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which honors non-performers.
The Grammy Trustees Award is not simply an award for “non-performers.” The Recording Academy defines it as honoring contributions other than performance, and its official recipient list includes performers.
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This description oversimplifies the Trustees Award in a way that makes it inaccurate.
According to the Recording Academy’s official Trustees Award page, the award is presented to “individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording.” That is different from saying it “honors non-performers.” The criterion is the type of contribution being recognized, not whether the person is or is not a performer.
The Academy’s own recipient list also shows that performers have received the Trustees Award. Its official page lists Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds as a 2021 Trustees Award recipient, and Babyface is plainly also a recording artist/performer. The page further notes that “Through 1983, recipients included performers.”
So the Trustees Award is better described as honoring non-performance contributions to recording, rather than as an award that simply “honors non-performers.”
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- Trustees Award - Grammy
The official definition says the award goes to “individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording. (*Through 1983, recipients included performers.)” The same page lists “Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds — Awarded: 2021.”
- RECORDING ACADEMY® LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2021 HONOREES TO BE CELEBRATED WITH THE RETURN OF SPECIAL MERIT AWARDS CEREMONY AND 64TH ANNUAL GRAMMY® NOMINEES RECEPTION | Grammy
The Recording Academy’s 2021 honorees announcement says “Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds” was a Trustees Award honoree and describes the Trustees Award as honoring contributions “in areas other than performance.”