Frank Sinatra received the Grammy Legend Award in 1994.
The Grammy Legend Award honors recording artists whose lasting achievements have had an exceptional impact on music and popular culture. Sinatra received the award at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards, recognizing a career that had already spanned swing, traditional pop, jazz, film, television, and live performance.
Sinatra was one of the award's early recipients. Curtis Mayfield also received the honor in 1994, following Barbra Streisand in 1992 and Michael Jackson in 1993. The award has been presented intermittently rather than every year, which can make its dates easy to confuse with other Grammy honors.
Sinatra collected several different Grammy distinctions. His honors included the Grammy Trustees Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, in addition to the Grammy Legend Award. He was also a frequent Grammy nominee and winner for albums such as Come Dance with Me! and September of My Years. The 1994 recognition came late in his recording career, when his influence was already firmly established across generations.