The Houston native has a Grammy, an American Music Award and multiplatinum CDs to her credit.
Bristol dance music collective Massive Attack won the outstanding contribution to British music award.
With a nomination for a BBC Radio 3 World Music Award, they've become a presence on the world music scene.
Cash, who had won practically every existing country music award, in 1992 was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Late composer John Barry, best known for his contributions to the James Bond films, was honoured posthumously with an outstanding contribution to music award.
Last year's top MTV Video Music Award winner, for example, was the eclectic, hard-to-pigeonhole Beck, who took home five of the cable channel's odd-looking silver-astronaut trophies.
The song, which he said was his favourite, revived a flagging career and won him the Country Music Award's top male vocalist award in 1980 and 1981.
One act is already certain of a prize - the Eurythmics will receive an Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry award.
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Rock band Queen have been honoured with a music heritage award at the venue where they performed their first concert in 1970.
Cliburn won his first Texas competition when he was 12, and two years later he played in Carnegie Hall as the winner of the National Music Festival Award.
Eventually his luck changed with the success of the movie Baazigar (1993), winning him his first Filmfare Best Music Director Award, which he won again in 2004 for Main Hoon Na.
He has also won the National Film Award for best music direction, for the film Refugee (2001), and received the Filmfare Special Jury Award in 2000 for his outstanding contribution to music.
The allegoric musical includes folk-tinged original music by Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik ("Spring Awakening"), with thoughtful lyrics by W. H.
It recently earned Evans a Sony award for Music Radio Personality of the Year.
Another exclusive announcement today was that the BBC's Olympic theme music will be by award-winning band Elbow.
She also took the best dance award for "Music, " which she performed at the awards.
We would also have to include great works of art, beautiful music, great toys, award-winning movies, attractive people and anything else that brings us pleasure.
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In January of this year, under her new brand, Boynton Moo Media, Boynton and Ford entered into partnership with Loud Crow (loudcrow.com) to jointly create interactive digital versions of her well-known books and award-winning music, and also to eventually produce entirely new Boynton content.
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Citing his services to music and his fans, the award also recognised the singer's work for a Romanian orphans' charity.
He was honoured with the Green World Award at the Midem music conference for the festival's history of environmental fundraising and ecological initiatives.
He's won the prestigious Macarthur Genius Grant and this year, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Winners announced ahead of the main event included the late Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, whose award for best world music album was collected by his daughter Anoushka.
Paul, Minnesota, presents a diverse array of musical offerings, from pop and folk to award-winning classical music programs such as ' Performance Today' and ' Pipedreams.
"We're pleased to join with RadioShack to deliver high-quality, no-contract wireless services including our award-winning Muve Music service, " said Robert Young, executive vice president, field operations for Cricket.
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They headlined Glastonbury in 2009 and last year received a Brit Award for outstanding contribution to music.
Her sister, the singer Chandrika Tandon, was nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award in the Contemporary World Music category.
Ricky Martin, making his debut performance at the music "Oscars, " won the award for best male artist, beating Robbie Williams, Eminem, Ronan Keating, and Sisqo.
As well as inducting the four into the Hall of Fame, the Radio Academy will also be announcing the winner of the PRS John Peel award for outstanding contribution to music radio.
He made a name for himself as a musician, was nominated for a Music of Black Origin (Mobo) award in 1998 for his Free Your Mind album and later became an entrepreneur, cookery writer and presenter.
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