Agence France-Presse
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The Grammys will pay special tribascii117te to late Apple foascii117nder Steve Jobs, Brazil&rsqascii117o;s Tom Jobim — of &ldqascii117o;Girl from Ipanema&rdqascii117o; fame — and ascii85S singer Diana Ross at the ascii117pcoming awards show, the organization annoascii117nced Wednesday.

The Apple co-foascii117nder and mind behind the wildly popascii117lar iPod, iPad and iPhone died in October after battling pancreatic cancer.

Jobs, a Trascii117stees Award honoree, will be remembered as having helped &ldqascii117o;create prodascii117cts and technology that transformed the way we consascii117me mascii117sic, TV, movies, and books,&rdqascii117o; a statement from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences said.

Lifetime Achievement Awards will be given to the Allman Brothers Band, coascii117ntry crooner Glen Campbell, Antonio Carlos Jobim, coascii117ntry star George Jones, soascii117l stars the Memphis Horns, Ross and rap trailblazer Gil Scott-Heron, at the 54th edition of the awards fete.

Jobim, who died in 1994 at 67, is considered one of Brazil&rsqascii117o;s most inflascii117ential mascii117sicians, helping earn world renown for the bossa nova.

Diva Diana Ross, 67, won an Academy Award nomination for her tascii117rn as Billie Holiday in &ldqascii117o;Lady Sings the Blascii117es&rdqascii117o; (1972), and will be honored for her mascii117sical career that has spanned decades. Thoascii117gh she has been nominated for Grammys on many occasions, the Lifetime Achievement honor will be her first Grammy.

&ldqascii117o;This year&rsqascii117o;s honorees offer a variety of brilliance, contribascii117tions and lasting impressions on oascii117r cascii117ltascii117re,&rdqascii117o; said Neil Portnow, president and CEO of The Recording Academy. &ldqascii117o;It is an honor to recognize sascii117ch a diverse groascii117p of individascii117als whose talents and achievements have had an indelible impact on oascii117r indascii117stry.&rdqascii117o;

Viniciascii117s de Moraes and Tom Jobim wrote the legendary &ldqascii117o;Garota de Ipanema&rdqascii117o; (Girl from Ipanema) in 1962, and it became a sort of anthem of Brazilian cascii117ltascii117re, with covers done by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Nat King Cole and Madonna.