Polar Music Prize
Jazz musicians who received the Polar Music Prize: list of 6 recipients by year.
Recipients
| 2025 | Herbie Hancock American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940) |
| 2023 | Angelique Kidjo Beninese-French world music singer (born 1960) |
| 2007 | Sonny Rollins American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026) |
| 2002 | Miriam Makeba South African singer and civil rights activist (1932–2008) |
| 1998 | Ray Charles American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004) |
| — | Joni Mitchell Canadian musician |