A year after he won the first Grammy of his career, eclectic rocker Neil Young dual his tally on Sunday. The win marked the first recognition for his musical skills, since last year’s honor was for his work as an art director on the wrapping of a boxed set.
This time he won a statue in the best rock song category for "Angry World," a tune from his album "Le Noise."
"This is my first Grammy for music, and it’s valued greatly," Young said.
He lost another race to Paul McCartney, and remains in argument for best rock album.
Young, now 65, is often nominated 11 times since 2006 alone but his musicianship evidently was not forceful enough for Grammy voters, who now number about 12,000 music industry professionals.
Young, in turn, has made no secret of his scorn for the Grammys, declaring that he was "not Grammy material" in a 1987 interview told in the authorized biography "Shakey." But his look at both this year’s and last year’s events appears to point to a softening of his approach.
The Canadian singer-songwriter has confounded fans over the past 40 years with an idiosyncratic output spanning folk, rock, grime, soul and country. "Le Noise," his 31st studio let go since 1969, debuted at No. 2 on the Canadian albums chart and at No. 14 in the United States.
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