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31 January 2010
The tie, exactly: Ben Goldwasser, one half of the band MGMT, was born in Mishawaka on 17 December 1982 — and raised in Westport, New York, formed at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where MGMT began. The tie is a birth and nothing more, and the entry is printed at birth strength, with the upbringing belonging to New York's page of any future ledger, not this one.
The honor: The Recording Academy's own record for the 52nd Grammy Awards (31 January 2010) carries MGMT twice: nominated for Best New Artist, and nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, for "Kids." The band won neither, and the line stands at two nominations. One clarification belongs in the ledger because the error is common: at the previous year's Grammys, a remix of MGMT's "Electric Feel" by the French duo Justice won Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. That Grammy belongs to Justice, the remixers, on the Recording Academy's record — not to MGMT, and not to Goldwasser, however the songwriting credit runs. A ledger that entered it here would be claiming another act's award at one remove, and this one does not.
Sources:
- Recording Academy (grammy.com), 52nd Annual Grammy Awards record and artist record for MGMT — Best New Artist nomination and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals nomination ("Kids"), 2010.
- Recording Academy (grammy.com), 51st Grammy Awards record — Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, awarded to Justice for "Electric Feel (Justice Remix)," 2009.
- The People section of this history — Goldwasser born in Mishawaka, 17 December 1982, raised in Westport, New York; both halves of the tie printed there.