Editing Brenda Lee (section)

==Legacy and recognition==
On September 26, 1986, Lee was installed in the Atlanta Music Hall of Fame 5th Annual Awards Ceremony held at the Raddison Inn, [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]. She was named among many other recording artists including: [[Riley Puckett]], [[Gid Tanner]], [[Dan Hornsby]], [[Clayton McMichen]] and [[Boots Woodall]]. Lee reached the final ballot for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and 2001 without success but was finally voted into the Hall of Fame in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brenda Lee - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/brenda-lee|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203130954/https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/brenda-lee|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Fame-and-Museum|title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum {{!}} History, Facts, & Inductees|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=October 11, 2017|language=en|archive-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011182934/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Fame-and-Museum|url-status=live}}</ref>

Celebrating over 50 years as a recording artist, in September 2006 she was the second recipient of the Jo Meador-Walker Lifetime Achievement award by the Source Foundation in Nashville.<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 - Source Nashville|url=http://sourcenashville.org/2006-2/|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119054919/http://sourcenashville.org/2006-2/|archive-date=November 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1997, she was inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Brenda Lee|url=http://countrymusichalloffame.org/Inductees/InducteeDetail/brenda-lee|website=Countrymusichalloffame.org|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730181441/https://countrymusichalloffame.org/Inductees/InducteeDetail/brenda-lee|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame<ref name=Rockabilly /> and the [[Hit Parade Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brenda Lee - Hit Parade Hall of Fame|url=http://hitparadehalloffame.com/brenda-lee/|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913032144/http://hitparadehalloffame.com/brenda-lee/|archive-date=September 13, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2008, her recording of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" marked 50 years as a holiday standard, and in February 2009 the [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] gave Lee a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lifetime Achievement Award - Grammy|url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=July 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702064838/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2023, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Lee at number 161 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref name=Rolling-Stone>{{cite magazine|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 1, 2023|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/brenda-lee-2-1234642908/|access-date=March 8, 2023|archive-date=March 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308230753/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/brenda-lee-2-1234642908/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Grammy Awards===
The [[Grammy Awards]] is an accolade by the [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] (NARAS) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the [[music industry]]. It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance arts: [[Emmy Award]]s (television), the [[Tony Award]]s (stage performance), and the [[Academy Award]]s (motion pictures). 
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! style="width:10%;"| Year
! style="width:40%;"| Category
! style="width:35%;"| Nominated work
! style="width:15%;"| Result
|-
| 1961
| rowspan="2"| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]
| "I'm Sorry"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1970
| "Johnny One Time"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1980
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance|Best Female Country Vocal Performance]]
| "Tell Me What It's Like" 
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1999
|[[Grammy Hall of Fame]]
| "I'm Sorry"
|  {{won|place=gold|Inducted}}
|-
| 2009
|[[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]
| Brenda Lee
|  {{won}}
|-
| 2019
|Grammy Hall of Fame
| "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
|  {{won|place=gold|Inducted}}
|}