Lionel Richie has been named the 2016 MusiCares Person of the Year for his creative and charitable achievements, Billboard reports. The singer will be officially honored at the 26th annual MusiCares benefit gala on February 13, 2016, two nights before next year’s Grammy Awards. Artists who have already been lined up to perform at the gala include Pharrell Williams, Luke Bryan and Lady Antebellum, with more names to be announced in the near future. “I’m really very proud of this,“ Richie said in a statement. “As far as I’m concerned, this is the highest honor in our music business because it means you have a career. You’ve survived the journey, if you will“…
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