The Grammy Award for Record of the Year is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to sales or chart position." The Record of the Year award is one of the four most prestigious categories at the awards presented annually since the 1st Grammy Awards in 1959. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide the award is presented "for commercially released singles or tracks of new vocal or instrumental recordings. Tracks from a previous year's album may be entered provided the track was not entered the previous year and provided the album did not win a GRAMMY. Award to the artist, producer, recording engineer and/or mixer if other than the artist." Starting from the 55th Grammy Awards in 2013, mastering engineers will be considered nominees and award recipients in this category. Record of the Year is not to be confused with Song of the Year or Album of the Year: ⁕Record of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album. This award goes to the performing artist, the producer, recording engineer, and/or mixer for that song. In this sense, "record" means a single recorded song, not its composition or an album of songs. Wikipedia [ - ]

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