The status of the awarder, be it an personality, government or an organization, and for which reason it is being given are some of the deciding factors for the popularity of the award. Some of the popular awards across the world are Nobel Prize, Oscars, Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize and Magsaysay awards.



Some of the awards are so accepted that they develop into the identity of their recipient like those who have won Nobel Prize are known as Nobel laureates. Nobel Laureate is added before their name to signify their involvement and status in the society.

Awards are given in many fields be it literature, social service, science or entertainment. Some of the eminent entertainment awards are Oscars, Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, MTV Music Awards, Country Music Awards and Golden Globe Awards.

Oscars or Academy Awards:

Institute by the Academy of movement Picture Arts and Sciences in 1929, the Academy Awards or Oscars, as it is generally recognized as, honor the assistance made by professional in the film industry in the United States like directors, actors and writers. The Academy award is one of the oldest, most important and most scheduled film award ceremony the world over. Oscar statuette, measuring 34 cm in length and weighing 3.85 kg, is made of gold-plated Britannia and shows a knight investment a sword and standing on a film reel with five spokes.

The Academy has around 6,000 voting members, of which actors represent the largest group, who elect the winners. These voting members represent 15 disciplines in motion pictures. The members can nominate only in their respective disciplines though they can submit nominees for the Best Picture. In the second round, all the members have to cast their vote in all categories. The nominee getting the most votes is declared the winner. The selection method is tabulated by PricewaterhouseCoopers, an auditing firm.

Oscars, which was televise for the first time by NBC, has been telecast by ABC network since 1976 as it has got the broadcast rights for the awards till the year 2014. Primarily, the venue of the Oscars kept changing from Hollywood to Los Angeles but now the everlasting venue of the Award ceremony is the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, which is spread over 640,000 square feet and includes retail, restaurants, nightclubs, other establishment and a six-screen cinema.

Grammy Awards:

Instituted by the US-based National Academy of soundtrack Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in 1958, the awards are known every year for wonderful payment in the documentation industry. The awards were earlier known as the Gramophone Awards due to its monument which was a small, gilded record player.

Fascinatingly, award ceremonies were held in New York and Los Angeles till 1971 and the winner possibly will acknowledge their awards at any of the two places. It was the year 1971 when the Grammy awards were telecast survives for the first time by Pierre Cassette who had purchases the rights for broadcast of the ceremony. In the year 1973, CBS bought the telecast rights of the award observance, which is generally held in February.