December 11, 2001

Posted December 11, 2001

Joni's awards pile up so quickly I can barely keep up with them! The latest announcement: Joni has been named as a 2002 recipient of the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Recording Academy President/CEO Michael Greene says "The recipients of these awards are in a rarified league all their own. They are a prestigious group of diverse and influential creators who have given us some of the most distinctive and seminal recordings of the last century. Their work exemplifies the highest creative and technical standards by which we all measure our own personal and professional contributions." Joni is applauded on the site as "An innovative and experimental artist... Mitchell's music has evolved from its early folk roots to embrace pop, rock, jazz, and multi-cultural world music, resulting in a creative legacy which has paved the way for countless contemporary performers."

This isn't the first time Joni's been recognized by the Academy, of course: In addition to the five Grammy awards she has received, her 1971 Blue album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Other 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are bandleader Count Basie and vocalists Rosemary Clooney, Al Green and Perry Como. The recipients will be formally acknowledged on February 27, in conjunction with the 44th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.