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Grammy Legend Award
Special music award of merit given to recording artists
Special music award of merit given to recording artists
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Grammy Legend Award |
| awarded_for | ongoing contributions and influence in the music industry |
| presenter | The Recording Academy |
| country | United States |
| year | 1990 |
| website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Legend Award, or the Grammy Living Legend Award, is a special award of merit given to recording artists by the Grammy Awards, a music awards ceremony that was established in 1958. 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.
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". 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 | Ref. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | [[File:Upiorwoperze ALWebber (cropped).jpg | 100px | alt=Andrew Lloyd Webber in 2009]] | ||||||||
| [[File:Liza Minnelli Cabaret 1972 crop.JPG | 100px | alt=Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles from Cabaret (1972)]] | |||||||||
| [[File:Smokey Robinson by Gage Skidmore.jpg | 100px | alt=Smokey Robinson in 2018]] | |||||||||
| [[File:Willie Nelson.jpg | 100px | alt=Willie Nelson in 2006]] | url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/legends | title=Grammy Legend Award | publisher=Grammy Awards | access-date=March 19, 2023 | archive-date=December 19, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219115938/https://www.grammy.com/awards/legends | url-status=live}} | ||
| 1991 | [[File:Aretha Franklin 1968.jpg | 100px | alt=Aretha Franklin in 1968]] | ||||||||
| [[File:Billy Joel Shankbone NYC 2009.jpg | 100px | alt=Billy Joel in 2009]] | |||||||||
| [[File:JohnnyCash1969.jpg | 100px | alt=Johnny Cash in 1969]] | |||||||||
| [[File:Quincy Jones May 2014.jpg | 100px | alt=Quincy Jones in 2014]] | |||||||||
| 1992 | [[File:Barbra Streisand - 1966.jpg | 100px | alt=Barbra Streisand in 1966]] | ||||||||
| 1993 | [[File:Michael Jackson 1984.jpg | 100px | alt=Michael Jackson in 1984]] | ||||||||
| 1994 | [[File:Curtis Mayfield.png | 100px | alt=Curtis Mayfield in 1972]] | ||||||||
| [[File:Frank Sinatra '57.jpg | 100px | alt=Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey (1957)]] | |||||||||
| 1998 | [[File:Luciano Pavarotti 15.06.02 cropped.jpg | 100px | alt=Luciano Pavarotti in 2002]] | ||||||||
| 1999 | [[File:Elton John 2011 Shankbone 2.JPG | 100px | alt=Elton John in 2011]] | ||||||||
| 2003 | [[File:Bee Gees 1977.JPG | 100px | alt=Bee Gees in 1978]] |
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