The Recording Academy has announced the list of recipients of the 2025 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which includes Prince, The Clash and Frankie Valli.
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The award-giving organization announced the selection through its official website today (December 20th), and the three artists mentioned above include gospel singer Dr. Bobby Lee and old school hip-hop pioneer and rapper Roxanne. – Shantae, Maze frontman Frankie Beverley, and blues singer Taj participated. Mahal.
Meanwhile, producer Glyn Johns, who has worked on iconic albums by the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles, was honored with the Trustees Award along with jazz pianist Errol Garner and classical music composer Tania Leon. do.
The latter award is given to an individual who has “made significant contributions to the field of recording outside of performance,” according to the academy. Finally, the late sound engineer Dr. Leo Beranek, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 102, will receive the Technical Grammy Award.
Among the nominees, the following Lifetime Achievement Award artists will receive the award posthumously: Prince, who died in 2016 at age 57, The Clash’s Joe Strummer, who died in 2002 at age 50, and this September. Beverly, who passed away at the age of 77.
“We are honored to honor this diverse group of music icons during music’s biggest week of the year,” Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in a statement. .
“All of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipients have left an indelible mark on music, from paving the way for others to innovations that forever change the trajectory of the music world.” I can’t wait to celebrate the group and their accomplishments.”
In August, Prince was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, an honor that his sister Sharon Nelson declared “the award I wanted most in my life.”
Meanwhile, Valli recently released a statement after a video of the 90-year-old singer at a recent show went viral and sparked fan concern, saying, “No one ever forced me to do anything I didn’t want to do.” Ta.
Last week, Sam Fender performed a cover of The Clash’s ‘London Calling’ at his concert at The O2.
