List of awards and nominations received by the Smashing Pumpkins

Last updated January 21, 2026

American Music Awards

The American Music Award is an annual American music awards show, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to present the Grammy Awards expired.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1997	The Smashing Pumpkins	Favorite Alternative Artist	Won
1997	The Smashing Pumpkins	Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist	Nominated

Antville Music Video Awards

The Antville Music Video Awards are online awards for the best music video and music video directors of the year. They were first awarded in 2005.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	"Tarantula"	Worst Video	Nominated

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1997	The Smashing Pumpkins	International Group	Nominated

Clio Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2026	Sparkling Poster	Design - Gig Poster	Nominated	^[1]

D&AD Awards

Design and Art Direction (D&AD) is a British educational charity which exists to promote excellence in design and advertising.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1997	"1979"	Cinematography	Graphite Pencil
1997	"1979"	Direction	Graphite Pencil

Danish Music Awards

The Danish Music Awards (DMA) is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called IFPI-prisen ("IFPI-Award") until 1991, when it changed its name to Dansk Grammy ("Danish Grammy"). The current name was given in 2001, after the American Grammy Awards registered the name Grammy as their trademark. In 2011 IFPI joined with TV2 (Denmark) and KODA to present the awards ceremony.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1999	Adore	Best International Album	Nominated	^[2]

GAFFA-Prisen Awards

Delivered since 1991. The GAFFA Awards (Danish: GAFFA Prisen) are a Danish award that rewards popular music, awarded by the GAFFA magazine.^[3]^[4]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1995	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	Best Foreign Album	Nominated
1998	Adore	Best Foreign Album	Nominated
	"Ava Adore"	Best Foreign Hit	Nominated
	Billy Corgan	Best Foreign Male Act	Nominated
	The Smashing Pumpkins	Best Foreign Live Act	Nominated
		Best Foreign Band	Nominated
2019		Best Foreign Band	Nominated
2019	Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.	Best Foreign Album	Nominated
2021	Cyr	Best Foreign Album	Nominated
2021	The Smashing Pumpkins	Best Foreign Band	Nominated

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Award is an honor awarded by The Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the mainly English-language music industry. The Smashing Pumpkins have received eleven nominations and winning two times in the Best Hard Rock Performance category.^[5]^[6]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1994	"Cherub Rock"	Best Hard Rock Performance	Nominated
1994	Siamese Dream	Best Alternative Music Album	Nominated
1997	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	Best Alternative Music Album	Nominated
	"1979"	Record of the Year	Nominated
	"1979"	Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal	Nominated
	"Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"	Best Pop Instrumental Performance	Nominated
	"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"	Best Hard Rock Performance	Won
	"Tonight, Tonight"	Best Music Video	Nominated
1998	"The End Is the Beginning Is the End"	Best Hard Rock Performance	Won
1999	Adore	Best Alternative Music Album	Nominated
2001	Machina/The Machines of God	Best Recording Package	Nominated

Juno Awards

The Juno Award are presented annually to Canadians musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1997	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	International Album of the Year	Nominated

Lunas del Auditorio

Lunas del Auditorio are sponsored by The National Auditorium in Mexico to honor the best live shows in the country.^[7]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2008	The Smashing Pumpkins	Best Foreign Rock Artist	Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards are an event presented by Viacom International Media Networks Europe which awards prizes to musicians and performers.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1996	The Smashing Pumpkins	Best Group	Nominated
1996	The Smashing Pumpkins	Best Rock	Won
1998	The Smashing Pumpkins	Best Rock	Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Award is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. The Smashing Pumpkins have received fifteen nominations and seven wins.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1994	"Disarm"	Best Alternative Video	Nominated
1994	"Disarm"	Best Editing	Nominated
1996	"Tonight, Tonight"	Video of the Year	Won
		Breakthrough Video	Won
		Best Direction	Won
		Best Visual Effects	Won
		Best Art Direction	Won
		Best Editing	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Won
		Viewer's Choice	Nominated
	"1979"	Best Alternative Video	Won
1997	"The End Is the Beginning Is the End"	Best Direction	Nominated
		Best Visual Effects	Nominated
		Best Editing	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Nominated
1999	The Smashing Pumpkins Website	Best Artist Website	Nominated

Music Video Production Awards

The MVPA Awards are annually presented by a Los Angeles–based music trade organization to honor the year's best music videos.^[8]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1999	"Ava Adore"	Video of the Year	Nominated
2006	The Smashing Pumpkins	Kratz Award for Creative Excellence^[9]	Won
2008	"That's the Way (My Love Is)"	Best Computer Effects	Nominated

NME Awards

The NME Awards were created by the NME magazine and was first held in 1953.^[10] The Smashing Pumpkins has received two nominations.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1999	Adore	Best Album^[11]	Nominated
2013	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	Best Reissue	Nominated
2015	Adore	Best Reissue	Nominated

Polstar Concert Industry Awards

The Pollstar Concert Industry Awards aim to reward the best in the business of shows and concerts.^[12]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1992	Themselves	Best New Rock Artist	Nominated
1994	Tour	Club Tour of the Year	Won
1997	Tour	Major Tour of the Year	Nominated

VH1 Fashion Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2000	"Stand Inside Your Love"	Visionary Award	Won	^[13]

Žebřík Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1998	Themselves	Best International Group	Nominated	^[14]
	Billy Corgan	Best International Male	Nominated
	Billy Corgan	Best International Personality	Nominated
	"Ava Adore"	Best International Song	Nominated
	"Ava Adore"	Best International Video	Nominated
1999	Disintegration of Smashing Pumpkins	International Průser	Nominated
2007	Themselves	Best International Group	Nominated	^[15]

Hottest 100 of all time

In July Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009 the Smashing Pumpkins had 3 songs in Triple J Hottest 100 of all time, #35 "1979", #51 "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" and #78 "Today", voted by the Australian public.^[16]

References

↑ https://clios.com/winners-gallery/details/193970
↑ "Dansk Grammy 1999".
↑ "GAFFA-prisen 1991-2006 – se vinderne". gaffa.dk. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
↑ "GAFFA-PRISEN 2021 | GAFFA.dk". Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
↑ "Rock On The Net: Smashing Pumpkins". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
↑ "Smashing Pumpkins - Awards : Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
↑ "¿Qué son las lunas?" (in Spanish). Lunas del Auditorio. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
↑ "2013 MVPA Award Winners". VideoStatic. Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
↑ "Billboard". 2006-06-17.
↑ Lipshutz, Jason (19 February 2015). "5 Seconds of Summer Celebrates Winning 'Worst Band' Award". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
↑ "Rocklist.net...NME End Of Year Lists 1999..." www.rocklistmusic.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
↑ "Pollstar Awards Archive". Pollstar . Archived from the original on June 16, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
↑ "Billboard". 4 November 2000.
↑ "2003-1997 – Anketa Žebřík".
↑ "2010-2004 – Anketa Žebřík".
↑ "Countdown | Hottest 100 Of All Time | triple j". www.abc.net.au. January 1, 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

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[1] ttps://clios.com/winners-gallery/details/193970

[2] "Dansk Grammy 1999".

[3] "GAFFA-prisen 1991-2006 – se vinderne". gaffa.dk. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

[4] "GAFFA-PRISEN 2021 | GAFFA.dk". Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

[rockonthenet-5] "Rock On The Net: Smashing Pumpkins". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 2012-07-04.

[allmusic-6] "Smashing Pumpkins - Awards : Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-07-04.

[7] "¿Qué son las lunas?" (in Spanish). Lunas del Auditorio. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2017.

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[9] "Billboard". 2006-06-17.

[10] Lipshutz, Jason (19 February 2015). "5 Seconds of Summer Celebrates Winning 'Worst Band' Award". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.

[11] "Rocklist.net...NME End Of Year Lists 1999..." www.rocklistmusic.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 29, 2006. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

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[14] "2003-1997 – Anketa Žebřík".

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