American singer-songwriter, author and visual artist Bob Dylan has received many accolades throughout his long career as a songwriter and performing artist. Dylan's professional career began in 1961 when he signed with Columbia Records.^[1] Fifty-five years later, in 2016, Dylan continued to release new recordings and was the first musician to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.^[2] Bob Dylan has also won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, given to him by the 44th president of the United States Barack Obama.

Recordings of Bob Dylan were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have "qualitative or historical significance."

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Bob Dylan as Performer in 1988^[7] and listed five songs by Bob Dylan of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.^[8]

• 1963: "Blowin' in the Wind"
• 1964: "The Times They Are a-Changin’"
• 1965: "Like a Rolling Stone"
• 1965: "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
• 1975: "Tangled Up in Blue"

Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature on October 13, 2016, "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".^[9][10] It is the first time since 1993 that the Nobel committee has offered the award in the category of American literature.^[11]