Hall of Fame and the rest

Awards & honors

Grammys, MTV awards, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a star on Hollywood Boulevard and a park in his hometown. Every award and nomination we could confirm, year by year.

Grammy wins3from 18 nominations

MTV Video Music Awards3won

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame2002first year eligible

Halls, stars and honors18inductions and honors

Include nominations

1981
Honored
Key to the City of Gainesville
Tom Petty
Wikipedia dates his first Gainesville key to October 1981; a 1991 Gainesville Sun story calling that year's key his third in a decade is consistent with an early-1980s first key.
Sources: Tom Petty - Wikipedia · Gainesville Sun, 1991-10-27 (The Petty Archives)
1982
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
His first Grammy nomination came at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards for the duet with Stevie Nicks.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
1985
Won
MTV Video Music Award · Best Special Effects in a Video
Don't Come Around Here No More (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
The clip took the special effects prize; the trophy itself went to the effects team (Tony Mitchell, Kathy Dougherty, Peter Cohen).
Sources: 1985 MTV Video Music Awards - Wikipedia · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Nominated
MTV Video Music Award · Video of the Year
Don't Come Around Here No More (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Lost to Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer."
Sources: 1985 MTV Video Music Awards - Wikipedia · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Nominated
MTV Video Music Award · Best Direction in a Video
Don't Come Around Here No More (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (director Jeff Stein))
Sources: 1985 MTV Video Music Awards - Wikipedia · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Nominated
MTV Video Music Award · Viewer's Choice
Don't Come Around Here No More (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Lost to USA for Africa's "We Are the World."
Sources: 1985 MTV Video Music Awards - Wikipedia · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
1989
Nominated
MTV Video Music Award · Best Group Video
Handle with Care (Traveling Wilburys)
Sources: List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
1990
Won
Grammy Award · Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (Traveling Wilburys)
GRAMMY.com counts this Wilburys award as Petty's first Grammy win, at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Nominated
Grammy Award · Album of the Year
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (Traveling Wilburys)
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Nominated
Grammy Award · Album of the Year
Full Moon Fever (Tom Petty)
At the same ceremony Petty was up for Album of the Year twice, solo and as a Wilbury.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
Free Fallin' (Tom Petty)
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Nominated
American Music Award · Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (Traveling Wilburys)
Sources: List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Honored
Key to the City of Gainesville
Tom Petty
Mayor-commissioner Cynthia Chestnut handed him the key before his O'Connell Center homecoming show and proclaimed the day Tom Petty Day in Gainesville.
Sources: Gainesville Sun, 1990-01-28 (The Petty Archives)
1991
Honored
Key to the City of Gainesville
Tom Petty
At an afternoon ceremony he received what the local paper called his third Gainesville key in a decade, and pressed his handprints into the cornerstone block for a planned local Walk of Fame.
Sources: Gainesville Sun, 1991-10-27 (The Petty Archives)
1992
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Song
Learning to Fly (Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne (songwriters))
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Into the Great Wide Open (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - GRAMMY.com artist page
Nominated
MTV Video Music Award · Best Male Video
Into the Great Wide Open (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Lost to Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven."
Sources: 1992 MTV Video Music Awards - Wikipedia · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
1994
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
My Back Pages (Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison)
A shared nomination for an all-star performance of the Bob Dylan song.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Won
MTV Video Music Award · Best Male Video
Mary Jane's Last Dance (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Sources: 1994 MTV Video Music Awards - Wikipedia · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Honored
MTV Video Music Award · Video Vanguard Award
Tom Petty
MTV's career honor for video artistry, presented that night by Billy Corgan; the Rolling Stones received a separate lifetime award at the same show.
Sources: 1994 MTV Video Music Awards - Wikipedia · MTV Video Vanguard Award - Wikipedia
1995
Won
MTV Video Music Award · Best Male Video
You Don't Know How It Feels (Tom Petty)
His second straight Best Male Video win, beating Chris Isaak, Elton John and Lucas.
Sources: 1995 MTV Video Music Awards - Wikipedia · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
1996
Won
Grammy Award · Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
You Don't Know How It Feels (Tom Petty)
His first Grammy as a solo artist, at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Album
Wildflowers (Tom Petty)
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Honored
George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement (UCLA)
Tom Petty
Presented at UCLA's Spring Sing student show, where he also made a surprise performance that drew a standing ovation.
Sources: Bringing down the house - Daily Bruin, 1996-04-28 · Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Honored
ASCAP Golden Note Award
Tom Petty
Wikipedia places it the month after the Gershwin award, citing Billboard's coverage of the 1996 ASCAP pop awards.
Sources: Tom Petty - Wikipedia
1999
A fan at the Heartbreakers' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame · shared by LizzieB
Honored
Hollywood Walk of Fame · Recording
Tom Petty
His star is at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard.
Sources: Tom Petty - Hollywood Walk of Fame
2000
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Album
Echo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
42nd Annual Grammy Awards (Wikipedia's table lists it under the 1999 eligibility year).
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - GRAMMY.com artist page
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Song
Room at the Top (Tom Petty)
42nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
2002
Inducted
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame · Performer
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair, Howie Epstein, Stan Lynch)
Jakob Dylan inducted the band at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, and Petty said he was proud they went in as a group.
Sources: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame · Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame - Pollstar, 2002-03-19
2003
Won
Radio Music Awards · Legend Award
Tom Petty
Sources: List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
2005
Honored
Billboard Century Award
Tom Petty
Billboard's top honor for creative achievement, given at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards.
Sources: Billboard Music Award - Wikipedia · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia · Tom Petty - Wikipedia
2006
The Gainesville homecoming, Sept. 21, 2006, the night of the key to the city · photo by Steve
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Square One (from Elizabethtown) (Tom Petty)
48th Annual Grammy Awards.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Honored
Key to the City of Gainesville
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan gave every band member a key and declared the day Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Day ahead of their homecoming show at the O'Connell Center.
Sources: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Given Keys to Florida Hometown - Fox News (AP)
2007
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Album
Highway Companion (Tom Petty)
49th Annual Grammy Awards.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Saving Grace (Tom Petty)
49th Annual Grammy Awards.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
2009
Won
Grammy Award · Best Long Form Music Video
Runnin' Down a Dream (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
The band documentary won at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - GRAMMY.com artist page
Nominated
MTV Video Music Award · Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman)
Into the Great Wide Open (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
A one-off retrospective fan-vote category for videos that never won a VMA.
Sources: List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty - Wikipedia
2011
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Album
Mojo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - GRAMMY.com artist page
2014
Inducted
Florida Artists Hall of Fame
Tom Petty
Florida's state hall of fame for artists who made significant contributions to the arts in the state.
Sources: Tom Petty - Florida Artists Hall of Fame (Florida Department of State)
2015
Nominated
Grammy Award · Best Rock Album
Hypnotic Eye (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
His final Grammy nomination, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.
Sources: Tom Petty - GRAMMY.com artist page · Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - GRAMMY.com artist page
Honored
RIAA Diamond certification · Album (10 million units)
Greatest Hits (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)
Certified for 10 million units, the highest RIAA certification among his albums.
Sources: RIAA Gold & Platinum database - Tom Petty
2016
Inducted
Songwriters Hall of Fame
Tom Petty
Roger McGuinn inducted him and played "American Girl"; Petty then performed the new Mudcrutch song "Forgive It All."
Sources: 2016 Induction and Awards Gala - Songwriters Hall of Fame
2017
Honored
MusiCares Person of the Year
Tom Petty
The Recording Academy charity cited his music, his long fight for artists' rights and his work for homeless people in Los Angeles; the gala was held two nights before the 59th Grammys.
Sources: Three-time GRAMMY winner Tom Petty to be honored as 2017 MusiCares Person of the Year - GRAMMY.com
2018
Honored
Tom Petty Park (Gainesville park renaming)
Tom Petty
Gainesville renamed Northeast Park, a childhood haunt, on what would have been his 68th birthday; former Mudcrutch member Tom Leadon played at the dedication with the Bayjacks.
Sources: Tom Petty Park - City of Gainesville · Tom Petty's Hometown Dedicates Park in His Honor - Ultimate Classic Rock
2022
Honored
Tom Petty Day (University of Florida Athletics)
Tom Petty
UF's athletic association held the first Tom Petty Day at the Florida-LSU home football game, with an estate-licensed merchandise line benefiting Gainesville charities.
Sources: University of Florida Athletic Association to celebrate the first inaugural Tom Petty Day - TomPetty.com
2023
Honored
Honorary Doctor of Music, University of Florida
Tom Petty
UF's trustees unanimously approved the posthumous degree in December 2021, and the School of Music conferred it at the Spring 2023 doctoral ceremony, alongside a family-funded guitar endowment.
Sources: UF confers honorary doctor of music degree on Tom Petty - UF News · The University of Florida confers honorary Doctor of Music degree on Tom Petty - UF College of the Arts · UF awards Gainesville music legend Tom Petty a posthumous doctorate in music - WUSF, 2021-12-04
2024
Honored
Florida State Historical Marker
Tom Petty, Rock Musician (Tom Petty)
The state marker, approved by the Florida Historical Marker Council in August 2019 and sponsored by the Gainesville Music History Foundation, was unveiled in Tom Petty Park, with Mayor Harvey Ward and Bruce Petty accepting it.
Sources: Dedication Ceremony for the Tom Petty State Historic Marker - UF calendar · Florida Historical Marker Details - Tom Petty, Rock Musician · Tom Petty Park - City of Gainesville · State approves Tom Petty historical marker in Gainesville - WUSF, 2019-08-03

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