Talk:Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Shift from individuals to groups
Can anyone explain how "lifetime achievements" shifted from individual awards to those of groups, including groups which have changed or lost membership over the years? Lifetime to me refers to individuals.--96.244.244.244 (talk) 01:57, 26 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Good question, and one for which I'm not sure that there is an acceptable answer. I'm going to guess, though, that the lifetime nature here refers to the totality of the recorded work of those groups, which in most cases really means their peak years, regardless of who may be performing in those groups today. Interesting - there is a Kingston Trio out there performing today with no original members but wholly owned by the last surviving original member, Bob Shane. When the KT got the award in 2011, the current group was not represented there (they were on the road then anyway) - but the lifetime statuettes were presented to Shane and the widows of the three other musicians who had constituted the Trio in its peak incarnation 1957-67. Two of those ladies, however, had not even met the Trio musicians being honored when they (Nick Reynolds and John Stewart) were still in the Trio. I can't even guess what would happen or has happened with other groups.Sensei48 (talk) 05:21, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Doris Day not listed.
In Wikipedia's article on Doris Day, they mention that she won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009, but she is not listed here. LeAndra Smith — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.20.213.138 (talk) 20:30, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
 * . Doris Day is already listed as one of the winners for the year 2008. Grammys can be a bit confusing because they actually give out the awards in the following year -- i.e. the 2008 winners are actually presented their awards in 2009. So while she may have "won" the award in 2009, that was technically the Grammy awards show for year 2008. Here's the official list of Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Grammys' official website. Cheers! Marchije•speak/peek 13:43, 28 December 2019 (UTC)