Jarvis Cocker
Awards & Honours
18
Awards Won
3
Honours
6
Rankings
7
Covers
1
Records
Jarvis Cocker's career is marked by a string of prestigious UK music awards and a lasting cultural impact. Pulp's Different Class won the Mercury Music Prize in 1996, one of the highest honors in British music. The album also earned three Brit Awards, including Best British Album. Cocker's songwriting was recognized with an Ivor Novello Award for "Common People." He has been named Best Dressed at the NME Awards and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Sheffield in 2008 for his contributions to music and culture. In 2012, Pulp received the NME Godlike Genius Award.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Honorary Doctor of Letters
Awarded for contributions to music and culture.
NME Godlike Genius Award
Awarded to Pulp; Cocker accepted on behalf of the band.
Sheffield Legends Walk of Fame
Honoured in Sheffield city centre.
Rankings & Lists
500 Greatest Albums of All Time
500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Greatest British Albums of All Time
100 Greatest British Albums
Top 100 Albums of the 1990s
100 Greatest Songs of the 90s
Magazine Covers
NME
1996-02-03
Pulp: The People's Band
NME
1995-11-25
Jarvis Cocker: The King of Cool
Q Magazine
1996-01-01
Pulp: The Real Story
Mojo
2025-09-01
Pulp: More – The Return
The Face
1996-03-01
Jarvis Cocker cover feature
Select Magazine
1995-11-01
Pulp: The Year of the Cocker
GQ (UK)
1996-07-01
Jarvis Cocker: The Thinking Woman's Sex Symbol
Records & Feats
Fastest-selling album in UK history (at time of release)
Different Class sold over 300,000 copies in its first week in 1995.