List of Grammy Award ceremony locations

Main article: Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards have made their home in many prestigious locations. In 1971 the Grammy Awards had its first live telecast and therefore had its own sole venue each year for the telecast. From 1963 to 1970 the Academy aired a TV special annually called "The Best On Record" which highlighted the awards dinners. The current home of the Grammy Awards is the Staples Center located in Downtown Los Angeles.

Non-televised era

From 1959 to 1970 Awards dinners were held in the following locations simultaneously on the same day:

• 1959-1961: Los Angeles and New York
• 1962-1964: Chicago, Los Angeles and New York
• 1965-1970: Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York

Televised era

The Hollywood Palladium, four-time ceremony site, in 2005

Uris Theatre (now known as Gershwin Theatre), in 2007

Sixteen-time Grammy venue Shrine Auditorium, in 2004

Radio City Music Hall, a five-time ceremony venue, in 2010

Madison Square Garden, a three time ceremony venue, in 2009

The Staples Center, a twelve-time venue for the Grammy ceremony, in 2009

Grammy Award ceremonies have been televised since 1971. The Shrine Auditorium has hosted the most Grammy telecasts. Sixteen telecasts took place there between 1978 and 1999. It was the primary Los Angeles venue for the Grammy Awards from 1978 until the completion of the Staples Center, which is where the Grammy Awards now take place. Los Angeles has held a total of 31 Grammy telecasts. The last time the Grammy Awards took place outside of Los Angeles was in 2003. The next Grammy Award ceremony will be held on February 12, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Year	Venue	City	State	Host	Ref.
1971	Hollywood Palladium	Los Angeles	California	Andy Williams
1972	Felt Forum	New York City	New York	None
1973	Tennessee Theatre	Nashville	Tennessee	None
1974	Hollywood Palladium	Los Angeles	California	None
1975	Uris Theater	New York City	New York	None
1976	Hollywood Palladium	Los Angeles	California	None
1977	Hollywood Palladium	Los Angeles	California	Andy Williams
1978	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	John Denver
1979	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1980	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1981	Radio City Music Hall	New York City	New York	None
1982	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1983	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1984	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1985	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1986	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1987	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1988	Radio City Music Hall	New York City	New York	None
1989	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1990	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	Garry Shandling
1991	Radio City Music Hall	New York City	New York	None
1992	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1993	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	None
1994	Radio City Music Hall	New York City	New York	Garry Shandling
1995	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	Paul Reiser
1996	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	Ellen DeGeneres
1997	Madison Square Garden	New York City	New York	Ellen DeGeneres
1998	Radio City Music Hall	New York City	New York	Kelsey Grammer
1999	Shrine Auditorium	Los Angeles	California	Rosie O'Donnell
2000	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	Rosie O'Donnell
2001	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	Jon Stewart
2002	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	Jon Stewart
2003	Madison Square Garden	New York City	New York	None
2004	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	None
2005	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	Queen Latifah
2006	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	None
2007	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	None
2008	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	None
2009	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	None
2010	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	None
2011	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	None
2012	Staples Center	Los Angeles	California	LL Cool J

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

Most Frequent Venues

The Shrine Auditorium has hosted the most Grammy Telecasts. Sixteen telecasts took place there between 1978 and 1999. It was the primary Los Angeles venue for the Grammy Awards from 1978 until the completion of the Staples Center, which is where the Grammy Awards now take place.

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Venue	Shrine Auditorium	Staples Center	Radio City Music Hall	Hollywood Palladium	Madison Square Garden (including Felt Forum)	Tennessee Theatre, Uris Theater
Number of Telecasts	16	12	5	4	3	1

Most Frequent Host Cities

Los Angeles has held a total of 32 Grammy telecasts. The last time the Grammy Awards took place outside of Los Angeles was in 2003.

Los Angeles, 32 time host city

New York City, 9 time host city

Nashville, host city in 1973

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
City	Los Angeles, CA	New York City, NY	Nashville, TN
Number of Telecasts	32	9	1

See also

• List of Latin Grammy Award ceremony locations