“One of music’s great storytellers”: Paul Simon among artists to be given Lifetime Achievement award at 2026 Grammys

Announcing Simon’s award, the Grammys put out a statement calling the 84-year-old “one of music’s great storytellers” who has ...
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Music Legends From Paul Simon To Santana Set To Receive 2026 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards

Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Fela Kuti, and other music legends will be honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2026 Grammys ...

Afrobeat’s Revolutionary Voice Earns Global Recognition at the Grammys

Late Afrobeat trailblazer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is set to make history as the first African musician to receive the Special ...
The New Yorker

“Waiting to Exhale,” Thirty Years On

The 1995 classic became as much a sociological phenomenon as an artistic one—but its designation as a “chick flick” belies ...
Prime News Ghana

Fela Kuti set to become first African to receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

The Recording Academy recognised Fela as the “architect of Afrobeat,” highlighting his transformative influence on the genre ...
American Songwriter

Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, Cher, & the Late Whitney Houston Among the Recording Academy’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees

Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, Cher, and the late Whitney Houston among the Recording Academy’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award ...

Broke all records: the deceased pop icon will receive a Grammy for lifetime achievements

EADaily, December 22nd, 2025. The American National Recording Academy will award a special Grammy Award for lifetime achievements to six world-famous musicians of the twentieth century. This is ...