The Grammy Awards ratings have been in slow decline for more than a generation, but from year to year they're all over the map, presumably driven by the top award winners for that year. I wouldn't know, since as far as I'm concerned all the music the world ever needed was recorded between 1964 and 1968, in Detroit. (Although, even I knew that 1984 was the year of Thriller.) The 2009 Grammy Awards air at 8pm Eastern time Sunday on CBS.
Grammy Awards TV Ratings Data, 1974-2008:
| Year | Net | HH rating | Share | Homes (million) | Viewers (million) | $/30 Sec Spot |
| 2008 | CBS | 10.3 | 16 | 11.566 | 17.182 | $572,700 |
| 2007 | CBS | 12.1 | 19 | 13.521 | 20.058 | $557,300 |
| 2006 | CBS | 10.9 | 17 | 12.056 | 17.005 | $675,900 |
| 2005 | CBS | 11.6 | 18 | 12.705 | 18.802 | $703,900 |
| 2004 | CBS | 15.7 | 24 | 17.008 | 26.293 | $654,600 |
| 2003 | CBS | 14.7 | 23 | 15.658 | 24.829 | $610,300 |
| 2002 | CBS | 11.9 | 19 | 12.524 | 18.968 | $573,900 |
| 2001 | CBS | 16.7 | 26 | 17.098 | 26.651 | $574,000 |
| 2000 | CBS | 17.3 | 27 | 17.457 | 27.798 | $505,500 |
| 1999 | CBS | 16.6 | 26 | 16.472 | 24.880 | $472,000 |
| 1998 | CBS | 17.0 | 27 | 16.622 | 25.043 | $315,600 |
| 1997 | CBS | 13.4 | 22 | 12.970 | 19.211 | $346,300 |
| 1996 | CBS | 14.6 | 23 | 13.994 | 21.503 | $304,800 |
| 1995 | CBS | 11.8 | 19 | 11.257 | 17.279 | $399,100 |
| 1994 | CBS | 16.1 | 24 | 15.166 | 23.696 | $407,700 |
| 1993 | CBS | 19.9 | 31 | 18.527 | 29.874 | $401,500 |
| 1992 | CBS | 16.2 | 27 | 14.920 | 23.102 | $352,900 |
| 1991 | CBS | 18.8 | 31 | 17.500 | 28.893 | $319,200 |
| 1990 | CBS | 18.9 | 31 | 17.410 | 28.831 | $330,600 |
| 1989 | CBS | 16.0 | 26 | 14.460 | 23.570 | $318,300 |
| 1988 | CBS | 21.1 | 33 | 18.690 | 32.764 | $299,900 |
| 1987 | CBS | 18.3 | 27 | 15.990 | 27.919 | $264,200 |
| 1986 | CBS | 20.3 | 32 | 17.440 | 30.398 | $205,500 |
| 1985 | CBS | 23.8 | 35 | 20.210 | 37.126 | |
| 1984 | CBS | 30.8 | 45 | 25.810 | 51.672 | |
| 1983 | CBS | 21.6 | 33 | 17.990 | 29.863 | |
| 1982 | CBS | 18.1 | 29 | 14.750 | 24.028 | |
| 1981 | CBS | 21.2 | 34 | 16.490 | 28.577 | |
| 1980 | CBS | 23.9 | 39 | 18.240 | 32.394 | |
| 1979 | CBS | 21.9 | 34 | 16.320 | 31.318 | |
| 1978 | CBS | 26.6 | 44 | 19.390 | ||
| 1977 | CBS | 21.3 | 38 | 15.170 | 28.869 | |
| 1976 | CBS | 23.8 | 47 | 16.560 | ||
| 1975 | CBS | 16.4 | 30 | 11.230 | ||
| 1974 | CBS | 30.3 | 52 | 20.060 |
*2006-2008 results are Live+SD, all previous years are Live viewing.
Nielsen Ratings Data: ©2009 Nielsen Media Research, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
