Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2017 winner Guadalupe Pineda with the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement copper trophy.
Awarded for"contributions of outstanding artistic significance to Latin music"[1]
Presented byThe Latin Recording Academy
First awarded2004
Websitewww.latingrammy.com

The Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is an honor presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy, the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards, to commend performers "who have made contributions of outstanding artistic significance to Latin music".[1] Award recipients are honored during "Latin Grammy Week", a string of galas just prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony.[2]

Since its inception, the award has been presented to musicians originating from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

The awards were first presented to Mercedes Sosa, José José, Roberto Carlos, Willie Colón, and Antonio Aguilar in 2004.[3] José and Carlos were later honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award in 2005 and 2015.[4][5] Armando Manzanero, Linda Ronstadt, and Joan Baez have also been recipients of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[6][7][8] Colombian musician Joe Arroyo is the only recipient to have posthumously received the Latin Grammy Lifetime Award in 2011 following his death four months earlier.[9] Upon receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014, Carlos do Carmo became the first artist from Portugal to win a Latin Grammy Award.[10] Like the Person of the Year and the Trustees awards, the accolade was not presented in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

  1. ^ a b "The Latin Recording Academy to honor Eva Ayllón, Joan Baez, José Cid, Lupita D'alessio, Hugo Fattoruso, Pimpinela, Omara Portuondo, and José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma" with The Lifetime Achievement Award". Latin Grammys. Latin Recording Academy. August 22, 2019. Archived from the original on August 22, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
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  3. ^ "Les dan el Grammy por su trayectoria" (in Spanish). El Universal. August 29, 2004. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  4. ^ "Latin Grammys to air in Spanish". Dominican Today. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. November 3, 2005. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  5. ^ "On Latin Grammy's eve, Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos honored as 'Person of the Year'". Fox News Latino. November 18, 2015. Archived from the original on November 24, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  6. ^ Roiz, Jessica Lucia (January 25, 2014). "Armando Manzanero To Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award". The Huffington Post. AOL. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  7. ^ Cantor-Navas, Judy (January 14, 2016). "Celia Cruz Honored With Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  8. ^ "Doors pick up lifetime acheivement [sic] Grammy". NME. February 11, 2007. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  9. ^ "Colombian salsa star, singer Joe Arroyo dies". BBC News. July 26, 2011. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  10. ^ "Fado singer Carlos do Carmo receives career Latin Grammy in Vegas". The Portugal News. November 20, 2014. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
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