Grammy za življenjsko delo

Grammy za življenjsko delo je nagrada, ki jo podeljuje National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Narodna akademija snemalnih umetnosti in znanosti) v Združenih državah Amerike za izredne dosežke v glasbeni karieri.

Prejemniki nagrade uredi

Leto	Prejemniki
1962	Bing Crosby
1965	Frank Sinatra
1966	Duke Ellington
1967	Ella Fitzgerald
1968	Irving Berlin
1971	Elvis Presley
1972	Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson
1984	Chuck Berry, Charlie Parker
1985	Leonard Bernstein
1986	Benny Goodman, The Rolling Stones, Andrés Segovia
1987	Roy Acuff, Benny Carter, Enrico Caruso, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Woody Herman, Billie Holiday, B.B. King, Isaac Stern, Igor Stravinski, Arturo Toscanini, Hank Williams
1989	Fred Astaire, Pablo Casals, Dizzy Gillespie, Jascha Heifetz, Lena Horne, Leontyne Price, Bessie Smith, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan
1990	Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Vladimir Horowitz, Paul McCartney
1991	Marian Anderson, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Kitty Wells
1992	James Brown, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters
1993	Chet Atkins, Little Richard, Thelonious Monk, Bill Monroe, Pete Seeger, Fats Waller
1994	Bill Evans, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Rubinstein
1995	Patsy Cline, Peggy Lee, Henry Mancini, Curtis Mayfield, Barbra Streisand
1996	Dave Brubeck, Marvin Gaye, Georg Solti, Stevie Wonder
1997	Bobby "Blue" Bland, The Everly Brothers, Judy Garland, Stéphane Grappelli, Buddy Holly, Charles Mingus, Oscar Peterson, Frank Zappa
1998	Bo Diddley, The Mills Brothers, Roy Orbison, Paul Robeson
1999	Johnny Cash, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson, Mel Tormé
2000	Harry Belafonte, Woody Guthrie, John Lee Hooker, Mitch Miller, Willie Nelson
2001	The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Marley, The Who
2002	Count Basie, Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, Al Green, Joni Mitchell
2003	Etta James, Johnny Mathis, Glenn Miller, Tito Puente, Simon & Garfunkel
2004	Van Cliburn, The Funk Brothers, Ella Jenkins, Sonny Rollins, Artie Shaw, Doc Watson
2005	Eddy Arnold, Art Blakey, The Carter Family, Morton Gould, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton, Pinetop Perkins, The Staple Singers
2006	David Bowie, Cream, Merle Haggard, Robert Johnson, Jessye Norman, Richard Pryor, The Weavers
2007	Joan Baez, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Maria Callas, Ornette Coleman, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Bob Wills
2008	Burt Bacharach, The Band, Cab Calloway, Doris Day, Itzhak Perlman, Max Roach, Earl Scruggs
2009	Gene Autry, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Four Tops, Hank Jones, Brenda Lee, Dean Martin, Tom Paxton
2010	Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Michael Jackson, Loretta Lynn, André Previn, Clark Terry
2011	Julie Andrews, Roy Haynes, Juilliard String Quartet, The Kingston Trio, Dolly Parton, Ramones, George Beverly Shea^[1]
2012	The Allman Brothers Band, Glen Campbell, Antônio Carlos Jobim, George Jones, The Memphis Horns, Diana Ross, Gil Scott-Heron
2013	Glenn Gould, Charlie Haden, Lightnin' Hopkins, Carole King, Patti Page, Ravi Shankar, The Temptations^[2]
2014	The Beatles, Clifton Chenier, The Isley Brothers, Kraftwerk, Kris Kristofferson, Armando Manzanero, Maud Powell^[3]
2015	The Bee Gees, Pierre Boulez, Buddy Guy, George Harrison, Flaco Jiménez, The Louvin Brothers, Wayne Shorter^[4]
2016	Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz, Earth, Wind & Fire, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, Run-D.M.C^[5]