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Radiohead are an
English alternative rock band from Oxfordshire. The band's
members are Thom Yorke
(lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, electronics), Jonny Greenwood
(lead guitar, other instruments), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood
(bass guitar, synthesisers), and Phil Selway (drums, percussion).[1] They
met while attending Abingdon School, a boys-only public
school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.[2] The
band has released seven studio albums: Pablo Honey (1993), The Bends (1995),
OK Computer
(1997), Kid A (2000),
Amnesiac (2001),
Hail to
the Thief (2003) and In Rainbows (2007). The first six
albums were released by EMI's Parlophone (UK and
elsewhere) and Capitol (USA) record labels, and the
seventh was released by Radiohead themselves as a digital download,
and later by XL Records internationally.[3] Several
of Radiohead's singles have appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 charts,
including "Creep" which peaked at number
34, "High and Dry"
which peaked at number 78, and "Nude" which peaked at number 37.[4]
The band has received eight BRIT Award nominations,
but have yet to win one. Radiohead has received the Best
Alternative Music Performance award three times at the Grammy Awards, for OK Computer in
1998, Kid A in 2001, and "In Rainbows" in 2009. At the MTV
Video Music Awards, the band received the award for Best Art Direction for "There There" in 2003.
Radiohead has also received the Best Act In The World Today award
three times at the Q
Awards, in 2001, 2002, and 2003. Overall, Radiohead has
received 13 awards from 38 nominations.
BRIT
Awards
The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic
Industry's annual pop music awards. Radiohead failed to win all
eight times they were nominated.[5] [6]
| Year |
Nominated work |
Award |
Result |
| 1996 |
"Just" |
Best British Video |
Nominated |
| 1998 |
Radiohead |
Best Group |
Nominated |
| OK
Computer |
Best Album |
Nominated |
| "Paranoid
Android" |
Best Single |
Nominated |
| 1999 |
"No
Surprises" |
Best British Video |
Nominated |
| 2001 |
Radiohead |
Best British Group |
Nominated |
| 2009 |
Radiohead |
Best British Group |
Nominated |
| "In
Rainbows" |
Mastercard British Album |
Nominated |
Grammy
Awards
The Grammy
Awards are awarded annually by the National
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States.
Radiohead has received three awards from fourteen nominations.[7][8]
Between 1994 and 1999 the award now named "Best Alternative
Music Album" was then named "Best Alternative Music
Performance".
Note: The table does not include nominations for others'
work associated with Radiohead. In 2001, Nigel Godrich was nominated for Producer
of the Year, Non-Classical, for work including Radiohead's
Kid A. Godrich was nominated again for the same award the
next year, for production work including Amnesiac. In
addition, at the 2002 Grammy Awards, Stanley Donwood and Tchock (an alias
for Thom Yorke) were nominated and won the award for Best Album Package, for the special edition
book of Amnesiac. In 2004 Nigel Godrich and audio engineer Darrell Thorp were nominated
and won the award for Best
Engineered Album, Non-Classical, for their work on Radiohead's
Hail to the Thief. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Godrich will
again be a nominee for Producer of the Year, this time in
recognition of his work on only one album, Radiohead's In
Rainbows. The "discbox" release of In Rainbows is
also nominated for
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package; any award would
go to the art directors of the package. Radiohead would then have
three, rather than two, nominations in 2001; three, rather than
one, nominations in 2002, including one win; three, rather than
two, nominations in 2004, including one win; and seven, rather than
five, nominations in 2009. This would give the band a total of 20,
rather than 14, career nominations, among which four so far, rather
than two so far, would be wins. However, such secondary nominations
and wins for art and sound engineering are not usually counted in a
music artist's total for comparison purposes with other
acts.
Ivor Novello
Awards
The Ivor Novello Awards are presented
annually in London by the British Academy of Composers and
Songwriters. Radiohead have received one award.[9]
| Year |
Nominated work |
Award |
Result |
| 2008 |
In
Rainbows |
Album Award |
Won |
Mercury
Prize
The Mercury
Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize, is awarded each year
to an album from the United Kingdom or Ireland. Radiohead has
received no awards from its four nominations.[10]
| Year |
Nominated work |
Award |
Result |
| 1997 |
OK Computer |
Album of the Year |
Nominated |
| 2001 |
Amnesiac |
Album of the Year |
Nominated |
| 2003 |
Hail to the Thief |
Album of the Year |
Nominated |
| 2008 |
In Rainbows |
Album of the Year |
Nominated |
MTV Video
Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards is an
annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV. Radiohead has received one award from eleven
nominations.[11]
PLUG
Awards
The PLUG Awards are given in
support of indie music. Radiohead has received two
nominations and two wins.[12]
| Year |
Nominated work |
Award |
Result |
| 2008 |
In Rainbows |
Album of the Year |
Won |
| 2008 |
Radiohead |
Artist of the Year |
Won |
Q Awards
The Q Awards are hosted
annually by the music magazine Q. Radiohead has received three
awards from three nominations.[13]
| Year |
Nominated work |
Award |
Result |
| 2001 |
Radiohead |
Best Act in the World Today |
Won |
| 2002 |
Radiohead |
Best Act in the World Today |
Won |
| 2003 |
Radiohead |
Best Act in the World Today |
Won |
Hottest
100 of all time
In July 2009 Radiohead had 4 songs in Triple J Hottest 100 of all time, # 5 Paranoid
Android, #13 Creep, #15 Karma Police and #28
Fake
Plastic Trees.[14]
In August 1998 Radiohead had 3 songs poll in the Triple J
Hottest 100 of all time, #5 Creep, #13 Paranoid Android and #54
Karma Police
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