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Music History Events: Awards and Honors

April 3, 2022 Olivia Rodrigo is named Best New Artist at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. The former Disney Channel star also wins Best Pop Vocal Album for her debut release, Sour, and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Drivers License."

March 27, 2022 Summer Of Soul, directed by Questlove of The Roots, wins the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. The film features never-before-seen footage from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, including performances by Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson and Sly & the Family Stone.

March 27, 2022 Hans Zimmer wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 2021 film Dune. The composer crafted an experimental soundscape that eschewed the traditional orchestra in favor of electronic textures, choral chants, and bagpipes to reflect the movie's space-desert setting. Zimmer previously won an Oscar for scoring The Lion King (1994).

April 25, 2021 Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, along with Jon Batiste, win an Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for their work on the animated film Soul. Reznor and Ross won the same award in 2011 for The Social Network.

March 14, 2021 Megan Thee Stallion wins the Grammy for Best New Artist, and her hit "Savage" grabs Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance.

February 12, 2020 Swedish songstress Robyn is named Songwriter of the Decade at the NME Awards just a couple months after the famed British magazine ranked the electropop singer's "Dancing On My Own" at the top of their Best Songs of the Decade list.

March 29, 2019 After two previous nominations, Janet Jackson is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by "Make Me Feel" singer Janelle Monae, who calls her "the legendary Queen of Black-Girl Magic." Jackson caps her speech, which touches upon her brothers' legacy and the influence of her longtime collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, to admonish the male-dominated Hall: "Please induct more women."

January 28, 2018 Bruno Mars goes six for six at the Grammys, winning every award he's nominated for, including Album Of The Year for 24K Magic and Song Of The Year for "That's What I Like" (he gets a trophy for that one because he co-wrote the song). Best New Artist goes to Alessia Cara.

January 28, 2018 Ed Sheeran takes the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for ÷, which includes the smash hit "Shape Of You," the winner for Best Pop Solo Performance.

December 3, 2017 LL Cool J, 49, becomes the youngest person to receive a Kennedy Center Honor, and the first rapper to do so.

February 12, 2017 Twenty One Pilots drop trou and accept the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance in their underwear, explaining that they made a pact long ago that they would go pantless if they ever won a Grammy.

February 12, 2017 Blink-182 earn their first Grammy nomination when their seventh album, California, featuring the hit singles "Bored To Death" and "She's Out Of Her Mind," competes for Best Rock Album. The winner is Tell Me I'm Pretty by Cage The Elephant.

August 28, 2016 At the MTV Video Music Awards, Beyoncé wins Video of the Year for "Formation." In support of the Black Lives Matter movement, she brings four mothers of shooting victims with her onto the red carpet. By the end of the evening, Bey (along with her production designer, choreographer, director, cinematographer and editor) has eight trophies.More

June 9, 2016 The 47th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony is held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. The inductees are Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic, Chip Taylor, and the late Marvin Gaye. Lionel Richie also is honored at the event with the organization's prestigious Johnny Mercer Award.

February 15, 2016 Ed Sheeran wins his first pair of Grammy Awards when "Thinking Out Loud" - from his second album, x - is named Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. The song is also nominated for Record of the Year but is bested by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk."

November 4, 2015 Chris Stapleton has a big night at the CMA Awards, winning New Artist Of The Year, Male Vocalist Of The Year, and Album Of The Year for Traveller, his solo debut. He also mesmerizes the crowd with a performance of "Tennessee Whiskey" with Justin Timberlake that goes viral.

February 10, 2013 Mumford & Sons win their first Grammy Award when their sophomore album, Babel (2012), is named Album of the Year. The album's lead single, "I Will Wait," is also nominated for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song, while "Learn Me Right," a collaboration with Birdy for the Disney-Pixar film Brave is considered for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

April 27, 2012 Bob Dylan receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor awarded to a United States civilian citizen, from US President Barack Obama. Dylan is only the 29th musician to receive the award; previous recipients include Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Irving Berlin.

April 21, 2012 Keith Urban becomes the first Australian inducted into the Grand Ole Opry and also the first born outside of North America.

October 11, 2011 Esquire names Rihanna the Sexiest Woman Alive. She's the only musician ever to win the award, which they bestow from 2004-2015. Other winners include Minka Kelly and Halle Berry.More

February 27, 2011 Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and frequent collaborator Atticus Ross win an Academy Award for Best Original Score for their work on The Social Network.

February 13, 2011 Mumford & Sons are nominated for Best New Artist and Best Rock Song ("Little Lion Man") at the Grammy Awards. The British folk-rock act don't win any trophies, but their performance of "The Cave" generates a huge buzz and boosts sales of their debut album, Sigh No More, in the US, where it peaks at #2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

February 13, 2011 Country singer Miranda Lambert wins her first Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance with "The House That Built Me," written by songwriting veterans Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin.

July 25, 2010 John Fogerty performs "Centerfield" at the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, where he donates a guitar shaped like a baseball bat.More

December 6, 2009 President Obama greets honorees Bruce Springsteen and Robert DeNiro during the reception for the Kennedy Center Honors in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

July 10, 2009 Robert Plant is officially a Commander of the British Empire after being bestowed with the title by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

April 14, 2009 Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney, Olivia Harrison and Dhani Harrison hit the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles to take part in the ceremony honoring George Harrison with his very own star in Hollywood.

April 4, 2009 At the Public Hall in Cleveland, Jeff Beck, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Metallica, Run-DMC and Bobby Womack are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

March 29, 2009 Nickelback rule the Juno Awards, winning Album of the Year, Group of the Year and the Fan Choice Award.

March 26, 2009 Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy hosts the MTV Australia Awards. His band wins Best Rock Video for "I Don't Care," while Pink's "So What" takes Best Video.