# List of awards and nominations received by Quincy Jones

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 |
| 1967 | Best Original Score | In Cold Blood | Nominated |
| 1967 | 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 |
| 1978 | Best Adaptation Score | The Wiz | Nominated |
| 1985 | Best Original Score | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 1985 | Best Original Song | "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)" from The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 1985 | Best Picture | The Color Purple | Nominated |
| 1995 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | Honored |
| 2025 | Academy Honorary Award | Academy Honorary Award | Honored |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1977 | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series | Roots: Part 1 | Won | |

### Grammy Awards

Quincy Jones has 80 Grammy nominations and won 28 Grammy Awards, the third-most Grammys for any individual. The list below is incomplete.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1961 | Best Jazz Performance Large Group | The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones | Nominated |
| 1961 | Best Arrangement | "Let the Good Times Roll" (Ray Charles vocal) | Nominated |
| 1962 | Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing | I Dig Dancers | Nominated |
| 1963 | Best Original Jazz Composition | "Quintessence" | Nominated |
| 1963 | Best Performance by an Orchestra - for Dancing | Big Band Bossa Nova | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group | Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits | Nominated |
| 1964 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Won |
| 1965 | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Golden Boy (String Version)" | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Instrumental Performance - Non-Jazz | "Golden Boy (String Version)" | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Original Jazz Composition | "The Witching Hour" | Nominated |
| 1968 | Best Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show | In the Heat of the Night | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Walking in Space" | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Large Jazz Ensemble | Walking in Space | Won |
| 1970 | Best Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | The Lost Man | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | MacKenna's Gold | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Instrumental Theme | "MacKenna's Gold Overture" | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Gula Matari" | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Instrumental Composition | "Gula Matari" | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album | Gula Matari | Nominated |
| 1972 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Smackwater Jack | Won |
| 1973 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Dollar$ | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance with Vocal Coloring | "Money Runner" | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Summer in the City" | Won |
| 1974 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | You've Got It Bad Girl | Nominated |
| 1975 | Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus | Body Heat | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Instrumental Composition | "Midnight Soul Patrol" | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Inspirational Performance | "O Lord, Come By Here" | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Roots Mural Theme" | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best Instrumental Composition | "Roots Mural Theme" | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "The Wiz Main Title (Overture, Part I)" | Won |
| 1980 | Producer of the Year | Producer of the Year | Nominated |
| 1981 | Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | Nominated |
| 1981 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Dinorah, Dinorah" | Won |
| 1982 | Album of the Year | The Dude | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | The Dude | Won |
| 1982 | Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) | "Ai No Corrida" | Won |
| 1982 | Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording | "Velas" | Won |
| 1982 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | "Velas" | Nominated |
| 1982 | Producer of the Year | Producer of the Year | Won |
| 1982 | Best Cast Show Album | Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music | Won |
| 1983 | Producer of the Year | Producer of the Year | Nominated |
| 1984 | Album of the Year | Thriller | Won |
| 1984 | Record of the Year | "Beat It" | Won |
| 1984 | Best Rhythm & Blues Song | "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Recording for Children | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Won |
| 1984 | Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | Won |
| 1985 | Best Arrangements on an Instrumental | "Grace (Gymnastics Theme)" | Won |
| 1985 | Best Rhythm & Blues Song | "Yah Mo B There" | Nominated |
| 1986 | Album of the Year | We Are the World | Nominated |
| 1986 | Record of the Year | "We Are the World" | Won |
| 1986 | Best Pop Duo or Group Performance | "We Are the World" | Won |
| 1986 | Best Music Video | "We Are the World - The Video Event" | Won |
| 1988 | Album of the Year | Bad | Nominated |
| 1988 | Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) | Nominated |
| 1991 | Album of the Year | Back on the Block | Won |
| 1991 | Best Arrangement on an Instrumental | "Birdland" | Won |
| 1991 | Best Jazz Fusion Performance | "Birdland" | Won |
| 1991 | Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) | "The Places You Find Love" | Won |
| 1991 | Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group | "Back on the Block" | Won |
| 1991 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | "Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song)" | Nominated |
| 1991 | Producer of the Year | Producer of the Year | Won |
| 1994 | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance | Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux | Won |
| 1994 | Best Music Video, Long Form | Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals | "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Spoken Word Album | Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones | Won |
| 2019 | Best Music Film | Quincy | Won |
| Special Grammy Awards |||||
| 1989 | Trustees Award | Trustees Award | Won |
| 1991 | Legend Award | Legend Award | Won |
| 1996 | MusiCares Person of the Year | MusiCares Person of the Year | Won |

### 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) | The Color Purple | Won | |

## Special honors
### Honorary awards

* In 1989, Quincy Jones was presented with the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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 for Leadership in Philanthropy.
* In 2013, Jones was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
* 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.
* In May 2021, Jones was one of 10 new members elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
* In 2021, Jones was inducted into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, as a "foundational inductee".

### Honorary degrees

State and academic honours for Streep :
| Year | Country or organization | Award |
| 1983 | Berklee College of Music | Honorary doctorate |
| 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 |
| 2007 | Harvard University | "Q Prize" Gala |
| 2007 | UCLA Spring Sing | George and Ira Gershwin Award |
| 2008 | Princeton University | Honorary doctorate degree |
| 2008 | Washington University in St. Louis | Honorary Doctorate of Arts degree |
| 2008 | University of Washington | Honorary degree |
| 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 |

### 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.