Current Grammy Award Nominations
The Beatles' Grammy Awards
# 1964, Best New Artist--The Beatles (Also nominated: Petula Clark, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto and Morgana King.)
# 1964, Best Performance By A Vocal Group --The Beatles (George Martin, producer) , "A Hard Day's Night"
# 1966, Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Male--Paul McCartney, "Eleanor Rigby"
# 1966, Best Album Cover/Package-- The Beatles (Klaus Voorman, graphic artist), "Revolver"
# 1966, Song Of The Year-- The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, composers), "Michelle"
# 1967, Album Of The Year-- The Beatles (George Martin, producer), "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
# 1967, Best Contemporary (R&R) Album-- The Beatles (George Martin, producer), "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
# 1967, Best Album Cover-- The Beatles (Peter Blake, John Haworth, art directors), "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
# 1967, Best Engineered (Non-Classical) Recording--The Beatles (Geoff Emerick, engineer) , "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
# 1969, Best Engineered (Non-Classical) Recording--The Beatles (Geoff Emerick, engineer), "Abbey Road"
# 1970, Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or TV Special--The Beatles, "Let It Be"
# 1971, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists--Paul and Linda McCartney (Paul McCartney, arranger), "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
# 1972, Album Of The Year-- George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Bob Dylan and Billy Preston (George Harrison, Phil Spector, producers), "The Concert For Bangla Desh"
# 1973, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists--Paul McCartney & Wings (George Martin, arranger), "Live and Let Die"
# 1974, Best Engineered Recording-- Paul McCartney & Wings (Geoff Emerick, engineer), "Band on the Run"
# 1975, Hall Of Fame--The Beatles
# 1979, Best Instrumental Recording--Wings, "Rockestra Theme"
# 1981, Album Of The Year--John Lennon and Yoko Ono (John Lennon, Jack Douglas, producers), "Double Fantasy"
# 1987, Best Performance Music Video, Long Form -- "The Prince's Trust All-Star Concert" (with Paul McCartney)
# 1989, Best Rock Vocal, Duo Or Group With Vocal-- Traveling Wilburys, "Traveling Wilburys Volume 1"
# 1989, Lifetime Achievement Award--Paul McCartney
# 1990, Lifetime Achievement Award-- John Lennon
# 1996, Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal-- The Beatles, "Free As a Bird"
# 1996, Best Music Video, Short Form--The Beatles, "Free As a Bird"* (Joe Pytka: Video Director. Vincent Joliet: Video Producer)
# 1996, Best Music Video, Long Form--The Beatles, "The Beatles Anthology" (Bob Smeaton & Geoff Wonfor: Video Directors. Neil Aspinall & Chips Chipperfield: Video Producers)
# 2000, Best Long Form Video--"Gimme Some Truth -- The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album." (John Lennon Andrew Solt, video director; Yoko Ono, Andrew Solt, Leslie Tong & Greg Vines, video producers)
# 2003, Best Pop Instrumental Performance -- George Harrison, "Marwa Blues"
# 2004, Hall Of Fame--George Harrison
# 2004, Best Long Form Music Video -- "Concert for George" ) David Leland, video director; Ray Cooper, Olivia Harrison & Jon Kamen, video producers)
(Non-winning) Beatles Grammy nominations (Winners in parentheses)
# 1964, Record of the Year -- The Beatles, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (Getz and Gilberto, "The Girl From Ipanema")
# 1964, Songwriter's Award -- John Lennon, Paul McCartney --"A Hard Day's Night" ("Hello, Dolly!")
# 1964, Best Rock and Roll Recording -- The Beatles, "A Hard Day's Night" (Petula Clark, "Downtown")
# 1964, Best Original Score Written For a Motion Picture or TV Show -- The Beatles, "A Hard Day's Night" ("Mary Poppins")
# 1965, Album of the Year -- The Beatles, "Help!" (Frank Sinatra, "September of My Years")
# 1965, Record of the Year -- The Beatles, "Yesterday" (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "A Taste of Honey")
# 1965, Song of the Year -- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, "Yesterday" ("The Shadow of Your Smile")
# 1965, Best Vocal Performance, Male -- Paul McCartney, "Yesterday" (Frank Sinatra, "It Was a Very Good Year")
# 1965, Best Performance By a Vocal Group -- The Beatles, "Help!" (Anita Kerr Quartet, "We Dig Mancini")
# 1965, Best Contemporary (R&R) Single -- Paul McCartney, "Yesterday" (Roger Miller, "King of the Road")
# 1965, Best Contemporary (R&R) Vocal Performance, Male -- Paul McCartney, "Yesterday" (Roger Miller, "King of the Road")
# 1965, Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance By a Group, Vocal Or Instrumental -- The Beatles, "Help!" (Statler Brothers, "Flowers on the Wall")
# 1965, Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist -- George Martin, "Yesterday" (Gordon Jenkins, "It Was a Very Good Year")
# 1965, Best Original Score, Motion Picture Or TV Show -- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ken Thorne, "Help!" (Robert Arnbruster Orchestra, "The Sandpiper")
# 1966, Album of the Year -- The Beatles, "Revolver" (Frank Sinatra, "A Man and His Music")
# 1966, Best Vocal Performance, Male -- Paul McCartney, "Eleanor Rigby" (Frank Sinatra, "Strangers in the Night")
# 1966, Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording -- Paul McCartney, "Eleanor Rigby" (New Vaudeville Band, "Winchester Cathedral") (Also nominated in this category, but not winning: The Beach Boys, "Good Vibrations")
# 1966, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist Or Instrumental -- George Martin, "Eleanor Rigby" (Ernie Freeman, "Strangers in the Night")
# 1967, Best Performance By a Vocal Group -- The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (The Fifth Dimension, "Up Up and Away")
# 1967, Best Contemporary Group Performance, Vocal Or Instrumental -- The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (The Fifth Dimension, "Up Up and Away")
# 1967, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Or Instrumentalist(s) -- The Beatles, George Martin, "A Day in the Life" (The Fifth Dimension, Jimmie Haskell, "Up Up and Away")
# 1968, Album of the Year -- The Beatles, "Magical Mystery Tour" (Glenn Campbell, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix")
# 1968, Record of the Year -- The Beatles, "Hey Jude" (Simon & Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson")
# 1968, Song of the Year -- John Lennon and Paul McCartney, "Hey Jude" (Bobby Russell, "Little Green Apples")
# 1968, Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Duo or Group -- The Beatles, "Hey Jude" (Simon & Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson")(Also nominated, but not winning: Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66, "Fool on the Hill")
# 1969, Album of the Year -- The Beatles, "Abbey Road" (Blood, Sweat & Tears, "Blood, Sweat & Tears")
# 1969, Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Group -- The Beatles, "Abbey Road" (The 5th Dimension, "Aquarius"/"Let the Sunshine In")
# 1969, Best Original Score Written For a Motion Picture Or TV Special -- The Beatles, "Yellow Submarine" (Burt Bacharach, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid")
# 1970, Record of the Year -- The Beatles, "Let It Be" (Simon & Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Waters")
# 1970, Song of the Year -- The Beatles, "Let It Be" (Simon & Garfunkel, "Bridge Over Troubled Waters")
# 1970, Best Contemporary Vocal Performance By a Duo Or Group -- The Beatles, "Let It Be" (The Carpenters, "Close To You")
# 1970, Best Contemporary Song -- John Lennon and Paul McCartney, "Let It Be" (Paul Simon, "Bridge Over Troubled Waters")
# 1971, Album of the Year -- George Harrison (George Harrison and Phil Spector, producers), "All Things Must Pass" (Carole King, "Tapestry")
# 1971, Record of the Year -- George Harrison, "My Sweet Lord" (Carole King, "It's Too Late")
# 1973, Best Pop Vocal Performance Duo, Vocal Or Group -- Paul McCartney & Wings "Live and Let Die" (Gladys Knight and the Pips, "Neither One of Us [Wants To Be the First To Say Goodbye])"
# 1973, Best Original Score For a Motion Picture Or a Television Special -- Paul McCartney & Wings, "Live and Let Die" (Neil Diamond, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull")
# 1974, Album of the Year -- Paul McCartney & Wings, "Band on the Run" (Stevie Wonder, "Fulfillingness' First Finale")
# 1976, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists -- Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney & Wings, "Let 'Em In" (Jimmie Haskell, James William Guercio, Chicago, "If You Leave Me Now")
# 1980, Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male -- Paul McCartney, "Coming Up -- Live at Glasgow" (Billy Joel, "Glass Houses")
# 1981, Record of the Year -- John Lennon, "(Just Like) Starting Over" (Kim Carnes, "Bette Davis Eyes")
# 1981, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male -- John Lennon (for John Lennon tracks only), "Double Fantasy" (Al Jarreau, "Breakin' Away")
# 1981, Best Spoken Word, Documentary or Drama Recording -- Paul McCartney, "The McCartney Interview" (Orson Welles, "Donovan's Brain")
# 1982, Album of the Year -- Paul McCartney, "Tug of War" (Toto, "Toto IV")
# 1982, Record of the Year -- Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, (George Martin, producer), "Ebony & Ivory" ("Always On My Mind")
# 1982, Best Performance By a Duo Or Group With Vocal -- Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, (George Martin, producer), "Ebony & Ivory" (Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, "Up Where We Belong")
# 1983, Best Pop Performance By a Duo Or Group With Vocal -- Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, "The Girl Is Mine" (The Police, "Every Breath You Take")
# 1984, Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording -- John Lennon, Yoko Ono, "Heart Play (Unfinished Dialogue)" (Ben Kingsley, "The Words of Gandhi")
# 1985, Best Music Video, Long Form -- Band Aid (with Paul McCartney), "Do They Know It's Christmas" (USA For Africa, "USA For Africa -- The Video Event")<
# 1986, Best Performance By a Duo Or Group With Vocal -- Artists United Against Apartheid (with Ringo Starr), "Sun City" (Eurythmics, "Missionary Man")
# 1986, Best Music Video, Short Form -- Paul McCartney, "Rupert and the Frog Song" (Dire Straits, "Dire Straits Brothers In Arms")
# 1986, Best Music Video, Long Form -- Artists United Against Apartheid (with Ringo Starr), "Sun City" (Sting, "Bring On the Night")
# 1988, Best Concept Music Video -- George Harrison, "When We Was Fab" (Weird Al Yankovic, "Fat")
# 1989, Album of the Year -- Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, "Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1" (Bonnie Raitt, "Nick of Time")
# 1989, Best Country Vocal Collaboration -- Ringo Starr, Buck Owens, "Act Naturally" (Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., "There's a Tear In My Beer")
# 1989, Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical -- Neil Dorfsman, for Paul McCartney, "Flowers in the Dirt" (George Massenburg, for Linda Ronstadt, "Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind")
# 1993, Best Rock Performance By a Duo Or Group With Vocal -- Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Neil Young, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, "My Back Pages" (Aerosmith, "Livin' On the Edge")
# 1995, Best Historical Album -- The Beatles, "Live at the BBC" (Jascha Heifetz and various artists, "The Heifetz Collection")
# 1997, Album of the Year--Paul McCartney, (Jeff Lynne, George Martin & Paul McCartney, producers) "Flaming Pie" (Bob Dylan, "Time Out of Mind")
# 2001, Best Alternative Music Album-- Paul McCartney, "Liverpool Sound Collage (Radiohead, "Kid A.")
# 2002, Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media -- Paul McCartney, "Vanilla Sky" (If I Didn't Have You Randy Newman, songwriter)
# 2003, Male Pop Vocal Performance - George Harrison, "Any Road" (Justin Timberlake, "Cry Me a River")
# 2003, Best Pop Vocal Album -- George Harrison, "Brainwashed" (Justin Timberlake, "Justified")
# 2004, Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals -- Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton, "Something" (from "Concert for George") (Norah Jones and Ray Charles, "Here We Go Again")
# 2006, Album of the Year -- Paul McCartney, "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Nigel Godrich, producer; Darrell Thorp, engineer/mixer; Alan Yoshida, mastering engineer/Capitol Records ("How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb," U2)
# Best Pop Vocal Album -- Paul McCartney, "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Nigel Godrich, producer; Darrell Thorp, engineer/mixer; Alan Yoshida, mastering engineer/Capitol Records ("Breakaway," Kelly Clarkson) .
# Best Male Pop Vocal Performance -- Paul McCartney, "A Fine Line" - Nigel Godrich, producer; Darrell Thorp, engineer/mixer; Alan Yoshida, mastering engineer/Capitol Records ("From the Bottom of My Heart," Stevie Wonder)
# Producer of the Year -- Nigel Godrich - "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard" -- Paul McCartney (Steve Lillywhite)
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grammy Hall of Fame
The Recording Academy Hall of Fame Awards consists of early recordings considered of lasting, qualitative or historical significance.
# 1993, The Beatles, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (album)
# 1995, The Beatles, "Abbey Road"
# 1997, The Beatles, "Yesterday"
# 1998, The Beatles, "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
# 1999, The Beatles, "Revolver,"; The Beatles, "Strawberry Fields Forever," John Lennon, "Imagine" (song).
# 2000, The Beatles, "Rubber Soul,"; The Beatles, "A Hard Day's Night" (album); The Beatles, "The Beatles (White Album)."
# 2001, The Beatles, "Hey Jude,"; The Beatles, "Meet the Beatles" (album) (also Joe Cocker's cover of "With a Little Help From My Friends")
# 2002, The Beatles, "Eleanor Rigby"
# 2004, The Beatles, "Let It Be"
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Trustee Award
# 1972 -- The Beatles
# 1996 -- George Martin
# 2000 -- Phil Spector
Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame
# 1988 -- The Beatles
# 1989 -- Phil Spector
# 1994 -- John Lennon
# 1999 -- Paul McCartney
# 1999 -- George Martin (non-performer category)
# 2004 -- George Harrison
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Presidents' Award
# 2004 -- The Beatles
Grammy-winning covers of Beatle songs
# 1964, Best Engineered Album, Special or Novel Effects--"The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles"
# 1968, Best Contemporary, Pop Performance by a Chorus--Alan Copeland Singers, "Mission Impossible"/"Norwegian Wood"
# 1978, Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists--Earth Wind and Fire, "Got To Get You Into My Life"
(Non-winning) Grammy nominations of covers of Beatle songs (winners in parentheses)
# 1966, Best Instrumental Performance (Other Than Jazz) --"Chet Atkins Picks On the Beatles" (Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, "What Now My Love")
# 1967, Best Contemporary Single -- Ray Charles, "Yesterday" (The Fifth Dimension, "Up Up and Away")
# 1967, Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance -- Ray Charles, "Yesterday" (Glenn Campbell, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix")
# 1968, Best Contemporary, Pop Vocal Performance, Duo or Group -- Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66, "Fool on the Hill" (Simon & Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson") (Also nominated in this category, but not winning): The Beatles, "Hey Jude")
# 1968, Best Pop Performance, Instrumental -- Wes Montgomery, "Eleanor Rigby" (Mason Williams, "Classical Gas")
# 1968, Best Pop Performance, Instrumental -- Jose Feliciano, "Here There and Everywhere" (Mason Williams, "Classical Gas")
# 1968, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist -- Dave Grusin, "Fool on the Hill" (Jim Webb, "Mac Arthur Park")
# 1973, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist -- Gene Puerling, Singers Unlimited, "Michelle" (George Martin, Paul McCartney & Wings, "Let and Let Die") (How about that one!)
# 1978, Best Cast Show Album -- "Beatlemania," John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, composers; Sandy Yaguda, Kenny Laguna, producers. ("Ain't Misbehavin' ")
# 1995, Best Instrumental Pop Performance -- Dave Grusin, "Yesterday," track from "I Get No Kick From Modern Jazz, A GRP Artists' Celebration of the Songs Of the Beatles" (Los Lobos, "Mariachi Suite")
# 1995, Best Country Collaboration With Vocals -- Suzy Bogguss & Chet Atkins, "All My Loving," track from "Come Together -- America Salutes The Beatles" (Shenandoah With Alison Krauss, "Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart")
# 1995, Best Instrumental Arrangement -- Marcus Miller, arrangers, "Come Together" (Robert Farnon, arrangers, "Lament")
# 2000, Best Pop Instrumental Performance -- Jeff Beck, "A Day in the Life," (Santana, "El Farol")
# 2003, Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media -- "I Am Sam" (Soundtrack) (Standing In The Shadows Of Motown The Funk Brothers & Various Artists Ted Greenberg, Allan Slutsky & Harry Weinger, compilation producers)
# 2003, Best Pop Instrumental Performance -- Dave Koz & Jeff Koz "Blackbird" (from the album "Golden Slumbers A Father's Lullaby") (B.B. King, "Auld Lang Syne")
Beatle-related Grammy winners
# 1967, Best Chamber Music Album, "East Meets West" -- Ravi Shankar, sitar, and Yehudi Menuhin, violin.
# 2000, Long Form Music Video: "Bands of Gypsys – Live at Fillmore East," Jimi Hendrix. (Video producer Neil Aspinall, co-producer Chips Chipperfield, director Bob Smeaton)
# 2002, Best World Music Album, "Full Circle / Carnegie 2000" -- Ravi Shankar
# 2003, Record of the Year -- Norah Jones, "Don't Know Why" (Note: Norah Jones is the daughter of Ravi Shankar.)
# 2003, Album of the Year -- Norah Jones, "Come Away With Me"
# 2003, Song of the Year -- "Don't Know Why," Jesse Harris (Norah Jones)
# 2003, New Artist -- Norah Jones
# 2003, Female Pop Vocal Performance -- Norah Jones, "Don't Know Why"
# 2003, Pop Vocal Album -- Norah Jones, "Come Away With Me"
# 2003, Engineered Album, Non-Classical -- Husky Huskolds, Arif Mardin and Jay Newland, engineers (Norah Jones), "Come Away With Me"
# 2004, Record of the Year -- "Here We Go Again" -- Ray Charles and Norah Jones
# 2004, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance -- "Sunrise" -- Norah Jones
# 2004, Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals -- "Here We Go Again" -- Ray Charles and Norah Jones
Non-winning Beatle-related Grammy nominations (winners in parentheses)
# 1968, Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance, Female -- Mary Hopkin, "Those Were the Days" (Dionne Warwick, "Do You Know the Way To San Jose")
# 1981, Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female -- Yoko Ono, "Walking On Thin Ice" (Pat Benatar, "Fire And Ice")
# 1985, Best New Artist -- Julian Lennon (Sade)
# 2003, World Music Album -- Anoushka Shankar, "Anoushka Shankar: Live at Carnegie Hall" (Rubén Blades, "Mundo")
The Beatles' Academy Awards
# 1970, Best Original Song Score -- "Let It Be" (also nominated: "Scrooge," "The Baby Maker," "A Boy Named Charlie Brown," "Darling Lili")
Non-winning Beatles Oscar nominations (winner in parentheses)
# 1964, Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly For the Screen -- "A Hard Day's Night," Walter Shenson, Alun Owen ("Father Goose")
# 1964, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment -- "A Hard Day's Night," Walter Shenson, George Martin ("My Fair Lady")
# 1973, Best Song -- "Live and Let Die," Paul McCartney ("The Way We Were," Barbara Streisand) (Thanks to Dace Allen.)
# 2002, Best Original Song, Paul McCartney, "Vanilla Sky" from "Vanilla Sky," ("If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters, Inc., Randy Newman)
The Beatles' Emmy Nominations
# 2004, Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special: "A&E in Concert: Paul McCartney in Red Square,'' A&E.
# 2004, Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) for a VMC Programming: "A&E in Concert: Paul McCartney in Red Square" A&E
# 2004, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: "A&E in Concert: Paul McCartney in Red Square,'' A&E
# 2004, Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special: "A&E in Concert: Paul McCartney in Red Square,'' A&E
# 2004, Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special: "A&E in Concert: Paul McCartney in Red Square,'' A&E
Beatles Non-Winning Emmy Nominations (winners in parentheses)
# 2003, Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special: "Paul McCartney’s Back In The U.S., ABC, Mark Haefeli Productions in association with M.P.L. Tours, Inc.; Niven Howie, Senior Editor; Zoran Jevremov, Editor; Jason Brandenberg, Editor ("AFI’s 100 Years ... 100 Passions: America’s Greatest Love Stories," CBS).