List of awards and nominations received by Bob Dylan explained

Bob Dylan
Wins:15
Nominations:49
Grammyw:10
Grammyn:38
Award1:Academy Awards
Award1w:1
Award1n:1
Award2:Golden Globe Awards
Award2w:1
Award2n:1
Award3:Nobel Prize in Literature
Award3w:1
Award3n:1

American singer-songwriter, author and visual artist Bob Dylan has received many accolades throughout his long career as a songwriter and performing artist. Dylan's professional career began in 1961 when he signed with Columbia Records.[1] Fifty-five years later, in 2016, Dylan continued to release new recordings and was the first musician to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.[2] Bob Dylan has also won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, given to him by the 44th president of the United States Barack Obama.

GMA Dove Awards

See main article: article and GMA Dove Award.

Grammy Awards

|-| 1963| Bob Dylan[6] | Best Folk Recording| |-| 1965| The Times They Are a-Changin'| Best Folk Recording| |-| 1969| John Wesley Harding| Best Folk Performance| |-| 1970| "Nashville Skyline Rag"| Best Country Instrumental Performance| |-| 1973| The Concert for Bangla Desh| Album of the Year| |- | 1974| Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid| Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special| |- | 1980| "Gotta Serve Somebody"| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male| |-| 1981| Saved| Best Inspirational Performance| |-| 1982| Shot of Love| Best Inspirational Performance| |-| 1989| "Pretty Boy Floyd"| Best Traditional Folk Recording| |-| rowspan=2| 1990| rowspan=2| Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1| Album of the Year| |-| Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal| |- | 1992| "Series of Dreams"| Best Music Video, Short Form| |-| *| N/A| Lifetime Achievement Award| |-|rowspan="3" | 1994| "All Along the Watchtower"| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo| |-| "My Back Pages"| Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal| |-| Good as I Been to You| Best Contemporary Folk Album| |-| 1995| World Gone Wrong| Best Traditional Folk Album| |-|rowspan="3" | 1996| "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"| Best Male Rock Vocal Performance| |-| "Dignity"| Best Rock Song| |-| MTV Unplugged| Best Contemporary Folk Album| |-| rowspan=3| 1998| rowspan=2| Time Out of Mind| Album of the Year| |-| Best Contemporary Folk Album| |-| "Cold Irons Bound"| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male| |-| 1999| "To Make You Feel My Love"| Best Country Song| |-| rowspan=2| 2001| rowspan=2| "Things Have Changed"| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male| |-| Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media| |-| rowspan=3| 2002| rowspan=2| Love and Theft| Album of the Year| |-| Best Contemporary Folk Album| |-| "Honest with Me"| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male| |-| rowspan=2| 2004| "Gonna Change My Way of Thinking"| Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals| |-| "Down in the Flood"| Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male| |-| rowspan=3| 2007| rowspan=2| "Someday Baby"| Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance| |-| Best Rock Song| |-| Modern Times| Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album| |-| rowspan=2| 2010| "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"| Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance| |-| Together Through Life| Best Americana Album| |-| 2016| Shadows in the Night| rowspan=3|Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album| |-| 2017| Fallen Angels| |-| 2018| Triplicate| |-

Grammy Hall of Fame

Recordings of Bob Dylan were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."

YearTitleGenreLabel
1963"Blowin' in the Wind"Folk (Single)Columbia1994
1965"Like a Rolling Stone"Rock (Single)Columbia1998
1966Blonde on BlondeRock (Album)Columbia1999
1965"Mr. Tambourine Man"Rock (Track)Columbia2002
1965Highway 61 RevisitedRock (Album)Columbia2002
1965Bringing It All Back HomeRock (Album)Columbia2006
1975Blood on the TracksRock (Album)Columbia2015
1975The Basement TapesRock (Album)Columbia2016

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Bob Dylan as Performer in 1988[7] and listed five songs by Bob Dylan of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.[8]

Nobel Prize

Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature on October 13, 2016, "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".[9] [10] It is the first time since 1993 that the Nobel committee has offered the award in the category of American literature.[11]

Other awards and nominations

Year Awards Work Category Result
1999Webby Awardsbobdylan.com Websites - Music
2013MVPA Awards"Duquesne Whistle"Best Rock Video
Antville Music Video Awards"Like a Rolling Stone"Best Interactive
2014UK Music Video Awards
Best Art Direction & Design
Best Music AD
Webby AwardsOnline Film & Video - Best Editing
Online Film & Video - Best Use of Interactive Video
Online Film & Video - Music

Other honors

YearTitleResult
1963Tom Paine Award[12] Honors
1970Princeton University, New JerseyHonorary Doctorate of Music
1982Songwriters Hall of FameInducted
1990Honors
1997Kennedy Center Honors[13] Honors
1997The Dorothy and Lillian Gish PrizeRecipient
2000Polar Music PrizeWinner
2002Nashville Songwriters Hall of FameInducted
2003Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement[14] [15] Recipient
2004St. Andrews University, Scotland[16] Honorary Doctorate of Music
2007Prince of Asturias Awards[17] Winner
2008Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards[18] Winner
2009National Medal of Arts[19] Honors
2012Presidential Medal of FreedomRecipient
2012Neustadt International Prize for Literature[20] Finalist
2013 Officier de la Legion d'honneurRecipient
2015 MusiCares Person of the Year[21] Recipient

Footnotes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolyn Hester Biography. Unterberger, Richie. October 8, 2003. December 8, 2016. AllMusic.
  2. News: Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize, Redefining Boundaries of Literature. Sisario, Ben. October 13, 2016. December 8, 2016. The New York Times.
  3. Dylan wins Oscar. Dansby, Andrew. March 26, 2001. November 28, 2016. Rolling Stone.
  4. Web site: Past Winners . Gospel Music Association.
  5. Web site: Things Have Changed: Golden Globes: 1 Nomination, 1 Win. April 1, 2001. November 29, 2016. goldenglobes.com. December 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181218054615/https://www.goldenglobes.com/song/things-have-changed. dead.
  6. Complete List of NARAS Awards Nominees. Billboard. 20 April 1963. April 20, 1963. 30. The Billboard Publishing Company. 2011-03-04.
  7. Web site: Bob Dylan. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. 2007. 2009-09-07.
  8. Web site: 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll . The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc . 2007 . 2009-09-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090830050723/http://www.rockhall.com/exhibithighlights/500-songs-df . August 30, 2009 .
  9. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 . Nobelprize.org. October 13, 2016. October 13, 2016.
  10. News: Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize. 13 October 2016. BBC News. 13 October 2016.
  11. News: The Meaning of Bob Dylan's Silence. 26 October 2016. New York Times. 26 October 2016.
  12. Bob Dylan Before the Nobel: 12 Times He Publicly Accepted an Honor. Greene, Andy. November 18, 2016. December 8, 2016. Rolling Stone.
  13. News: Remarks by the President at Kennedy Center Honors Reception. 2009-12-04. Clinton White House. 1997-12-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20150425075802/http://clinton4.nara.gov/textonly/WH/New/html/19971208-2814.html. 2015-04-25. dead.
  14. Web site: Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement . www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
  15. Web site: Photo: Chuck Berry and 2003 guest of honor Bob Dylan at the Banquet of the Golden Plate Award at Mellon Auditorium.. American Academy of Achievement.
  16. News: Dylan takes centre stage at St Andrews for university show. Tim. Luckhurst. The Independent. 24 June 2004.
  17. Web site: Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes 2007 . Fundación Princesa de Asturias. 2016. October 17, 2016.
  18. Web site: The Pulitzer Prize Winners 2008: Special Citation . 2009-12-04. . 2008-05-07.
  19. http://www.nea.gov/news/news10/Medals.html White House Announces 2009 National Medal of Arts Recipients
  20. Web site: Neustadt Prizes - Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
  21. Web site: Bob Dylan Named 2015 MusiCares Person Of The Year. September 23, 2014. January 9, 2024. Grammy.com. Grammy Foundation.