Gladys Knight, The Clark Sisters and NWA are among the 2024 Grammys Special Merit Award Honorees
RECORDING ACADEMY ® TO HONOR MUSIC INDUSTRY ICONS WITH 2024 SPECIAL MERIT AWARDS DURING GRAMMY ® WEEK THE RECORDING ACADEMY ® ’S SPECIAL MERIT AWARDS CEREMONY RETURNS TO THE WILSHIRE EBELL THEATRE ON SAT, FEB. 3 SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — The Recording Academy ® ’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony celebrating the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award, Technical GRAMMY ® Award, and Best Song For Social Change Award recipients will return during GRAMMY ® Week on Feb. 3, at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. Laurie Anderson, the Clark Sisters, Gladys Knight, N.W.A, Donna Summer, and Tammy Wynette are the 2024 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees; Peter Asher, DJ Kool Herc and Joel Katz are the Trustees Award recipients; Tom Kobayashi and Tom Scott are the Technical GRAMMY Award honorees; and “Refugee,” written by K’naan, Steve McEwan , and Gerald...