List of awards and nominations received by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen awards and nominations

Springsteen at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 2 Brit Awards 1 10 Critics' Choice Awards 2 2 Emmy Awards 0 3 Golden Globes 2 3 Grammy Awards 20 51 Juno Awards 1 2 MTV Awards 5 20 Tony Awards 1 1
Totals [a]
Wins	41
Nominations	121
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Bruce Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is both a solo artist and the leader of the E Street Band. During a career that has spanned six decades, ^[1] Springsteen has received various accolades including an Academy Award, 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards. ^[2] He has received several honors including with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Springsteen has become known for his poetic and socially conscious lyrics and lengthy, energetic stage performances. ^[6] He has earned numerous awards for his music, including 20 Grammy Awards out of 51 nominations. ^[7] Springsteen received his first Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Dancing in the Dark" (1985) followed by a win for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for his album Tunnel of Love (1988). He wrote and sung the song "Streets of Philadelphia" for the legal drama Philadelphia (1993) for which he won four Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Vocal Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media. He also won Best Rock song for "The Rising" (2003), "Radio Nowhere" (2008), "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (2009), and "We Take Care of Our Own" (2013). He won for Best Contemporary Folk Album for The Ghost of Tom Joad in 1997 and Best Traditional Folk Album for We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions in 2007.

Springsteen is also known for writing several songs for film including "Streets of Philadelphia" from the Jonathan Demme directed legal drama Philadelphia (1993) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. ^[8] He wrote "Dead Man Walkin'", the title song for the Tim Robbins drama Dead Man Walking (1995) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He also wrote, "The Wrestler" from the Darren Aronofsky psychological drama The Wrestler (2008) for which he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song as well as a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. He wrote the song "Addicted to Romance" for the Rebecca Miller romantic comedy She Came to Me (2023) for which he was nominated for his third Golden Globe Award.

He is also known for his work on television. He has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Variety Special for his television special Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in New York City (2001), Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program for the Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show (2009) and Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) for the Netflix special Springsteen on Broadway (2019). On stage, he a Special Tony Award for his Broadway concert residency Springsteen on Broadway in 2018. ^[9]

Springsteen has sold more than 140 million records worldwide and more than 71 million records in the United States, making him one of the world's best-selling artists. ^{[10] [11]} Springsteen was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame ^[12] the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, ^[13] and the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Springsteen has also been honored by Rolling Stone Magazine with them ranking him No. 23 of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and Time Magazine listing him among the 100 Most Influential People of the Year in 2008.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1993	Best Original Song	"Streets of Philadelphia" (from Philadelphia )	Won	[14]
1995	Best Original Song	"Dead Man Walkin'" (from Dead Man Walking )	Nominated	[15]

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2008	Best Song	"The Wrestler" (from The Wrestler )	Won	[16]
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
2019	Best Narration	Western Stars	Won	[17]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2001	Outstanding Variety Special	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	Nominated	[18]
2009	Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program	Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show	Nominated	[19]
2019	Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)	Springsteen on Broadway	Nominated	[20]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1993	Best Original Song	"Streets of Philadelphia" (from Philadelphia )	Won	[21]
2008	Best Original Song	"The Wrestler" (from The Wrestler )	Won	[21]
2023	Best Original Song	"Addicted to Romance" (from She Came to Me )	Nominated	[21]

Grammy Awards

Springsteen has won 20 Grammy Awards out of 51 nominations.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1981	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male	"Devil with the Blue Dress"/ "Good Golly Miss Molly" / "Jenny Take a Ride"	Nominated	[22]
1982		The River	Nominated	[23]
1985	Record of the Year	"Dancing in the Dark"	Nominated	[24]
	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male		Won
	Album of the Year	Born in the U.S.A.	Nominated
1986	Record of the Year	"Born in the U.S.A."	Nominated	[25]
1988	Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance	Tunnel of Love	Won	[26]
	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male	"Brilliant Disguise"	Nominated
	Best Rock Instrumental Performance	"Paradise By The "C""	Nominated
1993	Best Rock Song	"Human Touch"	Nominated	[27]
	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male	Human Touch	Nominated
1995	Best Rock Song	"Streets of Philadelphia" (from Philadelphia )	Won	[28]
	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male		Won
	Song of the Year		Won
	Best Song Written for Visual Media		Won
	Record of the Year		Nominated
1997	Best Male Rock Vocal Performance	"Dead Man Walkin'"	Nominated	[29]
	Best Music Video, Long Form	Blood Brothers	Nominated
	Best Contemporary Folk Album	The Ghost of Tom Joad	Won
1998	Best Male Rock Vocal Performance	"Thunder Road"	Nominated	[30]
2000	Best Rock Song	"The Promise"	Nominated	[31]
	Best Male Rock Vocal Performance		Nominated
2003	Album of the Year	The Rising	Nominated	[32]
	Best Rock Album		Won
	Song of the Year	"The Rising"	Nominated
	Best Male Rock Vocal Performance		Won
	Best Rock Song		Won
2004	Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal	"Disorder in The House" (with Warren Zevon)	Won	[33]
2005	Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance	"Code of Silence"	Won	[34]
2006	Best Contemporary Folk Album	Devils & Dust	Nominated	[35]
	Best Long Form Music Video		Nominated
	Song of the Year	"Devils & Dust"	Nominated
	Best Rock Song		Nominated
	Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance		Won
2007	Best Traditional Folk Album	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions	Won	[36]
	Best Long Form Music Video	"Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run"	Won
2008	Best Rock Album	Magic	Nominated	[37]
	Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance	"Radio Nowhere"	Won
	Best Rock Song		Won
	Best Rock Instrumental Performance	"Once Upon a Time in the West"	Won
2009	Best Rock Song	"Girls in Their Summer Clothes"	Won	[38]
	Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance		Nominated
2010	Best Song Written for Visual Media	"The Wrestler" (from the film 'The Wrestler')	Nominated	[39]
	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	"Sea of Heartbreak" (with Rosanne Cash)	Nominated
	Best Rock Song	"Working on a Dream"	Nominated
	Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance		Won
2013	Best Rock Performance	"We Take Care of Our Own"	Nominated	[40]
	Best Rock Song		Won
	Best Rock Album	Wrecking Ball	Won
2018	Best Spoken Word Album	Born to Run	Nominated	[41]
2023	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Only the Strong Survive	Nominated	[42]
Grammy Hall of Fame
2003	Grammy Hall of Fame	Born to Run	Won
2012	Grammy Hall of Fame	Born in the U.S.A.	Won
2021	Grammy Hall of Fame	Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.	Won	[43]

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2018	Special Tony Award	Himself	Honored	[44]

Miscellaneous awards

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
American Music Awards	1985	Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist	Himself	Nominated
	Favorite Pop/Rock Song	"Dancing in the Dark"	Won
	Favorite Pop/Rock Male Video Artist	Himself	Nominated
	1986	Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist	Himself	Won
	1986	Favorite Pop/Rock Album	Born in the U.S.A.	Won
	Favorite Pop/Rock Male Video Artist	Himself	Won
	2016	Tour of the Year	The River Tour 2016	Nominated
Audie Awards	2018	Best Autobiography/Memoir	Born to Run	Won
Brit Awards	1985	International Artist	Himself	Nominated
	1986	International Solo Artist		Won
	1987	International Solo Artist		Nominated
	2003	International Male Solo Artist		Nominated
	2006	International Male Solo Artist		Nominated
	2008	International Male Solo Artist		Nominated
	2010	International Male Solo Artist		Nominated
	2011	International Male Solo Artist		Nominated
	2013	International Male Solo Artist		Nominated
	2020	International Male Solo Artist		Nominated
Ivor Novello Awards	2024	Academy Fellowship	Himself	Won	[45]
Juno Awards	1985	International Album of the Year	Born in the U.S.A.	Won
	1993	International Entertainer of the Year	Himself	Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards	1985	Best Male Video	"I'm on Fire"	Won
	Best Stage Performance	"Dancing in the Dark"	Won
	Best Overall Performance	"Dancing in the Dark"	Nominated
	Viewer's Choice	"We Are the World"	Won
	1986	Best Male Video	"Glory Days"	Nominated
	Best Overall Performance	"Glory Days"	Nominated
	1987	Best Stage Performance	"Born to Run"	Nominated
	Best Stage Performance	"War"	Nominated
	1988	Video of the Year	"Tunnel of Love"	Nominated
	Best Male Video	"Tunnel of Love"	Nominated
	Viewer's Choice	"Tunnel of Love"	Nominated
	1992	"Human Touch"	Best Male Video	Nominated
	1994	Best Male Video	"Streets of Philadelphia"	Nominated
	Best Video from a Film	"Streets of Philadelphia"	Won
	1997	Best Video from a Film	"Secret Garden"	Nominated

Honorary awards

Organizations	Year	Award	Result	Ref.
Stig Anderson Music Foundation	1997	Polar Music Prize	Honored	[46]
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	1999	Induction	Honored	[47]
Songwriters Hall of Fame	1999	Induction	Honored	[48]
New Jersey Hall of Fame	2007	Induction	Honored	[49]
New Zealand	1999	The minor planet 23990 was named in his honor [a]	Honored	[50]
Rolling Stone Magazine	2004	Ranked No. 23 of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time	Honored	[51]
Time Magazine	2008	100 Most Influential People of the Year	Honored	[52]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	2009	Kennedy Center Honors	Honored	[53]
Forbes Magazine	2009	Ranked 6th in The Celebrity 100	Honored	[54]
Ellis Island Foundation	2010	Family Heritage Award	Honored	[55]
MusiCares	2013	Person of the Year	Honored	[56]
President Barack Obama	2016	Presidential Medal of Freedom	Honored	[57]
Woody Guthrie Center	2021	Woody Guthrie Prize	Honored	[58]
President Joe Biden	2023	National Medal of Arts	Honored	[59]
The Ivors Academy	2024	Academy Fellow [b]	Honored	[60]

Other honors

• September 23, his birthday, recognized as Bruce Springsteen Day in New Jersey starting in 2023 ^[61]
• Monmouth University has held academic symposia in which scholars present on Springsteen's work, and the university houses the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music ^{[62] [63]}

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1. discovered September 4, 1999, by I. P. Griffin at Auckland, New Zealand, was named in his honor.
2. Springsteen will be the first-ever international songwriter that the Academy has inducted into the Fellowship in its 80-year history.

Note: "We Are the World" (which featured Bruce Springsteen as a vocalist) also won Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Music Video, Short Form, and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1986. Song of the Year is credited to the songwriters and not the performer, The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. ^[1] Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group were presented to the producer in 1986, the song was produced by Quincy Jones. ^{[2] [3]} Best Music Video, Short Form is presented to the director and producer, Tom Trbovich directed the video while Quincy Jones served as producer. ^[4]

1. "Winners Song of the Year/New Song of the Year". Grammy.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
2. "Winners Record of the Year". Grammy.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
3. "Winners Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal". Grammy.com. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
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