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 in Los Angeles has hosted the most Grammy Award telecasts, having hosted twenty-two times. The Shrine Auditorium which hosted fifteen times, was surpassed by the Crypto.com Arena as the most frequent Grammy telecast venue in 2017. Los Angeles has held a total of 42 Grammy Award telecasts, with New York having hosted eleven times and Nashville and Las Vegas serving as host one time each.
Broadcasters The Grammy Awards have aired primarily on CBS (and later including Paramount+) during its televised era. Starting in 2027, the awards will be broadcast on Disney platforms including ABC, Disney+, and Hulu as part of a ten-year deal.HOME TV TV NEWS Grammys Shocker: Awards Moving to Disney From CBS
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 SahlNBC rowspan=18 2nd Annual Grammy Awards November 29, 1959 Meredith Willson3rd Annual Grammy Awards April 13, 1961None4th Annual Grammy Awards May 29, 1962Various (including Beverly Hilton Hotel)Chicago, Los Angeles & New York City5th Annual Grammy Awards May 15, 1963 Frank Sinatra6th Annual Grammy Awards May 12, 1964None7th Annual Grammy Awards April 13, 1965 Beverly Hilton Hotel Beverly Hills8th Annual Grammy Awards March 15, 1966VariousChicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York City Jerry Lewis9th Annual Grammy Awards March 2, 1967None10th Annual Grammy Awards February 29, 196811th Annual Grammy Awards March 12, 196912th Annual Grammy Awards March 11, 197013th Annual Grammy Awards March 16, 1971 Hollywood Palladium Los AngelesAndy WilliamsABC14th Annual Grammy Awards March 15, 1972 Madison Square Garden New York City15th Annual Grammy Awards March 3, 1973 Tennessee Theatre NashvilleCBS16th Annual Grammy Awards March 2, 1974 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles17th Annual Grammy Awards March 1, 1975 Uris Theater New York City18th Annual Grammy Awards February 28, 1976 Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles19th Annual Grammy Awards February 19, 1977 28.8620th Annual Grammy Awards February 23, 1978 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles John Denver 21st Annual Grammy Awards February 15, 1979 31.3122nd Annual Grammy Awards February 27, 1980 Kenny Rogers 32.3923rd Annual Grammy Awards February 25, 1981 Radio City Music Hall New York City Paul Simon 28.5724th Annual Grammy Awards February 24, 1982 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles John Denver 24.0225th Annual Grammy Awards February 23, 1983 30.8626th Annual Grammy Awards February 28, 1984 51.6727th Annual Grammy Awards February 26, 1985 37.1228th Annual Grammy Awards February 25, 1986 Kenny Rogers 30.3929th Annual Grammy Awards February 24, 1987Billy Crystal 27.9130th Annual Grammy Awards March 2, 1988 Radio City Music Hall New York City 32.7631st Annual Grammy Awards February 22, 1989 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles 23.5732nd Annual Grammy Awards February 21, 1990Garry Shandling 28.8333rd Annual Grammy Awards February 20, 1991 Radio City Music Hall New York City 28.8934th Annual Grammy Awards February 25, 1992 Whoopi Goldberg 23.1035th Annual Grammy Awards February 24, 1993 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles Garry Shandling 29.8736th Annual Grammy Awards March 1, 1994 Radio City Music Hall New York City 23.6937th Annual Grammy Awards March 1, 1995 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles Paul Reiser 17.2738th Annual Grammy Awards February 28, 1996 Ellen DeGeneres 21.5039th Annual Grammy Awards February 26, 1997 Madison Square Garden New York City 19.2140th Annual Grammy Awards February 25, 1998 Radio City Music Hall Kelsey Grammer 25.0441st Annual Grammy Awards February 24, 1999 Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles Rosie O'Donnell 24.8842nd Annual Grammy Awards February 23, 2000 Staples Center 27.7943rd Annual Grammy Awards February 21, 2001 Jon Stewart 26.6544th Annual Grammy Awards February 27, 2002 18.9645th Annual Grammy Awards February 23, 2003 Madison Square Garden New York City None 24.8246th Annual Grammy Awards February 8, 2004 Staples Center Los Angeles 26.2947th Annual Grammy Awards February 13, 2005 Queen Latifah 18.8048th Annual Grammy Awards February 8, 2006 None 17.0049th Annual Grammy Awards February 11, 2007 20.0550th Annual Grammy Awards February 10, 2008 17.1851st Annual Grammy Awards February 8, 2009 19.0452nd Annual Grammy Awards January 31, 2010 25.8053rd Annual Grammy Awards February 13, 2011 26.5554th Annual Grammy Awards February 12, 2012 LL Cool J 39.9155th Annual Grammy Awards February 10, 2013 28.3756th Annual Grammy Awards January 26, 2014 28.5157th Annual Grammy Awards February 8, 2015 25.3058th Annual Grammy Awards February 15, 2016 24.9559th Annual Grammy Awards February 12, 2017James Corden 26.0560th Annual Grammy Awards January 28, 2018 Madison Square Garden New York City 19.80 61st Annual Grammy Awards February 10, 2019 Staples Center Los Angeles Alicia Keys 19.88 62nd Annual Grammy Awards January 26, 2020 18.70 63rd Annual Grammy Awards March 14, 2021 Los Angeles Convention Center Trevor Noah 8.8 64th Annual Grammy Awards April 3, 2022 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas 9.6 65th Annual Grammy Awards February 5, 2023Crypto.com ArenaLos AngelesCBSParamount+ 12.4 66th Annual Grammy Awards February 4, 2024 16.9 67th Annual Grammy Awards February 2, 202515.4 Grammys Audience Down 9% From 2024 To 15.4M Viewers On CBS 68th Annual Grammy Awards February 1, 2026 14.4 69th Annual Grammy Awards February 7, 2027 ABCHuluDisney+
Multiple ceremonies locations Most frequent venues With twenty-three telecasts hosted, Crypto.com Arena has hosted the most Grammy telecasts. 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 Peacock 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 PalladiumMadison Square Garden Tennessee TheatreGershwin TheatreLos Angeles Convention CenterMGM Grand Garden Arena Number of Telecasts 23 15 7 6 4 1
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Most frequent host cities
Los Angeles has held a total of 43 Grammy telecasts, for a total of 54 including the pre-broadcast era years prior to 1971.
Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th City Los Angeles, CA New York City, NY Chicago, IL Nashville, TNLas Vegas, NV Number of Non-Televised Era Award Ceremonies 12 11 6 0 Number of Telecasts 43 11 0 1 Total Number of Times Hosted 55 22 6 1
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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 6Trevor Noah LL Cool J 5 Garry Shandling4 Billy Crystal3 James Corden 2 Ellen DeGeneres Alicia Keys Rosie O'Donnell Kenny Rogers Jon Stewart
See also List of Latin Grammy Award ceremony locations
References
External links Awards at the Internet Movie Database