List of awards and nominations received by Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is both a solo artist and the leader of the E Street Band. During a career that has spanned six decades,^[1] Springsteen has received various accolades including an Academy Award, 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards.^[2] He has received several honors including with the Kennedy Center Honors in 2009, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the National Medal of Arts in 2023.^[3][4][5]

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Bruce Springsteen awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 2 Brit Awards 1 10 Critics' Choice Awards 2 2 Emmy Awards 0 3 Golden Globes 2 3 Grammy Awards 20 51 Juno Awards 1 2 MTV Awards 5 20 Tony Awards 1 1
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Wins	41
Nominations	121
Note [a] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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Springsteen has become known for his poetic and socially conscious lyrics and lengthy, energetic stage performances.^[6] He has earned numerous awards for his music, including 20 Grammy Awards out of 51 nominations.^[7] Springsteen received his first Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Dancing in the Dark" (1985) followed by a win for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for his album Tunnel of Love (1988). He wrote and sung the song "Streets of Philadelphia" for the legal drama Philadelphia (1993) for which he won four Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Vocal Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media. He also won Best Rock song for "The Rising" (2003), "Radio Nowhere" (2008), "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (2009), and "We Take Care of Our Own" (2013). He won for Best Contemporary Folk Album for The Ghost of Tom Joad in 1997 and Best Traditional Folk Album for We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions in 2007.

Springsteen is also known for writing several songs for film including "Streets of Philadelphia" from the Jonathan Demme directed legal drama Philadelphia (1993) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.^[8] He wrote "Dead Man Walkin'", the title song for the Tim Robbins drama Dead Man Walking (1995) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He also wrote, "The Wrestler" from the Darren Aronofsky psychological drama The Wrestler (2008) for which he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song as well as a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. He wrote the song "Addicted to Romance" for the Rebecca Miller romantic comedy She Came to Me (2023) for which he was nominated for his third Golden Globe Award.

He is also known for his work on television. He has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Variety Special for his television special Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in New York City (2001), Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program for the Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Halftime Show (2009) and Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) for the Netflix special Springsteen on Broadway (2019). On stage, he a Special Tony Award for his Broadway concert residency Springsteen on Broadway in 2018.^[9]

Springsteen has sold more than 140 million records worldwide and more than 71 million records in the United States, making him one of the world's best-selling artists.^[10][11] Springsteen was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame^[12] the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,^[13] and the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Springsteen has also been honored by Rolling Stone Magazine with them ranking him No. 23 of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and Time Magazine listing him among the 100 Most Influential People of the Year in 2008.