Grammy Award for Best Polka Album
Grammy Award for Best Polka Album | |
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Awarded for | Quality National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
First awarded | 1986 |
Last awarded | 2008 |
Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Polka Album was an award presented at the
Originally called the Grammy Award for Best Polka Recording, the award was first presented to
Sturr holds the record for the most wins in this category, with a total of eighteen (including six as the leader of the group known as Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra). Sturr also holds the record for the most consecutive Grammy wins.[6] Walter Ostanek received the award three times consecutively, and the band Brave Combo was presented the award twice.[7] American artists were presented with the award more than any other nationality, though it was presented to Ostanek and his band from Canada three times. Lenny Gomulka holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with twelve.
Recipients
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Indicates a joint award for that year |
Year[I] | Performing artist(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. |
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1986
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Frankie Yankovic | 70 Years of Hits |
|
[2] [3] |
1987 *
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Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra | I Remember Warsaw |
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[8] |
Eddie Blazonczyk's Versatones | Another Polka Celebration | |||
1988
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Jimmy Sturr | A Polka Just for Me |
|
[9] |
1989
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Jimmy Sturr | Born to Polka |
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[10] |
1990
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Jimmy Sturr | All in My Love for You |
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[11] |
1991
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Jimmy Sturr | When It's Polka Time at Your House |
|
[12] |
1992
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Jimmy Sturr | Live at Gilley's! |
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[13] |
1993
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Walter Ostanek and His Band | 35th Anniversary |
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[14] |
1994
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Walter Ostanek and His Band | Accordionally Yours |
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[15] |
1995
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Walter Ostanek Band | Music and Friends |
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[16] |
1996
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Jimmy Sturr | I Love to Polka |
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[17] |
1997
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Jimmy Sturr | Polka! All Night Long |
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[18] |
1998
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Jimmy Sturr | Living on Polka Time |
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[19] |
1999
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Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra | Dance with Me |
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[20] |
2000
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Brave Combo | Polkasonic |
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[21] |
2001
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Jimmy Sturr | Touched by a Polka |
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[22] |
2002
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Jimmy Sturr | Gone Polka |
|
[23] |
2003
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Jimmy Sturr | Top of the World |
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[24] |
2004
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Jimmy Sturr | Let's Polka 'Round |
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[25] |
2005
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Brave Combo | Let's Kiss: 25th Anniversary Album |
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[26] |
2006
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Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra | Shake, Rattle and Polka! |
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[27] |
2007
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Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra | Polka in Paradise |
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[28] |
2008
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Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra | Come Share the Wine |
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[29] |
2009
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Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra | Let the Whole World Sing |
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[30] |
^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
Category retirement
In 2009, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced the retirement of the award category. President and CEO Neil Portnow stated that the Academy needed to do so in order to remain a "relevant and responsive" organization within a "dynamic music community".[4] Polka musicians and fans were disappointed with the category elimination.[31] Three-time award winner Walter Ostanek admitted he "[felt] sorry for the future artists" that would fail to be recognized by the Academy.[4] Carl Finch of the group Brave Combo stated the following: "Having a polka category was the most important step to legitimacy that we could ever hope to achieve. To have that taken away, it's like it was all for nothing."[32] Apart from ensuring that the "awards process remains representative of the current musical landscape", the Academy cited dwindling competition as one reason for the category retirement.[32] Others speculated that Jimmy Sturr's eighteen wins led to the elimination.[31][33] Due to the elimination of a polka-specific category, polka musicians are likely to submit recordings in the folk and world music categories.[2][31][33]
In 2011, the Grammy Award organization announced a major overhaul of Grammy categories, lowering the number of awards from over 120 to just 78. Several regional American roots genres, such as Hawaiian music or Native American music, were combined in the new
See also
- List of Grammy Award categories
- Polka in the United States
- Polka Hall of Fame
- International Polka Association
References
General
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- ^ a b Sisario, Ben (June 4, 2009). "Polka Music Is Eliminated as Grammy Award Category". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ a b Patch, Nick (June 4, 2009). "Sad day for Ostanek as Grammys drop polka". Toronto Star. Torstar. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
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- ^ Chun, Gary (April 6, 2011). "Grammys: Hawaiian category dropped". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii: Oahu Publications. Archived from the original on April 8, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
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