This article contains a list of awards and accolades won by and awarded to Quincy Jones .
Over his seven decade long career he has received numerous accolades including 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. He has received 7 Academy Award nominations with no competitive wins. He won the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Jones has also received numerous honorary awards and honorary doctorates. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the National Medal of Arts in 2011 and was made Commandeur Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the Minister of Culture in France.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1967 | Best Original Score | In Cold Blood | Nominated | [1] |
Best Song | "The Eyes of Love" from Banning | Nominated | ||
1968 | Best Original Song for the Picture | "For Love of Ivy" from For Love Of Ivy | Nominated | [2] |
1978 | Best Adaptation Score | The Wiz | Nominated | [3] |
1985 | Best Original Score | The Color Purple | Nominated | [4] |
Best Original Song | "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)" from The Color Purple | Nominated | ||
Best Picture | The Color Purple | Nominated | ||
1993 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Won | [5] | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
1977 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series | Roots: Part 1 | Won | [6] |
Quincy Jones has 80 Grammy nominations and won 28 Grammy Awards, the second-most Grammys for a living person, and third overall. The list below is incomplete. [7]
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Best Musical (as a producer) | The Color Purple | Nominated | |
2016 | Best Revival of a Musical (as a producer) | Won | ||
Year | Country or organization | Award | Ref. |
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1983 | Berklee College of Music | Honorary doctorate | [46] |
1990 | Seattle University | Honorary degree | |
2005 | United Negro College Fund | Evening of Stars honor | |
2005 | Dance Music Hall of Fame | Honorary ceremony | |
2005 | University of Pennsylvania | Honorary Doctorate of Music | |
2007 | Morehouse College | Honorary Doctorate of humanities | |
2007 | Harvard School of Public Health | Mentor of the Year | [47] |
2007 | Harvard University | "Q Prize" Gala | [47] |
2007 | UCLA Spring Sing | George and Ira Gershwin Award | [48] |
2008 | Princeton University | Honorary doctorate degree | [49] |
2008 | Washington University in St. Louis | Honorary Doctorate of Arts degree | [50] |
2008 | University of Washington | Honorary degree | [51] |
2008 | Garfield High School's | Quincy Jones Performing Arts Center dedication | |
2009 | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | Lifetime achievement Fellow | |
2010 | Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University | Honorary Doctorate of Music | [52] [53] |
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