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Pharrell has a new reason to be happy.

Clive Davis is honouring the Happy and Freedom singer-songwriter with his Legend in Songwriting Award.

Pharrell is scheduled to receive the honour from the veteran music executive at the 12th annual Songs of Hope event on September 15. The annual event benefits the City of Hope, a research and treatment centre for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases in Duarte, California.

Other award recipients will include singer-songwriter Mike Posner and The Jungle Book and Mother’s Day composer John Debney.

Burt Bacharach, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds are among the previous winners of Davis’ Legend in Songwriting Award.