And he's getting it because he's "considered by many to be the greatest artist of all time."

Well deserved, and I'm surprised it took this long. If only he had a competent estate with enough common sense to capitalize on this with some new releases

Is there a reference to this claim, or are you just waking up from a dream?

A link to an actual article?
???

Grammy.com

https://www.grammy.com/ne...recipients

"Over his 40-year career, iconic singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and music producer Prince sold over 150 million records worldwide, ranking among the best-selling musicians of all time. With the release of 39 albums, and thousands of unreleased songs in his infamous Vault, spanning funk, rhythm and blues, rock, new wave, soul, blues, jazz, and hip-hop, his work received widespread critical praise. Prince was honored with seven GRAMMYs throughout his illustrious career — and three of his albums, 1999, Purple Rain, and Sign o' the Times — were inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame in 2016, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2024. A champion for artists' rights worldwide, Prince was a mentor, a founding member of the Artist Empowerment Coalition, and a philanthropist, giving privately to countless organizations, musicians, charities, and causes. Prince is considered by many to be the greatest artist of all time.

The Grammy Awards Ceremony is on Sunday 2 February 2025.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is one of the Special Merit Awards.

"The Special Merit Awards will return to the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 1, one day ahead of the 2025 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 67th GRAMMY Awards"


Link to a couple of many reports:

https://www.rollingstone....235212844/

https://www.nme.com/news/...ts-3824096

nayroo2002 said:

Is there a reference to this claim, or are you just waking up from a dream?

A link to an actual article?
???

Sorry, I thought I did lol

https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-special-merit-awards-recipients

Thanks for the links!
I shudder to think who will accept this award...

Great. A "Lifetime AchievementAward" from the Grammys who ignored him for years.

Think! In his long career, he got a total of 38 Grammy nominations. 38, including postmortem nominations. SIX total awards during his lifetime; one for high sales the year of his death

Now, Beyonce gets 11 nominations in one year. 99 in total now?
FOR WHAT?
All the new categories that have bee invented since Prince's first ominatios? Obviously.
Disgusting, frankly.
Six awards during his lifetime.

150 million records sold. When was the last accounting? we've heard that total for 20 years. Yes accouting may be difficult for a quasi-idependent artist in his last years, but the estate could do/force it..

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nayroo2002 said:

laytonian said:

laytonian said:

Great. A "Lifetime AchievementAward" from the Grammys who ignored him for years.

Think! In his long career, he got a total of 38 Grammy nominations. 38, including postmortem nominations. SIX total awards during his lifetime; one for high sales the year of his death

Now, Beyonce gets 11 nominations in one year. 99 in total now?
FOR WHAT?
All the new categories that have bee invented since Prince's first ominatios? Obviously.
Disgusting, frankly.
Six awards during his lifetime.

150 million records sold. When was the last accounting? we've heard that total for 20 years. Yes accouting may be difficult for a quasi-idependent artist in his last years, but the estate could do/force it..

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the thing that just bothers me is the complaining of a Beyoncé or Jay Z and others like the Weekend is not for awards but being nominated for the right ones and not appreciating the recognition you have gotten. It's like "I sold this many so I am entitled to the best album" and also having your husband talk down to the audience and guilt them into nominations. I mean prince once said "I don't like awards because I always lose to U2" and that was his comment mainly about losing for sign of the times, but that was it case closed, he never spoke on it more. I mean if Beyoncé loses album of the year this year can you imagine the nonsense that will go on.

It is ridiculous that Prince won only 7 Grammy Awards during his lifetime. The sheer reverance he is spoken with flys in the face of that laughable total. Seems like the game was to be sold.