Highest-rated Grammy Awards telecasts of all time 1971-2012
The highest-rated Grammy Award telecast occurred in 1971 when the show garnered a 31.3 rating with a 47 percentage share. That year Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water" won several categories, including the honor of Album of the Year. Ratings have been falling in previous years and it seems unlikely that the awards show's ratings could once again reach the figures it achieved back in the 1970s and 80s, with the 2020 ceremony pulling in just 4.7 percent of the 18 to 49 demographic.
