The nominations are for:
Kimbra was nominated for two awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, "Record of the Year" and "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance", for her work with Gotye on "Somebody That I Used To Know". Kimbra, along with Gotye, won both Grammy Awards.
Whitney won six Grammy awards, in various categories (including Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Female Artist, and Record of the Year); she was nominated for Grammy awards a total of 26 times during her career.
Grammy, Gold Record, Platinum Record
51st annual Grammy Awards Record Of The Year: - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: Raising Sand
Because the awards are for music (and music related categories). Grammy is short for gramophone - an old-style record player.
"Please Read this Letter," won Record of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards.
The most current record for the Grammy Awards is Sir Georg Solti, a Hungarian-British conductor who was the conductor for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for twenty-two years. He won 31 Grammys he was nominated an 74 times.
Sir Georg Solti holds the record for having received the most Grammy awards. He personally won 31 Grammys, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and is listed for 38 Grammys (6 went to the engineer and 1 to a soloist); he was nominated an additional 74 times before his death in 1997.
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Five. Plus The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
"Rosanna" was named Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards for 1982-83.