List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty

Tom Petty awards and nominations
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
American Music Awards	0
Billboard	1
Grammy	3
MTV VMA	3
Radio Music Awards	1
Totals
Wins	8
Nominations	30
	Note ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize 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.;

Last updated November 02, 2023

Tom Petty was a rock artist who released 10 studio albums as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, three solo albums, two albums with Mudcrutch, and two albums as part of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys.

American Music Awards

The American Music Awards are awarded annually by votes of music buyers and the general public. Petty received one nomination, in 1990.^[1]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1990	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1	Favourite Pop/Rock New Artist	Nominated

Billboard Music Awards

The Billboard Music Awards are sponsored by Billboard magazine and is held annually in December. Tom Petty won one award.^[2]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Tom Petty	Billboard Century Award	Won

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Tom Petty has received three awards from 18 nominations.^[3]^[4] MusiCares honored Tom Petty as MusiCares Person of the Year in 2017.^[5]

Year	Act	Nominated work	Award	Result
1982	Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (with Stevie Nicks)	Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal	Nominated
1990	Tom Petty	Full Moon Fever	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Tom Petty	"Free Fallin'"	Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male	Nominated
	Traveling Wilburys	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Traveling Wilburys	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1	Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group	Won
1992	Tom Petty	"Learning to Fly" (as songwriting with Jeff Lynne)	Best Rock Song	Nominated
1992	Tom Petty	"Into the Great Wide Open"	Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group	Nominated
1994	Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison	"My Back Pages" (with Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison)	Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal	Nominated
1996	Tom Petty	"You Don't Know How It Feels"	Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male	Won
1996	Tom Petty	Wildflowers	Best Rock Album	Nominated
1999	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	"Room at The Top"	Best Rock Song	Nominated
1999	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Echo	Best Rock Album	Nominated
2006	Tom Petty	"Square One" (from Elizabethtown)	Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Nominated
2007		"Saving Grace"	Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance	Nominated
2007		Highway Companion	Best Rock Album	Nominated
2009	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	"Runnin' Down a Dream"	Best Music Video, Long Form	Won
2011		Mojo	Best Rock Album	Nominated
2015		Hypnotic Eye	Best Rock Album	Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV.^[3]^[6]

Year	Act	Nominated work	Award	Result
1985	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	"Don't Come Around Here No More"	Best Special Effects	Won
			Video of the Year	Nominated
			Viewer's Choice	Nominated
			Best Direction	Nominated
			Best Concept Video	Nominated
1989	Traveling Wilburys	"Handle with Care"	Best Group Video	Nominated
1992	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	"Into the Great Wide Open"	Best Male Video	Nominated
1994	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	"Mary Jane's Last Dance"	Best Male Video	Won
1995	Tom Petty	"You Don't Know How It Feels"	Best Male Video	Won
2009	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	"Into the Great Wide Open"	Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman)	Nominated

Radio Music Awards

The Radio Music Awards are an annual award show that honors the year's most successful songs on mainstream radio.^[3]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2003	Tom Petty	Legend Award	Won

References

↑ "17th American Music Awards". RockOnTheNet.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
↑ "Winners Database". Billboard Music Awards. Retrieved October 10, 2017
1 2 3 "Tom Petty". Rock on the Net. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
↑ "Artist - Tom Petty". Grammy. Retrieved October 10, 2017
↑ "2017 MusiCares Person of the Year: Tom Petty | GRAMMY.org". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
↑ "Tom Petty made amazing music videos. Here are nine of the best.". Washington Post. Retrieved October 10, 2017

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[1] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize 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.

[2] "17th American Music Awards". RockOnTheNet.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

[3] "Winners Database". Billboard Music Awards. Retrieved October 10, 2017

[rotn-4] 1 2 3 "Tom Petty". Rock on the Net. Retrieved 2009-04-19.

[5] "Artist - Tom Petty". Grammy. Retrieved October 10, 2017

[6] "2017 MusiCares Person of the Year: Tom Petty | GRAMMY.org". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2017-10-07.

[7] "Tom Petty made amazing music videos. Here are nine of the best.". Washington Post. Retrieved October 10, 2017

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Discography Awards and nominations Songs
Studio albums	Full Moon Fever (1989) Wildflowers (1994) Highway Companion (2006)
Singles	"I Won't Back Down" "Runnin' Down a Dream" "Free Fallin'" "A Face in the Crowd" "Yer So Bad" "You Don't Know How It Feels" "You Wreck Me" "It's Good to Be King" "Saving Grace" "Somewhere Under Heaven"
Other songs	"Wildflowers" "Time to Move On" "Square One"
Posthumous releases	An American Treasure (2018) The Best of Everything (2019) "Leave Virginia Alone" (2020) Wildflowers & All The Rest (2020)
Related articles	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Blue Stingrays Mudcrutch Traveling Wilburys