Grammy Global Impact Award

{{Short description|Music award}}

{{Infobox award|name=Grammy Global Impact Award|awarded_for="Black music creators whose dedication to the art form has greatly influenced the industry"|country=United States|presenter=The Recording Academy|year={{start_date and age|2022}}|website=[http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]}}

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The Grammy Global Impact Award is a special Grammy Award that is awarded by The Recording Academy to "Black music creators whose dedication to the art form has greatly influenced the industry".{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2022 |title=5 Artists Fighting For Social Justice Today: Megan Thee Stallion, Noname, H.E.R., Jay-Z & Alicia Keys |url=https://grammy.com/news/5-artists-fighting-social-racial-justice-megan-thee-stallion-noname-her-jay-z-alicia-keys |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=grammy.com}} The award was established by the Recording Academy's Black Music Collective, which was created with the goal of "amplifying Black voices within the Academy and the wider music community".{{Cite web |date=September 3, 2020 |title=The Recording Academy Establishes Black Music Collective |url=https://grammy.com/news/recording-academy-establishes-black-music-collective |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=grammy.com}} The award is in the category of Special Merit awards.

The honor was established and awarded to its inaugural recipient in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Parkel |first=Inga |date=March 28, 2022 |title=John Legend to receive inaugural Global Impact Award at Recording Academy Honours |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/john-legend-recording-academy-honours-b2045897.html |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=The Independent |language=en}} The subsequent year, with Dr. Dre as one of the recipients, the award was inaugurated yet again, as the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award.

Global Impact Award Recipients

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!Year

!Recipient

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2022

|John Legend

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2023

|Dr Dre, Lil Wayne, Missy Elliott, Sylvia Rhone

|{{Cite web |last=Millman |first=Ethan |date=February 3, 2023 |title=Dr. Dre, Lil Wayne, Missy Elliott, and Sylvia Rhone Honored at Grammys Black Music Collective Dinner |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dr-dre-lil-wayne-missy-elliot-sylvia-rhone-grammy-black-music-collective-dinner-1234673310/ |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}

2024

|Lenny Kravitz, Mariah Carey, Jay-Z

|{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Madison |date=January 31, 2024 |title=Grammys 2024: Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz to Receive Global Impact Awards |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/grammys-2024-mariah-carey-and-lenny-kravitz-to-receive-global-impact-awards/ |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}

2025

|Alicia Keys

|{{Cite web |last=Frazier |first=Nina |date=December 19, 2024 |title=Alicia Keys To Receive Dr. Dre Global Impact Award At Recording Academy Honors During GRAMMY Week 2025 |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/alicia-keys-dr-dre-global-impact-award-recording-academy-honors-grammy-week-2025 |access-date=February 2, 2025 |website=GRAMMY |language=en-US}}

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