List of awards and nominations received by David Bowie

David Bowie awards and nominations
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David Bowie in 2006

Award Wins Nominations
American Music Awards
0 1
BAFTA Awards
1 2
BRIT Awards
4 12
BRIT Icon Awards
1 1
CFDA Awards
1 1
Daytime Emmy Awards
1 1
Rock & Pop Awards
1 1
Echo Awards
1 1
Golden Globe Awards
0 1
GQ Awards
1 1
Grammy Awards
6 17
Ivor Novello Awards
4 5
Juno Awards
0 2
Melody Maker Awards
7 15
Mercury Prize
0 3
MOJO Awards
0 4
MTV Movie Awards
0 1
MTV Video Music Awards
4 14
MuchMusic Video Awards
1 4
NME Awards
11 16
Ondas Awards
1 1
Outer Critics Circle Awards
2 2
Q Awards
1 9
Saturn Awards
1 1
Silver Clef Awards
1 1
UK Music Video Awards
1 3
WB Radio Music Awards
1 1
Webby Awards
1 1
Totals
Awards won 71
Nominations 186

David Bowie (1947–2016) was an English musician and actor. Throughout his career, he won 71 awards from a total of 186 nominations.

He began his singing career under the name David Bowie in 1966 and won his first award in 1969, when he won an Ivor Novello Award for the song "Space Oddity". Bowie's first hit album was Hunky Dory in 1971 which reached number three in the UK Albums Chart. Despite his next eleven studio albums all making the UK Top 10—including four number one albums—he did not receive any more music awards or nominations until the early 1980s. He has since won numerous awards for his music, including: four BRIT Awards—Best British Male Solo Artist at the 1984 and 2014 BRIT Awards, an Outstanding Contribution Award at the 1996 BRIT Awards and an Icon Award at the 2016 Brit Awards which was awarded to him posthumously; six Grammy Awards including Best Video, Short Form for the David Bowie video at the 1985 Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Grammy Awards; and four MTV Video Music AwardsBest Male Video for "China Girl" and a Video Vanguard Award at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, Best Overall Performance in a Video for "Dancing in the Street" at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, and Best Art Direction for "Blackstar" at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.

Bowie began his acting career in the 1967 short film The Image. His first leading role was in the 1976 science fiction film The Man Who Fell to Earth, a role for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor at the 1976 Saturn Awards. He has also had an innovative presence on the Internet which led to his being awarded a lifetime achievement Webby Award in 2007 for "pushing the boundaries of art and technology with his digital empire".

AMFT Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2016 David Bowie Lifetime Achievement Award Won
"Blackstar" Best Rock Song Won
Best Rock Solo Performance Won

American Music Awards

The American Music Awards are awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Bowie has received one nomination.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1984 David Bowie Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Nominated

BAFTA Awards

The BAFTA Television Awards are awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Bowie has received one nomination.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1994 The Buddha of Suburbia Best Original Television Music Nominated

The BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards were awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for multimedia entertainment. Bowie has received one win.

Year Nominee Award Result
2000 David Bowie Berners-Lee Award for best personal contribution Won

BMI Pop Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1999 "Heroes" Award-Winning Song Won

Billboard Music Awards

The Billboard Music Awards are held to honour artists for commercial performance in the U.S., based on record charts published by Billboard.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1987 Himself Top Billboard 200 Artist Nominated
Top Hot 100 Artist – Male Nominated
Never Let Me Down Top Billboard 200 Album Nominated

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Bowie has four wins from twelve nominations. In addition, he received the Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1996 and he received the British Icon Award posthumously in 2016.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1984 David Bowie British Male Solo Artist Won
1985 David Bowie British Male Solo Artist Nominated
1986 "Dancing in the Street" British Single of the Year Nominated
British Video of the Year Nominated
1994 "Jump They Say" British Video of the Year Nominated
1998 "Little Wonder" British Video of the Year Nominated
2000 David Bowie British Male Solo Artist Nominated
2004 David Bowie British Male Solo Artist Nominated
2014 David Bowie British Male Solo Artist Won
The Next Day British Album of the Year Nominated
2017 David Bowie British Male Solo Artist Won
Blackstar British Album of the Year Won

Outstanding Contribution Award

Year Award Result
1996 Outstanding Contribution to Music Won

British Icon Award

Year Award Result
2016 British Icon Award Won

Classic Pop Reader Awards

Classic Pop is a monthly British music magazine, which launched in October 2012.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2019 A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) Reissue of the Year Won

Classic Rock Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2010 Station to Station Reissue of the Year Nominated
2011 "Changes" Best Commercial Nominated
2012 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Reissue of the Year Nominated
2016 Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) Won
David Bowie Artist of the Year Nominated
Album of the Year Nominated
"Lazarus" Song of the Year Nominated
2017 A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) Best Box-Set or Reissue Nominated
No Plan Best Classic Rock Album Nominated

Daytime Emmy Awards

The Daytime Emmy Awards are awarded by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the United States. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.

Year Nominated work Award Result
2003 Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
Joint nomination with Kevin Burns, David Sehring and Patty Ivins Specht
Outstanding Special Class Special Won

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.
1993 Himself Solo Act Nominated
1995 Foreign Solo Act Nominated
1997 Foreign Male Act Nominated
1999 Won
2003 Won
2004 Reality Best Foreign DVD Nominated
2016 Himself Best Foreign Male Act Won

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.
2013 Himself Best Foreign Solo Act Won

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards are awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in the United States. Bowie has received one nomination.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1983 "Theme from Cat People"
(from the film Cat People)
Joint nomination with Giorgio Moroder
Best Original Song – Motion Picture Nominated

GQ Awards

The GQ Award is an annual awards ceremony founded by the men's magazine GQ. Bowie has received one award from one nomination.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2000 David Bowie Most Stylish Man of the Year Won

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. Bowie has won five competitive awards from seventeen nominations. In 2006, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

In addition, David Bowie's song "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" won the Grammy for the Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals for bandleader Maria Schneider at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1978 David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf Best Recording For Children Nominated
1984 Let's Dance Album of the Year Nominated
"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male Nominated
1985 "Blue Jean" Nominated
Jazzin' for Blue Jean Best Video, Short Form Won
Serious Moonlight Best Music Film Nominated
1998 Earthling Best Alternative Music Performance Nominated
"Dead Man Walking" Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
2001 "Thursday's Child" Nominated
2003 "Slow Burn" Nominated
2004 "New Killer Star" Nominated
2014 "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" Best Rock Performance Nominated
The Next Day Best Rock Album Nominated
2017 "Blackstar" Best Rock Performance Won
Best Rock Song Won
Blackstar Best Alternative Music Album Won
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Won

Grammy Lifetime Achievement

Year Award Result
2006 Lifetime Achievement Award Won

Hungarian Music Awards

Hungarian Music Awards is the national music awards of Hungary, held every year since 1992 and promoted by Mahasz.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2000 Hours Best Foreign Rock Album Nominated
2003 Heathen Nominated
2014 The Next Day Pop/Rock Album of the Year Nominated
2017 Blackstar Won

Ivor Novello Awards

The Ivor Novello Awards are awarded annually by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters to honour songwriting and composing. Bowie has won four award from five nomination. On 10 May 1970, David Bowie performed that night in awards accompanied by the Les Reed Orchestra.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1969 "Space Oddity" Special Award For Originality Won
1984 "Let's Dance" The Best Rock Song Won
International Hit of the Year Won
The Best Selling A-Side Nominated
1990 Himself Outstanding Contribution to British Music Won

Juno Awards

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1984 Let's Dance International Album of the Year Nominated
"Let's Dance" International Single of the Year Nominated

Mercury Prize

The Mercury Prize is awarded by the British Phonographic Industry and the British Association of Record Dealers for the best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland. Bowie has received three nominations.

Year Nominated work Award Result
2002 Heathen Mercury Prize Nominated
2013 The Next Day Mercury Prize Nominated
2016 Blackstar Mercury Prize Nominated

Mojo Awards

The MOJO Awards are awarded by the British music magazine Mojo. Bowie has received four nominations.

Year Nominated work Award Result
2004 David Bowie Icon Award Nominated
David Bowie Inspiration Award Nominated
2005 David Bowie Icon Award Nominated
2006 David Bowie Icon Award Nominated

MTV

MTV Movie Awards

The MTV Movie Awards are awarded by the television channel MTV for best in film. Bowie has received one nomination.

Year Nominated work Award Result
2002 Zoolander Best Cameo 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. Bowie has won three awards from nine nominations.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1984 "China Girl" Best Male Video Won
Best Overall Performance in a Video Nominated
Best Cinematography in a Video Nominated
"Modern Love" Best Stage Performance in a Video Nominated
David Bowie Video Vanguard Award Won
1985 "Blue Jean (live)" Best Stage Performance in a Video Nominated
1986 "Dancing in the Street" Best Overall Performance in a Video Won
1987 "Day-In Day-Out" Best Male Video Nominated
1998 "I'm Afraid of Americans" Best Male Video Nominated
1999 www.davidbowie.com Best Artist Website Nominated
2016 "Lazarus" Best Direction Nominated
Best Editing Nominated
Best Cinematography Nominated
"Blackstar" Best Art Direction Won

iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards

The iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards are annually presented by the Canadian music video channel Much to honour the year's best music videos. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1998 "I'm Afraid of Americans" EyePopper Award Won

Music Video Production Awards

The MVPA Awards are annually presented by a Los Angeles-based music trade organization to honor the year's best music videos.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2013 "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" Best Hair Won
Best Director of a Male Artist Nominated
Best Art Direction Nominated
Best Colorist Nominated

NME Awards

The NME Awards is an annual music awards show, founded by the music magazine NME, where the winners are decided by public votes. David Bowie has received eleven awards from eleven nominations.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1973 David Bowie World Male Singer Won
British Male Singer Won
1974 World Male Singer Won
British Male Singer Won
Best Producer Won
1977 Best Male Singer Won
1978 Best Male Singer Won
1981 Best Male Singer Won
1983 Best Male Singer Won
Best Dressed Male Won
1996 Best Solo Artist Nominated
2000 Nominated
2013 Hero of the Year Nominated
"Where Are We Now?" Best Video Nominated
2014 David Bowie Best Solo Artist Nominated
David Bowie Hero of the Year Nominated
2016 Five Years (1969–1973) Best Reissue Won
2017 David Bowie Hero of the Year Nominated

New Music Awards

The New Music Awards are given for excellence in music to both recording artists and radio stations by New Music Weekly magazine.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 Himself College Artist of the Year Won

Pollstar Concert Industry Awards

The Pollstar Concert Industry Awards is an annual award ceremony to honor artists and professionals in the concert industry.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1988 Himself Comeback of the Year Nominated
Glass Spider Tour Most Creative Stage Production Nominated
1991 Sound+Vision Tour Nominated
1996 Outside Tour (w/Nine Inch Nails) Nominated
1998 Earthling Tour Small Hall Tour of the Year Nominated

Porin

Year Nominated work Award Result
2014 The Next Day Best International Album Won

Q Awards

The Q Awards are hosted annually by the British music magazine Q. Bowie has won one award from nine nominations.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1995 David Bowie Q Inspiration Award Won
2002 Heathen Best Producer Nominated
2004 David Bowie Best Live Act Nominated
2013 "Where Are We Now?" Best Track Nominated
"The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" Best Video Nominated
The Next Day Best Album Nominated
David Bowie Best Solo Artist Nominated
Best Act in the World Today Nominated
David Bowie at the V&A Best Event Nominated

Rockbjörnen

The Rockbjörnen is a music award ceremony in Sweden, established in 1979 by the Aftonbladet, one of the largest newspapers in Nordic countries.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1982 Himself Best Foreign Artist Won
1983 Won

Saturn Awards

The Saturn Awards are awarded by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in the United States. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth Best Actor Won

Silver Clef Awards

The Silver Clef Award are an annual UK music awards lunch which has been running since 1976. Bowie has received one award.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1987 Himself Silver Celf Award Won

The Daily Californian Art Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2016 "" Best Music Video 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. Bowie has received one award from three nominations.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2016 "Blackstar" Best Production Design Won
Best Rock/Indie Video Nominated
"Lazarus" Nominated

WB Radio Music Awards

The WB Radio Music Awards are awarded annually in the United States to honour performers and on-air radio personalities. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.

Year Nominated work Award Result
1999 David Bowie Legend Award Won

Webby Awards

Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, Webby Awards are awarded for excellence on the Internet. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.

Year Nominated work Award Result
2007 David Bowie Webby Lifetime Achievement Won

Žebřík Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1996 David Bowie Best International Enjoyment Nominated
Best International Personality Nominated
1997 Best International Male Nominated
Earthling Best International Album Nominated
1999 Hours Nominated
"Thursday's Child" Best International Song Nominated
David Bowie Best International Male Nominated
Best International Personality Nominated
2000 Nominated
2002 Nominated
Best International Male Nominated
Heathen Best International Album Nominated
2003 David Bowie Best International Male Nominated
Best International Personality Won
2015 "" Best International Song Nominated
David Bowie Best International Male Nominated
2016 Nominated
The death of David Bowie Best International Průser Nominated
Best International Album Nominated
"Lazarus" Best International Song Nominated
Best International Video Nominated

Other honours

The spider Heteropoda davidbowie

Bowie's first award was at the Malta International Song Festival in July 1969 where he won best-produced record. Bowie was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997, which is located at 7201 Hollywood Blvd. In 1999, Bowie was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and he received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music. He has been reported to have declined the British honour Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000, and a knighthood in 2003.

Bowie was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in June 2013.

In September 2011, Bowie became one of several prominent local figures to feature on the Brixton Pound, a local currency that is available as an alternative to the pound sterling in the Brixton area. Bowie's face appears on the B£10 note.

The spider Heteropoda davidbowie is named in his honour and, following his death on 10 January, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden announced that the first animal born in 2016 – a blue penguin chick – would be named Bowie after the late singer.

On 5 January 2015, a few days before his 68th birthday, a main-belt asteroid was named (342843) Davidbowie in his honour. On 13 January 2016, Belgian astronomers at MIRA Public Observatory in conjunction with radio station Studio Brussels registered a new asterism of seven stars in the vicinity of Mars at the date of Bowie's death that, when connected, form the lightning bolt seen on Bowie's face on the cover of his Aladdin Sane album.


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