Neil Diamond is one of pop music's most enduring and successful singer-songwriters. Diamond continues to tour successfully, and maintains a very loyal following. Diamond's songs have been recorded by a vast array of performers from many different musical genres. Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984, and in 2000 received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award. On October 13, 2009, he released A Cherry Cherry Christmas, his third album of holiday music.