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- ↑ Special Merit Awards: Class Of 2014
- ↑ "Lifetime Achievement Award". Grammy.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
- ↑ "Trustees Award: Past Recipients". Grammy.org.
- ↑ "Trustees Award: Ennio Morricone". The Recording Academy.