Looks like Michael Jackson does it again he will get a lifetime achievement Grammy Award
The "King of Pop," Michael Jackson, will be awarded a posthumous lifetime achievement award from the Grammy foundation. Also to be honored for lifetime achievement will be Leonard Cohen, Loretta Lynn, blues man David "Honeyboy" Edwards, keyboardist Andre Previn, fluegelhornist Clark Terry and the late singer Bobby Darin, the foundation announced this week.
The Grammy Foundation was created and is supported by the Recording Academy. The academy will honor winners at an exclusive pre-Grammy event on Jan. 30 in Los Angeles.
Jackson, 50, died in June from an medication overdose. His death is still under investigation.
Earlier honorees for lifetime achievement include Smokey Robinson, B.B. King, Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra.
Earlier this year, Jackson also won a record-breaking four American Music Awards. Jackson's trophies were accepted by his brother Jermaine, who paid tribute to his late brother by wearing a glittery white glove. He said Michael's message is more important than any award.
Jackson was named favorite male artist in the pop/rock and soul/R&B categories. His 2003 greatest-hits album, "Number Ones," also won favorite album in both categories.
"The message that Michael had will live on forever," he said. "He saw good in everyone and he wanted everyone to do good. He always started with love." After his death, for six weeks, Jackson's album, "Number Ones," was the top-selling album in America.
He was also recently named iTunes' "Artist of the Year" for 2009.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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