Recording Academy® to Honor Music Industry Icons With 2024 Special Merit Awards During GRAMMY® Week
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Friday, January 5, 2024
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“Their contributions to music span genres, backgrounds and crafts, reflecting the rich diversity that fuels our creative community.
Key Points:
- “Their contributions to music span genres, backgrounds and crafts, reflecting the rich diversity that fuels our creative community.
- In 2002, Anderson was appointed the first artist-in-residence of NASA which culminated in her 2004 touring solo performance, The End of the Moon.
- She has been nominated for six GRAMMY Awards® throughout her recording career and received a GRAMMY® for the release Landfall in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet at the 61st GRAMMYs®.
- Credited for helping to bring gospel music to the mainstream, the Clark Sisters are considered pioneers of contemporary gospel.