--- title: Jay-Z Receives Iconic Honor At Music's Biggest Party description: Everyone from Barry Manilow to Alicia Keys to Migos performed at the annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala, this year honoring Jay-Z. canonical: https://time.com/5121290/jay-z-clive-davis/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-28T21:12:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:08.001Z og:title: Jay-Z Receives Iconic Honor At Music's Biggest Party og:description: He was given an award at the star-studded annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala og:url: https://time.com/5121290/jay-z-clive-davis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a24fa2587bbbd36/6988f9c0bc6cfc51563e4cbc/jay-z-clive-davis-party.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4328 og:image:height: 2435 og:image:alt: Clive Davis and Recording Academy Pre-GRAMMY Gala - Inside og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jay-Z Receives Iconic Honor At Music's Biggest Party twitter:description: He was given an award at the star-studded annual Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a24fa2587bbbd36/6988f9c0bc6cfc51563e4cbc/jay-z-clive-davis-party.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jay-Z Receives Iconic Honor At Music's Biggest Party > Sponsored content. 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At this weekend’s New York City party, held at the Sheraton Times Square with the Recording Academy, nearly 1,000 of the industry’s titans and politicians like Nancy Pelosi, news personalities like Katie Couric, and celebrities like Jerry Seinfeld and Martha Stewart joined the evening’s honoree Jay-Z (with Beyoncé, of course). They were in for an eclectic night of music: Barry Manilow kicked off the performances, followed by “Despacito” [writer Luis Fonsi](http://time.com/4913699/the-new-science-of-the-truly-unstoppable-impossible-to-resist-summer-jam/), Grammy-nominated [rappers Migos](http://time.com/5118041/rap-music-mainstream/) and Logic, and Best New Artist nominee [Khalid](http://time.com/4728284/how-khalid-makes-music/). Alicia Keys took on an extensive acoustic medley of Jay-Z’s seminal works, and Jennifer Hudson closed out the evening with a powerhouse performance. Legend Gladys Knight, _Hamilton_ star [Leslie Odom, Jr](http://time.com/4608373/leslie-odom-jr-hamilton-holiday-album/). and _Dear Evan Hansen_ actor Ben Platt also sang for the crowd, which included Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, P!nk, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and a who’s-who of music. But the real point of the night was to pay homage to Jay-Z, a 21-time Grammy winner — and the artist up for the most awards at Sunday night’s Grammys. The music scion received the 2018 Salute to Industry Icons Award, which has previously honored icons like Antonio “L.A.” Reid, Richard Branson and Debra L. Lee. In his introduction, Davis called Jay-Z a “towering talent.” “Jay, you are the ultimate music person,” Davis went on. “You have literally defined so much of the music business as we have known it and as it continues to evolve.” In his remarks, Jay-Z reflected on his early boycott of the Grammys. “I realized art is super subjective and everyone’s doing their best. And the Academy… they’re human,” he said, noting that he returned to the Grammys when Beyoncé was nominated. “That’s the whole idea: for all of us to get involved and to push this thing further,” he continued, referring obliquely to the Grammys’ delayed response to the [rise of hip-hop and rap.](http://time.com/5118041/rap-music-mainstream/) As Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records founding partner Biggs Burke told TIME, the evening was a dream come true. “I remember him as a young kid, and us dreaming to be at this point,” Burke said. “And now to see us here! But not only just being here, but still changing the culture.” Sunday night’s Grammys [start at 7:30 p.m. EST.](http://time.com/5111893/grammys-2018-when-where-nominees-performers/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5121290/jay-z-clive-davis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5121290/jay-z-clive-davis/"},"headline":"Jay-Z Receives Iconic Honor At Music's Biggest Party","datePublished":"2018-01-28T21:12:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:08.001Z","description":"He received the 2018 Salute to Industry Icons Award","url":"https://time.com/5121290/jay-z-clive-davis/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a24fa2587bbbd36/6988f9c0bc6cfc51563e4cbc/jay-z-clive-davis-party.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a24fa2587bbbd36/6988f9c0bc6cfc51563e4cbc/jay-z-clive-davis-party.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Clive Davis and Recording Academy Pre-GRAMMY Gala - Inside","caption":"Clive Davis and Recording Academy Pre-GRAMMY Gala - Inside","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for NARAS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5121290/jay-z-clive-davis/","name":"Jay-Z Receives Iconic Honor At Music's Biggest Party"}}]}] ```