List of Grammy Award ceremony locations

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The Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles is the current home of the Grammy Awards and has hosted nineteen times

The Grammy Awards have been held at multiple locations throughout the years. In 1971 the Grammy Awards had its first live telecast and therefore had its own sole venue each year for the telecast. From 1963 to 1970 the Academy aired a TV special annually called "The Best On Record" which highlighted the awards dinners. Since 2000, the Grammy Awards have been held most years at Crypto.com Arena located in Downtown Los Angeles.

Non-televised era[]

From 1959 to 1970 Awards dinners were held in the following locations simultaneously on the same day:

  • 1959–1961: Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and New York
  • 1962–1964: Chicago, Los Angeles and New York
  • 1965–1970: Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York

Televised era[]

Grammy Award ceremonies have been televised live since 1971. The Crypto.com Arena (known as Staples Center from 1999 until 2021) has hosted the most Grammy Award telecasts, having hosted nineteen times. The Shrine Auditorium which hosted sixteen times was surpassed by the Staples Center in 2017. Los Angeles has held a total of 38 Grammy Award telecasts, with New York having hosted ten times and Nashville serving as host once.

Ceremonies[]

Ceremony Date Venue Venue City Host Network Viewers
(in millions)
1st Annual Grammy Awards May 4, 1959 Various (including Beverly Hilton Hotel) Beverly Hills & New York City Mort Sahl NBC N/A
2nd Annual Grammy Awards November 29, 1959 Meredith Willson
3rd Annual Grammy Awards April 13, 1961 None
4th Annual Grammy Awards May 29, 1962 Various (including Beverly Hilton Hotel) Chicago, Los Angeles & New York City
5th Annual Grammy Awards May 15, 1963 Frank Sinatra
6th Annual Grammy Awards May 12, 1964 None
7th Annual Grammy Awards April 13, 1965 Beverly Hilton Hotel Beverly Hills
8th Annual Grammy Awards March 15, 1966 Various Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York City Jerry Lewis
9th Annual Grammy Awards March 2, 1967 None
10th Annual Grammy Awards February 29, 1968
11th Annual Grammy Awards March 12, 1969
12th Annual Grammy Awards March 11, 1970
13th Annual Grammy Awards March 16, 1971 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles Andy Williams ABC
14th Annual Grammy Awards March 15, 1972 Madison Square Garden New York City
15th Annual Grammy Awards March 3, 1973 Tennessee Theatre Nashville CBS
16th Annual Grammy Awards March 2, 1974 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles
17th Annual Grammy Awards March 1, 1975 Uris Theater New York City
18th Annual Grammy Awards February 28, 1976 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles
19th Annual Grammy Awards February 19, 1977 28.86[1]
20th Annual Grammy Awards February 23, 1978 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles John Denver N/A
21st Annual Grammy Awards February 15, 1979 31.31[1]
22nd Annual Grammy Awards February 27, 1980 Kenny Rogers 32.39[1]
23rd Annual Grammy Awards February 25, 1981 Radio City Music Hall New York City Paul Simon 28.57[1]
24th Annual Grammy Awards February 24, 1982 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles John Denver 24.02[1]
25th Annual Grammy Awards February 23, 1983 30.86[1]
26th Annual Grammy Awards February 28, 1984 51.67[1]
27th Annual Grammy Awards February 26, 1985 37.12[1]
28th Annual Grammy Awards February 25, 1986 Kenny Rogers 30.39[1]
29th Annual Grammy Awards February 24, 1987 Billy Crystal 27.91[1]
30th Annual Grammy Awards March 2, 1988 Radio City Music Hall New York City 32.76[1]
31st Annual Grammy Awards February 22, 1989 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles 23.57[1]
32nd Annual Grammy Awards February 21, 1990 Garry Shandling 28.83[1]
33rd Annual Grammy Awards February 20, 1991 Radio City Music Hall New York City 28.89[1]
34th Annual Grammy Awards February 25, 1992 Whoopi Goldberg 23.10[1]
35th Annual Grammy Awards February 24, 1993 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles Garry Shandling 29.87[1]
36th Annual Grammy Awards March 1, 1994 Radio City Music Hall New York City 23.69[1]
37th Annual Grammy Awards March 1, 1995 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles Paul Reiser 17.27[1]
38th Annual Grammy Awards February 28, 1996 Ellen DeGeneres 21.50[1]
39th Annual Grammy Awards February 26, 1997 Madison Square Garden New York City 19.21[1]
40th Annual Grammy Awards February 25, 1998 Radio City Music Hall Kelsey Grammer 25.04[1]
41st Annual Grammy Awards February 24, 1999 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles Rosie O'Donnell 24.88[1]
42nd Annual Grammy Awards February 23, 2000 Crypto.com Arena 27.79[1]
43rd Annual Grammy Awards February 21, 2001 Jon Stewart 26.65[1]
44th Annual Grammy Awards February 27, 2002 18.96[1]
45th Annual Grammy Awards February 23, 2003 Madison Square Garden New York City None 24.82[1]
46th Annual Grammy Awards February 8, 2004 Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles 26.29[1]
47th Annual Grammy Awards February 13, 2005 Queen Latifah 18.80[1]
48th Annual Grammy Awards February 8, 2006 None 17.00[1]
49th Annual Grammy Awards February 11, 2007 20.05[1]
50th Annual Grammy Awards February 10, 2008 17.18[1]
51st Annual Grammy Awards February 8, 2009 19.04[1]
52nd Annual Grammy Awards January 31, 2010 25.80[2]
53rd Annual Grammy Awards February 13, 2011 26.55[3]
54th Annual Grammy Awards February 12, 2012 LL Cool J 39.91[4]
55th Annual Grammy Awards February 10, 2013 28.37[5]
56th Annual Grammy Awards January 26, 2014 28.51[6]
57th Annual Grammy Awards February 8, 2015 25.30[7]
58th Annual Grammy Awards February 15, 2016 24.95[8]
59th Annual Grammy Awards February 12, 2017 James Corden 26.05[9]
60th Annual Grammy Awards January 28, 2018 Madison Square Garden New York City 19.80[10]
61st Annual Grammy Awards February 10, 2019 Crypto.com Arena Los Angeles Alicia Keys 19.88[11]
62nd Annual Grammy Awards January 26, 2020 18.70[12]
63rd Annual Grammy Awards March 14, 2021 Los Angeles Convention Center Trevor Noah 8.8[13]
64th Annual Grammy Awards April 3, 2022 MGM Grand Garden Arena[14] Las Vegas TBA

Multiple ceremonies locations[]

Most frequent venues[]

With nineteen telecasts hosted, Crypto.com Arena has hosted the most Grammy telecasts. It surpassed the Shrine Auditorium as the most frequently used venue in 2016. The Shrine Auditorium hosted fifteen times between 1978 and 1999.

While Crypto.com Arena hosts the main telecast which is broadcast on CBS, the premiere ceremony (also known as the Pre-Telecast) is held at the neighboring Microsoft Theater, which is just across the street from the Crypto.com Arena. The MusiCares Person of the Year tribute is held at the adjacent Los Angeles Convention Center two days prior to the Grammy Awards.

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th
Venue Crypto.com Arena Shrine Auditorium Beverly Hilton Hotel Radio City Music Hall Hollywood Palladium
Madison Square Garden
Tennessee Theatre
Gershwin Theatre
Los Angeles Convention Center
MGM Grand Garden Arena
Number of Telecasts 19 15 7 6 4 1

Most frequent host cities[]

Los Angeles has hosted a total of 39 Grammy Award telecasts

Los Angeles has held a total of 39 Grammy telecasts, and a total of 51 including the pre-broadcast era years. Las Vegas will host the Grammy Awards for the first time in 2022.

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
City Los Angeles, CA New York City, NY Chicago, IL Nashville, TN
Las Vegas, NV
Number of Pre-Telecast Era Award Ceremonies 12 11 6 0
Number of Telecasts 39 11 0 1
Total Number of Times Hosted 51 22 6 1

Multiple ceremonies hosted[]

The following individuals have hosted (or co-hosted) the Grammy Awards ceremony on two or more occasions.

Host Number of Ceremonies
Andy Williams 7
John Denver 6
LL Cool J 5
Garry Shandling 4
Billy Crystal 3
James Corden 2
Ellen DeGeneres
Alicia Keys
Trevor Noah
Rosie O'Donnell
Kenny Rogers
Jon Stewart

See also[]

References[]

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External links[]

  • Awards at the Internet Movie Database
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