Paul McCartney's awards include eight BRIT Awards, eighteen Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, one MTV Video Music Award, one MTV Europe Music Award, one Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, one Classical Brit Awards and two UK's Q Awards. As a member of The Beatles, his songwriting partnership with John Lennon produced "some of the most popular music in rock and roll history".^[1]

In the United Kingdom, McCartney has been knighted^[2][3] and was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE).^[4][5] In 2017, he was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) for services to music.^[6]

In the United States, McCartney received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and Kennedy Center Honors in 2010.

In May 2011 in Peru, he received the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun, La Orden del Arbol de la Quina for his environmental protection work, and the Medal of Honor from the National Library of Peru.^[7][8]

On 8 September 2012 in France, McCartney was awarded the Legion of Honour for services to music by French President François Hollande at the Élysée Palace.^[9]

Paul McCartney has won once Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards in the category of Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song for "Vanilla Sky" (from Vanilla Sky) in 2001.

The BMI Latin Awards are awarded annually by Broadcast Music, Inc. for the best-performing Latin songs. McCartney has received one award for Manny Manuel's cover "I Want to Hold Your Hand".

The Academy Awards are awarded annually. Paul McCartney has won once with the Beatles, and has been nominated for two more awards.

The American Music Awards are awarded annually. Paul McCartney won two awards and has been nominated for two.^[11][12][13]

The Brit Awards are awarded annually by the British Phonographic Industry. McCartney has won 7 awards^[14]

The Grammy Award are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States.

In addition to his 18 Grammy wins, McCartney received the academy's MusiCares Person of the Year award in 2012. McCartney was honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award twice. The first in 1990 for his solo work and then with The Beatles in 2014. The Beatles were also, honoured with a Grammy Trustees Award in 1972.^[15][16][17]

Grammy Trustees Award

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Grammy Hall of Fame

MusiCares Person of the Year

The MTV Video Music Awards are awarded annually by MTV. McCartney has won 1.

The MTV Europe Music Awards are awarded annually by MTV. McCartney has one.

The Music Video Production Association (MVPA) is a non-profit trade organization created to address the mutual concerns of its members in today's highly competitive, ever-changing music video industry.

The Primetime Emmy Award is an American accolade bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming.

The Q Awards are awarded annually by Q magazine.

The National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) awards are awarded annually by National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers.

The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song,^[19] created in 2007, is awarded annually. On 2 June 2010, in a White House ceremony, McCartney received this prize from President Obama. The Gershwin Prize is the highest award a musician can receive in the United States; McCartney is the first non-American recipient of the award, the previous recipients were Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.^[20]

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Date	Country	Ribbon	Award
12 Jun 1965	United Kingdom		Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE).[4][5]
Dec 1993	Chile		Order of Merit (unknown grade).[citation needed]
31 Dec 1996	United Kingdom		In the 1997 New Year Honours, McCartney was knighted for his services to music.[2][3]
5 Dec 2010	United States		Kennedy Center Honors.[21]
5 May 2011	Peru		Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun, the highest award bestowed by the nation of Peru to commend notable civil and military merit, in a private ceremony while visiting the country for a concert in the city of Lima.[7]
9 May 2011	Peru		La Orden del Árbol de la Quina, an order given by the Ministry of Environment of Peru to those who strive for the protection of the environment.[8]
9 May 2011	Peru		Medal of Honor of the National Library of Peru.[8]
8 Sep 2012	France		Officer of the Legion of Honour for services to music, awarded by French President François Hollande at the Élysée Palace.[9]
16 Jun 2017	United Kingdom		In the 2017 Birthday Honours, McCartney was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) for his services to music.[6][22]

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Sir Paul was also considered for a Peerage in March 2022 for his 80th birthday.^[23]