List of awards and nominations received by David Byrne explained

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

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

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1987	Best Original Score	The Last Emperor		[2]
2022	Best Original Song	"This Is a Life"		[3]

Grammy Awards

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

Tony Awards

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

Miscellaneous awards

David di Donatello Awards

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

MTV Video Music Awards

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

Webby Awards

Special honors

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Notes and References

1. Web site: AI pioneer named to Carnegie Corporation's annual great immigrants list . 2024-06-26 . UCLA . en-us.
2. Web site: The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners . . July 31, 2011.
3. Web site: The 95th Academy Awards (2023) Nominees and Winners . . March 12, 2023.
4. Web site: BAFTA Awards: Film in 1989 . . August 6, 2023.
5. Web site: David Byrne . . August 6, 2023.
6. Web site: David Byrne . . August 6, 2023.
7. Web site: David Byrne . . August 6, 2023.
8. Web site: 2021 Tony Awards . . August 6, 2023.
9. News: Sherman . Rachel . 2024-04-30 . Tony Awards Nominations 2024: The Complete List . 2024-04-30 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
10. Web site: 2008 BMI Film/TV Awards . . May 22, 2008 . August 6, 2023.
11. Web site: Cameraperson and OJ: Made in America Top 10th Annual Cinema Eye Honors . . January 12, 2017 . August 6, 2023.
12. Web site: This Must Be the Place . . August 6, 2023.
13. Web site: 2023 DFCS Awards . Denver Film Critics Society . January 15, 2023 . January 15, 2023.
14. Web site: Nominees and Recipients – 2013 Awards . Drama Desk Awards . August 6, 2023.
15. Web site: David Byrne Burning Up Broadway . . March 1, 2020.
16. Web site: 13th Annual GMS Awards . . March 5, 2023 . March 5, 2023.
17. Web site: January 6, 2023 . HFCS 2022 Nominatons List . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230107095037/http://hifilmcriticssociety.org/hfcs-2022-nominatons-list . January 7, 2023 . January 6, 2023 . Hawaii Film Critics Society.
18. Web site: 2022 HMMA Nominations . . November 3, 2022 . November 3, 2022.
19. Web site: 38 Years of Nominees and Winners . . August 6, 2023.
20. Web site: The 13th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards . . August 6, 2023.
21. Web site: 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 . January 3, 2023.
22. Web site: 2020 Awards (24th Annual) . . January 19, 2021 . January 25, 2021.
23. Web site: David Byrne . . August 6, 2023.
24. Web site: Talking Heads . . August 6, 2023.