Frank Sinatra
Awards & Honours
36
Awards Won
11
Honours
5
Rankings
4
Covers
4
Records
Sinatra's career is studded with historic achievements. He was the first solo artist to sell 150 million records worldwide, a feat that earned him a Guinness World Record. He won 11 Grammy Awards, including three Album of the Year wins, and was the first artist to receive the Grammy Legend Award (posthumous). His film work earned him an Academy Award and two Golden Globes. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Rolling Stone ranked him the greatest singer of all time in 2008, and Billboard named him the greatest male vocalist of all time in 2015.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Early Influence)
Inducted as an early influence.
Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
Inducted for his contributions to jazz and big band music.
Grammy Hall of Fame
Multiple recordings inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Awarded by President Ronald Reagan for his contributions to American culture.
Congressional Gold Medal
Awarded for his lifetime achievements and philanthropy.
Kennedy Center Honors
Honored for his lifetime contributions to the performing arts.
Hollywood Walk of Fame (Recording)
Star at 1600 Vine Street for recording.
Hollywood Walk of Fame (Motion Pictures)
Star at 1637 Vine Street for motion pictures.
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Honorary degree for his contributions to music and entertainment.
Honorary Doctor of Music
Honorary degree for his musical achievements.
Guinness World Record: Best-selling solo artist of the 20th century
Sold an estimated 150 million records worldwide.
Rankings & Lists
100 Greatest Singers of All Time
Greatest of All Time Male Vocalists
100 Greatest Artists of Rock and Roll
100 Most Important People of the Century
100 Greatest Singers
Magazine Covers
TIME
July 12, 1943
Frank Sinatra: The Voice
TIME
April 26, 1954
Frank Sinatra: The Comeback
Rolling Stone
May 20, 1976
Frank Sinatra: The Last of the Great Romantics
Vanity Fair
December 1998
Frank Sinatra: The Man Who Made the 20th Century Swing
Records & Feats
Best-selling solo artist of the 20th century
Sold an estimated 150 million records worldwide, a Guinness World Record.
First artist to win Grammy Album of the Year three times as a solo artist
Won Album of the Year for Come Dance with Me! (1960), September of My Years (1966), and A Man and His Music (1967).
First artist to receive the Grammy Legend Award
Awarded posthumously in 1998.
Most weeks at number one on the Billboard album chart as a male solo artist (pre-2000)
Spent a cumulative 58 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 with his albums.