Lionel Richie Named 2016 Musicares Person Of The Year

BANGALORE: Lionel Richie will receive the 2016 MusiCares Person of the Year award early next year in honor of his storied music career and charitable work for myriad causes including AIDS, breast cancer, human rights, famine, poverty and human trafficking.

Richie will be celebrated at the 26th annual MusiCares benefit gala, set for February 13th, 2016, two nights prior to the 58th Grammy Awards.

The gala, as always, will feature a star-studded tribute concert, and this year's lineup currently boasts Pharrell Williams, Lady Antebellum and Luke Bryan. Rickey Minor, music director for American Idol and the past two Grammy Awards, will serve as music director for the event as well. Additional performers will be announced soon.

"As far as I'm concerned, this is the highest honor in our music business because it means you have a career," Richie said in a statement. "You've survived the journey, if you will. The people who have been there defy categories. When you say Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney — are you kidding me? When I got in this business I wanted to be like them."

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