David Bowie (1947–2016) was an English musician and actor. Throughout his career, he won 71 awards from a total of 186 nominations.

He began his singing career under the name David Bowie in 1966 and won his first award in 1969, when he won an Ivor Novello Award for the song "Space Oddity". Bowie's first hit album was Hunky Dory in 1971 which reached number three in the UK Albums Chart.^[1] Despite his next eleven studio albums all making the UK Top 10—including four number one albums—he did not receive any more music awards or nominations until the early 1980s. He has since won numerous awards for his music, including: four BRIT Awards—Best British Male Solo Artist at the 1984 and 2014 BRIT Awards, an Outstanding Contribution Award at the 1996 BRIT Awards and an Icon Award at the 2016 Brit Awards which was awarded to him posthumously; six Grammy Awards including Best Video, Short Form for the David Bowie video at the 1985 Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2006 Grammy Awards; and four MTV Video Music Awards—Best Male Video for "China Girl" and a Video Vanguard Award at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, Best Overall Performance in a Video for "Dancing in the Street" at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, and Best Art Direction for "Blackstar" at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.

Bowie began his acting career in the 1967 short film The Image.^[2] His first leading role was in the 1976 science fiction film The Man Who Fell to Earth, a role for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor at the 1976 Saturn Awards. He has also had an innovative presence on the Internet which led to his being awarded a lifetime achievement Webby Award in 2007 for "pushing the boundaries of art and technology with his digital empire".^[3]

The American Music Awards are awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Bowie has received one nomination.^[5]

The BAFTA Television Awards are awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Bowie has received one nomination.^[6]

The BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards were awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for multimedia entertainment. Bowie has received one win.^[7]

The Billboard Music Awards are held to honour artists for commercial performance in the U.S., based on record charts published by Billboard.^[9]

The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Bowie has four wins from twelve nominations.^[10][11][12] In addition, he received the Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1996 and he received the British Icon Award posthumously in 2016.

Classic Pop is a monthly British music magazine, which launched in October 2012.^[13]

The Daytime Emmy Awards are awarded by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the United States. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.^[20]

The Golden Globe Awards are awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in the United States. Bowie has received one nomination.^[24]

The GQ Award is an annual awards ceremony founded by the men's magazine GQ. Bowie has received one award from one nomination.^[25]

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. Bowie has won five competitive awards from seventeen nominations.^{[26][27][28][29][30]} In 2006, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

In addition, David Bowie's song "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" won the Grammy for the Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals for bandleader Maria Schneider at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.^[31]

In 2024, he was posthumously nominated again for Brett Morgan's Moonage Daydream and won the award for Best Music Film.^[32]

Hungarian Music Awards is the national music awards of Hungary, held every year since 1992 and promoted by Mahasz.

The Ivor Novello Awards are awarded annually by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters to honour songwriting and composing. Bowie has won four award from five nomination.^[33] On 10 May 1970, David Bowie performed that night in awards accompanied by the Les Reed Orchestra.^[34]

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies.^[35]

The Mercury Prize is awarded by the British Phonographic Industry and the British Association of Record Dealers for the best album from the United Kingdom or Ireland. Bowie has received three nominations.^[36][37]

The MOJO Awards are awarded by the British music magazine Mojo. Bowie has received four nominations.^[38][39][40]

The iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards are annually presented by the Canadian music video channel Much to honour the year's best music videos. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.^[48]

The MVPA Awards are annually presented by a Los Angeles-based music trade organization to honor the year's best music videos.^[49]

The NME Awards is an annual music awards show, founded by the music magazine NME, where the winners are decided by public votes. David Bowie has received eleven awards from eleven nominations.

The New Music Awards are given for excellence in music to both recording artists and radio stations by New Music Weekly magazine.

The Pollstar Concert Industry Awards is an annual award ceremony to honor artists and professionals in the concert industry.

The Q Awards are hosted annually by the British music magazine Q. Bowie has won one award from nine nominations.^{[54][55][56][57]}

The Rockbjörnen is a music award ceremony in Sweden, established in 1979 by the Aftonbladet, one of the largest newspapers in Nordic countries.^[58]

The Saturn Awards are awarded by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in the United States. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.^[59]

The Silver Clef Award are an annual UK music awards lunch which has been running since 1976. Bowie has received one award.

The UK Music Video Awards is an annual award ceremony founded in 2008 to recognise creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music videos and moving images for music.^[61] Bowie has received one award from three nominations.

The WB Radio Music Awards are awarded annually in the United States to honour performers and on-air radio personalities.^[62] Bowie has won one award from one nomination.^[62]

Presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, Webby Awards are awarded for excellence on the Internet. Bowie has won one award from one nomination.^[3]

Bowie's first award was at the Malta International Song Festival in July 1969 where he won best-produced record.^[66] Bowie was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 ^[67] and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997,^[68] which is located at 7201 Hollywood Blvd. In 1999, Bowie was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and he received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music.^[69][70] He has been reported to have declined the British honour Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000, and a knighthood in 2003.^[71]

Bowie was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in June 2013.^[72]

In September 2011, Bowie became one of several prominent local figures to feature on the Brixton Pound, a local currency that is available as an alternative to the pound sterling in the Brixton area. Bowie's face appears on the B£10 note.^[73]

The spider Heteropoda davidbowie is named in his honour^[74] and, following his death on 10 January, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden announced that the first animal born in 2016 – a blue penguin chick – would be named Bowie after the late singer.^[75]

On 5 January 2015, a few days before his 68th birthday, a main-belt asteroid was named (342843) Davidbowie in his honour. On 13 January 2016, Belgian astronomers at MIRA Public Observatory in conjunction with radio station Studio Brussels registered a new asterism of seven stars in the vicinity of Mars at the date of Bowie's death that, when connected, form the lightning bolt seen on Bowie's face on the cover of his Aladdin Sane album.^[76]