List of awards and nominations received by Gorillaz

Gorillaz are a British virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of rock band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. While watching MTV, Hewlett came up with the idea to create the band, and later commented, "If you watch MTV for too long, it's a bit like hell – there's nothing of substance there. So we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that."^[1] Gorillaz is a virtual band consisting of four cartoon characters: 2D, Murdoc, Noodle, and Russel. They are used in promotional material such as album covers, posters, and in concerts, during which holographic versions of the characters are used. The band's music is usually a collaboration between various musicians; Albarn is the only permanent musical contributor.^[2] Gorillaz have released eight studio albums, all on the Parlophone and Virgin record labels: Gorillaz (2001), Demon Days (2005),^[3] Plastic Beach (2010), The Fall (digital in 2010, physical in 2011), Humanz (2017), The Now Now (2018), Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (2020), and Cracker Island (2023).

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Brit 1

Grammy 1

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Gorillaz awards and nominations

Damon Albarn at the Eurockéennes in 2007

Awards and nominations
Award	Wins	Nominations
Brit	1	11
Grammy	1	11
MTV Europe	4	15
MTV VMA	2	6
NME	1	5
Q	4	7
Emmy Awards	0	1
GQ Awards	1	1

Totals^[a]

Wins

27

Nominations

81

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.

Close

Gorillaz have received eleven BRIT Award nominations: six in 2002, two in 2006, one in 2011, one in 2018 and one in 2019. In 2006, Gorillaz received their only Grammy Award, the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals award for the song "Feel Good Inc." The band has received fifteen nominations from the MTV Europe Music Awards, winning four of them: Best Dance Act and Best Song for "Clint Eastwood" in 2001, and Best Group in 2005. At the MTV Video Music Awards, Gorillaz received both the Best Special Effects and Breakthrough Video awards for "Feel Good Inc." in 2005. In 2023, at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, Gorillaz received a nomination in the category of Outstanding Emerging Media Program for Song Machine, a series of music videos made to accompany their seventh studio album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez.^[4] Overall, Gorillaz have received 27 awards from 81 nominations.

Mercury Prize Award

The Mercury Prize are the annual awards by the British Phonographic Industry and British Association of Record Dealers. In 2001, their debut album, Gorillaz, was nominated for a Mercury Prize, but it was later withdrawn at the band's request. Murdoc Niccals, the virtual bassist of the band, described the nomination as, "It's like carrying a dead albatross round your neck for eternity".^[5] This is the only time that Gorillaz has ever withdrawn for an award nomination.