Selena to Receive Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at 2021 Grammys.<br />The 2021 Special Merit Awards honorees were announced by the Recording Academy on Dec. 22.<br />Selena Quintanilla will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award 25 years after her life was tragically cut short at the age of 23.<br />Others to be recognized include Salt-N-Pepa, Talking Heads, Marilyn Horne and more.<br />As we welcome the new class of Special Merit Award honorees, .., Harvey Mason Jr., Interim President/CEO of the <br />Recording Academy, via statement.<br />... 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 <br />Recording Academy, via statement.<br />Selena's award comes shortly after the release of 'Selena: The Series' on Netflix.<br />The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards <br />will take place on Jan. 31, 2021
