The Grammy Award presentations have also grown from a series of network
TV taped specials in the '60s called "The Best on Record," which featured
performances by Grammy Winners who were honored at awards ceremonies held
earlier in the year, to today's live awards telecasts, which began in 1971
and are now seen in 80 countries (as well as the new fifteen independent
Soviet republics, which will get their first view of the Grammy's with
this year's live telecast).  The show, which for the last 15 years has
emanated from either Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium or New York's Radio
City Music Hall, is headlined by major artists in every field of recording
and is now a three-hour telecast.  The Recording Academy has also hosted a
Grammy Salute to Oscar Winning Songs, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement
telecast, two Grammy Legends TV specials and a Grammy Hall of Fame telecast.

Other awards presented by the Recording Academy include the Lifetime
Achievement Award, first presented in 1965, which honors performers and
other music professionals who have made outstanding creative contributions
to recording in their lifetimes.  The Trustee Award followed in 1967,
recognizing primarily non-performing contributions whose scope does
not fall within the regular framework of the Grammy Award categories.
And the Recording Academy's Hall of Fame was established in 1973 to
commemorate recording of lasting, qualitative or historical significance
released before the Grammy Awards began.  (This year, the ruling was
changed to include recordings released over twenty-five years ago.)
Grammy categories have also continued to evolve, as evidenced by the
more recent addition of rap, metal, alternative and world music categories.