Grammy Legend Award

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Grammy Legend Award
Awarded for ongoing contributions and influence in the music industry
Country United States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded 1990
Official 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 ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[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 Andrew Lloyd Webber, Liza Minnelli, Smokey Robinson and Willie Nelson. 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.

Recipients

Year[I] Recipient Ref.
1990 Andrew Lloyd Webber [8]
1990 Liza Minnelli [1]
1990 Smokey Robinson [9]
1990 Willie Nelson [7]
1991 Aretha Franklin [10]
1991 Billy Joel [11]
1991 Johnny Cash [12]
1991 Quincy Jones [13]
1992 Barbra Streisand [14]
1993 Michael Jackson [15]
1994 Curtis Mayfield [16]
1994 Frank Sinatra [17]
1998 Luciano Pavarotti [18]
1999 Elton John [7]
2003 Bee Gees [19]

^[I] Each year is linked to an article about the Grammy Awards ceremony of that year.

See also

References

General
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Specific
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Bibliography
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External links

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