List of awards and nominations received by Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris' awards and nominations

Calvin Harris in Rock in Rio Madrid 2012. Calvin Harris in Rock in Rio Madrid 2012.
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations American Music Awards 2 6 Billboard Music Awards 1 15 Brit Awards 3 23 BreakTudo Awards 1 1 Grammy Awards 1 5 MTV Europe Music Awards 1 13 iHeartRadio Music Awards 2 8 MTV Video Music Awards 4 15
Totals
Awards won	31
Nominations	115

This is a comprehensive listing of the awards and nominations received by Scottish DJ and recording artist Calvin Harris. He rose to prominence in Europe in 2007 following the release of his debut album I Created Disco and two of its singles; "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls". His follow up album, 2009s Ready for the Weekend , became his first album to debut atop the UK Albums Charts, and spawned the UK Number 1 single "I'm Not Alone" and the top five UK single "Ready for the Weekend". In 2010, Ready for the Weekend was nominated for Dance-Pop Album of the Year at the Hungarian Music Awards.

He achieved international recognition in 2012, after achieving success in mostly European markets, with the release of his third album 18 Months which saw Harris step back from performing vocals in favour of collaborating with guest artists instead. The internationally successful single "We Found Love", which features vocals from Rhianna, was nominated for numerous awards, winning the Grammy Award for Best Music Video at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards in 2013. ^[1] Harris has received six Grammy Awards nominations, winning one, with the most recent nomination in 2024, for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording for his single "Miracle" which features vocals from Ellie Goulding.

Harris has been nominated for a total of 23 BRIT Awards, winning three as of 2024. His most recent win at the BRIT Awards was at the 2024 ceremony, winning the Brit Award for British Dance Act. ^[2] He is a recipient of the Brit Award for British Producer of the Year and Brit Award for British Single of the Year in 2019. ^[3]

Elsewhere, he has been nominated for fifteen Billboard Music Awards (winning the award for Top Dance/Electronic Artist in 2015), six American Music Awards nominations (winning the American Music Award for Favorite Electronic Dance Music Artist twice in 2014 and 2015 respectively) ^[4] , thirteen MTV Europe Music Awards nominations (winning the award for Best Electronic Act at the 2014 ceremony) ^[5] and fifteen MTV Video Music Awards nominations (winning four – Video of the Year for "We Found Love" and Best Electronic Video for "Feel So Close" in 2012, and Best Male Video for "This Is What You Came For" and Best Electronic Video for "How Deep Is Your Love" in 2016). ^[6]

In 2013 he received a Ivor Novello Award, and appeared on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in the United Kingdom. ^[7] He topped Forbes ' list of the world's highest-paid DJs for six consecutive years from 2013 to 2018.

American Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2012	Calvin Harris	Favorite EDM Artist	Nominated	[8]
2013			Nominated	[9]
2014			Won	[10]
2015			Won	[11]
2016			Nominated	[12]
2017			Nominated	[13]

APRA Music Awards

Year	Nominee / Work	Award	Result	R
2020	"Promises" (w/ Sam Smith)	Most Performed Most Performed International Work of the Year	Nominated	[14]

ASCAP Pop Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2013	"We Found Love" (with Rihanna)	Most Performed Songs	Won
	"Let's Go" (featuring Ne-Yo)		Won
	"Where Have You Been"		Won
	"Feel So Close"		Won

BBC Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1	British Album of the Year	Nominated

Billboard Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	"We Found Love" (with Rihanna)	Top Radio Song	Nominated
2013 [15]	"Sweet Nothing" (featuring Florence Welch)	Top EDM Song	Nominated
	"Feel So Close"		Nominated
	Calvin Harris	Top Dance Artist	Nominated
		Top EDM Artist	Nominated
2014 [16]		Top Dance/Electronic Artist	Nominated
2015 [17]			Won
	"Summer"	Top Dance/Electronic Song	Nominated
	Motion	Top Dance/Electronic Album
2017 [18]	Calvin Harris	Top Dance/Electronic Artist	Nominated
	"This Is What You Came For" (with Rihanna)	Top Dance/Electronic Song	Nominated
2018 [19]	Calvin Harris	Top Dance/Electronic Artist	Nominated
	Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1	Top Dance/Electronic Album	Nominated
2019	Calvin Harris	Top Dance/Electronic Artist	Nominated
	"One Kiss" (with Dua Lipa)	Top Dance/Electronic Song	Nominated

Billboard Latin Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Calvin Harris	Crossover Artist of the Year	Nominated

Brit Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2009	"Dance wiv Me" (with Dizzee Rascal and Chrome)	British Single of the Year	Eliminated	[20]
2010	Calvin Harris	British Male Solo Artist	Nominated	[21]
2013			Nominated	[22]
2014	"I Need Your Love" (featuring Ellie Goulding)	British Single of the Year	Nominated	[23]
		British Video of the Year	Nominated
2015	"Summer"	British Single of the Year	Nominated	[24]
		British Video of the Year	Nominated
2016	Calvin Harris	British Male Solo Artist	Nominated	[25]
	"How Deep Is Your Love" (with Disciples)	British Single of the Year	Nominated
		British Video of the Year	Eliminated
2017	"This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna)	British Single of the Year	Nominated
		British Video of the Year	Eliminated
2018	"Feels" (featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean)	British Single of the Year	Nominated
		British Video of the Year	Eliminated
2019	Calvin Harris	Producer of the Year	Won	[26]
	"One Kiss" (with Dua Lipa)	British Single of the Year	Won
		British Video of the Year	Nominated
2020	"Giant" (with Rag'n'Bone Man)	Song of the Year	Nominated	[27]
2022	Calvin Harris	British Dance Act	Nominated	[28]
2023			Nominated	[29]
2024	"Miracle" (with Ellie Goulding)	Song of the Year	Nominated	[30]
	Calvin Harris	British Pop Act	Nominated
		British Dance Act	Won

Danish Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	"We Found Love" (featuring Rihanna)	International Hit of the Year	Nominated
2017	"Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1"	International Album of the Year	Nominated

DJ Magazine top 100 DJs

Year	Position	Notes	Ref.
2010	94	New Entry	[31]
2011	34	Up 60
2012	31	Up 3
2013	15	Up 16
2014	11	Up 4
2015	11	No Change
2016	14	Down 3
2017	15	Down 1
2018	40	Down 25
2019	19	Up 21
2020	18	Up 1
2021	16	Up 2
2022	16	No Change
2023	12	Up 4

Electronic Music Awards & Foundation Show

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	"How Deep is Your Love" (featuring Disciples)	Single of the Year	Nominated
	Motion	Album of the Year	Nominated

Fonogram Awards

Fonogram Awards is the national music awards of Hungary, held every year since 1992 and promoted by Mahasz.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018 [32]	"Funk Wav Bounces Vol.1"	Foreign Electronic Music Album or Voice Recording	Nominated

Grammy Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2013	"We Found Love" (with Rihanna)	Best Music Video	Won	[1]
	"Let's Go" (featuring Ne-Yo)	Best Dance Recording	Nominated
2014	"Sweet Nothing" (featuring Florence Welch)		Nominated	[33]
	18 Months	Best Dance/Electronic Album	Nominated
2018	Calvin Harris	Producer of the Year, Non-Classical	Nominated
2024	"Miracle" (featuring Ellie Goulding)	Best Pop Dance Recording	Nominated

Global Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2019 [34]	"One Kiss" (with Dua Lipa)	Best Song	Nominated
	"Promises" (with Sam Smith)		Nominated
	Calvin Harris	Best Male	Nominated
		Best British Artist or Group	Nominated

Hungarian Music Awards

The Hungarian Music Awards is the national music awards of Hungary, held every year since 1992 and promoted by Mahasz.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2010	Ready for the Weekend	Dance-Pop Album of the Year	Nominated
2013	Calvin Harris	Foreign Electronic Music Production of the Year	Nominated
2014	"Under Control" (with Alesso and Hurts)	Foreign Electronic Music Album or Voice Recording	Nominated
2015	Motion		Won
	"My Way"		Nominated
2018	Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1		Nominated

iHeartRadio Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	"Sweet Nothing" (featuring Florence Welch)	EDM Song of the Year	Nominated
2015	"Blame" (featuring John Newman)	Dance Song of the Year	Nominated
	"Summer"		Won
2016	Calvin Harris	Dance Artist of the Year	Won
2017			Nominated
	"This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna)	Best Collaboration	Nominated
		Best Music Video	Nominated
2018 [35]	Calvin Harris	Dance Artist of the Year	Nominated
2019			Nominated
	"One Kiss" (featuring Dua Lipa)	Dance Song of the Year	Nominated
		Best Music Video	Nominated

International Dance Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	"We Found Love" (with Rihanna)	Best R&B/Urban Dance Track	Won
		Best Commercial/Pop Dance Track	Won
2013	"Sweet Nothing" (featuring Florence Welch)	Best Progressive Track	Nominated
		Best Music Video	Nominated
		Best Commercial/Pop Dance Track	Won
	Calvin Harris	Best Remixer	Nominated
		Best Artist (Solo)	Nominated
2020		Best Dance / Electronic (Male)	Nominated

Ivor Novello Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2009	"Dance wiv Me" (with Dizzee Rascal and Chrome)	Best Contemporary Song	Nominated
2013	Calvin Harris	Songwriter of the Year	Won

Latin American Music Awards

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2016 [36]	"This Is What You Came For" (w/ Rihanna)	Favorite Dance Song	Won

Los Premios 40 Principales

Los Premios 40 Principales América

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	Calvin Harris	Best International New Act	Nominated
		Best International Dance Act	Nominated
2014	Calvin Harris	Best English Language Act	Nominated
	"Summer"	Best English Language Song	Won

LOS40 Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	"Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1"	International Album of the Year	Nominated
2018	"One Kiss"	International Song of the Year	Nominated

MTV Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012 [37]	Best Song	"We Found Love" (with Rihanna)	Nominated
	Best Video		Nominated
	Best Electronic Act	Calvin Harris	Nominated
2013 [38]	Best Electronic Act		Nominated
	Best UK & Ireland Act		Nominated
2014 [39]	Best Electronic Act		Won
	Best UK & Ireland Act		Nominated
2015 [40]	Best Electronic Act		Nominated
	Best UK & Ireland Act		Nominated
2016 [41]	Best Male Act		Nominated
	Best Electronic Act		Nominated
2017 [42]			Nominated
2018 [43]			Nominated
2019			Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012 [44]	Video of the Year	"We Found Love" (with Rihanna)	Won
	Best Female Video		Nominated
	Best Pop		Nominated
	Best Electronic Video	"Feel So Close"	Won
2013 [45]	Best Collaboration	"I Need Your Love" (featuring Ellie Goulding)	Nominated
	Best Song of the Summer		Nominated
	Best Editing	"Sweet Nothing"	Nominated
2014 [46]	Best Dance Video	"Summer"	Nominated
2016 [47]	Best Male Video	"This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna)	Won
	Best Collaboration		Nominated
	Best Electronic Video	"How Deep Is Your Love" (with Disciples)	Won
2017 [48]	Best Collaboration	"Feels" (with Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams & Big Sean)	Nominated
	Best Dance Video	"My Way"	Nominated
2018	Best Dance	"One Kiss" (with Dua Lipa)	Nominated
	Song of Summer		Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	"We Found Love" (with Rihanna)	Best Pop	Nominated
2013	"Sweet Nothing" (featuring Florence Welch)	Best Collaboration	Nominated

MuchMusic Video Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	"We Found Love" (with Rihanna)	International Video of the Year – Artist	Nominated
2018	Calvin Harris	Best EDM/Dance Artist or Group	Nominated

NME Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2009	"Dance wiv Me" (with Dizzee Rascal and Chrome)	Best Dancefloor Filler	Won
2013	"Sweet Nothing" (featuring Florence Welch)	Dancefloor Anthem	Won

NRJ Music Award

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2009	"We Found Love"	Best Song International	Nominated
2016	Calvin Harris	Best Live Performance	Nominated
		Best International DJ	Nominated
2018		DJ of the Year	Nominated
	"One Kiss"	International Duo/Group of the year	Nominated
		International Song of the Year	Nominated

WDM Radio Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	Calvin Harris	King of Social Media	Nominated
	"This Is What You Came For" (featuring Rihanna)	Best Global Track	Won
2018	Calvin Harris	King of Social Media	Nominated

YouTube Creator Awards

• Calvin Harris

  (18.5 million subscribers - July 2022)

Other awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	R
2007	BT Digital Music Awards	Best Electronic Artist or DJ	Calvin Harris	Nominated
	Q Awards	Best Breakthrough Artist
2009	The Music Producers Guild Awards	Best Remixer	Calvin Harris	Won
	Urban Music Awards	Best Dance Act		Won
	Popjustice £20 Music Prize	Best Contemporary Song	"I'm Not Alone"	Nominated
2012	mtvU Woodie Awards	EDM Effect Woodie	Calvin Harris	Won
2013	Scottish Album of the Year	Album of the Year	18 Months	Nominated
2014	BMI London Awards	Song of the Year	"I Need Your Love" (featuring Ellie Goulding)	Nominated	[49]
2015	ARIA Music Awards	Best International Artist	Motion	Nominated

References

1. "Grammys 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners". LA Times. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
2. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/brits-nominations-2024-nominees/
3. "Calvin Harris and the 1975 lead winners at 2019 Brit awards". The Guardian. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
4. "Refresher! See the 2014 American Music Award Nominations". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
5. "MTV EMAs 2014: All the nominees and winners". Digital Spy. 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
6. "MTV Video Music Awards 2016 Nominees: A VMA Nominations Refresher List Before The Aug. 28 Show". International Business Times. 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
7. "Debrett's 500 List: Music" . The Telegraph. 21 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022.
8. "American Music Awards 2012: List Of Nominees & Winners". Vibe. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
9. "Check Out the List of American Music Awards 2013 Nominees!". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
10. "Refresher! See the 2014 American Music Award Nominations". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
11. "2015 American Music Awards Nominations Announced". E! Online. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
12. "American Music Awards 2016: Complete List Of 2016 AMA Nominees". The Inquisitr News. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
13. "Here Is the Full List of 2017 AMAs Nominations". Billboard .
14. Cashmere, Paul (2020-04-06). "Tones and I Leads Nominations for 2020 Virtual APRA Awards". Noise11.com. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
15. "2013 Billboard Music Awards winners and nominees – complete list". UPROXX. 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
16. Reporter, Daniel Welsh Entertainment; UK, The Huffington Post (2014-05-16). "Billboard Music Awards 2014: Full Winners List". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
17. "Billboard Music Awards: All the winners". Digital Spy. 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
18. "Drake, The Chainsmokers Lead Nominees for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
19. "Billboard Music Awards 2018 Nominations: Full List". Billboard. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
20. "Full list of awards and nominees for 2009 Brit Awards". Independent UK. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
21. "Brit Awards nominations 2010: full list". Telegraph UK. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
22. "Brit Awards 2013: nominations in full". Telegraph UK. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
23. "Brit Awards nominations 2014: full list". Telegraph UK. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
24. "Brit Awards 2015 Nominations: The Full List". Sky News. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
25. "Brit Awards 2016 Nominations". Billboard. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
26. "Brit Awards 2019: Full list of winners". BBC. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
27. "Brit awards 2020: Lewis Capaldi tops winners alongside rap triumphs". TheGuardian.com . 18 February 2020.
28. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/brit-awards-2022-nominations-in-full-adele-dave-ed-sheeran-and-little-simz-lead-with-four-each__34736/
29. Smith, Carl (12 January 2023). "BRIT Awards 2023 nominations REVEALED". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 12 January 2023.
30. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/brits-nominations-2024-nominees/
31. "Poll 2021: Calvin Harris".
32. "Fonogram Awards 2018 nominatios" (in Hungarian). Fonogram. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
33. "Grammy Awards 2014: Full Nominations List". Billboard. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
34. Radio, Global. "The Global Awards - Nominees". The Global Awards. Archived from the original on 2017-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
35. "2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List of Nominees". iHeartRadio. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
36. "Latin American Music Awards 2016: Complete List of Winners". 7 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
37. Rogers, Chris (2012-09-17). "Taylor Swift & Rihanna Lead 2012 MTV EMA Nominations — Full List". Hollywood Life. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
38. "MTV EMAs 2013: Nominations List". Capital FM. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
39. "MTV EMAs 2014: All the nominees and winners". Digital Spy. 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
40. Szalai, George (15 September 2015). "Taylor Swift Leads MTV EMAs With 9 Nominations". Billboard . Retrieved 15 September 2015.
41. "Beyoncé, Justin Bieber and Adele lead 2016 MTV European Music Award nominations". NME. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
42. "MTV EMAs: No awards for Taylor Swift as Shawn Mendes tops night with four". TheGuardian.com . 13 November 2017.
43. "Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande, Post Malone Lead 2018 MTV EMA Nominees". Billboard. October 4, 2018.
44. "MTV Video Music Awards 2012: Nominees and Winners (COMPLETE LIST) | Celebuzz". Celebuzz. 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
45. "MTV Video Music Awards 2013: Full List of Nominees!". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
46. "Refresher! See the Complete List of 2014 MTV VMAs Nominees!". Us Weekly. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
47. "MTV Video Music Awards 2016 Nominees: A VMA Nominations Refresher List Before The Aug. 28 Show". International Business Times. 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
48. MTV Press (August 27, 2017). "2017 "VMA" Winners and Performances" . Retrieved August 27, 2017.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
49. Sir Tim Rice and Top Songwriters Honored at 2014 BMI London Awards. Retrieved 13 February 2015