Grammy Nominees
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The Grammy Nominees is a series of various artists compilation album
s celebrating the best of the music industry. Albums are released before the airing of the annual Grammy Award
s. All of the songs on the albums are Grammy nominated in the year released. The first one of these albums was released in 1995 and has been released every year since to date. Each one through the 2007 edition has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA), while the 1996 and 2000 editions have also been certified Platinum.
Other Grammy series albums have also been attempted for rap
(1999–2001) and Latin music
(1998–2005) nominees.
chart.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s celebrating the best of the music industry. Albums are released before the airing of the annual Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
s. All of the songs on the albums are Grammy nominated in the year released. The first one of these albums was released in 1995 and has been released every year since to date. Each one through the 2007 edition has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...
(RIAA), while the 1996 and 2000 editions have also been certified Platinum.
Other Grammy series albums have also been attempted for rap
Grammy Rap Nominees
The Grammy Rap Nominees was a series of various artists compilation albums that were released from 1999-2001. Albums are released before the airing of the annual Grammy Awards. All of the songs on the albums are Grammy nominated in the year released. The last edition, released in 2001 was a...
(1999–2001) and Latin music
Latin American music
Latin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
(1998–2005) nominees.
1995
1995 Grammy Nominees is the first edition of the long-running series and covered the top contenders for the Grammy Awards of 1995. Released on February 7, 1995, it entered at number twenty-six on the Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart.