List of awards and nominations received by Frank Sinatra
This page contains a list of awards and accolades won by and awarded to Frank Sinatra.
Awards and honors
- 1954 Academy Award winner – Best Supporting Actor
- 11-time Grammy Award winner
- four-time Golden Globe Award winner
- 1966 Peabody Award winner
- 1971 Cecil B. DeMille Award winner
- Medal of Honour of the State of Israel
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
- Honorary Citizen of Chicago
- Scopus Award from the American Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Honorary Doctorate litterarum humanarum
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Pied Piper Award
- Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame
- Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
- National Broadcasters Hall of Fame
- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Medal of Honor Award
- Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts
- Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Honorary Doctor of Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology
- NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award
- Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award
- Ella Award
- Distinguished Life Achievement Award of the American Cinema Awards
- Career Achievement Award
- Gaming Hall of Fame
- Congressional Gold Medal
- American Music Award of Merit
- Named as the "Greatest Voice of the 20th Century" by BBC Radio 2
- Each year on Sinatra's birthday,, the Empire State Building lights up with blue lights in reference to Sinatra's nickname, "Ol' Blue Eyes".
- Honorary membership of Alpha Phi Delta
- Three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame:
- * For Motion pictures at 1600 Vine Street
- * For Recording at 1637 Vine Street
- * For Television at 6538 Hollywood Blvd.
- Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
- New Jersey Hall of Fame.
- Star on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars.
- America Award in memory of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2015.
- Asteroid 7934 Sinatra named in his honor.
Film industry awards
[Academy Awards]
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor- The Man with the Golden Arm
- "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" from the motion picture Higher and Higher
- Composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Harold Adamson
- "I Fall in Love too Easily" from the motion picture Anchors Aweigh
- Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jule Styne
- "Three Coins in the Fountain" from the motion picture Three Coins in the Fountain
- Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jimmy Van Heusen
- " The Tender Trap" from the motion picture The Tender Trap
- Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jimmy Van Heusen
- "All the Way" from the motion picture The Joker Is Wild
- Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jimmy Van Heusen
- "High Hopes" from the motion picture A Hole in the Head
- Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jimmy Van Heusen
- "My Kind of Town" from the motion picture Robin and the 7 Hoods
- Composed by Sammy Cahn with lyrics by Jimmy Van Heusen
Television industry awards
[Down Beat] Polls
- Readers' poll Male Singer of the Year sixteen times between 1941 and 1966
- Readers' poll Personality of the Year six times between 1954 and 1959
- Critics' poll Male Singer of the Year twice, in 1955 and 1957.
[Grammy Awards]
Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
1959 | "Witchcraft" | Record of the Year | |
1959 | Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely | Album of the Year | |
1959 | "Come Fly with Me" and "Witchcraft" | Vocal Performance, Male | |
1959 | Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely | Best Recording Package | |
1959 | "High Hopes" | Record of the Year | |
1959 | Come Dance with Me! | Album of the Year | |
1959 | Come Dance with Me! | Vocal Performance, Male | |
1959 | Come Dance with Me! | Special Award: Artists & Repertoire Contribution | |
1961 | Nice 'n' Easy | Record of the Year | |
1961 | Nice 'n' Easy | Album of the Year | |
1961 | Nice 'n' Easy | Best Vocal Performance Album, Male | |
1961 | "Nice and Easy" | Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male | |
1961 | "Nice and Easy" | Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist | |
1962 | "The Second Time Around" | Record of the Year | |
1966 | September of My Years | Album of the Year | |
1966 | "It Was a Very Good Year" | Best Vocal Performance, Male | |
1966 | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
1967 | "Strangers in the Night" | Record of the Year | |
1967 | A Man and His Music | Album of the Year | |
1967 | Strangers in the Night | Best Vocal Performance, Male | |
1968 | "Somethin' Stupid" | Record of the Year | |
1968 | Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim | Album of the Year | |
1968 | Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim | Best Vocal Performance, Male | |
1970 | "My Way" | Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male | |
1979 | Grammy Trustees Award | ||
1981 | "Theme from New York, New York" | Record of the Year | |
1981 | Album of the Year | ||
1981 | Theme from New York, New York | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | |
1987 | Portrait of an Album | Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video | |
1995 | Duets | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance | |
1995 | Grammy Legend Award | ||
1996 | Duets II | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance | |
1997 | "My Way" | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | |
2001 | "All the Way" | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals |
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- Jazz All-Star Poll Male Vocalist of the Year seven times between 1957 and 1964.
[NME Awards]