Awards

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Grammy Award (US)

• Period 1 Oct 1999 - 30 Sept 2000
  • "Best Pop Instrumental Album":
    Symphony No. 1 – Joe Jackson

Grammy nominations:

• Period 1 Oct 1987 - 30 Sept 1988
  • nominated for "Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television":
    Tucker–The Man And His Dream – Joe Jackson

• Period 1 Oct 1982 - 30 Sept 1983
  • nominated for "Best Pop Instrumental Performance":
    Breakdown – Joe Jackson

• Period 1 Oct 1981 - 30 Sept 1982
  • nominated for "Record of the Year":
    Steppin' Out – David Kershenbaum and Joe Jackson, producers

  • nominated for "Best Pop Performance, Male":
    Joe Jackson – Steppin' Out

• Period 1 Oct 1978 - 30 Sept 1979
  • nominated for "Best Rock Vocal Performance":
    Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him?

  Grammy Awards (The Recording Academy)

Gleason Music Book Awards finalist (US)

• For the 11th annual Gleason Music Book Awards 2000 books published between 2 May 1999 and 1 May 2000 were considered. Twelve books were selected as finalists, among them:
  
  A Cure for Gravity – Joe Jackson – Public Affairs
  
  Gleason Music Book Awards

Edison Award (Netherlands)

The Edison is the oldest music award in the Netherlands. Since 1960 these awards are presented in the pop, classical and jazz genres for albums of exceptional quality.

An Edison Award went to Joe Jackson
in 1983 for "Night And Day" (in the "Singer/Songwriter" category)
in 1980 for "I'm The Man" (in the "Pop" category)

Edison Awards

Billboard (US)

Best New Artist of 1979

RIAA Gold Awards (US)

for minimum sales of 500,000 units

17 Nov 1982 – NIGHT AND DAY
11 Sep 1979 – LOOK SHARP!

CRIA Gold Awards (Canada)

for minimum sales of 50,000 units

BODY AND SOUL
NIGHT AND DAY

Honorary degrees

• In 1994 (?) the Royal Academy of Music in London made Joe Jackson a Fellow of the Academy. Joe in an interview about his reaction: "I was shocked. I wrote back: Why?"


• In June 2004 Joe Jackson received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Portsmouth.

Other awards

In February 2005 Joe Jackson was given the title Smokers' Rights Champion of the Year by FOREST at their Annual Awards ceremony, held at London's Groucho Club, "for his commitment to the cause, including numerous television and radio appearances voicing his opposition to a ban on smoking in public places".

FOREST press release
some photos from the event