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The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
[1] Commonly known as "The Big Award", Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammy Awards, and is one of the general field categories alongside Best New Artist, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year that have been presented annually since the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959.
The Record of the Year awards have been awarded since 1959. [6] It is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards. Despite both the Song of the Year award and Record of the Year being awarded for a single or for one track from an album, this award goes to the performer and production team of the song whereas the Song of the Year award goes only to the composer(s) of the song.
Stay strong, Swifties – there’s still album of the year, record of the year and song of the year to go. More: Taylor Swift snubbed at the Grammys, walks away with zero awards
“She had 99 nominations, and now an album of the year win is one,” said host Trevor Noah after the win, looking at Jay-Z as he noted the record number of noms Beyoncé came into this ceremony ...
In addition, certain additions post-2015 may differ from best-selling albums in the United States of the Nielsen SoundScan era, which includes album-equivalent units by means of streaming. [2] Harry Belafonte's Calypso (1956) was the first record to be recognized as a year's top-selling album by Billboard, when it
Timeline of the highest-selling album record Year record set Artist Album Record-setting sales (millions) Total sales (millions) Ref(s) 1945 Various Artists Oklahoma! (78 rpm album) 0.5 1.0 [217] [218] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [219] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [220] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5
Upon this, Eilish became the first artist to win the major four categories of Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist in the same year since Christopher Cross in 1981 as well as the youngest artist to do so at the age of 18. [11] The following received multiple awards: