The Recording Academy of America will present a Lifetime Achievement
Award to Led Zeppelin on the eve of next month's Grammy Awards in recognition of their "outstanding" contribution to rock music during the seventies and their continuing positive influence on musicians.
Recording
Academy president Neil Portnow told Billboard: "These profoundly inspiring figures are being honoured as legendary performers and archetypal musicians, cultural ambassadors, and technical visionaries". Of course Led Zep weren't just worthy cultural ambassadors, they shifted large piles of records too - 'Led
Zeppelin IV' is America's fourth bestselling album of all time having shifted 22 million units since its release in 1971.