Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

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The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is a prestigious honor presented by the Recording Academy to performers who have made outstanding, enduring contributions to the field of recorded music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grammy Award
music award
administeredBy Recording Academy
surface form: Recording Academy Board of Trustees
alsoKnownAs Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
surface form: Lifetime Achievement Award
associatedEvent Grammy Award
surface form: Grammy Awards ceremony
awardFor enduring contributions to recorded music
outstanding contributions to recorded music
awardType lifetime achievement award
categoryOfRecipient groups
individual performers
ceremonyLocation various cities in the United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
eligibility performers with significant impact on music history
field recorded music
firstAwarded 1962
frequency annual
hasMediaType trophy
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.grammy.com
honours performers
inception 1962
isDifferentFrom Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Grammy Trustees Award
languageOfName English
notableRecipient Aretha Franklin
Bob Dylan
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Elvis Presley
Frank Sinatra
Michael Jackson
Miles Davis
Stevie Wonder
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
organizer Recording Academy
surface form: National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
parentOrganization Recording Academy
partOf Grammy Award
surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy Recording Academy
relatedAward Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Grammy Trustees Award
scope international
selectionCriteria artistic significance
historical significance
influence on other artists
selectionProcess voted on by Recording Academy National Trustees
symbol gold-plated gramophone statuette

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