The Temptations
Awards & Honours
31
Awards Won
7
Honours
4
Rankings
4
Covers
3
Records
The Temptations have accumulated an extraordinary number of honors across more than six decades. They have won three competitive Grammy Awards plus a Lifetime Achievement Award, and were among the earliest Motown acts inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their songs My Girl and Papa Was a Rollin' Stone are preserved in the Grammy Hall of Fame. The group has been named Top R&B Group of the Year by Billboard Magazine five times in the 1960s and 1970s, a reflection of their sustained commercial dominance. Their television miniseries The Temptations (1998) was one of the highest-rated programs of the year and introduced their story to a new generation. No other vocal group has maintained a major touring career for sixty years with a continuously evolving lineup.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
Inducted as performers, only the second Motown act after Stevie Wonder.
Vocal Group Hall of Fame Induction
Inducted for lifetime achievement.
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Honored for enduring contributions to music.
Grammy Hall of Fame
My Girl inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Grammy Hall of Fame
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
NAACP Image Award Hall of Fame
Received the Hall of Fame Award.
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Received a star at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard.
Rankings & Lists
Greatest Artists of All Time
Greatest Singers of All Time (David Ruffin)
Greatest Songs of All Time (My Girl)
Greatest Songs of All Time (Papa Was a Rollin' Stone)
Magazine Covers
Rolling Stone
April 12, 1973
The Temptations: The New Soul Sound
Ebony
June 1969
The Temptations: Superstars of Soul
Jet
December 1972
Temptations' $5 Million Year
Billboard
November 4, 1972
Temptations Top R&B Group
Records & Feats
First Motown group to win a Grammy
The Temptations won the first Grammy awarded to a Motown act for Cloud Nine in 1969.
Longest-running vocal group with original member
Otis Williams has been a member since the group's formation in 1961, spanning over 60 years.
Most Billboard R&B number ones by a group
The Temptations scored 14 number-one singles on the Billboard R&B chart, a record for a vocal group.