Beyoncé, Drake and Taylor Swift are close behind.
Shawn Mendes and Rosalía are the other co-chairs of the fund-raising drive, which aims to raise $3 million to $5 million.
The show, which focuses on the U.K. rap and grime scene, will return to a live format this year.
The ceremony is locked in for Nov. 24 at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion.
Cody Johnson and Walker Hayes, also honorees, will be performing at the event.
"That he actually managed to...come out with an album of that kind of quality - I am totally impressed," says one of the activists who wrote to the Recording Academy's CEO about Mehdi Rajabian.
"That he actually managed to...come out with an album of that kind of quality - I am totally impressed," said the groups of Mehdi Rajabian in a letter to Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr.
The honorees will be saluted at separate ceremonies in Glendale, Calif., and Seattle in November.
Cory Fitzner from Hubbard Radio's "The Country Top 40 With Fitz" is named weekly national broadcast personality of the year.
Billboard looks at the crossroads of Recording Academy and chart success on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 over the last 65 years.
