List Of Awards And Nominations Received By Björk
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Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( , ; born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct voice, three-octave vocal range, and eccentric public per ...
is an
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ic singer-songwriter, producer and actress from
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who has received many awards and nominations for her work. After gaining international popularity as the lead singer of
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, she rose to prominence with the release of her first album '' Debut'' in 1993. During this time, she won several awards, including the Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act and the NME Award for Best Solo Artist. At the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards the music video for her first single "
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" received six nominations. With the release of her second album '' Post'' (1995) the singer won five Icelandic Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female and became the first artist to receive the Vanguard Award at the ASCAP Awards. The video for her single "
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" won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography in a Video. The singer's third album, titled ''
Homogenic ''Homogenic'' is the third studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk. It was released on 22 September 1997 by One Little Indian Records. Produced by Björk, Mark Bell (British musician), Mark Bell, Guy Sigsworth, Howie B, and Markus Dra ...
'', was released in 1997. The album's music videos were acclaimed, with the videos for "
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", directed by
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, and "
All Is Full of Love "All Is Full of Love" is a song by Icelandic musician Björk from her third studio album, ''Homogenic'' (1997). The lyrics were inspired by love in spring and Ragnarök of Norse mythology. Björk's original version is a trip hop ballad with Soul ...
", directed by
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, receiving multiple accolades, including three MTV Video Music Awards for Best Art Direction, Breakthrough Video and Best Visual Effects. In 2000, Björk starred in
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's
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''
Dancer in the Dark ''Dancer in the Dark'' is a 2000 musical psychological tragedy film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It stars Icelandic musician Björk as a factory worker who suffers from a degenerative eye condition and is saving for an operation to p ...
'', which premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, winning the
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. For her role as Selma Ježková in the movie, the singer received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and the European Film Award for Best Actress and garnered a nomination for the
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. Björk also composed the movie's soundtrack '' Selmasongs'', which included the song "
I've Seen It All "I've Seen It All" is a song recorded by Icelandic singer Björk for the ''Dancer in the Dark'' soundtrack, '' Selmasongs'' (2000). It was written by the singer, along with Sjón and Lars von Trier (who also directed the film). It was released a ...
". The song received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 58th Golden Globe Awards and was also nominated in the Best Original Song category at the
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, during which Björk wore her famous swan dress. The music video for "
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", the fourth single from her sixth studio album '' Volta'' (2007), was one of the world's first music videos shot in
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and received numerous accolades, including three UK Music Video Awards. In 2010, she received the Polar Music Prize, bestowed from the
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, an honor considered the " Nobel Prize of Music". With the release of her seventh album '' Biophilia'' (2011), Björk garnered the Artist of the Year prize from the
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s and the MPG Innovation Award from the Music Producers Guild. ''Biophilia'' and its related app were included in the
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permanent collection. In 2015, the museum honored the singer with a self-titled artist retrospective, curated by Klaus Biesenbach. After the exhibition, Björk conceived '' Björk Digital'', an immersive exhibit, in which she displayed
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videos for songs taken from her eight studio album '' Vulnicura'' (2015). The visual for the song "Notget" won the Grand Prix in the Digital Craft category at the 2017
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. Björk is the fourth most successful international artist at the Brit Awards, with five awards won, and she's also the artist with the most wins and nominations in the International Female Solo Artist category. With sixteen nominations accrued at the
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, she's tied with
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as the sixth most nominated artist to have never won and the female artist with most nominations to have never won. Aside from her accolades in music and film, the singer received the
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from the
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in 1997 and the
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from the
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in 2001. In 2015, she was included in ''
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s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2023 Björk was awarded an honorary doctorate by the
Iceland University of the Arts Iceland University of the Arts ( ) is an Icelandic institution of higher art education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland.Lisa Z. ValdimarsdottirIceland Academy of the Arts, Department of ...
, citing her as "the trailblazer who effectively brought Icelandic music into the international spotlight". The following year, she was named as the eight honorary citizen of
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by the City Council, which also agreed that artist Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, in collaboration with the Reykjavik Art Museum, would be commissioned to create a statue of Björk.


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