London, Feb 18 (IANS): Singer Paul McCartney will be honoured with the Songwriter's Songwriter NME award here.
"We've spoken to the biggest and best musicians around, and they've told us, 'Paul McCartney is the world's ultimate songwriter'," mirror.co.uk quoted NME editor Mike Williams as saying.
"Paul's enduring and stunning talent is worth celebrating, and I'm incredibly honoured that NME are giving him the special, one-of-its-kind Songwriter's Songwriter award to recognise that," he added.
The Beatles legend will pick up his award at the NME awards Feb 26 here.
The awards ceremony is organised by music magazine NME.