Showing posts with label Favorite Pop/Rock Album. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Favorite Pop/Rock Album. Show all posts

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" wins American Music Award 1981


Billy Joel's album Glass Houses won Favorite Pop/Rock Album at the 8th American Music Awards, held on January 30, 1981.  He was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist but lost to Kenny Rogers, who pretty much swept all the country categories.

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" reaches #1 1980


Glass Houses, the seventh studio album from Billy Joel released in March 1980, reached #1 on the Billboard 200 July 18, 1980 and stayed there for six weeks.  It ranked #4 for the year on the Billboard charts. 

Billy Joel won a Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.  The album was nominated for Album of the Year. 

He won an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and he received a nomination for Favorite Pop/Rock Artist.