He won seven Grammy awards and, in 2004, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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In 2008, Helm received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award with The Band.

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They were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 and received a Grammy lifetime achievement award in 2005.

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Jones was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.

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He's won the prestigious Macarthur Genius Grant and this year, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Jones, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, was honored by the Kennedy Center in 2008 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

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In 2003, she was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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He did fine for himself: more than 70 albums, a Grammy Award, a separate Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammy organization.

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She was to have been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at next month's Grammy ceremony.

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The event saw Oscar-winning actor and Grammy-winning artist Jamie Foxx receive the MTV Generation Award, the show's version of a lifetime achievement trophy.

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