Grammy Legend Award
{{Short description|Special music award of merit given to recording artists}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Grammy Legend Award
| awarded_for = ongoing contributions and influence in the music industry
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| presenter = The Recording Academy
| country = United States
| year = 1990
| website = [https://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]
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The Grammy Legend Award, or the Grammy Living Legend Award,{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4506978|title=Liza: Life in the limelight|last=Kotb|first=Hoda|author-link=Hoda Kotb|date=March 12, 2004|work=NBC News|access-date=December 31, 2009|archive-date=December 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230162404/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4506978|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/joel_billy/artist.jhtml |title=Billy Joel biography |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=MTV |access-date=December 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227085849/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/joel_billy/artist.jhtml |archive-date=December 27, 2009 }} is a special award of merit given to recording artists by the Grammy Awards, a music awards ceremony that was established in 1958.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2008-02-10-3988122778_x.htm|title=Seen and heard at the 50th Grammy Awards|date=February 11, 2008|work=USA Today|publisher=Gannett|access-date=December 20, 2009|archive-date=January 5, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105042414/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2008-02-10-3988122778_x.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-18-ca-26779-story.html|title=The 2001 Grammys|last=Henken|first=John|date=February 18, 2001|work=Los Angeles Times|url-access=subscription|access-date=December 20, 2009|archive-date=November 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105155738/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/feb/18/entertainment/ca-26779|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/599116022.html?dids=599116022:599116022&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+13%2C+1970&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Top+Grammy+Winners+Announced&pqatl=google|title=Top Grammy Winners Announced|last=Hilburn|first=Richard|date=March 13, 1970|work=Los Angeles Times|url-access=subscription|access-date=December 20, 2009|archive-date=October 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024102452/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/599116022.html?dids=599116022:599116022&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+13,+1970&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Top+Grammy+Winners+Announced&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29606295_ITM|title=The Prem Rawat Foundation Presents Its Initiatives at the Grammy Awards|date=February 9, 2007|publisher=America's Intelligence Wire|url-access=subscription|access-date=December 21, 2009|archive-date=October 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021092452/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29606295_ITM|url-status=live}}
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
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See also
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External links
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