The following list includes some of the most significant awards and nominations received by musician Phil Collins as a solo artist.
Collins has received numerous accolades including eight Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three American Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, six Brit Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2026. He received the Disney Legend Award in 2002.
He received eight competitive Grammy Awards including the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for Another Day in Paradise (1991), and two consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (1985) and No Jacket Required (1986). He also won the Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album for the Walt Disney Pictures animated film Tarzan (1999) as well as the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for "Two Hearts" from the romantic crime comedy Buster (1988).
For his work in film, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "You'll Be in My Heart" from the animated film Tarzan (1999). He was Oscar-nominated for "Against All Odds" from the neo-noir romantic drama Against All Odds (1984), and "Two Hearts" from the romantic crime comedy Buster (1988). He also received two Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Song for both "Two Hearts" and "You'll Be in My Heart".
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1984Best Original Song"Against All Odds" (from Against All Odds)1988Best Original Song (shared with Lamont Dozier)"Two Hearts" (from Buster)1999Best Original Song"You'll Be in My Heart" (from Tarzan)
American Music Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986Favorite Pop/Rock AlbumNo Jacket RequiredFavorite Pop/Rock Male ArtistFavorite Pop/Rock Male Video ArtistFavorite Pop/Rock Video"Easy Lover" (featuring Philip Bailey)Favorite Soul/R&B Male Video Artist1991Favorite Pop/Rock Album...But SeriouslyFavorite Pop/Rock Male Artist 2000Favorite Adult Contemporary ArtistTarzan Soundtrack
Brit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1983British Male ArtistHimself1986British AlbumNo Jacket Required British Male ArtistHimself British ProducerHugh Padgham 1987British Male ArtistHimself1989Soundtrack/Cast RecordingBuster Soundtrack (featuring Anne Dudley & The Four Tops)1990British Single"Another Day in Paradise"British Male ArtistHimself 1991 1992 1993 2010British Album of 30 YearsNo Jacket Required
Billboard Music Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1990#1 World Album ...But SeriouslyTop Male ArtistHimself #1 Adult Contemporary Artist #1 Adult Contemporary Single "Do You Remember?" 1999"You'll Be in My Heart"
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1985Best Original Song"Against All Odds" (from Against All Odds) 1989Best Original Song (shared with Lamont Dozier)"Two Hearts" (from Buster)* 2000Best Original Song"You'll Be in My Heart" (from Tarzan)
*Tie with Carly Simon for "Let the River Run" (from Working Girl).
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1984Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male"I Don't Care Anymore"1985Song of the Year"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"Best Pop Vocal Performance, MaleBest Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television SpecialAgainst All Odds Soundtrack (featuring Big Country, Larry Carlton, Michel Colombier, Peter Gabriel, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Stevie Nicks & Mike Rutherford) Best Video, Short FormPhil Collins (home video) (consisting of the music videos "In The Air Tonight", "I Missed Again", "Thru These Walls" & "You Can't Hurry Love") 1986Album of the Year (shared with Hugh Padgham)No Jacket RequiredBest Pop Vocal Performance, MaleBest Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals"Easy Lover" (featuring Philip Bailey)Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)Phil Collins and Hugh PadghamBest Music Video, Short Form"Do They Know It's Christmas?" (as part of Band Aid)No Jacket Required EP (home video) (consisting of the music videos "Sussudio", "One More Night", "Who Said I Would", "Don't Lose My Number" & "Take Me Home") 1988Best Performance Music Video (shared with Anthony Eaton)The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert (home video) (featuring Eric Clapton, Elton John, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, George Michael, Rod Stewart, Sting, Tina Turner & Paul Young)1989Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male"A Groovy Kind of Love"Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television (shared with Lamont Dozier)"Two Hearts" (from Buster)1991Album of the Year (shared with Hugh Padgham)...But SeriouslyBest Engineered Recording – Non-Classical (for Hugh Padgham)Record of the Year (shared with Hugh Padgham)"Another Day in Paradise"Song of the YearBest Pop Vocal Performance, MaleBest Music Video, Short FormBest Pop Instrumental Performance"Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"Producer of the Year (Non-Classical)Phil Collins and Hugh PadghamBest Music Video, Long FormThe Singles Collection (home video) 1997Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals (for Quincy Jones & Sammy Nestico)"Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (featuring Quincy Jones, from his album Q's Jook Joint)2000Best Soundtrack AlbumTarzan Soundtrack (featuring Mark Mancina)Best Song Written for Visual Media"You'll Be in My Heart" (from Tarzan)
Miscellaneous awards Ivor Novello Awards
Year AwardedNominee/workCategoryResult 1982"In the Air Tonight"International Hit of the Year1985"Against All Odds"Best Song Musically and Lyrically1986"Easy Lover" (featuring Philip Bailey)Most Performed WorkBest Selling A-Side1989"Two Hearts"Best Film Theme or Song1990"Another Day in Paradise"Best Song Musically and LyricallyInternational Hit of the Year1991HimselfSongwriter of the Year2008International Achievement
MTV Video Music Awards Year AwardedNominee/workCategoryResult 1985"Easy Lover" (featuring Philip Bailey)Best Overall Performance in a Video1986"Take Me Home"Best Male Video
NRJ Music Awards
| 2002 | Himself | NRJ Award of Honor
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Year AwardedNominee/workCategoryResult 2000"Two Worlds" (from Tarzan)Favorite Song from a Movie
Honorary awards Disney Legends Year AwardedAwardNotes 2002Disney Legend AwardFor outstanding contribution to The Walt Disney Company**
**Until Anika Noni Rose became a recipient in 2011, Collins held the record for shortest time between his first contribution in 1996, when he first started to write the music for Disney's Tarzan, and being named a Disney Legend in 2002.
Hall of Fame Year AwardedCategory 1999Hollywood Walk of Fame2003Songwriters Hall of Fame2026Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Royal awards Year AwardedAwardNotes 1994Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian OrderFor his contribution to The Prince's Trust
Honorary degrees Year AwardedDegreeUniversityNotes 1987Honorary Doctorate of Fine ArtsFairleigh Dickinson University1991Honorary Doctorate of MusicBerklee College of Music2012Honorary Doctorate of HistoryMcMurry UniversityFor the book The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey (2012)2019Honorary Doctorate of Jazz And Pop MusicUniversity of Music and Performing Arts Graz
See also For Genesis, see Awards and nominations received by Genesis.
References
External links Phil Collins - Artist - grammy.com Winners - Best Performance Music Video - grammy.com Hugh Padgham - Artist - grammy.com Sammy Nestico - Artist - grammy.com Grammy Awards American Music Awards History Brit Awards (Phil Collins) Brit Awards (Hugh Padgham) Brit Awards (Buster Soundtrack) Winners Database - Billboard Music Awards Phil Collins - Awards & Nominations The Ivor Novello Awards MTV Video Music Awards History Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards Hollywood Walk of Fame Songwriters Hall of Fame Honorary Degree (Fairleigh Dickinson University) Honorary Degree Recipients (Berklee College of Music) Honorary Degree (McMurry University) Honorary Degree (University of Music and Performing Arts Graz) Honorary Texan - Phil Collins made an 'Honorary Texan' by the state legislature, 2015-03-11