Grammy Awards Quiz

1. Which artist holds the record for the most Grammy wins of all time?

1. Beyoncé
2. Georg Solti
3. Michael Jackson
4. Paul McCartney

2. The Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2004 went to which surprise winner over Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and Outkast?

1. Alicia Keys — Songs in A Minor
2. Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head
3. Norah Jones — Come Away with Me
4. Ray Charles — Genius Loves Company

3. The Grammy Awards are officially named after what piece of equipment?

1. A microphone
2. A music staff
3. A vinyl record
4. The gramophone (a combination of gramophone and trophy)

4. Which year were the Grammys first broadcast on television?

1. 1959
2. 1963
3. 1971
4. 1975

5. Adele's '21' won Album of the Year in 2012. How many Grammys did she win that night?

1. 3
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7

6. The notorious 2009 Grammy incident involved Kanye West interrupting which artist's acceptance speech?

1. Adele
2. Beyoncé
3. Rihanna
4. Taylor Swift

7. Which hip-hop album was the first to win the Grammy for Album of the Year?

1. Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp a Butterfly
2. Ready to Die — Notorious B.I.G.
3. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below — Outkast
4. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill — 1999

8. Taylor Swift has won Album of the Year a record number of times. How many times has she won it?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

9. What does NARAS stand for — the organisation behind the Grammy Awards?

1. National Academy of Recording Artists and Songwriters
2. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
3. National Association of Record Arts and Sciences
4. The Recording Academy of the United States

10. Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' won which major category at the 2025 Grammys, making it a historic rap diss-track achievement?

1. Best Rap Album
2. Both Record of the Year and Song of the Year
3. Record of the Year
4. Song of the Year

11. Who was the first country artist to win Album of the Year since 1991 when Taylor Swift's 'Fearless' won in 2010?

1. Blake Shelton
2. Carrie Underwood
3. Garth Brooks
4. Taylor Swift herself — Fearless was the first country Album of the Year since 1991

12. The Grammy's infamous 'Milli Vanilli' scandal (1990) involved which unprecedented action?

1. The duo were disqualified for lip-syncing at the ceremony
2. Their Grammy was revoked after it was revealed neither member sang on any recordings
3. Their manager accepted the award while both members were in rehab
4. They refused to accept the award on stage

13. The Grammy for Best New Artist has been called cursed. Which artists famously didn't win it and went on to superstardom?

1. Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson — none ever won Best New Artist
2. Many famous artists lost or were bypassed — including The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and Madonna
3. Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Taylor Swift — all lost to lesser-known acts
4. Nirvana, Eminem, and Jay-Z — all lost Best New Artist

14. The Grammys were founded partly to counter which other music awards show?

1. Dick Clark's American Bandstand poll
2. The American Music Awards
3. The Billboard Music Awards
4. The BMI Awards

15. Billie Eilish made Grammy history in 2020 by becoming the youngest person to win all four main Grammy categories. How old was she?

1. 16
2. 17
3. 18
4. 19

16. Which legendary performance at the Grammys in 2015 involved a live wedding of 33 couples (same-sex and opposite-sex) during a performance?

1. Bruno Mars and Beyoncé
2. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert, Madonna, and Queen Latifah
3. Pharrell Williams and Daft Punk
4. Sam Smith and Mary J. Blige

17. Frank Sinatra won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award but was famously critical of the Grammys, calling them what?

1. 'A beauty pageant for executives'
2. 'A rigged game run by accountants'
3. 'For the old' before rock n roll ruined them
4. He never publicly criticised them

18. Which iconic duo performed 'Get Lucky' live at the 2014 Grammy Awards in Daft Punk's only major US television appearance?

1. Daft Punk alone
2. Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams, with Nile Rodgers
3. Daft Punk and Stevie Wonder
4. Pharrell Williams alone, as Daft Punk refused to appear unmasked

19. The 'Big Four' Grammy categories are Album, Record, Song of the Year, and which other?

1. Best Music Video
2. Best New Artist
3. Best Pop Album
4. Producer of the Year

20. What is the difference between Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammys?

1. Record of the Year honours the recording (artists, producers, engineers); Song of the Year honours the songwriters
2. Record of the Year is for albums; Song of the Year for singles
3. Record of the Year is voted by the public; Song of the Year by industry professionals
4. There is no meaningful difference