RECORDING ACADEMY® LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2021 HONOREES TO BE CELEBRATED WITH THE RETURN OF SPECIAL MERIT AWARDS CEREMONY AND 64TH ANNUAL GRAMMY® NOMINEES RECEPTION
Santa Monica, Calif. — The Recording Academy ® announced today that the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award honorees will be celebrated with the return of the Special Merit Awards Ceremony and 64th Annual GRAMMY ® Nominees Reception event, to be held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on Sun, Jan. 30, 2022 . The recipient of the 2022 Music Educator Award™, presented by the Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum ® , will also be honored at this event. The previously announced Lifetime Achievement Award recipients include Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa, Selena, and Talking Heads . Ed Cherney, Benny Golson and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds were named Trustees Award honorees; and Daniel Weiss is the Technical GRAMMY ® Award recipient. Given the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, honorees were unable to attend the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards ® , nor receive i...