Steve Jobs to get Grammy for revolutionizing music

First it was a bronze statue in Hungary. Now it's a Grammy.

The accolades for Steve Jobs, who died Oct 5, are still pouring in. The Recording Academy said on Wednesday it is giving the co-founder of Apple a special "Trustees Award" Grammy. The Grammys, of course, are the top honors in the U.S. music industry.

"As former CEO and co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs helped create products and technology that transformed the way we consume music, TV, movies, and books," the Recording Academy said in a statement.

"A creative visionary, Jobs' innovations such as the iPod and its counterpart, the online iTunes store, revolutionized the industry and how music was distributed and purchased," the statement added.
A formal acknowledgment of his award will be made during annual Grammy Awards ceremony on February 12 in Los Angeles.

In 2002, Apple was a recipient of a technical Grammy award for contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.

Steve Jobs' Music Legacy

That a man who never played an instrument or so much as sang a note professionally could be considered one of the greatest rock stars of this generation speaks to the impact Steve Jobs had on the music industry, and the legacy on it he leaves behind.

In a way different from any artist or label exec, Jobs will remain an iconic figure in the history of the music business. The innovations he shepherded into the market changed not only the way music is distributed, sold and enjoyed, but also, to an extent, the way it is made, something few can claim.

In many ways, Jobs was more than just the CEO of Apple. He was the father and leader of the digital music business, at once beloved and resented by various elements of the music business as a result. Through the introduction of the iPod, iTunes and the iPhone, he has left an indelible mark on the birth of the digital music business that will be examined, debated and desired by many in the generations to come.

Music Industry Responds to iCloud Announcement With Cautious Optimism

On its face, Apple's iCloud – which allows users to access music they've bought on iTunes on multiple devices – might not be the immediate game-changer many in the music industry were hoping for. But, industry insiders tell Rolling Stone, once the cloud is up and running next fall, Apple will likely roll out new features that could not only change the way people listen to and consume music, but also provide a not-insignificant source of revenue for the sputtering record business.

"Anything I bought I can now download to any of my devices at no additional charge," Apple's CEO Steve Jobs said yesterday in his announcement of the service at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. "This is the first time we have seen this in the music industry" – suggesting that iCloud trumps similar music-storage services by competitors Amazon and Google. But how powerful iCloud could be won't become evident until the fall, when Apple is likely to unveil the crucial song-streaming part of the service.