Prince, the Clash, Frankie Beverly and Roxanne Shanté are among the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Grammy honorees, the Recording Academy announced today. Frankie Valli, Dr. Bobby Jones and the Taj Mahal round out the recipients. Erroll Garner, Glyn Johns and Tania León have been named as the Trustees Award winners. The Technical Grammy will be awarded to the late Dr. Leo Beranek.
The Special Merit Awards ceremony—where the awards, many posthumous, will be presented—takes place the day before the main gala on February 1, 2025. The 2025 main ceremony will be broadcast live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles , on February 2. Last year's Lifetime Achievement honorees were NWA, Laurie Anderson, Donna Summer, Gladys Knight, Tammy Wynette and the Clark sisters.
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