The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents the Grammy Awar

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The Grammy Awards will be presented on Tuesday,March 1st.The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents the Grammy Awards each year.The awards go to the most successful people in the recording industry.Recording artists,song writers and technicians organized the academy more than 30 years ago.They wanted to recognize excellent musical recordings and those who create them.Academy members vote to choose the best work of the year.There are now more than 70 awards.They include "Album of the Year","Record of the Year",and "Song of the Year".The Grammy itself is a small gold statue.It is shaped like earlier record players called gramophones.The word "grammy" is a short way of saying "gramophone".This year British singer Sting is nominated for six Grammy Awards.These include "Album of the Year","Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year".He also is nominated for "Best Pop Male Singer" for this song If I Ever Lose My Faith in You ...(singing) Another singer nominated for more than one Grammy Award this year is Billy Joel whose nominations include "Album of the Year" and "Record of the Year".He also is nominated for "Song of the Year" for River of Dreams ...(singing) Two recordings by country singer and song writer Mary Chapen Carpenter are nominated for "Best Country Song of the Year".We leave you with one of those songs.It is called "The Hard Way" ...