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Awards
Universal chief to get Music Week lifetime gong
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 9 March 2010
Music Week have announced that the lifetime achievement gong at this year’s Music Week Awards will go to Universal Music International chief Lucian Grainge, who, as previously reported, will become the overall top man at the music major at the end of the year. The trade mag call their lifetime achievement prize the Strat.
Music Week editor Paul Williams says this: “Lucian Grainge’s contribution not just to the UK music industry but to the business globally has been extraordinary, so it should be a very special moment when he receives this award on 15 Apr. It will not only mark what he has achieved so far, but will help to usher in this incredible next chapter in his career. By announcing beforehand he is getting this, it means everyone who wants to will be able to share in this moment in person”.
