Grammy Legend Award

Grammy Legend Award
Grammy Legend Award
Awarded for	ongoing contributions and influence in the music industry
Country	United States
Presented by	The Recording Academy
First awarded	1990
Website	grammy.com

The Grammy Legend Award, or the Grammy Living Legend Award,^[1]^[2] is a special award of merit given to recording artists by the Grammy Awards, a music awards ceremony that was established in 1958.^[3]^[4] Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry.^[5]^[6]

The first Grammy Legend Awards were issued in 1990 to Smokey Robinson, Willie Nelson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Liza Minnelli. The honor was inaugurated to recognize "ongoing contributions and influence in the recording field".^[7] The next year, four more musicians (Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Johnny Cash and Quincy Jones) were acknowledged with Grammy Legend Awards. The award was given to Barbra Streisand in 1992 and Michael Jackson in 1993.

After 1994, when the American musicians Curtis Mayfield and Frank Sinatra were both issued Grammy Legend Awards, the honors have been given to recording artists intermittently. Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti was the 1998 recipient of the award. The following year, British singer-songwriter Elton John was recognized with the honor. The Bee Gees became the first recipients of the award in the 21st century when the brothers were acknowledged by the Grammys in 2003. Overall, fourteen solo musicians and one band have received the Grammy Legend Award.

^ Kotb, Hoda (March 12, 2004). "Liza: Life in the limelight". NBC News. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Billy Joel biography". MTV. Archived from the original on December 27, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^ "Seen and heard at the 50th Grammy Awards". USA Today. Gannett. February 11, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
^ Henken, John (February 18, 2001). "The 2001 Grammys". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
^ Hilburn, Richard (March 13, 1970). "Top Grammy Winners Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
^ "The Prem Rawat Foundation Presents Its Initiatives at the Grammy Awards". America's Intelligence Wire. February 9, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
^ Cite error: The named reference Grammy Legend Award was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Kotb-1] Kotb, Hoda (March 12, 2004). "Liza: Life in the limelight". NBC News. Retrieved December 31, 2009.

[2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Billy Joel biography". MTV. Archived from the original on December 27, 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2009.

[3] "Seen and heard at the 50th Grammy Awards". USA Today. Gannett. February 11, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2009.

[4] Henken, John (February 18, 2001). "The 2001 Grammys". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 20, 2009.

[5] Hilburn, Richard (March 13, 1970). "Top Grammy Winners Announced". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 20, 2009.

[6] "The Prem Rawat Foundation Presents Its Initiatives at the Grammy Awards". America's Intelligence Wire. February 9, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2009.

[Grammy_Legend_Award-7] Cite error: The named reference Grammy Legend Award was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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