The Grammy Awards Trivia Questions

False. Grammy winners are chosen by voting members of the Recording Academy, not by public online vote. Only a few non-competitive awards involve fan voting.

False. The Grammy trophy is a stylized gramophone (phonograph), not a musical note. The design has been consistent since 1959.

True. Henry Mancini's 'The Music from Peter Gunn' won the first Album of the Year Grammy in 1959. It was a television soundtrack.

The Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album was introduced at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in 1984 (for music released in 1984), with the first winner being Black Uhuru for the album "Anthem". The award has been presented annually since.

False. Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" (1999) is a hip-hop/soul album that won Album of the Year. OutKast also won in 2004.

False. That category belongs to the Academy Awards. The Grammys have Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, but not 'Best Original Score'.

True. The category Best Children's Music Album has existed since the first Grammys in 1959, originally named Best Recording for Children.

True. The awards were originally named the Gramophone Awards after the trophy design. The name was later shortened to Grammy.