# List of awards and nominations received by Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music.
He had received three Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, six Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Drama Desk Award. He was also nominated for a Tony Award.

## Major awards
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1965 | Best Song | "What's New Pussycat?" (from What's New Pussycat) (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1966 | Best Song | "Alfie" (from Alfie) (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Song | "The Look of Love" (from Casino Royale) (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Original Score for a Motion Picture (Not a Musical) | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Won |
| 1969 | Best Song – Original for the Picture | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) (shared with Hal David) | Won |
| 1981 | Best Original Song | "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from Arthur) (shared with Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, and Peter Allen) | Won |

### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1970 | Anthony Asquith Memorial Award | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Won | |
| 1981 | Best Original Film Music | Arthur | Nominated | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1966 | Best Original Song | "Alfie" (from Alfie) (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Original Score | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Won |
| 1969 | Best Original Song | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Original Song | "Long Ago Tomorrow" (from The Raging Moon) (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1981 | Best Original Song | "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from Arthur) (shared with Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, and Peter Allen) | Won |
| 1982 | Best Original Song | "Making Love" (from Making Love) (shared with Bruce Roberts and Carole Bayer Sager) | Nominated |
| 1986 | Best Original Song | "They Don't Make Them Like They Used To" (from Tough Guys) (shared with Carole Bayer Sager) | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1963 | Song of the Year | "Wives and Lovers" (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1965 | Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist | "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (shared with Jackie DeShannon) | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Instrumental Theme | "Casino Royale" (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Alfie" | Won |
| 1967 | Best Instrumental Arrangement | "Casino Royale" | Nominated |
| 1967 | Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Show | Casino Royale | Nominated |
| 1969 | Song of the Year | "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1969 | Song of the Year | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Contemporary Song | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (shared with Hal David) | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Won |
| 1969 | Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album | Promises, Promises (shared with Hal David, Henry Jerome, and Phil Ramone) | Won |
| 1971 | Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | "Long Ago Tomorrow" (shared with Patrick Williams) | Nominated |
| 1971 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Burt Bacharach | Nominated |
| 1981 | Song of the Year | "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (shared with Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, and Peter Allen) | Nominated |
| 1986 | Song of the Year | "That's What Friends Are For" (shared with Carole Bayer Sager) | Won |
| 1986 | Record of the Year | "That's What Friends Are For" (shared with Carole Bayer Sager) | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | "God Give Me Strength" (shared with Elvis Costello) | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | "I Still Have That Other Girl" (shared with Elvis Costello) | Won |
| 2005 | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | "In Our Time" (shared with Chris Botti) | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Contemporary Instrumental Album | At This Time (shared with Allen Sides) | Won |
| 2020 | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Blue Umbrella (shared with Daniel Tashian) | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Musical Theater Album | Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater's Some Lovers (shared with Michael Croiter, Ben Hartman, Cody Lassen, and Steven Sater) | Nominated |

### Primetime Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1970 | Outstanding Variety or Musical Program – Variety and Popular Music | Kraft Music Hall (Episode: "The Sound of Burt Bacharach") | Nominated |
| 1971 | Outstanding Single Program – Variety or Musical – Variety and Popular Music | Another Evening with Burt Bacharach | Nominated |
| 1971 | Outstanding Single Program – Variety or Musical – Variety and Popular Music | Singer Presents Burt Bacharach | Won |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1969 | Best Musical | Promises, Promises (shared with Neil Simon, Hal David, and David Merrick) | Nominated | |

## Miscellaneous awards
### Drama Desk Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1969 | Outstanding Music | Promises, Promises | Won | |

### Hollywood Music in Media Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Best Original Song – Feature Film | "Dancing with Your Shadow" (from A Boy Called Po) | Nominated | |

### Satellite Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1996 | Best Original Song | "God Give Me Strength" (from Grace of My Heart) (shared with Elvis Costello) | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Best Original Song | "Dancing with Your Shadow" (from A Boy Called Po) (shared with Billy Mann) | Nominated | |

## Special honors

   The success of [Burt Bacharach and Hal David]'s creative genius continues today as they each add new songs to what is without question one of the richest and most recognizable multi-generational playlists known to the world. Their creative talents have inspired songwriters for more than five decades, and their legacy is much in the tradition of George and Ira Gershwin, for whom this award is named.
—Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, 2011
* 1972, Songwriters Hall of Fame.
* 1997, Grammy Trustees Award, with Hal David.
* 1997, subject of a PBS "Great Performances" biography, "Burt Bacharach: This is Now".
* 2000, People magazine named him one of the "Sexiest Men Alive", and one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1999.
* 2001, Polar Music Prize, presented in Stockholm by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
* 2002, National Academy Of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) New York Heroes Award.
* 2005, GQ Magazine Inspiration Award.
* 2006, George and Ira Gershwin Award for Musical Achievement from UCLA.
* 2006, Thornton Legacy Award, University of Southern California; also created the Burt Bacharach Music Scholarship at the Thornton School to support outstanding young musicians.
* 2008, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
* 2009, Bacharach received an honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music. The award was presented to him during the Great American Songbook concert, which paid tribute to his music.
* 2012, Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, with Hal David, awarded by the Library of Congress.