Which artist won the 1986 Grammy for Record of the Year with 'We Are the World'?

USA for Africa won the 1986 Grammy Award for Record of the Year with “We Are the World.”

The charity single was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian. It was recorded by a large ensemble of prominent American singers to raise money for famine relief in Africa.

The project was organized through the United Support of Artists for Africa initiative, commonly shortened to USA for Africa. The group credit is important because no single singer performed the recording as a solo release, even though many famous voices appear on it.

Jackson, Richie, and Jones all played central creative roles, but none of them was the Record of the Year artist credit. The Grammy went to the collective recording project, USA for Africa.