David Bowie was an English musician and actor. Throughout his career, he won 73 awards from a total of 188 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 Awards—Best 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
!class="unsortable"| |- | rowspan=3|2016 | David Bowie | Lifetime Achievement Award | | rowspan=3| |- | rowspan=2|"Blackstar" | Best Rock Song
| Best Rock Solo Performance
American Music Awards The American Music Awards are awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Bowie has received one nomination.
YearNominated workAwardResult 1984 David Bowie Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
BAFTA Awards The BAFTA Television Awards are awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Bowie has received one nomination.
YearNominated workAwardResult 1994 The Buddha of Suburbia Best Original Television Music
The BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards were awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for multimedia entertainment. Bowie has received one win. YearNomineeAwardResult 2000 David Bowie Berners-Lee Award for best personal contribution
BMI Pop Awards
!class="unsortable" | |- | 1999 | "Heroes" | Award-Winning Song
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. YearNominated workAwardResult1987Himself Top Billboard 200 Artist Top Hot 100 Artist – Male Never Let Me Down Top Billboard 200 Album
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.
YearNominated workAwardResult1984David BowieBritish Male Solo Artist1985David BowieBritish Male Solo Artist1986"Dancing in the Street"British Single of the YearBritish Video of the Year1994"Jump They Say"British Video of the Year1998"Little Wonder"British Video of the Year2000David BowieBritish Male Solo Artist2004David BowieBritish Male Solo Artist2014David BowieBritish Male Solo ArtistThe Next DayBritish Album of the Year2017David BowieBritish Male Solo ArtistBlackstarBritish Album of the Year
Outstanding Contribution Award YearAwardResult1996Outstanding Contribution to Music
British Icon Award YearAwardResult2016British Icon Award
Classic Pop Reader Awards Classic Pop is a monthly British music magazine, which launched in October 2012. 2019 A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) Reissue of the Year
Classic Rock AwardsRef. 2010 Station to Station Reissue of the Year 2011 "Changes" Best Commercial 2012 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsReissue of the Year 2016 Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) David Bowie Artist of the Year ★ Album of the Year "Lazarus" Song of the Year 2017 A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) Best Box-Set or Reissue No Plan Best Classic Rock Album
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.
YearNominated workAwardResult 2003 Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970sJoint nomination with Kevin Burns, David Sehring and Patty Ivins Specht Outstanding Special Class Special
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. 1993 Himself Solo Act 1995 Foreign Solo Act 1997 Foreign Male Act 1999 2003 2004 Reality Best Foreign DVD 2016 Himself Best Foreign Male Act
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.
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Golden Globe Awards The Golden Globe Awards are awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in the United States. Bowie has received one nomination. YearNominated workAwardResult 1983 "Theme from Cat People"(from the film Cat People)Joint nomination with Giorgio Moroder Best Original Song – Motion Picture
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.
| 2000 | David Bowie | Most Stylish Man of the Year
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.
In 2024, he was posthumously nominated again for Brett Morgan's Moonage Daydream and won the award for Best Music Film.
YearNominated workAwardResult 1978 David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf Best Recording For Children 1984 Let's Dance Album of the Year "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male 1985 "Blue Jean" Jazzin' for Blue Jean Best Video, Short Form Serious MoonlightBest Music Film 1998 Earthling Best Alternative Music Performance "Dead Man Walking"Best Male Rock Vocal Performance 2001 "Thursday's Child" 2003 "Slow Burn" 2004 "New Killer Star" 2014 "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" Best Rock Performance The Next Day Best Rock Album 2017 "Blackstar"Best Rock PerformanceBest Rock SongBlackstarBest Alternative Music AlbumBest Engineered Album, Non-Classical2024Moonage DaydreamBest Music Film
Grammy Lifetime Achievement YearAwardResult 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award
Hungarian Music Awards Hungarian Music Awards is the national music awards of Hungary, held every year since 1992 and promoted by Mahasz.
| 2000 | Hours | rowspan=2|Best Foreign Rock Album
| 2003 | Heathen
| 2014 | The Next Day | rowspan=2|Pop/Rock Album of the Year
| 2017 | Blackstar
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 awards from five nomination. On 10 May 1970, David Bowie performed that night in awards accompanied by the Les Reed Orchestra.
YearNominated workAwardResult 1969 "Space Oddity" Special Award For Originality 1984 "Let's Dance" The Best Rock Song International Hit of the Year The Best Selling A-Side 1990 Himself Outstanding Contribution to British Music
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.
| rowspan="2" | 1984 | Let's Dance | International Album of the Year
| "Let's Dance" | International Single of the Year
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.
YearNominated workAwardResult 2002 Heathen Mercury Prize 2013 The Next Day Mercury Prize 2016BlackstarMercury Prize
Mojo Awards The MOJO Awards are awarded by the British music magazine Mojo. Bowie has received four nominations.
YearNominated workAwardResult 2004 David Bowie Icon Award David Bowie Inspiration Award 2005 David Bowie Icon Award 2006 David Bowie Icon Award
MTV
MTV Movie Awards The MTV Movie Awards are awarded by the television channel MTV for best in film. Bowie has received one nomination.
YearNominated workAwardResult 2002 Zoolander Best Cameo
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. Note: User needs to select "Winners", and then "View all nominees" under the relevant category.Note: User needs to select "Video Vanguard Award". Note: User needs to select "Winners", and then "View all nominees" under the relevant category. Note: User needs to select "Winners", and then "View all nominees" under the relevant category. Note: User needs to select "Winners", and then "View all nominees" under the relevant category. Note: User needs to select "Winners", and then "View all nominees" under the relevant category.
YearNominated workAwardResult 1984 "China Girl" Best Male Video Best Overall Performance in a Video Best Cinematography in a Video "Modern Love" Best Stage Performance in a Video David Bowie Video Vanguard Award 1985 "Blue Jean (live)" Best Stage Performance in a Video 1986 "Dancing in the Street" Best Overall Performance in a Video 1987 "Day-In Day-Out" Best Male Video 1998 "I'm Afraid of Americans" Best Male Video 1999 www.davidbowie.com Best Artist Website 2016 "Lazarus"Best DirectionBest EditingBest Cinematography "Blackstar"Best Art Direction
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.
YearNominated workAwardResult 1998 "I'm Afraid of Americans" EyePopper Award
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.
| rowspan="4" | 2013 | rowspan="4" | "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" | Best Hair
| Best Director of a Male Artist
| Best Art Direction
| Best Colorist
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.
|align="center" rowspan="2" | 1973 || rowspan=13| David Bowie || World Male Singer || |- | British Male Singer || |- |align="center" rowspan="3" | 1974 || World Male Singer || |- | British Male Singer || |- | Best Producer || |- |align="center" rowspan="1" | 1977 || Best Male Singer || |- |align="center" rowspan="1" | 1978 || Best Male Singer || |- |align="center" rowspan="1" | 1981 || Best Male Singer || |- |align="center" rowspan="2" | 1983 || Best Male Singer || |-