Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards (38) ___________ each year by the Recording Academy, formerly the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS). Founded as a byproduct of a 1950s project (39) ___________ the Hollywood Walk of Fame stars to deserving members of the recording industry, the Grammys were created to be the music’s answer to the Oscars and the Emmys, and they honour musical achievements from the preceding year.

NARAS first considered calling the award the Eddie, after the phonograph (40) ___________ Thomas Edison. But they decided instead to name the award after the gramophone, invented by Emile Berliner, (41) ___________ it to the familiar Grammy. The award itself is a gold-plated statuette of (42) ___________ iconic record player.