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List of awards and nominations received by David Byrne

David Byrne is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist, and filmmaker.

David Byrne awards and nominations
Wins 11
Nominations 26

He has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, and a Special Tony Award, and he was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as part of Talking Heads).

In 2020, an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award named by Carnegie Corporation of New York[1]

Major awards

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Academy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1987 Best Original Score The Last Emperor Won [2]
2022 Best Original Song "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once) Nominated [3]

British Academy Film Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1988 Best Score for a Film The Last Emperor Nominated [4]

Golden Globe Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1987 Best Original Score The Last Emperor Won [5]

Grammy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1983 Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal "Burning Down the House" Nominated [6]
1988 Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television The Last Emperor Won
Best Concept Music Video Storytelling Giant Nominated
2009 Best Alternative Music Album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Nominated
2018 American Utopia Nominated
2020 Best Musical Theater Album American Utopia on Broadway Nominated
2021 Best Music Film David Byrne's American Utopia Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

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Year Category Work Result Ref.
2021 Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) David Byrne's American Utopia Nominated [7]

Tony Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2021 Special Tony Award David Byrne's American Utopia Won [8]
2024 Best Original Score Here Lies Love Nominated [9]

Miscellaneous awards

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BMI Film & TV Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2007 BMI Cable Award Big Love Won [10]

Cinema Eye Honors

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score Contemporary Color Won [11]

David di Donatello Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2012 Best Musician This Must Be the Place Won [12]
Best Original Song "If It Falls, It Falls" (from This Must Be the Place) Won

Denver Film Critics Society Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Best Original Song "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once) Nominated [13]

Drama Desk Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Outstanding Music Here Lies Love Won [14][15]

Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once) Won [16]

Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Best Song "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once) Nominated [17]

Hollywood Music in Media Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Best Original Song – Independent Film "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once) Nominated [18]

Independent Spirit Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1986 Best First Feature True Stories Nominated [19]

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1987 Best Music Score The Last Emperor Won [20]

MTV Video Music Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1984 Best Special Effects in a Video "Burning Down the House" Nominated
1985 Video Vanguard Award — Won
1992 Breakthrough Video "She's Mad" Nominated

North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Best Original Song "This Is a Life" (from Everything Everywhere All at Once) Nominated [21]

Online Film Critics Society Awards

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Year Honor Result Ref.
2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Won [22]

Webby Awards

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Year Honor Result Ref.
2008 Webby Lifetime Achievement Won [23]

Special honors

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Year Honor Result Ref.
2002 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducted[a] [24]

Notes

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  1. ^ As part of Talking Heads.

References

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  1. ^ "AI pioneer named to Carnegie Corporation's annual great immigrants list". UCLA. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  2. ^ "The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  3. ^ "The 95th Academy Awards (2023) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1989". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  5. ^ "David Byrne". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  6. ^ "David Byrne". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  7. ^ "David Byrne". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  8. ^ "2021 Tony Awards". Tony Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  9. ^ Sherman, Rachel (2024-04-30). "Tony Awards Nominations 2024: The Complete List". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  10. ^ "2008 BMI Film/TV Awards". BMI Film & TV Awards. May 22, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  11. ^ "Cameraperson and OJ: Made in America Top 10th Annual Cinema Eye Honors". Cinema Eye Honors. January 12, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  12. ^ "This Must Be the Place". David di Donatello. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  13. ^ "2023 DFCS Awards". Denver Film Critics Society. January 15, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  14. ^ "Nominees and Recipients – 2013 Awards". Drama Desk Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  15. ^ "David Byrne Burning Up Broadway". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  16. ^ "13th Annual GMS Awards". Guild of Music Supervisors Awards. March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  17. ^ "HFCS 2022 Nominatons List". Hawaii Film Critics Society. January 6, 2023. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  18. ^ "2022 HMMA Nominations". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  19. ^ "38 Years of Nominees and Winners" (PDF). Independent Spirit Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  20. ^ "The 13th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  21. ^ "Everything Everywhere All at Once Awarded in a Record-Breaking Nine Categories in NC Film Critics Annual Honors". North Carolina Film Critics Association. January 3, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  22. ^ "2020 Awards (24th Annual)". Online Film Critics Society. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  23. ^ "David Byrne". Webby Awards. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  24. ^ "Talking Heads". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
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