The Beatles To Win Grammys Lifetime Award

The Beatles are to win the lifetime achievement award at this year's Grammys, more than 50 years after their first number one album. Sir Paul McCartney will receive the gong at the ceremony in California, picking up the prize on behalf of bandmates Ringo Starr and the late John Lennon and George Harrison.

The 71-year-old will also reunite with Starr, 73, for a show marking the 50th anniversary of the band's first US performance. The Beatles won eight Grammys during their illustrious career, including best new artist in 1964 and album of the year for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967.

They are the best-selling band in history, with more than one billion unit sales worldwide.

The 56th Grammy Awards takes place at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, with Jay-Z leading the nominations with nine nods in total.