Frankie Beverly, Prince, and more are set to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2025 from the Recording Academy.

Over the years, Prince, who showed up at the Grammys to present and receive awards, has been nominated for 38 Grammys. He last won one in 2008 for best male R&B vocal performance for “Future Baby Mama.” Three of his albums have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame — “1999″ in 2008, “Purple Rain” in 2011 and “Sign o’ the Times” in 2017.

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards honour iconic artists, including Prince, The Clash, Frankie Beverly, and others, celebrating their transformative contributions to music's history and their lasting global influence.

Prince, Jeffrey Mayer/. Prince, the Clash, Frankie Beverly, and Roxanne Shanté are among the Grammys’ 2025 Lifetime Achievement honorees, the Recording Aca

The 2024 Lifetime Achievement honorees included Laurie Anderson, N.W.A., Donna Summer, Gladys Knight, Tammy Wynette, and the Clark Sisters. A number of former San Diegans have been previous honorees, including Ravi Shankar, Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Patti Page and members of the Kingston Trio.

Minnesota music icon Prince will be among the artists honored with a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2025. The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on Feb. 2nd, but the Recording Academy will honor multiple artists at the Special Merit Awards Ceremony the day before.

Frankie Beverly, The Clash, Dr. Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal, Prince, Roxanne Shante, and Frankie Valli are the 2025 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees. Erroll Garner, Glyn Johns and Tania León are the Trustees Award recipients.

Three Trustees Awards and a Technical Grammy Award will also be presented at the Special Merit Awards ceremony.

The list of recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award for next year’s Grammys has been released, and it includes a number of figures who are sadly no longer with us. They include Prince, who (how can we forget?