List of awards and nominations received by Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney's awards include BRIT Awards, Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, Classical Brit Awards and the UK's Q Awards. As a member of The Beatles, his songwriting partnership with John Lennon produced "some of the most popular music in rock and roll history".[1]
In the United Kingdom, he has been knighted[2][3] and received the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.[4]
In the United States, McCartney received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and Kennedy Center Honors in 2010.
In Peru, he received the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun, La Orden del Arbol de la Quina for his environmental protection work, and the Medal of Honor from the National Library of Peru.[5][6]
On 8 September 2012, McCartney was awarded the Legion of Honour for services to music by French President Francois Hollande at Elysee Palace.[7]
Contents
- 1 NME awards
- 2 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
- 3 BMI Latin Awards
- 4 Classical Brit Awards
- 5 Academy Awards
- 6 American Music Awards
- 7 BRIT Awards
- 8 Grammy Awards
- 9 MTV Video Music Awards
- 10 MTV Europe Music Awards
- 11 Q Awards
- 12 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
- 13 Orders, awards and honours
- 14 References
NME awards
Year | Award | Recipient | Result |
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1963 | World Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won |
British Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won | |
Best British Disc Of The Year - ‘She Loves You’ | The Beatles | Won | |
1964 | Outstanding Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won |
British Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won | |
1965 | British Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won |
World Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won | |
1966 | British Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won |
Best British Disc This Year - ‘Eleanor Rigby’ | The Beatles | Won | |
1968 | World Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won |
British Vocal Group | The Beatles | Won | |
Best British Disc This Year - ‘Hey Jude’ | The Beatles | Won | |
1970 | Top British Group | The Beatles | Won |
1970's Best British LP - ’Let It Be’ | The Beatles | Won | |
1971 | Top British Group | The Beatles | Won |
Best British LP - ‘Let It Be’ | The Beatles | Won | |
1974 | Best bass guitarist | Paul McCartney | Won |
1976 | Best bass guitarist | Paul McCartney | Won |
1980 | For Outstanding Services to Music | Paul McCartney | Won |
2000 | Best Band Ever | The Beatles | Won |
2005 | Best Event | Paul McCartney | Won |
2014 | The Songwriter’s Songwriter | Paul McCartney | Won |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Paul McCartney has won once Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards in the category of Best Song (from movie "Vanilla Sky" (2001)) for "Vanilla Sky" in 2002.
BMI Latin Awards
The BMI Latin Awards are awarded annually by Broadcast Music, Inc. for the best-performing Latin songs. McCartney has received one award for Manny Manuel's cover "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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1997 | "Dame Tu Mano Ven (I Want to Hold Your Hand)" | Award-winning song[8] | Won |
Classical Brit Awards
The Classical Brit Awards are awarded annually. Paul has won one award for Ecce cor Meum in the category of "NS&I Album of the Year".
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards are awarded annually. Paul McCartney has won once with the Beatles, and has been nominated for two more awards.
Year | Award | Work | Film | With | Result |
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1970 | Best Original or Adaptation Score | Let It Be | Let It Be | The Beatles | Won |
1973 | Best Original Song | "Live and Let Die" | Live and Let Die | Linda McCartney | Nominated |
2001 | Best Original Song | "Vanilla Sky" | Vanilla Sky | – | Nominated |
American Music Awards
The American Music Awards are awarded annually. Paul McCartney won two awards and has been nominated for two.
Year | Award[9][10][11] | Work | With | Result |
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1993 | Award of Merit | Solo | Won | |
1997 | Favorite Pop/Rock Album | The Beatles Anthology | The Beatles | Won |
2015 | Best Collaboration | "FourFiveSeconds" | Rihanna and Kanye West | Nominated |
BRIT Awards
The BRIT Awards are awarded annually by the British Phonographic Industry. McCartney has won 7 BRIT awards and 1 Classic Brit Awards.
Year | Award[12] | With |
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1977 | Best British album (of the past 25 years) | The Beatles |
1977 | Outstanding Contribution (of the past 25 years) | The Beatles |
1977 | Best British Band (of the past 25 years) | The Beatles |
1983 | Best British Male Solo Artist | Solo |
1983 | Sony Trophy | Solo |
1983 | Outstanding Contribution | The Beatles |
2007 | Album of the Year (Ecce Cor Meum) | Solo |
2008 | Outstanding Contribution | Solo |
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States.
In addition to his 21 Grammy wins, McCartney received the academy's MusiCares Person of the Year award in 2012. McCartney was honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award twice. The first in 1990 for his solo work and then with The Beatles in 2014. The Beatles were also, honoured with a Grammy Trustees Award in 1972.[13]
Year | Award[14][15] | Work | With | Result |
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1965 | Record of the Year | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | The Beatles | Nominated |
Song of the Year | "A Hard Day's Night" | John Lennon | Nominated | |
Best New Artist | - | The Beatles | Won | |
Best Performance By A Vocal Group | A Hard Day's Night | The Beatles | Won | |
Rock and Roll Recording | A Hard Day's Night | The Beatles | Nominated | |
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show | A Hard Day's Night | John Lennon | Nominated | |
1966 | Album of the Year | Help! | The Beatles | Nominated |
Record of the Year | "Yesterday" | The Beatles | Nominated | |
Song of the Year | "Yesterday" | John Lennon | Nominated | |
Vocal Group Performance | Help! | The Beatles | Nominated | |
Best Male Vocal Performance | "Yesterday" | Solo | Nominated | |
Best Contemporary (R&R) Single | "Yesterday" | Solo | Nominated | |
Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Vocal Performance | Help! | The Beatles | Nominated | |
Best Contemporary (R&R) Male Vocal Performance | "Yesterday" | Solo | Nominated | |
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show | Help! | John Lennon, George Harrison, Ken Thorne | Nominated | |
1967 | Album of the Year | Revolver | The Beatles | Nominated |
Song of the Year | "Michelle" | John Lennon | Won | |
Best Male Vocal Performance | "Eleanor Rigby" | Solo | Nominated | |
Best Contemporary Solo Vocal Performance | "Eleanor Rigby" | Solo | Won | |
Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording | "Eleanor Rigby" | Solo | Nominated | |
1968 | Album of the Year | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Won |
Best Contemporary Album | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Won | |
Best Group Vocal Performance | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Nominated | |
Best Contemporary Group Vocal or Instrumental Performance | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Nominated | |
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s) | "A Day in the Life" | The Beatles, George Martin | Nominated | |
1969 | Album of the Year | Magical Mystery Tour | The Beatles | Nominated |
Record of the Year | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles | Nominated | |
Song of the Year | John Lennon | Nominated | ||
Contemporary Pop Vocal Group | The Beatles | Nominated | ||
1970 | Album of the Year | Abbey Road | The Beatles | Nominated |
Contemporary Vocal Group | Abbey Road | The Beatles | Nominated | |
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show | Yellow Submarine | John Lennon, George Harrison, George Martin | Nominated | |
1971 | Record of the Year | "Let It Be" | The Beatles | Nominated |
Song of the Year | "Let It Be" | John Lennon | Nominated | |
Best Contemporary Vocal Group | Let It Be | The Beatles | Nominated | |
Best Contemporary Song | "Let It Be" | John Lennon | Nominated | |
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | Let It Be | The Beatles | Won | |
1972 | Grammy Trustees Award | - | The Beatles | Honoured |
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" | Linda McCartney | Won | |
1974 | Best Pop Duo or Group Vocal Performance | "Live and Let Die" | Wings | Nominated |
Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists | Wings, George Martin | Won | ||
Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | Live and Let Die | Linda McCartney, George Martin | Nominated | |
1975 | Album of the Year | Band on the Run | Wings | Nominated |
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | "Band on the Run" | Wings | Won | |
1977 | Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists | "Let 'Em In" | Wings | Nominated |
1980 | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | "Rockestra Theme" | Wings | Won |
1981 | Best Male Rock Vocal Performance | "Coming Up" (live at Glasgow) | Solo | Nominated |
1982 | Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording | The McCartney Interview | Solo | Nominated |
1983 | Album of the Year | Tug of War | Solo | Nominated |
Record of the Year | "Ebony and Ivory" | Stevie Wonder, George Martin | Nominated | |
Best Performance By a Duo Or Group With Vocal | Stevie Wonder, George Martin | Nominated | ||
1984 | Best Pop Performance By a Duo Or Group With Vocal | "The Girl Is Mine" | Michael Jackson | Nominated |
1986 | Best Music Video, Long Form | Do They Know It's Christmas | Band Aid | Nominated |
1987 | Best Music Video, Short Form | "Rupert and the Frog Song" | Solo | Nominated |
1990 | Lifetime Achievement Award | - | Solo | Honoured |
1993 | Grammy Hall of Fame | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Honoured |
1995 | Grammy Hall of Fame | Abbey Road | The Beatles | Honoured |
1996 | Best Historical Album | Live at the BBC | The Beatles | Nominated |
1997 | Best Long Form Music Video | The Beatles Anthology | The Beatles | Won |
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | "Free as a Bird" | The Beatles | Won | |
Best Short Form Music Video | The Beatles | Won | ||
Grammy Hall of Fame | "Yesterday" | The Beatles | Honoured | |
1998 | Album of the Year | Flaming Pie | Solo | Nominated |
Grammy Hall of Fame | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | The Beatles | Honoured | |
1999 | Grammy Hall of Fame | Revolver | The Beatles | Honoured |
Grammy Hall of Fame | "Strawberry Fields Forever" | The Beatles | Honoured | |
2000 | Grammy Hall of Fame | Rubber Soul | The Beatles | Honoured |
Grammy Hall of Fame | A Hard Day's Night | The Beatles | Honoured | |
Grammy Hall of Fame | The Beatles (White Album) | The Beatles | Honoured | |
2001 | Best Alternative Music Album | Liverpool Sound Collage | Solo | Nominated |
Grammy Hall of Fame | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles | Honoured | |
Grammy Hall of Fame | Meet the Beatles | The Beatles | Honoured | |
2002 | Grammy Hall of Fame | "Eleanor Rigby" | The Beatles | Honoured |
2003 | Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | "Vanilla Sky" (from Vanilla Sky) |
Solo | Nominated |
2004 | Grammy Hall of Fame | "Let It Be" | The Beatles | Honoured |
2005 | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | "Something" (from Concert for George) |
Eric Clapton | Nominated |
2006 | Album of the Year | Chaos and Creation in the Backyard | Solo | Nominated |
Best Pop Vocal Album | Solo | Nominated | ||
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | "Fine Line" (from Chaos and Creation in the Backyard) |
Solo | Nominated | |
2007 | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | "Jenny Wren" (from Chaos and Creation in the Backyard) |
Solo | Nominated |
2008 | Best Pop Vocal Album | Memory Almost Full | Solo | Nominated |
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | "Dance Tonight" (from Memory Almost Full) |
Solo | Nominated | |
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance | "Only Mama Knows" (from Memory Almost Full) |
Solo | Nominated | |
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Love | The Beatles | Won | |
Grammy Hall of Fame | "Help!" | The Beatles | Honoured | |
2009 | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | "That Was Me" (from Memory Almost Full) |
Solo | Nominated |
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance | "I Saw Her Standing There" (live) | Solo | Nominated | |
2011 | Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance | "Helter Skelter" (live) (from Good Evening New York City) |
Solo | Won |
Grammy Hall of Fame | "Penny Lane" | The Beatles | Honoured | |
2012 | Best Historical Album | Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection — Deluxe Edition) | Sam Okell, Steve Rooke | Won |
2013 | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Kisses on the Bottom | Solo | Won |
Grammy Hall of Fame | Band on the Run | Wings | Honoured | |
2014 | Best Rock Song | "Cut Me Some Slack" | Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, and Krist Novoselic | Won |
Best Music Film | Live Kisses | Solo | Won | |
Best Historical Album | Ram (Paul McCartney Archive Collection — Deluxe Edition) | Simon Gibson, Guy Massey, Steve Rooke | Nominated | |
Lifetime Achievement Award | - | The Beatles | Honoured | |
2016 | Best Rap Performance | "All Day" | Kanye West, Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom | Pending |
Best Rap Song | Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, Sean Combs, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kingdom, Kendrick Lamar, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Che Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans, Cydel Young | Pending |
MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards are awarded annually by MTV. McCartney has won 1.
Year | Award | Work |
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1984 | Video Vanguard Award | The Beatles |
MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards are awarded annually by MTV. McCartney has one.
Year | Award | Work |
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2008 | Ultimate Legend Award | Paul McCartney |
Q Awards
The Q Awards are awarded annually by Q magazine.
Year | Award[16] |
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2007 | Q Icon |
2010 | Classic Album: Band on the Run, Wings |
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
The The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song,[17] created in 2007, is awarded annually. On 2 June 2010, in a White House ceremony, McCartney received this prize from President Obama. The Gershwin Prize is the highest award a musician can receive in the United States; McCartney is the first non-American recipient of the award, the previous recipients were Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.[18]
Orders, awards and honours
Date | Country | Ribbon | Award |
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8 Sep 2012 | FRA | Officer of Legion of Honour – for services to music by French President Francois Hollande at Elysee Palace[7] | |
Jun 1965 | Cmnwlth | Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire[4] | |
31 Dec 1996 | Cmnwlth | In the 1997 New Year Honours McCartney was knighted for his services to music.[2][3] | |
5 May 2011 | PER | Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun, the highest award bestowed by the nation of Peru to commend notable civil and military merit, in a private ceremony while visiting the country for a concert in the city of Lima.[5] | |
9 May 2011 | PER | La Orden del Árbol de la Quina, an order that is given to celebrities who fight for the protection of environment by the Ministry of Environment of Peru.[6] | |
9 May 2011 | PER | Medal of Honor of the National Library of Peru.[6] | |
Dec 1993 | CHL | Order of Merit (Chile) (unknown grade)[citation needed] | |
5 Dec 2010 | USA | Kennedy Center Honors[19] |
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