Primarily Not Jazz or for Dancing. Bowling for Soup's "1985," contains the line, "Bring back Springsteen, Madonna, way before Nirvana there was U2 and Blondie, and music still on MTV.".

Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing. The song "MTV − Get off the Air" by the Dead Kennedys was a protest against the content and style of music that dominated MTV during the '80s. Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. The declining popularity of MTV was noted as Bart scrawled "I no longer want my MTV" in a Simpsons' season 9 chalkboard gag; a parody of Dire Straits' 1985 song "Money for Nothing.". Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus. George Michael's "Freedom '90" makes reference to the pressures the network placed on visual image: "I went back home, got a brand new face / For the boys at MTV". Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. "Habla Tu MTV".

Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance - Male or Female. "MTV Ayos" (MTV Philippines). Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. "MTV Gue Banget"(MTV indonesia,2001-present). Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. "Nongkrong di MTV" (Slogan in MTV Asia for MTV Indonesia before MTV Indonesia aired (1997-2001). Best Instrumental Performance. "MTV Enjoy".

Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus. "Just See MTV". Best Performance by a Chorus. "Best Watch Your MTVs". Best Performance by a Vocal Group. "Not on TV, on M-TV". Best Vocal Performance, Male. "Think".

Best Vocal Performance, Female. Best watch your MTV's". Best Polka Album. "Don't let Jerry Win. Best Album Notes - Classical. "I Like..." (MTV Asia). Best Album Notes. The fact that since then MTV has played very little music may also add to why this slogan was dropped.).

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. "The Number One Music Channel" (slogan used for MTV UK from 2000 to 2002 as the channel broadcasts on digital cable and digital satellite, the slogan was axed in 2003. Best Recording Package. "I love my MTV". Best Album Cover, Photography. "MT-blah: Blah-blah Tele-blah". Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts. "MTV News: You Hear it First".

Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical. "M-m-m-m T-t-t-t V-v-v-v". Best Album Cover - Classical. "Watch and Learn". Best Album Cover. "Some People Just Don't Get It". Best New Age Album. "MTV Lives In Your Music".

Video of the Year. Proud as a Moon Man" ("Weird Al" Yankovic's spoof of NBC's 1979-1981 slogan Proud as a Peacock). Best Performance Music Video. "MTV.. Best Concept Music Video. "I want my MTV". Best Long Form Music Video. 3 South.

Best Short Form Music Video. Liquid Television. Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television. Spy Groove. Best Musical Show Album. The Maxx. Best Salsa/Merengue Album. Æon Flux.

Best Merengue Album. Cartoon Sushi. Best Salsa Album. Undergrads. Best Tejano Album. Quads!. Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album. Downtown.

Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album. Daria. Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album. Clone High. Best Latin Pop Album. Celebrity Deathmatch. Best Latin Recording. Beavis and Butt-head.

Best Latin Jazz Album. Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Best Jazz Vocal Album. Best Original Jazz Composition.

Best Jazz Fusion Performance. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group. Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.

Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group. Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male. Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female. Best Historical Album.

Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album. Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album. Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album.

Best Rock Gospel Album. Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album. Best Inspirational Performance. Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus.

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male or Female. Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male. Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female. Best Soul Gospel Performance, Contemporary.

Best Soul Gospel Performance, Traditional. Best Soul Gospel Performance. Best Gospel Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, Choir or Chorus. Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male.

Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Female. Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary. Best Gospel Performance, Traditional. Best Gospel Performance.

Best Hawaiian Music Album. Best Native American Music Album. Best Contemporary Folk Album. Best Traditional Folk Album.

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

Best Disco Recording. Best Electronic/Dance Album. Best Dance Recording (previously in "Pop"). Best New Country & Western Artist.

Best Bluegrass Album. Best Country Album. Best Country Song. Best Country & Western Single.

Best Country & Western Recording. Best Country Instrumental Performance. Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

Best Country Performance, Duo or Group - Vocal or Instrumental. Best Male Country Vocal Performance. Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices.

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s). Best Instrumental Arrangement. Best Arrangement. Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (now in the "film/TV/media" field).

Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (now in the "Film/TV/Media" field). Best Instrumental Composition. Best Spoken Comedy Album. Best Comedy Album.

Best New Classical Artist. Best Classical Crossover Album. Best Classical Album. Best Classical Contemporary Composition.

Best Chamber Music Performance. Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor). Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra). Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra).

Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with or without orchestra). Best Choral Performance. Best Opera Recording. Best Classical Performance, Operatic or Choral.

Best Classical Vocal Performance. Best Orchestral Performance. Best Spoken Word Album for Children. Best Musical Album for Children.

Best Album for Children. Best Contemporary Blues Album. 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).