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    Neil's Awards and Award-Nominations
    Last page update:
    Monday, 04-Nov-2002 16:52:42 PST

    In the lists below, when the word "nomination" is used, Neil was nominated for, but didn't win, the award. In some categories Neil has been nominated for many more awards than he has been awarded, so in those areas the ones he's been awarded are highlighted.

    --> Record Sales Awards
    --> Organization Awards (eg, Oscars)
    --> Broadcast Media Awards
    --> Print Media Awards
    --> Web Media Awards
    --> Other Awards (eg, Hall of Fame)

    Record Sales Awards

    Data source: R.I.A.A. Gold=500,000 copies. Platinum=1,000,000 copies.
    Album Title (5) Date Certified as...
    Gold Platinum 2xPlat. 3xPlat. 4xPlat. 5xPlat. 6xPlat. 7xPlat.
    After The Goldrush 11/2/7010/13/86 10/13/86      
    (3) American Dream 1/10/891/27/89        
    American Stars'n'Bars 10/11/77         
    Comes A Time 11/21/78         
    (3) CSN (Box Set) 8/20/925/3/99        
    Decade 8/9/7912/22/86        
    (3) Deja Vu 3/25/7011/4/92
    ???
    ???
    ???
    ???
    ???
    		11/4/92
    Everybody Knows
    This Is Nowhere     		10/16/7010/13/86        
    (3) 4 Way Street 4/12/7112/18/92
    ???
    ???
    		 12/18/92   
    Freedom 2/21/90         
    Harvest 2/18/7210/13/86
    ???
    		10/13/86 6/27/94   
    Harvest Moon 1/15/932/3/93 7/16/97      
    Live Rust 3/11/802/17/88        
    (4) Long May You Run 1/12/77         
    Mirror Ball 9/12/95         
    On The Beach 9/23/74         
    (2) Retrospective 4/12/894/12/89        
    Rust Never Sleeps 8/28/792/7/80        
    Sleeps With Angels 10/18/94         
    (3) So Far 9/19/7412/18/92
    ???
    ???
    ???
    ???
    		12/18/92 
    Time Fades Away 12/7/73         
    (6) Tonight's The Night
    ???
    ???
    		        
    Unplugged 11/16/93         
    Zuma 2/7/97         
    Notes:
    (1) All albums by Neil Young or Neil Young and Crazy Horse except:
    (2) is a Buffalo Springfield Album
    (3) are CSNY Albums
    (4) is a Still-Young Band Album
    (5) Some certification dates of Gold or initial Platinum status are the same as the date for a multi-Platinum certification, due to a lack of prior accounting for the lower levels of certification.
    (6) Tonight's The Night is not included in the RIAA database, but I have seen a TTN Platinum album on the wall within the Hard Rock Cafe in Boston. (I wonder what other ranked albums are not in the RIAA database?)

    Gold Records (singles)

    • Heart of Gold (4/21/72)

    Organizational Awards

    Academy Awards (USA)(aka "Oscars")

    • 1994 - Best Original Song Nomination: Philadelphia

    California Music Awards (fomerly BAM awards)

    • 2001 - Outstanding Rock/Pop Album nomination: Silver & Gold
    • 2001 - Outstanding songwriter nomination

    European Movie Awards (aka "Felix")

    • 1996 - Best Foreign Film: Dead Man
      (actually to Jim Jarmusch, but would it have won without Neil's Sountrack? :-)

    Grammy Awards (USA)

    • 1970 - Album of the Year nomination: Deja Vu (with CSNY)
    • 1988 - Best Concept Music Video nomination: This Note's For You
    • 1990 - Best RocK Vocal Performance, Male nomination: Rockin' In The Free World
    • 1993 - Best Rock Vocal Perfromance, Solo nomination: All Along The Watchtower
    • 1993 - Record of the Year nomination: Harvest Moon
    • 1993 - Song of the Year nomination: Harvest Moon
    • 1993 - Best Rock Performance By A Group w/Vocal nomination: My Back Pages (With Dylan/McGuin/Petty/Clapton/Harrison)
    • 1994 - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance nomination: Philadelphia
    • 1994 - Best Rock Album nomination: Sleeps With Angels
    • 1995 - Best Rock Album nomination: Mirror Ball
    • 1995 - Best Rock Song nomination: Downtown
    • 1995 - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance nomination: Peace & Love
    • 1995 - Best Recording Package nomination: Mirror Ball (award is actually for the "art director", Gary Burden)
    • 1996 - Best Rock Album nomination: Broken Arrow
    • 2000 - Best Country Collaboration w/Vocal: After The Goldrush (performed by Dolly, Linda & Emmylou)

    Juno Awards (Canada)

    • 1975 - Composer of the Year nomination
    • 1979 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 1980 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 1981 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 1982 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 1982 - Canadian Music Hall of Fame Award
    • 1986 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 1989 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 1990 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 1991 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 1993 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 1993 - Songwriter of the Year nomination
    • 1994 - Album of the Year: Harvest Moon
    • 1994 - Single of the Year nomination: Harvest Moon
    • 1995 - Male Vocalist of the Year
    • 1995 - Songwriter of the Year nomination
    • 1995 - Entertainer of the Year nomination
    • 1996 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 1996 - Best Rock Album nomination: Mirror Ball
    • 1997 - Male Vocalist of the Year nomination
    • 2001 - Best Male Artist
    • 2001 - Best Roots/Traditional Album nomination: Silver & Gold

    Technical Excellence and Creativity Awards(aka "TEC")

    • 1998 - Les Paul Award (for individuals or institutions that have set the highest standards in the creative application of technology)

    Other? Awards

    • (to be added)

    Broadcast Media Awards

    BBC Channel 4 (UK)

    • 1999 - Most Popular Musicians of the Millenium
      • #54 - Neil Young

    CBC Radio 2 (Canada)

    • 1998 - Best Canadian Male Singer of All Time (listener poll)

    KCBS Radio (Los Angeles, California, USA)

    • 1996 - Top 25 Classic Tunes (listener poll):
      • #18 - Ohio

    KISW Radio (Seattle, Washington, USA)

    • 1994 - Top 1000 Songs of All Time (listener poll):
      • #381 - Southern Man
      • #195 - Cinnamon Girl
      • #71 - Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)
    • 1995 - Top 1000 Songs of All Time (listener poll):
      • #972 - Downtown
      • #741 - This Note's For You
      • #124 - Cinnamon Girl
      • #62 - Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)

    MTV (USA)

    • 1988 (?) - Video of the Year Award
    • (Other nominations?)

    MTV (Europe)

    • 1995 - Video of the Year Nomination
    • (Other nominations?)

    Much Music (Canada)

    • (lots to fill in)
    • 1996 - People's Choice Award: Favorite Male nomination

    Radio City (Helsinki, Finland)

    • 1998 - Best Albums of the 70s (listener poll):
      • #15 - Rust Never Sleeps
      • #10 - Harvest

    VH1 (USA)

    • 1998 - 100 Greatest Artists of Rock'n'Roll (artist poll):
      • #30 - Neil Young
    • 2000 - 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (artist poll):
      • #39 - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
    • 2001 - 100 Greatest Albums of Rock'n'Roll (artist/journalist poll):
      • #61 - CSNY Deja Vu
    • 2001 - 100 Greatest Rock'n'Roll Moments on TV:
      • #37 - Johnny Cash Show On Campus (featuring Neil doing Needle)
    • 2001 - 100 Most Shocking Moments in Rock'n'Roll:
      • #74 - "Neil Young sued for not sounding enough like himself"

    Print Media Awards

    ALOHA Magazine (Holland)

    • 1999 - Top 50 Albums of the Century (poll of Dutch artists):
      • #5 - Deja Vu
      • #13 - Harvest
      • #26 - 1After The Goldrush

     Bay Area Music (aka "BAM") Magazine (USA)

    • 1988 - Outstanding Song : This Note's For You
    • 1989 - Musician of the Year
    • 1989 - Outstanding Album: Freedom
    • 1992 - Outstanding Album: Harvest Moon
    • 1993 - Musician of the Year
    • 1994 - Musician of the Year
    • 1996 - Outstanding Song nomination: Downtown
    • 1996 - Outstanding Album nomination: Mirror Ball
    • 1996 - Outstanding Male Vocalist nomination
    • 1996 - Outstanding Guitarist nomination
    • 1997 - 50 Greatest California Albums:
      • #5 - After The Goldrush
      • #23 - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
      • #39 - Buffalo Springfield Again
    • 1997 - Outstanding Male Vocalist nomination
    • 1997 - Outstanding Guitarist nomination
    • 1998 - 50 Greatest California Singles: #34 - Heart of Gold

    CD Review Magazine (USA)

    • 1995 - CDs of the Year: Mirror Ball and 14 others

    Chart Magazine (Canada)

    • 1996 - 50 Greatest Canadian Albums Of All Time (poll):
      • #23 - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
      • #14 - Tonight's The Night
      • #12 - Rust Never Sleeps
      • #7 - After The Goldrush
      • #2 - Harvest
      (Polled: more than 300 journalists (fanzines to major dailies), radio personalities and programmers (college to commercial), record company personnel (administrative to president), concert promoters, band managers, the on-line fans of alt.music.canada, and the artists themselves.)
    • 1996 - 50 Greatest Canadian Singles Of All Time (poll):
      • #30 - Heart Of Gold
      • #13 - Rockin' In The Free World
      • #11 - Cinnamon Girl
      (Polled: same as 1996 album poll above.)
    • 1998 - 100 Greatest Canadian Albums Of All Time (poll):
      • #100 - Zuma
      • #76 - Live Rust
      • #23 - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
      • #14 - Tonight's The Night
      • #12 - Rust Never Sleeps
      • #7 - After The Goldrush
      • #2 - Harvest
      (Polled: "Over 300 Canadian musicians, critics and music biz types".)
    • 1998 - 100 Greatest Canadian Singles Of All Time (poll):
      • #82 - The Needle and the Damage Done
      • #30 - Heart Of Gold
      • #13 - Rockin' In The Free World
      • #11 - Cinnamon Girl
      (Polled: same as 1998 album poll above.)
    • 2000 - 50 Greatest Canadian Albums Of All Time (poll):
      • #26 - Tonight's The Night
      • #24 - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
      • #16 - Rust Never Sleeps
      • #12 - After The Goldrush
      • #2 - Harvest
      (Polled: same as 1996 album poll above.)
    • 2000 - 50 Greatest Canadian Singles Of All Time (poll):
      • #45 - Heart Of Gold
      • #19 - Rockin' In The Free World
      • #15 - The Needle and the Damage Done
      • #10 - Cinnamon Girl
      (Polled: same as 1998 album poll above.)

    Entertainment Weekly Magazine (USA)

    • May 1999 - Greatest...
      • "Moments in Rock History" -- Neil writes Ohio
      • Album Covers -- After The Goldrush (and 99 other albums)
      • Singer-Songwriter Albums -- After The Goldrush (and 9 other albums)
    • Nov 1999 - 100 Greatest Entertainers
      • #73 - Neil Young

    George Magazine (USA)

    • Feb 2000 - The 50 Greatest [political] Moments In Rock & Pop
      • Ohio and its ramifications
      • Southern Man vs. Sweet Home Alabama

    Globe and Mail Newspaper (Canada)

    • 1999 - The Most Influential Canadian Artists: #9 - Neil Young

    Guitar Magazine (USA)

    • 1996 - The 50 Albums That Shaped Rock'n'Roll:
         Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (in second 25)

    Humo Magazine (Belgium)

    • 1996 - Top International Male Artist

    Indianapolis Star Newspaper (Indiana's biggest) (USA)

    • 1996 - Best Show of the Year:
      Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Deer Creek Music Center. Aug. 28,1996.

    Life Magazine (USA)

    • 1996 - Best Rock Recordings of past years:
      • 1970 - CSNY: Woodstock (and 5 others)
      • 1971 - NY: Heart of Gold (and 5 others)

    Maclean's Magazine (Canada)

    • 2000 - Top 10 Albums of the Year: Silver & Gold at #6

    Melody Maker Magazine (UK)

    • 1970 - Best Album Award: After The Goldrush
    • 1971 - World's Best Male Singer

    Mix Magazine (USA)

    • 1998 - Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards: Les Paul Award

    Mojo Magazine (UK)

    • 1993 - Reader's 100 Greatest Albums Ever:
      • #80 - Rust Never Sleeps
      • #61 - Tonight's The Night
      • #57 - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
      • #51 - Harvest
      • #20 - After The Goldrush
    • 1996 - #9 of Top 100 Guitarists Of All Time
    • 1998 - #72 of The 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time
    • 2000 - 100 Greatest Songs Of All Time (poll):
      • #58 - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
        (Polled: Many songwriters, e.g., Paul McCartney.)

    Musik-Express Magazine (Germany)

    • 1998 - Most Important Person In Rock and Roll (reader poll)

    Newark Star and Ledger Newspaper (New Jersey, USA)

    • 1999 - One of 50 Greatest Songwriters of the Century

    New Music Express Magazine (UK)

    • 1993 - Greatest Albums of All Time:
      • #94 - Tonight's The Night
      • #66 - After The Goldrush
      • #63 - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
      • #60 - Harvest

    Q Magazine (UK)

    • 1998 - Top 100 Albums of All Time (reader poll):
      • #89 - After The Goldrush
      • #64 - Harvest
    • 1999 - Top 100 Stars of the Century: #45 Neil Young
    • 2000 - Top 50 Albums of the year: Silver & Gold (and 49 others).
    • 2001 - Top 50 "Heaviest" Albums of all time: Weld (and 49 others).

    Relix Magazine (USA)

    • 1993 - Artist of the Year

    ROCKDELUX Magazine (Spain)

    • 2001 - Best Performance: Neil & Crazy Horse at A Coruņa.

    Rolling Stone Magazine (Germany)

    • 1995 - Best Album (Reader Poll): Mirror Ball
    • 1996 - Best International Solo Artist
    • 1996 - Best Live Act (with Crazy Horse)
    • 1996 - Best Musician
    • 1998 - Best Artists (Reader Poll): #2 (behind Bob Dylan)
    • 2000 - Artist of the Year (Reader Poll)
    • 2000 - Album of the Year (Reader Poll): Silver & Gold
    • 2000 - #6 Album of the Year (Critics Poll): Silver & Gold
    • 2001 - Best Artists (Reader Poll): #3
    • 2001 - Best Live Acts (Reader Poll): #2 (Crazy Horse tour)

    Rolling Stone Magazine (USA)

    • 1990 - Artist Of The Year Award
    • (lots to fill in)

    Select Magazine (UK?)

    • 1995 - Best Albums of the 90s: Mirror Ball at #51

    San Francisco Chronicle Newspaper (California, USA)

    • 1999 - Number 5 of 100 Greatest Bay Area Bands (reader poll)
    • 1999 - Number 15 of 100 Greatest Bay Area Bands (critics poll)

    Spin Magazine (USA)

    • 1993 - Artist of the Year Award
    • 1997 - Number 31 among Top 40 Most Vital Artists in Music Today
    • 1999 - Top 90 Albums of the 90s: Ragged Glory at #55

    Stereo Review Magazine (USA)

    • 1995 - Records of the Year: Mirror Ball and 11 others

    TIME Magazine (USA)

    • 2000 - Top 10 Albums of the Year: Silver & Gold at #3

    The Times Newspaper (London, England)

    • 1999 - "Vulture's" Top 100 Cult Albums: After The Goldrush at #16

    TV Guide Magazine (USA)

    • 199? - Top 10 Rock & Roll Moments on TV:
         Rockin' In The Free World on Saturday Night Live (1989) and 9 others

    USA Today Newspaper (USA)

    • 2000 - Best Albums of the Year:Silver & Gold at #8

    Village Voice Newspaper (USA)

    • 1979 - Artist of the Decade Award

    Web Media Awards

    E-online

    • 2000 - Top Ten Movies That Rock
      • #10 - Rust Never Sleeps

    Guitar.com

    • 2000 - Top 100 Players of All Time
      • #21 - Neil Young

    Other Awards

    • 1982 - Canadian Music Hall of Fame

    • 1994 - Governor General's Performing Arts Award (Canada)

    • 1995 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) as solo artist.

    • 1997 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) with Buffalo Springfield.

    • 2000 - Canadian Walk of Fame (Toronto)

    • (more to fill in)
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