32nd Annual Grammy Awards

The 32nd Annual Grammy Awards were held in 1990. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.[1][2]

The Milli Vanilli duo pose with Michael Greene, chairman of NARAS, during the 1990 Grammys rehearsal.
32nd Annual Grammy Awards
DateFebruary 21, 1990
LocationShrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
Hosted byGarry Shandling
Television/radio coverage
NetworkCBS

Award winners

The award for Grammy Award for Best New Artist was originally awarded to Milli Vanilli, but on 20 November 1990, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences revoked Milli Vanilli's Grammy[3][4][5] after Milli Vanilli members Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan and producer Frank Farian admitted the duo did not sing at all on their album, Girl You Know It's True.[6] As of 2020, this is the only time a Grammy has been revoked.

General
Fine Young Cannibals rehearsing for the Grammys.

References
  1. "Bonnie Raitt wins this thing called Grammy 4 times". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 22 February 1990. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. "1989 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  3. "Milli Vanilli is stripped of Grammy for fakery". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 20 November 1990. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. Shriver, Jerry (January 28, 2010). "Milli Vanilli frontman says duo were musical 'scapegoats'". USA Today. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  5. Philips, Chuck (November 16, 1990). "It's True: Milli Vanilli Didn't Sing : Pop music: The duo could be stripped of its Grammy after admitting it lip-synced the best-selling 'Girl You Know It's True.'". Los Angeles Times.
  6. Philips, Chuck (November 20, 1990). "Milli Vanilli's Grammy Rescinded by Academy : Music: Organization revokes an award for the first time after revelation that the duo never sang on album". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
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