List of awards and nominations received by Tame Impala

This is a list of awards and nominations received by Tame Impala.

Tame Impala awards and nominations

Tame Impala performing at a concert in 2014
Totals
Awards won 39
Nominations 83

American Music Awards

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The American Music Awards (the AMA's) is an annual American music awards show, generally held in the Fall. It is one of Big Four Music Award Shows.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2020 Favorite Artist - Alternative Rock Tame Impala Nominated [1]

APRA Awards

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The APRA Awards have been presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".[2]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2011 Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year Kevin Parker Nominated [3]
2013 APRA Song of the Year "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" Won [4]
"Elephant" Nominated
2016 APRA Song of the Year "Let It Happen" Won [5]
"Eventually" Shortlisted
2020 Song of the Year "Borderline" Shortlisted [6]
2021 APRA Song of the Year "Is It True?" Shortlisted [7]
"It Might Be Time" Shortlisted
"Lost in Yesterday" Nominated [8]
Most Performed Alternative Work Nominated
Songwriter of the Year Kevin Parker Won [9]
2024 Song of the Year "New Gold" by Gorillaz (featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown) Shortlisted [10]

ARIA Awards

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The ARIA Music Awards, hosted by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), recognise "excellence and innovation across all genres" of music in Australia.[11]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2010 Best Group Innerspeaker Nominated [12]
Breakthrough Artist Nominated
Album of the Year Nominated
Best Rock Album Nominated
Best Cover Art Nominated
2013 Best Group Lonerism Won [13]
Best Australian Live Act Lonerism Tour Nominated
Album of the Year Lonerism Won
Best Rock Album Won
Best Cover Art Nominated
Engineer of the Year Kevin Parker - Lonerism Nominated
Producer of the Year Nominated
2014 Best Australian Live Act Big Day Out 2014 Nominated [14]
2015 Album of the Year Currents Won [15]
Best Rock Album Won
Best Pop Release "Let It Happen" Nominated
Best Group Currents Won
Engineer of the Year Kevin Parker - Tame Impala Won
Producer of the Year Won
2016 Best Australian Live Act Australian Tour Nominated [16]
2019 Engineer of the Year "Patience" Nominated
Producer of the Year Nominated
2020 Album of the Year The Slow Rush Won [17]
Best Group Won
Best Rock Album Won
Best Pop Release "Lost in Yesterday" Nominated
Best Video "Is It True" Nominated
Engineer of the Year Kevin Parker - The Slow Rush Won
Producer of the Year Won
2023 Best Australian Live Act Slow Rush Tour Nominated [18]

Australian Music Prize

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The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The commenced in 2005.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2010 Australian Music Prize Innerspeaker Nominated
2012 Lonerism Nominated
2015 Currents Nominated [19]
2020 The Slow Rush Nominated [20]

Billboard Music Awards

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The Billboard Music Awards are given to artists based on sales data by Nielsen SoundScan and radio information by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2020 Top Rock Artist Tame Impala Nominated [21]
Top Rock Album The Slow Rush Nominated

Brit Awards

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The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's (BPI) annual pop music awards.[22]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best International Group Tame Impala Won [23]
2021 Best International Male Solo Artist Nominated [24]

EG Music Awards

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The Age Music Victoria Awards are an annual Awards night celebrating Victorian music.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2012 Best Song "Elephant" Won [25]

Grammy Awards

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The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by The Recording Academy of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 Best Alternative Music Album Lonerism Nominated [26]
2016 Currents Nominated [27]
2021 The Slow Rush Nominated [28]
Best Rock Song "Lost in Yesterday" Nominated

J Awards

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The J Awards were established by influential Australian youth radio station Triple J in 2005.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2010 Australian Album of the Year Innerspeaker Won [29]
2012 Lonerism Won [30]
2015 Currents Nominated [31]
2020 The Slow Rush Nominated [32][33]

Helpmann Awards

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The Helpmann Awards is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia since 2001.[34] Note: 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2014 Tame Impala Best Australian Contemporary Concert Nominated [35]

MTV Awards

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MTV Europe Music Awards

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The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Video The Less I Know the Better Nominated [36]
Best Alternative Tame Impala Nominated
2020 Best Rock Nominated
2022 Best Alternative Nominated [37]

MTV Video Music Awards

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The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best Direction "The Less I Know the Better" Nominated [38]

National Live Music Awards

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The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) commenced in 2016 to recognize contributions to the live music industry in Australia.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2023 Rob Sinclair (Tame Impala) Best Stage & Light Design Nominated [39]

NME Awards

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The NME Awards were created by the NME magazine and was first held in 1953.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Best International Band Tame Impala Nominated [40]
Best Album Currents Nominated
Best Music Video "The Less I Know the Better" Nominated

Rolling Stone Australian Awards

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Rolling Stone Australia Awards are awarded annually in January by the Rolling Stone (Australia) magazine since 2010 for outstanding contributions to popular culture in the previous year.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2011 Album of the Year Innerspeaker Won [41]
2012 Lonerism Won [42]
2021 The Death of Me Best Record Nominated [43]
2024 Tame Impala Rolling Stone Global Award Nominated [44]

UK Music Video Awards

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The UK Music Video Awards are British annual awards held to recognize creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video and moving image for music.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Best Rock/Indie Video - UK "Mind Mischief" Nominated [45]
2015 Best Rock/Indie Video - International "Let It Happen" Won [46]
2016 "The Less I Know the Better" Won [47]
Best Production Design in a Video Nominated
Best Styling in a Video Nominated
Best Cinematography in a Video Nominated
2019 Best Urban Video - International "Sundress" (with A$AP Rocky) Won [48]
Best Cinematography in a Video Nominated

WAMI Awards

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WAMI began presenting awards in 2001 in Perth, representing local artists in the West Australian music scene.

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 Most Popular Act Tame Impala Nominated [49]
Most Popular Live Act Nominated
Favourite Newcomer Won
Most Promising New Act Won
Best Rock Act Nominated
Most Popular Single/EP Tame Impala EP Won
Most Popular Music Video "Half Full Glass of Wine" Nominated
Best Male Vocalist Kevin Parker Nominated
Best Bassist Dominic Simper Nominated
Best Drummer Jay Watson Nominated
2010 Best Rock Act Tame Impala Nominated [50]
2011 Most Popular Act Won [51]
Most Popular Live Act Won
Best Rock Act Won
Most Popular Album Innerspeaker Nominated
Best Guitarist Kevin Parker Won
2013 Group of the Year Tame Impala Won [52]
Single of the Year "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" Won
Album of the Year Lonerism Won
Music Video of the Year "Elephant" Won
2015 Best Rock Act Tame Impala Nominated [53]
Most Popular Act Won
Most Popular Live Act Won
Best Album Currents Won
Best Single "Let It Happen" Nominated
Most Popular Music Video Won
2020 Best Album The Slow Rush Won [54]
Best Rock Act Tame Impala Nominated

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