Two time Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Kenny Loggins is receiving the Career Achievement honor at the next Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) which will be held on Jan. 27, 2021 in a hybrid awards show. The Footloose singer-songwriter will also perform during the HMMA event.
Loggins joins a distinguished list of past HMMA honorees including Smokey Robinson, Diane Warren, Earth Wind & Fire, Glen Campbell, Dave Mason and film composer John Debney.
Kenny Loggins is a singer/songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and producer. After playing in several bands in the late â60s and honing his songwriting chops as a staff songwriter at Wingate Music, Loggins rose to prominence with Loggins & Messina, a duo with fellow singer/songwriter Jim Messina. The two were together from 1972 to 1976, and released a string of successful albums. Loggins solo career led to further stardom with million-selling albums including Celebrate Me Home, Nightwatch (which included the hit âWhenever I Call You Friendâ). Loggins simultaneously became known as the king of the movie soundtrack song, scoring Top Ten hits with âIâm Alrightâ (from Caddyshack), âFootlooseâ (from Footloose), âDanger Zoneâ (from Top Gun), and âNobodyâs Foolâ (from Caddyshack 2). During this period, he was also one of the participants in USA for Africa on the benefit recording âWe Are the World.â His own albums sold less well (and came less frequently) throughout the â80s, with later efforts like 1991âs Leap of Faith, 1997âs The Unimaginable Life, and 1998âs December finding favor primarily in adult contemporary circles; in 1994, he also issued a childrenâs album, Return to Pooh Corner, and released its sequel, More Songs from Pooh Corner, in early 2000. He reunited with Messina in 2005 for a successful tour, album, and concert video, and in 2007, Loggins released How About Now, his first new solo album in four years. It was followed by All Join In in 2009.