Giải Grammy thành tựu trọn đời
Nội dung hạng mục

| Năm | Người nhận giải |
| --- | --- |
1962: Bing Crosby
1965: Frank Sinatra
1966: Duke Ellington
1967: Ella Fitzgerald
1968: Irving Berlin
1971: Elvis Presley
1972: Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson
1984: Chuck Berry, Charlie Parker
1985: Leonard Bernstein
1986: Benny Goodman, The Rolling Stones, Andrés Segovia
1987: Roy Acuff, Benny Carter, Enrico Caruso, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Woody Herman, Billie Holiday, B.B. King, Isaac Stern, Igor Stravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Hank Williams
1989: Fred Astaire, Pablo Casals, Dizzy Gillespie, Jascha Heifetz, Lena Horne, Leontyne Price, Bessie Smith, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan
1990: Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Vladimir Horowitz, Paul McCartney
1991: Marian Anderson, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Kitty Wells
1992: James Brown, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters
1993: Chet Atkins, Little Richard, Thelonious Monk, Bill Monroe, Pete Seeger, Fats Waller
1994: Bill Evans, Aretha Franklin, Arthur Rubinstein
1995: Patsy Cline, Peggy Lee, Henry Mancini, Curtis Mayfield, Barbra Streisand
1996: Dave Brubeck, Marvin Gaye, Georg Solti, Stevie Wonder
1997: Bobby "Blue" Bland, The Everly Brothers, Judy Garland, Stéphane Grappelli, Buddy Holly, Charles Mingus, Oscar Peterson, Frank Zappa
1998: Bo Diddley, The Mills Brothers, Roy Orbison, Paul Robeson
1999: Johnny Cash, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson, Mel Tormé
2000: Harry Belafonte, Woody Guthrie, John Lee Hooker, Mitch Miller, Willie Nelson
2001: The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Marley, The Who
2002: Count Basie, Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, Al Green, Joni Mitchell
2003: Etta James, Johnny Mathis, Glenn Miller, Tito Puente, Simon & Garfunkel
2004: Van Cliburn, The Funk Brothers, Ella Jenkins, Sonny Rollins, Artie Shaw, Doc Watson
2005: Eddy Arnold, Art Blakey, The Carter Family, Morton Gould, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jelly Roll Morton, Pinetop Perkins, The Staple Singers
2006: David Bowie, Cream, Merle Haggard, Robert Johnson, Jessye Norman, Richard Pryor, The Weavers
2007: Joan Baez, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Maria Callas, Ornette Coleman, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Bob Wills
2008: Burt Bacharach, The Band, Cab Calloway, Doris Day, Itzhak Perlman, Max Roach, Earl Scruggs
2009: Gene Autry, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Four Tops, Hank Jones, Brenda Lee, Dean Martin, Tom Paxton
2010: Leonard Cohen, Bobby Darin, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Michael Jackson, Loretta Lynn, André Previn, Clark Terry
2011: Julie Andrews, Roy Haynes, Juilliard String Quartet, The Kingston Trio, Dolly Parton, The Ramones, George Beverly Shea
2012: The Allman Brothers Band, Glen Campbell, Antônio Carlos Jobim, George Jones, The Memphis Horns, Diana Ross, Gil Scott-Heron
2013: Ravi Shankar, The Temptations, Carole King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Patti Page, Glenn Gould, Charlie Haden
2014: The Beatles, Clifton Chenier, The Isley Brothers, Kraftwerk, Kris Kristofferson, Armando Manzanero, Maud Powell
2015: The Bee Gees, Pierre Boulez, Buddy Guy, George Harrison, Flaco Jiménez, The Louvin Brothers, Wayne Shorter
2016: Ruth Brown, Celia Cruz, Earth, Wind & Fire, Herbie Hancock, Jefferson Airplane, Linda Ronstadt, Run-D.M.C
2017: Shirley Caesar, Ahmad Jamal, Charley Pride, Jimmie Rodgers, Nina Simone, Sly Stone, The Velvet Underground
2018: Hal Blaine, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Louis Jordan, The Meters, Queen, Tina Turner
2019: Black Sabbath, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Billy Eckstine, Donny Hathaway, Julio Iglesias, Sam & Dave, Dionne Warwick
2020: Chicago, Roberta Flack, Isaac Hayes, Iggy Pop, John Prine, Public Enemy, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2021: