The Recording Academy will current a number of iconic acts with Lifetime Achievement Awards this yr, together with The Supremes, Nirvana, Ma Rainey and Slick Rick.
The academy introduced Thursday that Nile Rodgers, Bobby McFerrin and Coronary heart’s Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson may even obtain the coveted honor on the Particular Benefit Awards Ceremony, which is returning for the primary time since 2020.
The occasion will happen Feb. 4 on the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, a day earlier than the sixty fifth annual Grammy Awards. The academy may even give out different awards on the occasion: Stax Data founder Jim Stewart, jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis, and music photographer Henry Diltz are the Trustees Award recipients. Auto-Tune creator Andy Hildebrand and the Audio Engineering Society (AES) are the Technical Grammy Award honorees.
The Finest Tune for Social Change honoree might be introduced at a later date.
Kurt Cobain, The Supremes’ Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard, Rainey, Marsalis and Stewart will obtain the awards posthumously.
This can mark Ross’ second Lifetime Achievement Award, as she additionally acquired the glory as a soloist in 2012. It comes at a particular time for the 78-year-old legend: Although she’s by no means received a aggressive Grammy, she is nominated at this yr’s present — her first nomination in 40 years. She’s going to compete for greatest conventional pop vocal album along with her album Thank You.
