NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 30: Neil Diamond performs at the 84th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center on November 30, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 21: Singer/songwriter Neil Diamond attends SiriusXM’s “Town Hall” with Neil Diamond hosted by Cousin Brucie On SiriusXM’s Neil Diamond Radio at SiriusXM Studios on October 21, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 20: Neil Diamond performs on NBC’s “Today” at Rockefeller Plaza on October 20, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 04: Neil Diamond sings the “Freedom Song (They’ll Never Take Us Down)” after the third inning of game between Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Nationals during a game at Nationals Park on July 4, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
American pop singer-songwriter Neil Diamond relaxes with his guitar. Diamond is shortly to make his film debut in a remake of ‘The Jazz Singer’. Original Publication: People Disc – HC0035 (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond concentrates during a chess game, 1972. (Photo by Jack Kay/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
American singer Neil Diamond in London for his first British concert during a tour of Europe. Original Publication: People Disc – HC0121 (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
1st December 1974: Popular American singer-songwriter and performer Neil Diamond, winner of over twenty gold and platinum discs. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
SANTA MONICA — The Recording Academy announced today that singer-songwriter Neil Diamond will be honored with The Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award this summer.
The award celebrates performers who have made outstanding contributions of artistic significance to the field of recording, the academy said in a statement, adding that a special award presentation ceremony and concert celebrating several honorees will be held in the summer of 2018.
“Throughout his illustrious and wide-ranging career, Neil Diamond has sold over 130 million albums worldwide and has dominated the charts for more than five decades with 38 Top 40 singles and 16 Top 10 albums,” the academy said in a statement. “He has achieved record sales with 40 gold albums, 21 platinum albums and 11 multi-platinum albums.”
A Grammy Award-winning artist, Diamond is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall Of Fame and a recipient of the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, a high honor bestowed upon songwriters.