List of awards and nominations received by Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter. He has released eight studio albums of original music: Rufus Wainwright (1998), Poses (2001), Want One (2003), Want Two (2004), Release the Stars (2007), All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (2010), Out of the Game (2012), and Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets (2016). In addition, he has released three live albums: Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (2007), Milwaukee at Last!!! (2009), and Rufus Wainwright: Live from the Artists Den (2014). Several of Wainwright's singles have appeared on the UK Singles Chart, including "I Don't Know What It Is" which peaked at No. 74, "Hallelujah" which peaked at No. 100, and "Going to a Town" which peaked at No. 54.^[1]

Rufus Wainwright awards and nominations

Rufus Wainwright at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010
Awards & Nominations Award Won Nominated Annie Awards 0 1 BRIT Awards 0 1 Dora Mavor Moore Awards 1 2 Gay & Lesbian American Music Awards 1 4 Genie Awards 0 1 GLAAD Media Awards 5 7 GQ Awards 0 1 Grammy Awards 0 3 Helpmann Awards 0 1 Juno Awards 2 7 Meteor Music Awards 0 2 MOJO Awards 0 3 OutMusic Awards 1 2 Shortlist Music Prize 0 1 Stonewall Awards 0 1
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals	10	36
Footnotes

Wainwright's first major recognition came from Rolling Stone, when the magazine named him 1998's "Best New Artist" after the release of his debut album.^[2] Since then, he has received nominations from the BRIT Awards, Genie Awards, Grammy Awards, Meteor Music Awards, MOJO Awards and Shortlist Music Prize, but has yet to receive one of these awards. He has received two Juno Awards from seven nominations. For his success and excellence as an LGBT artist, he has been awarded once (from four nominations) by the Gay & Lesbian American Music Awards, and five times (from seven nominations) by the GLAAD Media Awards. Overall, Wainwright has received 10 awards from 35 nominations.

Annie Awards

The Annie Awards is an animation award show created and produced by the Los Angeles, California branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, since 1972. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation in the fields of producing, directing, animation, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, etc., in 1992 it began to honor animation as a whole, and created the category of Best Animated Feature.^[3] New categories were subsequently added for different animation media. Wainwright has been nominated once.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2007	Danny Elfman, Rufus Wainwright, Rob Thomas: Meet the Robinsons	Music in an Animated Feature Production	Nominated	[4]

BRIT Awards

The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's (BPI) annual pop music awards. Wainwright has been nominated once.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2008	Rufus Wainwright	Best International Male Artist	Nominated	[5]

Dora Mavor Moore Awards

The Dora Mavor Moore Awards, presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, honor quality theatre in Toronto. Wainwright has received one award from two nominations.^[6]

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2011	Rufus Wainwright (Prima Donna)	Outstanding New Musical/Opera	Won	[7] [8]
	Prima Donna	Outstanding Production	Nominated

GAFFA Awards

Denmark GAFFA Awards

Delivered since 1991, the GAFFA Awards are a Danish award that rewards popular music by the magazine of the same name.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2005	Herself	Best Foreign Male Act	Nominated	[9]

Gay and Lesbian American Music Awards

The Gay & Lesbian American Music Awards spanned five years and provided the foundation for the recognition of the excellence of LGBT artists. The first awards covered an eligibility period of June 1, 1995, through May 31, 1996, with a ceremony held on October 6. Following awards covered the calendar year releases for 1997, 1998 and 1999, with ceremonies held on March 9, 1998, April 12, 1999, and April 22, 2000. Wainwright received one award from four nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
1998	Rufus Wainwright	Best Debut Artist	Won	[10]
	Rufus Wainwright	Album of the Year	Nominated
	"April Fools"	Video of the Year	Nominated
		Pop Recording	Nominated

Genie Awards

Genie Awards are given out annually to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Wainwright has been nominated once.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
1989	"I'm a-Runnin'"	Best Original Song	Nominated	[11]

GLAAD Media Awards

The GLAAD Media Awards were created in 1990 by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to recognize and honor the mainstream media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives. Wainwright has received five awards from seven nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
1999	Rufus Wainwright	Outstanding Music – Album	Won	[12]
2002	Poses	Outstanding Music – Album	Won	[13]
2004	Want One	Outstanding Music – Artist	Won	[14]
2005	Want Two	Outstanding Music – Artist	Nominated	[15]
2008	Rufus Wainwright	Stephen F. Kolzak Award	Won	[16]
	Release the Stars	Outstanding Music – Artist	Won
2013	Rufus Wainwright	Outstanding Music – Artist	Nominated	[17]

GQ Awards

The annual GQ Men of the Year awards gives GQ magazine readers the chance to vote for the most influential figures in a variety of fields over the past year. Winners are chosen from nominees in the fields of film, television, sports, music, fashion, theatre, literature and food through online voting by GQ readers. Winners are typically featured in an issue of GQ, and honored at an annual "Men of the Year" awards show. Wainwright has been nominated once.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2001	Rufus Wainwright	Music: Solo Artist of the Year	Nominated	[18]

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. Often considered the highest music honor, the awards were established in 1958.^[19] Wainwright has received three nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2009	Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Nominated	[20]
2021	Unfollow the Rules	Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album	Nominated	[21]
2023	Folkocracy	Best Folk Album	Nominated	[22]

Helpmann Awards

The Helpmann Awards recognize distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in Australia's live performing arts sectors. Recognized disciplines include musical and physical theatre, contemporary and classical music, opera, and dance, with a comedy category introduced in 2006. The Helpmann Awards also incorporates the J. C. Williamson Award for outstanding contribution to the Australian entertainment industry. Wainwright has been nominated once.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2008	Rufus Wainwright	Best International Contemporary Concert	Nominated	[23]

Juno Awards

Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. Winners are currently chosen by members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences or, depending on the award, a panel of experts. In almost all of the main general categories, such as Album of the Year or Artist of the Year, nominees are determined by sales during the qualifying period; in genre-specific categories, they are determined by panel.^[24] Wainwright has received two awards from seven nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
1990	Rufus Wainwright	Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year	Nominated	[25]
1999	Rufus Wainwright	Best Alternative Album	Won
2002	Poses	Best Alternative Album	Won
	"Poses" / "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" / "Grey Gardens"	Best Songwriter	Nominated
2005	Want Two	Adult Alternative Album of the Year	Nominated
2008	Release the Stars	Adult Alternative Album of the Year	Nominated
	"Going to a Town" / "Release the Stars" / "Do I Disappoint You"	Songwriter of the Year	Nominated
2021	Unfollow the Rules	Adult Alternative Album of the Year	Nominated

Meteor Music Awards

The Meteor Music Awards are distributed by MCD Productions and are the national music awards of Ireland. Wainwright has been nominated two times.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2006	Rufus Wainwright	Best International Male	Nominated	[26]
2008	Rufus Wainwright	Best International Male	Nominated	[27]

MOJO Awards

MOJO Awards are awarded by the popular British music magazine, Mojo, published monthly by Bauer Media Group. Wainwright has been nominated three times.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2005	Rufus Wainwright	Best New Act	Nominated	[28]
2008	Rufus Wainwright	Best Live Act	Nominated	[29]
2010	Rufus Wainwright	Best Live Act	Nominated	[30]

OutMusic Awards

OutMusic is an organization that started with the objective to raise the awareness about openly gay and lesbian artists and their music. In 2001, the organization introduced the first annual OutMusic Awards to increase the popularity of LGBT musicians. Wainwright has received one award from two nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2004	Want One	Outstanding New Recording: Male	Won	[31]
	Rufus Wainwright (Want One)	Outstanding Songwriter	Nominated	[32]

Shortlist Music Prize

The Shortlist Music Prize is a music award given annually to an album released in the United States within the last year, as chosen by a panel of musicians, producers and journalists, known as the "Listmakers". Albums are eligible only if they have not been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America by the time of nomination. The Shortlist Music Prize was first given in 2001. Wainwright has been nominated once.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2004	Want One	Shortlist Music Prize	Nominated	[33]

Stonewall Awards

The Stonewall Awards is an annual event to celebrate people that have had a positive impact on the lives of British LGBT people. Wainwright has received one nomination.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
2007	Rufus Wainwright	Entertainer of the Year	Nominated	[34]

Other recognitions

• 1998 – Rolling Stone magazine named Wainwright "Best New Artist" following the release of Rufus Wainwright^[2]
• 2006 – Both Want One and Want Two are included in Robert Dimery's book, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die^[35][36]
• 2006 – Out magazine titled Wainwright "Entertainer of the Year" in its December 2006 issue^[37][38]
• 2008 – Out magazine ranked Poses number 50 and Want One number 80 on its list of the "100 Greatest, Gayest Albums"^[39][40]
• 2009 – Paste ranked Want One number 16 and "Across the Universe" number 28 on its lists of the "50 best albums" and "30 best cover songs" of the decade^[41][42]
• 2009 – NME ranked Poses number 52 on its list of the "Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade"^[43]
• 2013 – CBC Music ranked Wainwright number 9 on its list of the "25 greatest Canadian singers ever"^[44]

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