The '
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award' is awarded by the
Recording Academy to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording"
[1].
This award is distinct from the
Grammy Hall of Fame Award, which honors specific recordings rather than individuals, and the
Grammy Trustees Award, which honors non-performers.
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
The following individuals have received Lifetime Achievement Awards, listed by year.
| Year | Recipient |
|---|
| 1962 | Bing Crosby |
| 1965 | Frank Sinatra |
| 1966 | Duke Ellington |
| 1967 | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 1968 | Irving Berlin |
| 1971 | Elvis Presley |
| 1972 | Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson |
| 1984 | Chuck Berry, Charlie Parker |
| 1985 | Leonard Bernstein |
| 1986 | Benny Goodman, The Rolling Stones, Andrés Segovia |
| 1987 | Roy Acuff, Benny Carter, Enrico Caruso, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Woody Herman, Billie Holiday, B. B. King, Isaac Stern, Igor Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Hank Williams Sr. |
| 1989 | Fred Astaire, Pablo Casals, Dizzy Gillespie, Jascha Heifetz, Lena Horne, Leontyne Price, Bessie Smith, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan |
| 1990 | Nat "King" Cole, Miles Davis, Vladimir Horowitz, Paul McCartney |
| 1991 | Marian Anderson, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Kitty Wells |
| 1992 | James Brown, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters |
| 1993 | Chet Atkins, Little Richard, Thelonious Monk, Bill Monroe, Pete Seeger, Fats Waller |
| 1994 | Bill Evans, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Rubinstein |
| 1995 | Patsy Cline, Peggy Lee, Henry Mancini, Curtis Mayfield, Barbra Streisand |
| 1996 | Dave Brubeck, Marvin Gaye, Georg Solti, Stevie Wonder |
| 1997 | Bobby "Blue" Bland, The Everly Brothers, Judy Garland, Stéphane Grappelli, Buddy Holly, Charles Mingus, Oscar Peterson, Frank Zappa |
| 1998 | Bo Diddley, The Mills Brothers, Roy Orbison, Paul Robeson |
| 1999 | Johnny Cash, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson, Mel Tormé |
| 2000 | Harry Belafonte, Woody Guthrie, John Lee Hooker, Mitch Miller, Willie Nelson |
| 2001 | The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Marley, The Who |
| 2002 | Count Basie, Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, Al Green, Joni Mitchell |
| 2003 | Etta James, Johnny Mathis, Glenn Miller, Tito Puente, Simon and Garfunkel |
| 2004 | Van Cliburn, The Funk Brothers, Ella Jenkins, Sonny Rollins, Artie Shaw, Doc Watson |
| 2005 | Eddy Arnold, Art Blakey, The Carter Family, Morton Gould, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, The Staple Singers |
| 2006 | David Bowie, Cream, Merle Haggard, Robert Johnson, Jessye Norman, Richard Pryor, The Weavers |
| 2007 | Joan Baez, Booker T. & The MG's, Maria Callas, Ornette Coleman, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Bob Wills |
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