23rd Annual Grammy Awards

23rd Annual Grammy Awards
Date February 25, 1981
Location Radio City Music Hall, New York
Host B.B. King
Television/Radio coverage
Network CBS

The 23rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1981, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1980.[1][2]

Album of the Year went to Michael Omartian and Christopher Cross for Christopher Cross, and Song of the Year went to Christopher Cross for "Sailing".

Award winners

Children's

Classical

Comedy

Composing and arranging

Country

Folk

Gospel

Historical

Jazz

Latin

Musical show

Packaging and notes

Pop

Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Production and engineering

R&B

Rock

Spoken word

Trivia

References

  1. "5 Grammys on first try". The Deseret News. 26 February 1981. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. "1980 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

External links

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