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]
NME awards
| Year | Award | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | American Music 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 18 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][14][15]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 1965 | The Beatles | Best New Artist | Won |
| "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |
| "A Hard Day's Night" | Song of the Year | Nominated | |
| A Hard Day's Night | Best Performance By A Vocal Group | Won | |
| Rock and Roll Recording | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show | Nominated | ||
| 1966 | Help! | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Vocal Group Performance | Nominated | ||
| Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Vocal Performance | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show (with John Lennon, George Harrison, Ken Thorne) |
Nominated | ||
| "Yesterday" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Best Male Vocal Performance | Nominated | ||
| Best Contemporary (R&R) Single | Nominated | ||
| Best Contemporary (R&R) Male Vocal Performance | Nominated | ||
| 1967 | Revolver | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| "Michelle" | Song of the Year | Won | |
| "Eleanor Rigby" | Best Male Vocal Performance | Nominated | |
| Best Contemporary Solo Vocal Performance | Won | ||
| Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording | Nominated | ||
| 1968 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Album of the Year | Won |
| Best Contemporary Album | Won | ||
| Best Group Vocal Performance | Nominated | ||
| Best Contemporary Group Vocal or Instrumental Performance | Nominated | ||
| "A Day in the Life" | Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s) (with The Beatles, George Martin) |
Nominated | |
| 1969 | Magical Mystery Tour | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| "Hey Jude" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Contemporary Pop Vocal Group | Nominated | ||
| 1970 | Abbey Road | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Contemporary Vocal Group | Nominated | ||
| Yellow Submarine | Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show (John Lennon, George Harrison, George Martin) |
Nominated | |
| 1971 | "Let It Be" | Record of the Year | Nominated |
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Best Contemporary Song | Nominated | ||
| Let It Be | Best Contemporary Vocal Group | Nominated | |
| Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture | Won | ||
| 1972 | "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (with Linda McCartney) | Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | Won |
| 1974 | "Live and Let Die" | Best Pop Duo or Group Vocal Performance | Nominated |
| Live and Let Die | Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture (with Linda McCartney and George Martin) | Nominated | |
| 1975 | Band on the Run | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| "Band on the Run" | Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Won | |
| 1977 | "Let 'Em In" | Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists | Nominated |
| 1980 | "Rockestra Theme" | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Won |
| 1981 | "Coming Up" (live at Glasgow) | Best Male Rock Vocal Performance | Nominated |
| 1982 | The McCartney Interview | Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording | Nominated |
| 1983 | Tug of War | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) | Record of the Year (as producer George Martin) | Nominated | |
| Best Performance By a Duo Or Group With Vocal | Nominated | ||
| 1984 | "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson) | Best Pop Performance By a Duo Or Group With Vocal | Nominated |
| 1986 | Do They Know It's Christmas (as featured artist) | Best Music Video, Long Form | Nominated |
| 1987 | "Rupert and the Frog Song" | Best Music Video, Short Form | Nominated |
| 1996 | Live at the BBC | Best Historical Album | Nominated |
| 1997 | The Beatles Anthology | Best Long Form Music Video | Won |
| "Free as a Bird" | Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Won | |
| Best Short Form Music Video | Won | ||
| 1998 | Flaming Pie | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| 2001 | Liverpool Sound Collage | Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated |
| 2003 | "Vanilla Sky" (from Vanilla Sky) | Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Nominated |
| 2005 | "Something" (with Eric Clapton) (from Concert for George) | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | Nominated |
| 2006 | Chaos and Creation in the Backyard | Album of the Year | Nominated |
| Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | ||
| "Fine Line" | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated | |
| 2007 | "Jenny Wren" | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated |
| 2008 | Memory Almost Full | Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
| "Dance Tonight" | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated | |
| "Only Mama Knows" | Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance | Nominated | |
| 2009 | "That Was Me" | Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated |
| "I Saw Her Standing There" (from Amoeba's Secret) | Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance | Nominated | |
| 2011 | "Helter Skelter" (from Good Evening New York City) | Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance | Won |
| 2012 | Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection — Deluxe Edition) | Best Historical Album (as engineer Sam Okell and Steve Rooke) | Won |
| 2013 | Kisses on the Bottom | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Won |
| 2014 | "Cut Me Some Slack" (with Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic) | Best Rock Song | Won |
| Live Kisses | Best Music Film | Won | |
| Ram (Paul McCartney Archive Collection — Deluxe Edition) | Best Historical Album (sa engineer Simon Gibson, Guy Massey and Steve Rooke) | Nominated | |
| 2016 | "All Day" (with Kanye West, Theophilus London and Allan Kingdom) | Best Rap Performance | Nominated |
| Best Rap Song | Nominated |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 1972 | The Beatles | Grammy Trustees Award | Honoured |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Himself | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | Honoured |
| 2014 | The Beatles | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | Honoured |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Honoured |
| 1995 | Abbey Road | The Beatles | Honoured |
| 1997 | "Yesterday" | The Beatles | Honoured |
| 1998 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | The Beatles | Honoured |
| 1999 | Revolver | The Beatles | Honoured |
| "Strawberry Fields Forever" | The Beatles | Honoured | |
| 2000 | Rubber Soul | The Beatles | Honoured |
| A Hard Day's Night | The Beatles | Honoured | |
| The Beatles (White Album) | The Beatles | Honoured | |
| 2001 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles | Honoured |
| Meet the Beatles | The Beatles | Honoured | |
| 2002 | "Eleanor Rigby" | The Beatles | Honoured |
| 2004 | "Let It Be" | The Beatles | Honoured |
| 2008 | "Help!" | The Beatles | Honoured |
| 2011 | "Penny Lane" | The Beatles | Honoured |
| 2013 | Band on the Run | Paul McCartney & Wings | Honoured |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Himself | MusiCares Person of the Year | Honoured |
MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards are awarded annually by MTV. McCartney has won 1.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Beatles | Video Vanguard Award | Honoured |
MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards are awarded annually by MTV. McCartney has one.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Paul McCartney | Ultimate Legend Award | Honoured |
Q Awards
The Q Awards are awarded annually by Q magazine.
| Year | Award[16] |
|---|---|
| 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
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Officer of Legion of Honour – for services to music by French President Francois Hollande at Elysee Palace[7] |
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Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire[4] |
| 31 Dec 1996 | Cmnwlth
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In the 1997 New Year Honours McCartney was knighted for his services to music.[2][3] |
| 5 May 2011 |  PER
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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
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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
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Medal of Honor of the National Library of Peru.[6] | |
| Dec 1993 |  CHL
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Order of Merit (Chile) (unknown grade) [citation needed] |
| 5 Dec 2010 |  USA
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Kennedy Center Honors[19] |
References
- ^ "The Lennon-McCartney Songwriting Partnership". h2g2. BBC. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 14 December 2006.
- ^ a b "No. 54625". The London Gazette. 30 December 1996.
- ^ a b "No. 55229". The London Gazette. 18 August 1998.
- ^ a b Spitz, Bob (2005). The Beatles: The Biography. New York: Little, Brown. p. 556. ISBN 978-0-316-80352-6.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ a b "Paul McCartney recibirá dos condecoraciones por parte del Estado Peruano". El Comercio Peru. 5 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "McCartney recibirá condecoración de BNP en privado dos horas antes de show". El Comercio Peru. 9 May 2011.
- ^ a b The Associated Press (8 September 2012). "Paul McCartney awarded French Legion of Honor". CBS News. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ "Los Premios Latino de BMI". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media: 85. 13 September 1997. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "29th American Music Award Winners". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
- ^ "Winners of the American Music Awards: Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
- ^ "Winners of the American Music Awards:Favorite Pop/Rock Album". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
- ^ "The BRIT Awards archive from everyHit". EveryHit.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
- ^ http://www.grammy.com/news/paul-mccartney-is-2012-musicares-person-of-the-year
- ^ "Grammy Awards Won by Paul McCartney". Grammy.com. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
- ^ "List of 48th Annual Grammy Award Winners". CBS News. 9 February 2006. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
- ^ "Q Awards Archives". EveryHit.com. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
- ^ "Library of Congress - Gershwin Prize". Library of Congress. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ NPR
- ^ "Kennedy Center Honors 2010: Oprah & Paul McCartney Honored (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
