List of awards and nominations received by Quincy Jones
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This article contains a list of awards and accolades won by and awarded to Quincy Jones.
Over his seven-decade-long career, he received numerous accolades, including 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. He received seven Academy Award nominations with no competitive wins. He won the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and an Academy Honorary Award.
Jones also received numerous honorary awards and honorary doctorates. He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, the National Medal of Arts in 2011 and received the French national honor of Commandeur Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the Minister of Culture in France.
Major associations
Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Best Original Score | In Cold Blood | Nominated | [1] |
| Best Song | "The Eyes of Love" from Banning | Nominated | ||
| 1968 | Best Original Song for the Picture | "For Love of Ivy" from For Love Of Ivy | Nominated | [2] |
| 1978 | Best Adaptation Score | The Wiz | Nominated | [3] |
| 1985 | Best Original Score | The Color Purple | Nominated | [4] |
| Best Original Song | "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)" from The Color Purple | Nominated | ||
| Best Picture | The Color Purple | Nominated | ||
| 1995 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Honored | [5] | |
| 2025 | Academy Honorary Award | Honored | [6] | |
Emmy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 1977 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series | Roots: Part 1 | Won | [7] |
Grammy Awards
Quincy Jones has 80 Grammy nominations and won 28 Grammy Awards, the third-most Grammys for any individual.[8]
JASRAC Awards
| Year | Category | for | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | International Prize (highest revenue in royalties in Japan) | Soul Bossa Nova | Won | [42] |
Tony Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Best Musical (as a producer) | The Color Purple | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Best Revival of a Musical (as a producer) | Won | ||
Special honors
Honorary awards
- In 1989, Quincy Jones was presented with the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[43]
- In 1994, he was awarded the Polar Music Prize.
- On March 26, 2001, Jones was appointed Commandeur (Commander) of the Légion d'Honneur for his significant achievements in his career.[44]
- On June 24, 2008, at the BET Awards, Jones was presented with the Humanitarian Award.
- On October 1, 2008, Jones was presented with the Unity Through Music Award at Thank Q.[45]
- On December 15, 2008, Jones was inducted in the California Hall of Fame at The California Museum in Sacramento, California.
- On September 24, 2009, Jones was honored with a Clinton Global Citizen award[link removed] for Leadership in Philanthropy.
- In 2013, Jones was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[46]
- In October 2014, Jones was made Commandeur Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the Minister of Culture in France.
- In 2015, Jones was the recipient of the Desi Arnaz Pioneer Award by the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.[47]
- In May 2021, Jones was one of 10 new members elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.[48]
- In 2021, Jones was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, as a "foundational inductee".[49]
- In 2025, Jones was posthumously inducted into the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame.[50]
Honorary degrees
| Year | Country or organization | Award | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Berklee College of Music | Honorary doctorate | [51] |
| 1990 | Seattle University | Honorary degree | |
| 2005 | United Negro College Fund | Evening of Stars honor | |
| 2005 | Dance Music Hall of Fame | Honorary ceremony | |
| 2005 | University of Pennsylvania | Honorary Doctorate of Music | |
| 2007 | Morehouse College | Honorary Doctorate of humanities | |
| 2007 | Harvard School of Public Health | Mentor of the Year | [52] |
| 2007 | Harvard University | "Q Prize" Gala | [52] |
| 2007 | UCLA Spring Sing | George and Ira Gershwin Award | [53] |
| 2008 | Princeton University | Honorary doctorate degree | [54] |
| 2008 | Washington University in St. Louis | Honorary Doctorate of Arts degree | [55] |
| 2008 | University of Washington | Honorary degree | [56] |
| 2008 | Garfield High School's | Quincy Jones Performing Arts Center dedication | |
| 2009 | Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama | Lifetime achievement Fellow | |
| 2010 | Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University | Honorary Doctorate of Music | [57][58] |
Citations
- In July 1969, Jones's arrangement of "Fly Me to the Moon" recorded by Frank Sinatra and the Count Basie Orchestra was the first music played on NASA's first lunar landing mission by astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
- In 2000, Harvard University endowed the Quincy Jones Professorship of Afro-American Music with a grant of $3 million from Time Warner. The endowed chair for African-American music, housed in Harvard's African and African-American Studies Department, is believed to be the first in the nation, and is presently held by the ethnomusicologist Ingrid Monson. Distinguished scholar and public intellectual Henry Louis Gates Jr. was a close, personal friend of Jones.
- In December 2009, Jones was honored by Swiss-watch manufacturer Audemars Piguet with a limited edition watch with a case back engraved with Quincy Jones' signature, and reading "Millenary Quincy Jones – Limited Edition" as a reminder of its exclusivity. Only 500 pieces of the watch were produced.[59]