List of awards and nominations received by Tame Impala

The following awards and nominations have been received by Tame Impala.

Tame Impala awards and nominations

Tame Impala performing at a concert in 2014
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations APRA Awards 2 4 ARIA Awards 13 27 Australian Music Prize 0 3 Billboard Music Awards 0 2 Brit Awards 1 1 EG Music Awards 1 1 Grammy Award 0 4 J Awards 2 3 MTV Europe Music Awards 0 3 MTV Video Music Awards 0 1 NME Awards 0 3 Rolling Stone Australia Awards 2 2 UK Music Video Awards 3 5 WAMI Awards 15 26 Isabel Awards 1 1
Totals
Awards won	39
Nominations	83

American Music Awards

The American Music Awards (the AMA's) is an annual American music awards show, generally held in the Fall. It is one of Big Four Music Award Shows.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Favorite Artist - Alternative Rock	Tame Impala	Nominated	[1]

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards have been presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". ^[2]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year	Kevin Parker	Nominated	[3]
2013	APRA Song of the Year	"Feels Like We Only Go Backwards"	Won	[4]
		"Elephant"	Nominated
2016	APRA Song of the Year	"Let It Happen"	Won	[5]
		"Eventually"	Shortlisted
2020	Song of the Year	"Borderline"	Shortlisted	[6]
2021	APRA Song of the Year	"Is It True?"	Shortlisted	[7]
		"It Might Be Time"	Shortlisted
		"Lost in Yesterday"	Nominated	[8]
	Most Performed Alternative Work		Nominated
	Songwriter of the Year	Kevin Parker	Won	[9]
2024	Song of the Year	"New Gold" by Gorillaz (featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown)	Shortlisted	[10]

ARIA Awards

The ARIA Music Awards, hosted by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), recognise "excellence and innovation across all genres" of music in Australia. ^[11]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Best Group	Innerspeaker	Nominated	[12]
	Breakthrough Artist		Nominated
	Album of the Year		Nominated
	Best Rock Album		Nominated
	Best Cover Art		Nominated
2013	Best Group	Lonerism	Won	[13]
	Best Australian Live Act	Lonerism Tour	Nominated
	Album of the Year	Lonerism	Won
	Best Rock Album		Won
	Best Cover Art		Nominated
	Engineer of the Year	Kevin Parker - Lonerism	Nominated
	Producer of the Year		Nominated
2014	Best Australian Live Act	Big Day Out 2014	Nominated	[14]
2015	Album of the Year	Currents	Won	[15]
	Best Rock Album		Won
	Best Pop Release	"Let It Happen"	Nominated
	Best Group	Currents	Won
	Engineer of the Year	Kevin Parker - Tame Impala	Won
	Producer of the Year		Won
2016	Best Australian Live Act	Australian Tour	Nominated	[16]
2019	Engineer of the Year	"Patience"	Nominated
	Producer of the Year		Nominated
2020	Album of the Year	The Slow Rush	Won	[17]
	Best Group		Won
	Best Rock Album		Won
	Best Pop Release	"Lost in Yesterday"	Nominated
	Best Video	"Is It True"	Nominated
	Engineer of the Year	Kevin Parker - The Slow Rush	Won
	Producer of the Year		Won
2023	Best Australian Live Act	Slow Rush Tour	Nominated	[18]

Australian Music Prize

The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The commenced in 2005.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Australian Music Prize	Innerspeaker	Nominated
2012		Lonerism	Nominated
2015		Currents	Nominated	[19]
2020		The Slow Rush	Nominated	[20]

Billboard Music Awards

The Billboard Music Awards are given to artists based on sales data by Nielsen SoundScan and radio information by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	Top Rock Artist	Tame Impala	Nominated	[21]
	Top Rock Album	The Slow Rush	Nominated

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's (BPI) annual pop music awards. ^[22]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	Best International Group	Tame Impala	Won	[23]
2021	Best International Male Solo Artist		Nominated	[24]

EG Music Awards

The Age Music Victoria Awards are an annual Awards night celebrating Victorian music.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2012	Best Song	"Elephant"	Won	[25]

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by The Recording Academy of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Best Alternative Music Album	Lonerism	Nominated	[26]
2016		Currents	Nominated	[27]
2021		The Slow Rush	Nominated	[28]
	Best Rock Song	"Lost in Yesterday"	Nominated
2025	Best Dance/Electronic Recording	"Neverender" (with Justice)	Pending	[29]

J Awards

The J Awards were established by influential Australian youth radio station Triple J in 2005.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	Australian Album of the Year	Innerspeaker	Won	[30]
2012		Lonerism	Won	[31]
2015		Currents	Nominated	[32]
2020		The Slow Rush	Nominated	[33] [34]

Helpmann Awards

The Helpmann Awards is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia since 2001. ^[35] Note: 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2014	Tame Impala	Best Australian Contemporary Concert	Nominated	[36]

MTV Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	Best Video	The Less I Know the Better	Nominated	[37]
	Best Alternative	Tame Impala	Nominated
2020	Best Rock		Nominated
2022	Best Alternative		Nominated	[38]

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	Best Direction	"The Less I Know the Better"	Nominated	[39]

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) commenced in 2016 to recognize contributions to the live music industry in Australia.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2023	Rob Sinclair (Tame Impala)	Best Stage & Light Design	Nominated	[40]

NME Awards

The NME Awards were created by the NME magazine and was first held in 1953.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	Best International Band	Tame Impala	Nominated	[41]
	Best Album	Currents	Nominated
	Best Music Video	"The Less I Know the Better"	Nominated

Rolling Stone Australian Awards

Rolling Stone Australia Awards are awarded annually in January by the Rolling Stone (Australia) magazine since 2010 for outstanding contributions to popular culture in the previous year.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Album of the Year	Innerspeaker	Won	[42]
2012		Lonerism	Won	[43]
2021	The Death of Me	Best Record	Nominated	[44]
2024	Tame Impala	Rolling Stone Global Award	Nominated	[45]

UK Music Video Awards

The UK Music Video Awards are British annual awards held to recognize creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video and moving image for music.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2013	Best Rock/Indie Video - UK	"Mind Mischief"	Nominated	[46]
2015	Best Rock/Indie Video - International	"Let It Happen"	Won	[47]
2016		"The Less I Know the Better"	Won	[48]
	Best Production Design in a Video		Nominated
	Best Styling in a Video		Nominated
	Best Cinematography in a Video		Nominated
2019	Best Urban Video - International	"Sundress" (with A$AP Rocky)	Won	[49]
	Best Cinematography in a Video		Nominated

WAMI Awards

WAMI began presenting awards in 2001 in Perth, representing local artists in the West Australian music scene.

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Most Popular Act	Tame Impala	Nominated	[50]
	Most Popular Live Act		Nominated
	Favourite Newcomer		Won
	Most Promising New Act		Won
	Best Rock Act		Nominated
	Most Popular Single/EP	Tame Impala EP	Won
	Most Popular Music Video	"Half Full Glass of Wine"	Nominated
	Best Male Vocalist	Kevin Parker	Nominated
	Best Bassist	Dominic Simper	Nominated
	Best Drummer	Jay Watson	Nominated
2010	Best Rock Act	Tame Impala	Nominated	[51]
2011	Most Popular Act		Won	[52]
	Most Popular Live Act		Won
	Best Rock Act		Won
	Most Popular Album	Innerspeaker	Nominated
	Best Guitarist	Kevin Parker	Won
2013	Group of the Year	Tame Impala	Won	[53]
	Single of the Year	"Feels Like We Only Go Backwards"	Won
	Album of the Year	Lonerism	Won
	Music Video of the Year	"Elephant"	Won
2015	Best Rock Act	Tame Impala	Nominated	[54]
	Most Popular Act		Won
	Most Popular Live Act		Won
	Best Album	Currents	Won
	Best Single	"Let It Happen"	Nominated
	Most Popular Music Video		Won
2020	Best Album	The Slow Rush	Won	[55]
	Best Rock Act	Tame Impala	Nominated

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