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According to
Billboard, this is the second year in a row that a hip hop group has been selected to receive this award. In fact, this time around two groups are being honoured - Salt-N-Pepa and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five.
The first hip hop group to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award was Run DMC in 2016.
Selena Among 2021 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Honorees
2021 Special Merit Awards, awarding
Lifetime Achievement Awards to Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa, Selena, and Talking Heads. The Recording Academy also named Ed Cherney, Benny Golson, and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds as Trustees Award honorees; and Daniel Weiss is the Technical Grammy Award recipient.
The honorees will be recognized on the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on January 31, 2021 on CBS. Given the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, more details about the special award presentation event will be announced at a later date.
“As we welcome the new class of Special Merit Award honorees, it gives us a chance to reward and recognize the influence they’ve had in the music community regardless of genre,” said Harvey Mason jr., Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy. “As a music creator and music lover, I am grateful that we are able to look back at our
Rolling Stone Talking Heads, Selena, Salt-N-Pepa to Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds and Lionel Hampton also recipients of Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards
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Talking Heads, Selena, Salt-N-Pepa and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are among the artists who will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 63rd annual Grammys on January 31st, 2021.
The Recording Academy announced their Special Merit Awards honorees Tuesday, with opera singer Marilyn Horne and jazz drummer Lionel Hampton also receiving Lifetime Achievement Awards, while Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, recording engineer Ed Cherney and jazz artist Benny Golson named Trustee Awards nominees.
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