List of awards and nominations received by Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters awards and nominations
	Foo Fighters performing in Milwaukee in December 2006
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
Totals
Wins	35
Nominations	113
	Note ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination. ;

This is a comprehensive list of major music awards and nominations received by Foo Fighters, an American rock band. Foo Fighters were formed in 1994 by lead singer Dave Grohl.^[1] Foo Fighters has received thirty-five awards from one hundred-thirteen nominations.

Their most successful performance at any one ceremony over time, is that of the Grammys with 15 wins, while the Kerrang Awards in the United Kingdom is their most successful in terms of winning every time they have been nominated, with 6 wins from 6 nominations.

AltRock Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	Foo Fighters	Artist of the Year	Nominated
2018	Dave Grohl	Best Male Singer	Won

American Music Awards

The American Music Awards is an annual award created by Dick Clark. The awards show is similar to the Grammy Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards.

Year	Award	Work	Result
2008	Favorite Alternative Artist	Foo Fighters	Nominated
2011	Favorite Alternative Artist		Won
2021	Favorite Rock Artist		Nominated

BBC Music Awards

Year	Award	Work	Result
2017	Live Performance of the Year	Foo Fighters at Glastonbury	Won

Billboard Music Awards

Year	Award	Work	Result
2012	Foo Fighters	Top Alternative Artist	Nominated
	Foo Fighters	Top Rock Artist	Nominated
	"Wasting Light"	Top Rock Album	Nominated

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are awarded annually in the United Kingdom. As of 2018, Foo Fighters has received five awards from eight nominations.^[2]

Year	Award	Work	Results
1996	Foo Fighters	International Breakthrough Act	Nominated
1996		International Group	Nominated
2003			Nominated
2008			Won
2008	Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace	International Album	Won
2012	Foo Fighters	International Group	Won
2015			Won
2018			Won
2021			Nominated

GAFFA Awards

Denmark GAFFA Awards

Delivered since 1991, the GAFFA Awards are a Danish award that rewards popular music by the magazine of the same name.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2002	Foo Fighters	Best Foreign Band	Nominated	^[3]
2006	In Your Honor	Best Foreign Album	Nominated	^[3]
2007	Foo Fighters	Best Foreign Band	Nominated	^[4]
2018	Foo Fighters	Best Foreign Band	Nominated	^[5]

Sweden GAFFA Awards

Delivered since 2010, the GAFFA Awards (Swedish: GAFFA Priset) are a Swedish award that rewards popular music awarded by the magazine of the same name.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2011	Wasting Light	Best Foreign Album	Won	^[6]
2018	"Run"	Best Foreign Song	Nominated	^[7]
2018	Concrete and Gold	Best Foreign Album	Nominated	^[7]

Global Awards

Year	Award	Nominee/Work	Results
2018	Foo Fighters	Best Group	Nominated
2018	Foo Fighters	Best Indie	Nominated

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States. Foo Fighters has received fifteen awards from thirty-two nominations.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] They have won Best Rock Album five times, more than any other band.

Year	Work	Award	Result
1996	Foo Fighters	Best Alternative Music Performance	Nominated
1998	The Colour and the Shape	Best Rock Album	Nominated
1998	"Monkey Wrench"	Best Hard Rock Performance	Nominated
2001	There Is Nothing Left to Lose	Best Rock Album	Won
	"Learn to Fly"	Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal	Nominated
	"Learn to Fly"	Best Short Form Music Video	Won
2003	"All My Life"	Best Hard Rock Performance	Won
2003	"All My Life"	Best Rock Song	Nominated
2004	One by One	Best Rock Album	Won
2004	"Times Like These"	Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal	Nominated
2006	In Your Honor	Best Rock Album	Nominated
	"Best of You"	Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal	Nominated
	"Best of You"	Best Rock Song	Nominated
	"Virginia Moon" (with Norah Jones)	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	Nominated
2008	Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace	Best Rock Album	Won
	"The Pretender"	Record of the Year	Nominated
		Best Hard Rock Performance	Won
		Best Rock Song	Nominated
2012	Wasting Light	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Wasting Light	Best Rock Album	Won
	"Walk"	Best Rock Performance	Won
	"Walk"	Best Rock Song	Won
	"White Limo"	Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance	Won
	Foo Fighters: Back and Forth	Best Long Form Music Video	Won
2016	"Something from Nothing"	Best Rock Performance	Nominated
2016	Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways	Best Music Film	Nominated
2018	"Run"	Best Rock Performance	Nominated
2018	"Run"	Best Rock Song	Won
2022	"Making a Fire"	Best Rock Performance	Won
	"Waiting on a War"	Best Rock Song	Won
	Medicine at Midnight	Best Rock Album	Won
2024	"Rescued"	Best Rock Performance	Nominated
	"Rescued"	Best Rock Song	Nominated
	But Here We Are	Best Rock Album	Nominated

Kerrang! Awards

The Kerrang! Awards is an award show from Kerrang! Magazine. Foo Fighters received six awards.

Year	Award	Work	Results
1996	Best Album	Foo Fighters	Won
2000	Classic Songwriters	Foo Fighters	Won
2002	Hall Of Fame	Foo Fighters	Won
2005	Best Single	"Best of You"	Won
2018	Best International Band	Foo Fighters	Won
2018	Best International Live Act	Foo Fighters	Won

MTV Awards

MTV Australia Music Awards

The MTV Australia Music Awards is the Australian version of the MTV Video Music Awards. Foo Fighters received five nominations.

Year	Award	Work	Results
2006	"In Your Honor"	Best Album	Nominated
	"Best of You"	Best Group Video	Nominated
	"Best of You"	Best Rock Video	Nominated
2008	"The Pretender"	Video of the Year	Nominated
2008	Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace Tour	Best Live Performer	Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards is an annuel award show from MTV Europe. Foo Fighters received eleven nominations.

Year	Award	Work	Results
2000	Best Video	"Learn to Fly"	Nominated
2000	Best Rock	Foo Fighters	Nominated
2005	Best Rock		Nominated
2007	Best Headliner		Nominated
2007	Best Video	"The Pretender"	Nominated
2008	Best Headliner	Foo Fighters	Nominated
2009	Best Rock		Nominated
2011	Best Rock		Nominated
	Best Live Act		Nominated
	Best North American Act		Nominated
2015	Best Rock		Nominated
2015	Best Live Act		Nominated
2017	Best Rock		Nominated
	Best World Stage		Nominated
	Best Video	"Run"	Nominated
2018	Best Rock ^[17]	Foo Fighters	Nominated
2021	Best Rock	Foo Fighters	Nominated
2022	Best Rock	Foo Fighters	Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Foo Fighters has received three awards from twenty-six nominations.^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]

Year	Award	Video	Results
1996	Best Group Video	"Big Me"	Won
	Video of the Year		Nominated
	Best Alternative Video		Nominated
	Best Direction in a Video		Nominated
1997	Best Rock Video	"Monkey Wrench"	Nominated
1997	Best Alternative Video	"Monkey Wrench"	Nominated
1998	Best Rock Video	"Everlong"	Nominated
	Best Special Effects in a Video		Nominated
	Best Art Direction in a Video		Nominated
2000	Best Group Video	"Learn to Fly"	Nominated
2000	Best Direction in a Video	"Learn to Fly"	Nominated
2005	Best Rock Video	"Best of You"	Nominated
2005	Best Editing in a Video	"Best of You"	Nominated
2008	Best Rock Video	"The Pretender"	Nominated
2009	Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman)	"Everlong"	Nominated
2011	Best Rock Video	"Walk"	Won
2017	Best Rock	"Run"	Nominated
2018		"The Sky is a Neighborhood"	Nominated
2021		"Shame Shame"	Nominated
	Best Choreography		Nominated
	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Global Icon	Foo Fighters	Won
	Group of the Year		Nominated
2022	Group of the Year		Nominated
	Best Rock	"Love Dies Young"	Nominated
	Best Longform Video	Studio 666	Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

The MTV Video Music Awards Japan is the Japanese version of the MTV Video Music Awards. Foo Fighters were nominated three times.

Year	Award	Work	Results
2003	Best Rock Video	"All My Life"	Nominated
2008	Best Rock Video	"The Pretender"	Nominated
2012	Best Video from a Film	"Walk" (from Thor)	Nominated

NME Awards

The NME Awards is an annual award show from NME Magazine in the UK. Foo Fighters received five awards.

Year	Award	Work	Results
2008	Best Album of the Year	Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace	Won
2011	Godlike Genius Award	Dave Grohl	Won
2012	Best International Band	Foo Fighters	Won
2012	Best Music Film	Back and Forth	Won
2013	Best International Band	Foo Fighters	Nominated
2013	Hero of the Year	Dave Grohl	Nominated
2015	Best International Band	Foo Fighters	Won
2016	Musical Moment of the Year	Dave Grohl	Nominated
	Hero of the Year	Dave Grohl	Won
	Best International Band	Foo Fighters	Nominated

People's Choice Awards

The People's Choice Awards is an annual award show from CBS television. People vote for their favorite movies, TV shows, and music. Foo Fighters are nominated for one award.

Year	Award	Work	Results
2012	Favorite Band	Foo Fighters	Nominated

Radio Music Awards

The Radio Music Awards is an annuel award show for the best radio music. Foo Fighters received three nominations.

Year	Award	Work	Results
2005	Artist of the Year/Alternative and Active Rock Radio	Foo Fighters	Nominated
	Song of the Year/Alternative and Active Rock Radio	"Best of You"	Nominated
	Song of the Year/Rock Radio	"Best of You"	Nominated

Q Awards

The Q Awards is an annuel awards show from Q Magazine. Foo Fighters received two nominations.

Year	Award	Work	Results
2003	Best Act in the World Today	Foo Fighters	Nominated
2007	Best Act in the World Today	Foo Fighters	Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

The Teen Choice Awards is an annual award show which first aired in 1999 by Fox Broadcasting Company. Foo Fighters received five nominations.

Year	Award	Work	Results
2003	Choice Rock Track	"Times Like These"	Nominated
2006	Choice Rock Band	Foo Fighters	Nominated
2011	Choice Rock Track	"Rope"	Nominated
2011	Choice Rock Band	Foo Fighters	Nominated
2012	Choice Rock Band	Foo Fighters	Nominated

UK Music Video Awards

The UK Music Video Awards is an annual award ceremony founded in 2008 to recognise creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music videos and moving images for music.^[26]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2009	Live at Wembley Stadium	Best Live Music Coverage	Won

References

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[1] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

[2] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Foo Fighters". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-04-21.

[3] "Foo Fighters win BRITs 2012 International Group award". BRIT Awards. 2012-02-21. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-04-03.

[4] "GAFFA-prisen 1991-2006 – se vinderne". GAFFA (in Danish). Denmark. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

[5] "GAFFA-Prisen 2007 er uddelt". GAFFA (in Danish). Denmark. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

[6] "GAFFA Prize - And the winners are ..." GAFFA (in Danish). Denmark. September 1, 2019.

[7] "Vinnarna av GAFFA-Priset 2013". GAFFA (in Swedish). Sweden. Archived from the original on September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.

[8] "GAFFA-Priset 2018 – och de nominerade är ..." GAFFA (in Swedish). Sweden. Archived from the original on September 2, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.

[9] "Past Winners Search". Grammy Award. Retrieved 2008-04-28.

[10] "List of Grammy nominees". CNN. 1996-01-04.

[11] Campbell, Mary (1997-01-08). "Babyface is up for 12 Grammy awards". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-09-21.

[12] "43rd Grammy Awards". CNN. 2001-02-21.

[13] "Complete list of Grammy nominees; ceremony set for Feb. 23". San Francisco Chronicle. 2003-01-08. p. 2. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.

[14] "The Complete List of Grammy Nominations". The New York Times. 2005-12-08. p. 1.

[15] "The Complete List of Grammy Nominations". The New York Times. 2005-12-08. p. 6.

[16] "Grammy 2008 Winners List". MTV. 2008-02-10. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008.

[17] Heisel, Scott (November 30, 2011). "Skrillex, Foo Fighters, Bon Iver, Sum 41, Radiohead, Coldplay get Grammy nods". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 1, 2011.

[18] "Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Post Malone Lead 2018 MTV EMA Nominees". Billboard. October 4, 2018.

[19] "MTV Video Music Awards | 1996". MTV. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008.

[20] "MTV Video Music Awards | 1997". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008.

[21] "MTV Video Music Awards | 1998". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008.

[22] "MTV Video Music Awards | 2000". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008.

[23] "MTV Video Music Awards | 2005". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008.

[24] "MTV Video Music Awards | 2008". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008.

[25] "MTV Video Music Awards | 2009". MTV. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009.

[26] "MTV Video Music Awards | 2011". MTV. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011.

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v t e Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl Nate Mendel Pat Smear Chris Shiflett Rami Jaffee Josh Freese William Goldsmith Franz Stahl Taylor Hawkins
Studio albums	Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape There Is Nothing Left to Lose One by One In Your Honor Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Wasting Light Sonic Highways Concrete and Gold Medicine at Midnight But Here We Are
EPs	Five Songs and a Cover Songs from the Laundry Room Saint Cecilia Foo Files
Live albums	Skin and Bones
Compilations	Greatest Hits Medium Rare The Essential Foo Fighters
Videos	Everywhere but Home Skin and Bones Live at Wembley Stadium
Singles	"This Is a Call" "I'll Stick Around" "For All the Cows" "Big Me" "Alone + Easy Target" "Monkey Wrench" "Everlong" "My Hero" "Walking After You" "Learn to Fly" "Stacked Actors" "Generator" "Breakout" "Next Year" "The One" "All My Life" "Times Like These" "Low" "Have It All" "Best of You" "DOA" "Resolve" "No Way Back"/"Cold Day in the Sun" "Miracle" "The Pretender" "Long Road to Ruin" "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" "Let It Die" "Wheels" "Rope" "White Limo" "Walk" "Arlandria" "These Days" "Bridge Burning" "Something from Nothing" "The Feast and the Famine" "Congregation" "What Did I Do? / God as My Witness" "Outside" "Saint Cecilia" "Run" "The Sky Is a Neighborhood" "The Line" "Shame Shame" "No Son of Mine" "Waiting on a War" "Making a Fire" "Love Dies Young" "Rescued" "Under You" "The Glass"
Other songs	"Friend of a Friend" "Marigold"
Concert tours	Wasting Light Tour Sonic Highways World Tour Concrete and Gold Tour Everything or Nothing at All Tour
Associated acts	Nirvana Late! Tenacious D Sunny Day Real Estate Germs Scream Probot Killing Joke Queens of the Stone Age Viva Death Nine Inch Nails Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders The Fire Theft Jackson United Me First and the Gimme Gimmes No Use for a Name Them Crooked Vultures The Birds of Satan The Wallflowers
Films	Back and Forth Sonic Highways Studio 666
Related	Discography Songs Awards and nominations Members 24 Hours of Foo Roswell Records Hail Satin
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