paragraph_text: The Grammy Award for Best Merengue Album was awarded from 2000 to 2003. In its first year the award was titled Best Merengue Performance. In 2004 this award was combined with the award for Best Salsa Album as the Grammy Award for Best Salsa/Merengue Album.

paragraph_text: Throughout 2011 -- 16, Minaj has been nominated for a total of 10 Grammy Awards. She received her first Grammy nomination in 2011 in the category Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the single ``My Chick Bad ''with fellow rapper Ludacris at the 53rd ceremony. For the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, Minaj received nominations for Best New Artist and Best Rap Album for her debut album Pink Friday, and Best Rap Performance for her single`` Moment 4 Life'' featuring Drake. In 2015, Minaj received two nominations at the 57th Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song for her single ``Anaconda ''and Best Pop Duo / Group Performance for her joint single`` Bang Bang'', with Jessie J and Ariana Grande. For the 58th Grammy Awards in 2016, Minaj received three nominations, including Best Rap Album for her third studio album The Pinkprint.

paragraph_text: Persistence of Time is the fifth studio album by the American thrash metal band Anthrax. It was released on August 21, 1990 through Megaforce Worldwide/Island Records and was nominated in 1991 for a Grammy Award in the Best Metal Performance category.

paragraph_text: The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by Sir Georg Solti, a Hungarian - British conductor who conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for twenty - two years. He has won a total of 31 competitive Grammy Awards out of 74 nominations and was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.

paragraph_text: ``Hurt ''is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from their second studio album, The Downward Spiral (1994), written by band leader Trent Reznor. It was released on April 17, 1995 as a promotional single from the album. The song received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Song in 1996, but ultimately lost to Alanis Morissette's`` You Oughta Know''.

paragraph_text: Now residing in West Toluca Lake, California, MacKenzie worked for 10 years as a studio singer in Los Angeles. She has recorded national commercials and major movie soundtracks, including the hit movie "Mr. Holland's Opus" and the theme song to "Nash Bridges". She has performed with Grammy award-winning artists such as Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Gladys Knight and Tom Scott, and many others.

paragraph_text: Ellington '66 is an album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington that was recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1965. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group.

paragraph_text: The Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo performance pop recordings (vocal or instrumental) and is limited to singles or tracks only.

paragraph_text: Bonny Cepeda (born Fernando Antonio Cruz Paz in the Dominican Republic) is a merengue artist, band leader and producer. In 1986 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Top Tropical Latin Performance for his album, "Noche de Discotheque".

paragraph_text: The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by Georg Solti, a Hungarian - British conductor who conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for twenty - two years. He has won a total of 31 competitive Grammy Awards out of 74 nominations and was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.

paragraph_text: Danzón (Dance On) is an album by Arturo Sandoval, released through GRP Records in 1994. In 1995, the award won Sandoval the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance and the Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Jazz Album of the Year.

paragraph_text: 16 de Septiembre is a studio album released by American performer Little Joe and his band La Familia, named after the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence. It was released in 1991 by Sony Music Entertainment. The album peaked at number 14 in the "Billboard" Regional Mexican Albums chart and earned Little Joe the Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Performance at the 34th Grammy Awards.

paragraph_text: The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus was awarded in 1969 (as Best Contemporary Pop Performance, Chorus) and in 1970. In some years, the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal also included performances by a chorus.

paragraph_text: Whitney Houston awards and nominations Houston performing ``Greatest Love of All ''at the Welcome Home Heroes concert (1991) Major Awards Wins Nominations American Music Awards 22 38 Billboard Music Awards 16 21 Emmy Awards Grammy Awards 8 26 Guinness World Records 15 15 NAACP Image Awards 29 34 People's Choice Awards 6 9 Soul Train Music Awards 7 16 World Music Awards 14 20 Totals Awards won 400 + Nominations 670 +

paragraph_text: Livro is an album by Caetano Veloso, released through the record label Nonesuch in 1998. In 2000, the album earned Veloso the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album and a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year, in addition to winning the Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album.

paragraph_text: Tropicana Nights is a studio album released by the Cuban jazz performer Paquito D'Rivera on November 11, 2008. The album earned D'Rivera the Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2000.

paragraph_text: Habana is an album by Roy Hargrove's Crisol. In 1998, the album won Hargrove and the band the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance.

paragraph_text: "Why Does It Hurt So Bad" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for the 1995 film "Waiting to Exhale". It was released on July 7, 1996, by Arista Records as the seventh and final single from the accompanying soundtrack. The song was written and produced solely by Babyface. Musically, it is an R&B ballad, and the lyrics chronicle a lovelorn lament.

paragraph_text: "Radio Nowhere" is the first single released from Bruce Springsteen's 2007 studio album "Magic". It was awarded Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song at the Grammy Awards of 2008.

paragraph_text: The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Kelly has won three awards from 25 nominations. ``Lean On Me ''by Kirk Franklin, which features Kelly, has been nominated for three awards, only one is featured; the other two (Song of The Year and Best R&B Song) are for the songwriter Franklin. Other songs that Kelly has worked on, written and that have been nominated for a Grammy are: Best Pop Vocal Performance (`` You Are Not Alone''), Best R&B Male Vocalist (``Fortunate ''and`` When You Call On Me''),

Question: how many grammys does the Why Does It Hurt So Bad performer have?
Answer: 8