Musicares Person Of The Year

Chosen by the MusiCares Foundation, award recipients are honored during "Grammy Week" (a string of events culminating with the annual Grammy Awards ceremony). Person of the year gala consistes of a seated dinner and start-studded tribute concert.

From 1991 to 1993, the first three MusiCares Person of the Year awards were presented to American musicians David Crosby, Bonnie Raitt, and Natalie Cole. 2018 honorees Fleetwood Mac became the first group to receive the award. Dolly Parton is the first country artist to receive the honor, in 2019. In 2023, Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy received the award, marking the first time two luminaries were honored in one year. The award was not presented in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Year[I]	Image	Recipient	Lifetime	Nationality	Ref.
1991		David Crosby	1941–2023	United States
1992		Bonnie Raitt	b. 1949	United States
1993		Natalie Cole	1950–2015	United States
1994		Gloria Estefan	b. 1957	Cuba United States
1995		Tony Bennett	1926–2023	United States
1996		Quincy Jones	b. 1933	United States
1997		Phil Collins	b. 1951	United Kingdom
1998		Luciano Pavarotti	1935–2007	Italy
1999		Stevie Wonder	b. 1950	United States
2000		Elton John	b. 1947	United Kingdom
2001		Paul Simon	b. 1941	United States
2002		Billy Joel	b. 1949	United States
2003		Bono	b. 1960	Ireland
2004		Sting	b. 1951	United Kingdom
2005		Brian Wilson	b. 1942	United States
2006		James Taylor	b. 1948	United States
2007		Don Henley	b. 1947	United States
2008		Aretha Franklin	1942–2018	United States
2009		Neil Diamond	b. 1941	United States
2010		Neil Young	b. 1945	Canada
2011		Barbra Streisand	b. 1942	United States
2012		Paul McCartney	b. 1942	United Kingdom
2013		Bruce Springsteen	b. 1949	United States
2014		Carole King	b. 1942	United States
2015		Bob Dylan	b. 1941	United States
2016		Lionel Richie	b. 1949	United States
2017		Tom Petty	1950–2017	United States
2018		Fleetwood Mac: Mick Fleetwood John McVie Christine McVie Lindsey Buckingham Stevie Nicks	b. 1947 b. 1945 1943–2022 b. 1949 b. 1948	United States United Kingdom
2019		Dolly Parton	b. 1946	United States
2020		Aerosmith: Joe Perry Steven Tyler Tom Hamilton Joey Kramer Brad Whitford	b. 1950 b. 1948 b. 1951 b. 1950 b. 1952	United States
2022		Joni Mitchell	b. 1943	Canada
2023		Berry Gordy & Smokey Robinson	b. 1929 b. 1940	United States
2024		Jon Bon Jovi	b. 1962	United States

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to an article about the Annual Grammy Awards ceremony of that year.

• List of humanitarian and service awards
• MusiCares