Matty Healy

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

Honours

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Healy's songwriting has been recognized with two Ivor Novello Awards, including the prestigious Songwriter of the Year in 2019. As the creative force behind The 1975, he has won four Brit Awards and multiple NME Awards, with the band consistently topping year-end and decade-end lists. His album A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships was nominated for the Mercury Prize and a Grammy, cementing his status as one of the most influential figures in modern indie pop.

AwardsHealy has won two Ivor Novello Awards: Songwriter of the Year and Best Album, both in 2019 for A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships. As frontman of The 1975, he has accepted multiple Brit Awards for British Group and British Album of the Year, as well as NME Awards for Best British Band. He has also received a Q Award for Best Album and a Guinness World Record.

Honours & Distinctions

Honorary Doctorate of Music

University of Chester·2023

Awarded for contributions to music and charitable work.

Rankings & Lists

#250

500 Greatest Albums of All Time

Rolling Stone·2020

Greatest Albums of the Decade 2010–2019

NME·2019

#112

The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

Pitchfork·2019

Magazine Covers

Rolling Stone (UK)

February 2019

Matty Healy: The Messiah of Millennial Rock

GQ (UK)

November 2022

Matty Healy: The 1975's Frontman on Politics, Provocation, and Being Funny in a Foreign Language

The Face

Summer 2023

Matty Healy: The 1975's Frontman on Taylor Swift, Controversy, and the Future

Records & Feats

Most songs on the UK Top 40 in a single year from one album release

Chart Record·2016

In 2016, The 1975 achieved this record with songs from I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It.