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    Grimes

    Awards & Honours

    12

    Awards Won

    2

    Honours

    4

    Rankings

    3

    Covers

    2

    Records

    Grimes has been widely recognized for her innovative music. Visions was named one of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and 'Oblivion' landed at number 167 on their 500 Greatest Songs list. Pitchfork ranked 'Oblivion' as the top track of the 2010s. NME and Stereogum both named Art Angels the best album of 2015. In 2020, TIME included her in its 100 Most Influential People list in the Pioneers category. She holds a Guinness World Record for the most expensive music video by a female artist for 'Violence.'

    Grimes receiving an award

    Awards

    Honours & Distinctions

    TIME 100 Most Influential People

    TIME·2020

    Listed in the Pioneers category.

    Guinness World Record

    Guinness World Records·2020

    Most expensive music video for a song by a female artist (Violence, budget $500,000).

    Rankings & Lists

    #290

    500 Greatest Albums of All Time

    Rolling Stone·2020
    #167

    500 Greatest Songs of All Time

    Rolling Stone·2021
    #1

    Top 200 Tracks of the 2010s

    Pitchfork·2019
    #1

    Greatest Albums of the 2010s

    NME·2019

    Magazine Covers

    Vanity Fair

    March 2021

    Grimes on Motherhood, Elon Musk, and the End of the World

    GQ

    November 2022

    Grimes Unplugged

    Rolling Stone

    October 2012

    The New Wave of Pop

    Records & Feats

    Most expensive music video for a song by a female artist

    Career Milestone·2020

    The video for 'Violence' had a reported budget of $500,000.

    First artist to win Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year twice

    Awards·2021

    Won in 2013 for Visions and 2021 for Miss Anthropocene.