Selena to Receive Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at 2021 Grammys

Selena to Receive Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at 2021 Grammys.

The 2021 Special Merit Awards honorees were announced by the Recording Academy on Dec.

22.

Selena Quintanilla will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award 25 years after her life was tragically cut short at the age of 23.

Others to be recognized include Salt-N-Pepa, Talking Heads, Marilyn Horne and more.

As we welcome the new class of Special Merit Award honorees, .., Harvey Mason Jr., Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy, via statement.

... it gives us a chance to reward and recognize the influence they've had in the music community regardless of genre, Harvey Mason Jr., Interim President/CEO of the Recording Academy, via statement.

Selena's award comes shortly after the release of 'Selena: The Series' on Netflix.

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will take place on Jan.

31, 2021