Grammy Audience Jumps to 16.9 Million (2024)

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How big is the audience at the Grammys? ›

The 2024 Grammy Awards were a hit with reviewers and also with audiences. Viewership was up 34% from last year, averaging 16.9 million viewers, the show's largest audience since 2020. Live +3-day viewership will lift the audience past 17 million viewers.

Grammys Bring in 16.9 Million Viewers in 2024, Up 34% From Last Year.

The answer is straightforward: Grammy winners do not receive any financial compensation directly from the Recording Academy for their victory. The value of a Grammy, therefore, lies not in direct monetary gains but in the prestige and recognition it affords.

Ratings. The 26th Grammy Awards had the highest ratings in the awarding body's history with 51.67 million viewers, a record unmatched as of 2024, and is the third most watched live awards show in U.S. television history (after the 1983 and 1998 editions of the Academy Awards).

Data published by NRG show that 68% of Generation (Gen) Z cares about the Grammys, more than any other age demographic. 64% of Gen Z cares about the Academy Awards and 59% cares about the Emmys.

The Future Is Evolving. The Recording Academy brought in $89.3 million in 2022 and $73 million the year prior. In 2020, the Academy's total revenue was more than $85 million. Most of the money comes from Paramount Global, which owns CBS and pays more than $20 million annually in fees to air the Grammys.

John Williams — 26 wins

Williams won his first Grammy in 1976 for composing the original score for Steven Spielberg's "Jaws." Most recently, he won best instrumental composition in 2024 for "Helena's Theme" in "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." He has received 76 nominations.

The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by Beyoncé, an American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer, who has won 32. It was previously held by Sir Georg Solti, a Hungarian-British conductor, who won 31.

How much are performers paid for the Grammys? A Recording Academy spokesperson told Variety that it was a not-for-profit organization, and that all performers and presenters had traditionally not been paid (apart, presumably, for the SAG-AFTRA minimums).

GRAMMY Awards are made of a trademarked alloy called "Grammium" — a secret zinc alloy — and are plated with 24-karat gold.

How much does a Grammy ticket cost? ›

Members can buy Grammy tickets at prices ranging from $250 to $2,000. But even the priciest ticket won't get you on the floor with Beyonce and Adele.

LeAnn Rimes

This “Blue” belter earned her Grammy street cred as the youngest individual winner ever. At the tender age of 14 years old (plus a 182 days), LeAnn Rimes accepted her first two trophies in 1997.

Beyoncé made history at the 2023 GRAMMYs by becoming the artist with the most GRAMMY wins — ever — when she won the GRAMMY for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album for her 2022 album, Renaissance. Beyoncé now counts 32 total GRAMMY wins.

In contrast “Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book” won for jazz performance. That year, Count Basie became the first Black man to win a Grammy, also taking home two awards, for best jazz group performance and best performance by a dance band.

Ratings were up 34% on Sunday across CBS, Paramount+ and other digital platforms from last year, and with delayed watching included was expected to amass over 17 million viewers.

What is the statue's height and weight? According to the Recording Academy, each gramophone weighs five pounds and four ounces and is nine inches tall.

In the weeks leading up to the telecast, we will take a stroll through some of the golden moments in GRAMMY history with the GRAMMY Rewind, highlighting the "big four" categories — Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist — from past awards shows.