List of awards and nominations received by Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music.

He had received three Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, six Grammy Awards, an Primetime Emmy Award, an BAFTA Award, and an Drama Desk Award. He was also nominated for an Tony Award.

Special honors

 * 1972, Songwriters Hall of Fame.
 * 1997, Grammy Trustees Award, with Hal David.
 * 1997, subject of a PBS "Great Performances" biography, "Burt Bacharach: This is Now".
 * 2000, People magazine named him one of the "Sexiest Men Alive", and one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1999.
 * 2001, Polar Music Prize, presented in Stockholm by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
 * 2002, National Academy Of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) New York Heroes Award.
 * 2005, GQ Magazine Inspiration Award.
 * 2006, George and Ira Gershwin Award for Musical Achievement from UCLA.
 * 2006, Thornton Legacy Award, University of Southern California; also created the Burt Bacharach Music Scholarship at the Thornton School to support outstanding young musicians.
 * 2008, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
 * 2009, Bacharach received an honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music. The award was presented to him during the Great American Songbook concert, which paid tribute to his music.
 * 2012, Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, with Hal David, awarded by the Library of Congress.