Whitney Houston will receive a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award next year, 14 years after her death
Whitney Houston will receive a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award next year, 14 years after her death.
Whitney Houston will receive a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award next year.
The late performer – who passed away in 2012 – will be remembered at a ceremony in Los Angeles in January 2026, with one of the Recording Academy’s Special Merits Awards.
Carlos Santana, Chaka Khan, Cher, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon will also receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the ceremony.
Lifetime Achievement Awards are presented to performers who have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.
Bernie Taupin, Eddie Palmieri and Sylvia Rhone will be presented with Trustees Awards and John Chowning will be the recipient of the Technical Grammy Award.
Trustees Awards are presented to individuals who have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording, while Technical Grammy Awards are presented to those who have made contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.
