List of Paul McCartney awards
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McCartney receiving the Gershwin Prize from US President Barack Obama in June 2010
Awards and nominations
Award
Wins
Nominations
American Music Awards 2 0
Brit 8 0
Grammy 18 0
MTV Europe 1 0
MTV VMA 1 0
NME 22 0
Q 2 0
Academy Awards 1 0
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 1 0
Emmy Awards 1 0
Classical Brit Awards 1 0
Polar Music Prize 1 0
Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song 1 0

Paul McCartney's awards include eight BRIT Awards, eighteen Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Award, one MTV Europe Music Award, one Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, one Classical Brit Awards and two 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, McCartney has been knighted[2][3] and was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE).[4][5] In 2017, he was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) for services to music.[6]

In the United States, McCartney received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and Kennedy Center Honors in 2010.

In May 2011 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.[7][8]

On 8 September 2012 in France, McCartney was awarded the Legion of Honour for services to music by French President François Hollande at the Élysée Palace.[9]

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

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Paul McCartney has won once Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards in the category of Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song for "Vanilla Sky" (from Vanilla Sky) in 2001.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2001 "Vanilla Sky" (from Vanilla Sky) Best Song Won
2009 "(I Want to) Come Home" (from Everybody's Fine) Best Song Nominated

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[10] Won

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 Nominee / work Award Result
1971 Let It Be (from Let It Be) Best Original or Adaptation Score Won
1974 "Live and Let Die" (from Live and Let Die) Best Original Song Nominated
2002 "Vanilla Sky" (from Vanilla Sky) Best Original Song Nominated

American Music Awards

The American Music Awards are awarded annually. Paul McCartney won two awards and has been nominated for two.[11][12][13]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1975 Wings Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Nominated
1983 Paul McCartney Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Nominated
1983 "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) Favorite Pop/Rock Song Nominated
1986 Paul McCartney Merit Honored
1997 The Beatles Anthology Favorite Pop/Rock Album Nominated
2015 "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna and Kanye West) Collaboration of the Year Nominated

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are awarded annually by the British Phonographic Industry. McCartney has won 7 awards[14]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1977 The Beatles British Group Won
Outstanding Contribution to Music Won
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band British Album of the Year Won
"She Loves You" British Single of the Year Nominated
1983 Paul McCartney British Male Solo Artist Won
Sony Trophy Award for Technical Excellence Won
The Beatles Outstanding Contribution to Music Won
1984 Paul McCartney British Male Solo Artist Nominated
1985 Paul McCartney British Male Solo Artist Nominated
Give My Regards to Broad Street Soundtrack/Cast Recording Nominated
1990 "Ferry Cross the Mersey" British Single of the Year Nominated
"My Brave Face" British Video of the Year Nominated
2008 Paul McCartney Outstanding Contribution to Music Honored

Classic Brit Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 Ecce Cor Meum Album of the Year Won

Golden Globe Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1985 "No More Lonely Nights" Best Original Song Nominated
2002 "Vanilla Sky" Best Original Song Nominated
2010 "(I Want to) Come Home" Best Original Song Nominated

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Award 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.[15][16][17]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1965 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Record of the Year Nominated
"A Hard Day's Night" Song of the Year Nominated
The Beatles Best New Artist Won
A Hard Day's Night Best Performance by a Vocal Group Won
Best Rock & Roll Recording Nominated
Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show Nominated
1966 Help! Album of the Year Nominated
Best Performance by a Vocal Group Performance Nominated
Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance – Group (Vocal or Instrumental) Nominated
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show Nominated
"Yesterday" Record of the Year Nominated
Song of the Year Nominated
Best Vocal Performance, Male Nominated
Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance – Male Nominated
Best Contemporary (R&R) Single Nominated
1967 Revolver Album of the Year Nominated
"Michelle" Song of the Year Won
"Eleanor Rigby" Best Vocal Performance, Male Nominated
Best Contemporary (R&R) Solo Vocal Performance – Male or Female 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 Performance by a Vocal Group Nominated
Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal or Instrumental) Nominated
"A Day in the Life" Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)/Best Background Arrangement Nominated
1969 Magical Mystery Tour Album of the Year Nominated
"Hey Jude" Record of the Year Nominated
Song of the Year Nominated
Best Contemporary Pop Performance – Vocal, Duo or Group Nominated
1970 Abbey Road Album of the Year Nominated
Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group Nominated
Yellow Submarine Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special 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 Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus Nominated
Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special Won
1972 "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (with Linda McCartney) Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Won
1974 "Live and Let Die" Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus Nominated
Live and Let Die Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture Nominated
1975 Band on the Run Album of the Year Nominated
"Band on the Run" Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus Won
1977 "Let 'Em In" Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Nominated
1980 "Rockestra Theme" Best Rock Instrumental Performance Won
1981 "Coming Up (Live at the Glasgow)" Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male 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 Nominated
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Nominated
"What's That You're Doing?" Best R&B Vocal performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Nominated
1984 "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson) Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Nominated
1986 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (as featured artist) Best Music Video, Short 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 Vocals 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) 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" 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 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 Nominated
2016 "All Day" (with Kanye West, Theophilus London and Allan Kingdom) Best Rap Performance Nominated
Best Rap Song Nominated
2017 Tug of War (Paul McCartney Archive Collection — Deluxe Edition) Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package Nominated
2021 Flaming Pie (Collector's Edition) Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package Nominated
2022 "Find My Way" Best Rock Song Nominated
McCartney III Best Rock Album Nominated
Grammy Trustees Award
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1972 The Beatles Trustees Award Honored
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1990 Paul McCartney Lifetime Achievement Award Honored
2014 The Beatles Lifetime Achievement Award Honored
Grammy Hall of Fame
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1993 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
1995 Abbey Road Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
1997 "Yesterday" Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
1998 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
1999 Revolver Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
"Strawberry Fields Forever" Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
2000 Rubber Soul Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
A Hard Day's Night Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
The Beatles (White Album) Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
2001 "Hey Jude" Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
Meet the Beatles! Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
2002 "Eleanor Rigby" Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
2004 "Let It Be" Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
2008 "Help!" Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
2011 "Penny Lane" Hall of Fame (The Beatles) Inducted
2013 Band on the Run Hall of Fame (Wings) Inducted
MusiCares Person of the Year
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2012 Paul McCartney Person of the Year Honored

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 Honored

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 Honored

MVPA Awards

The Music Video Production Association (MVPA) is a non-profit trade organization created to address the mutual concerns of its members in today's highly competitive, ever-changing music video industry.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2008 "Dance Tonight" Best International Video Won
"Ever Present Past" Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

The Primetime Emmy Award is an American accolade bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming.

Year Category Work Result
1998 Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program Paul McCartney's Standing Stone Nominated
2006 Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special McCartney in St. Petersburg Nominated
2022 Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series The Beatles: Get Back Won

Q Awards

The Q Awards are awarded annually by Q magazine.

Year Award[18]
1990 Merit Award
1996 Best Reissue/Compilation Album: The Beatles Anthology, The Beatles
1997 Songwriter Award
2007 Icon Award
2010 Classic Album: Band on the Run, Wings

National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards

The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) awards are awarded annually by National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2014 Paul McCartney – Hope for the Future Song, Original or Adapted Nominated

Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song,[19] 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.[20]

Orders, awards and honours

Date Country Ribbon Award
12 Jun 1965  United Kingdom Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE).[4][5]
Dec 1993  Chile Order of Merit (unknown grade).[citation needed]
31 Dec 1996  United Kingdom In the 1997 New Year Honours, McCartney was knighted for his services to music.[2][3]
5 Dec 2010  United States Kennedy Center Honors.[21]
5 May 2011  Peru 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.[7]
9 May 2011  Peru La Orden del Árbol de la Quina, an order given by the Ministry of Environment of Peru to those who strive for the protection of the environment.[8]
9 May 2011  Peru Medal of Honor of the National Library of Peru.[8]
8 Sep 2012  France Officer of the Legion of Honour for services to music, awarded by French President François Hollande at the Élysée Palace.[9]
16 Jun 2017  United Kingdom In the 2017 Birthday Honours, McCartney was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) for his services to music.[6][22]

Sir Paul was also considered for a Peerage in March 2022 for his 80th birthday.[23]

References

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  5. ^ a b Spitz, Bob (2005). The Beatles: The Biography. New York: Little, Brown. p. 556. ISBN 978-0-316-80352-6.
  6. ^ a b "No. 61962". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B25.
  7. ^ a b "Paul McCartney recibirá dos condecoraciones por parte del Estado Peruano". El Comercio Peru. 5 May 2011.
  8. ^ a b c "McCartney recibirá condecoración de BNP en privado dos horas antes de show". El Comercio Peru. 9 May 2011.
  9. ^ a b The Associated Press (8 September 2012). "Paul McCartney awarded French Legion of Honor". CBS News. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Los Premios Latino de BMI". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 13 September 1997. p. 85. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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  13. ^ "Winners of the American Music Awards:Favorite Pop/Rock Album". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  14. ^ "The BRIT Awards archive from everyHit". EveryHit.com. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  15. ^ "News". 30 April 2017.
  16. ^ "Grammy Awards Won by Paul McCartney". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
  17. ^ "List of 48th Annual Grammy Award Winners". CBS News. 9 February 2006. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
  18. ^ "Q Awards Archives". EveryHit.com. Retrieved 3 October 2007.
  19. ^ "Library of Congress – Gershwin Prize". Library of Congress. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  20. ^ "Gershwin Songwriting Prize: Paul Without John?". NPR. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020.
  21. ^ "Kennedy Center Honors 2010: Oprah & Paul McCartney Honored (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  22. ^ "Queens Birthday Honours: McCartney a Companion of Honour". BBC News. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  23. ^ Reporters, Telegraph (16 March 2022). "Sir Paul McCartney could be given a peerage to mark his 80th birthday". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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