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Bob Dylan awards and nominations
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Totals |
Wins |
15 |
Nominations |
49 |
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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. Fifty-five years later, in 2016, Dylan continued to release new recordings and was the first musician to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Bob Dylan has also won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, given to him by the 44th president of the United States Barack Obama.
Academy Awards
Year |
Category |
Work |
Ref. |
2001 |
Best Original Song |
"Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys |
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GMA Dove Awards
Year |
Category |
Work |
Ref. |
1980 |
Album by a Secular Artist |
Slow Train Coming |
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Golden Globe Awards
Year |
Category |
Work |
Ref. |
2001 |
Best Original Song |
"Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys |
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Grammy Awards
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."
Year |
Title |
Genre |
Label |
Year inducted |
1963 |
"Blowin' in the Wind" |
Folk (Single) |
Columbia |
1994 |
1965 |
"Like a Rolling Stone" |
Rock (Single) |
Columbia |
1998 |
1966 |
Blonde on Blonde |
Rock (Album) |
Columbia |
1999 |
1965 |
"Mr. Tambourine Man" |
Rock (Track) |
Columbia |
2002 |
1965 |
Highway 61 Revisited |
Rock (Album) |
Columbia |
2002 |
1965 |
Bringing It All Back Home |
Rock (Album) |
Columbia |
2006 |
1975 |
Blood on the Tracks |
Rock (Album) |
Columbia |
2015 |
1975 |
The Basement Tapes |
Rock (Album) |
Columbia |
2016 |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Bob Dylan as Performer in 1988 and listed five songs by Bob Dylan of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.
- 1963: "Blowin' in the Wind"
- 1964: "The Times They Are a-Changin’"
- 1965: "Like a Rolling Stone"
- 1965: "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
- 1975: "Tangled Up in Blue"
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". It is the first time since 1993 that the Nobel committee has offered the award in the category of American literature.
Other awards and nominations
Year |
Awards |
Work |
Category |
Result |
1999 |
Webby Awards |
bobdylan.com |
Websites - Music |
Nominated |
2013 |
MVPA Awards |
"Duquesne Whistle" |
Best Rock Video |
Nominated |
Antville Music Video Awards |
"Like a Rolling Stone" |
Best Interactive |
Nominated |
2014 |
UK Music Video Awards |
Won |
Best Art Direction & Design |
Nominated |
Best Music AD |
Nominated |
Webby Awards |
Online Film & Video - Best Editing |
Won |
Online Film & Video - Best Use of Interactive Video |
Nominated |
Online Film & Video - Music |
Nominated |
Other honors
President Barack Obama presenting Dylan with the Medal of Freedom
Year |
Title |
Result |
1963 |
Tom Paine Award |
Honors |
1970 |
Princeton University, New Jersey |
Honorary Doctorate of Music |
1982 |
Songwriters Hall of Fame |
Inducted |
1990 |
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres |
Honors |
1997 |
Kennedy Center Honors |
Honors |
1997 |
The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize |
Recipient |
2000 |
Polar Music Prize |
Winner |
2002 |
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame |
Inducted |
2003 |
Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement |
Recipient |
2004 |
St. Andrews University, Scotland |
Honorary Doctorate of Music |
2007 |
Prince of Asturias Awards |
Winner |
2008 |
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards |
Winner |
2009 |
National Medal of Arts |
Honors |
2012 |
Presidential Medal of Freedom |
Recipient |
2012 |
Neustadt International Prize for Literature |
Finalist |
2013 |
Officier de la Legion d'honneur |
Recipient |
2015 |
MusiCares Person of the Year |
Recipient |