List of awards and nominations received by Sarah McLachlan
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| Nominations | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sarah McLachlan is a Canadian singer-songwriter most known for founding the Lilith Fair women's music festival. She has released a total of six studio albums, being Surfacing her top selling album with more than 8 million copies in the U.S. alone, and another seven compilation and live albums. All of her recordings have been released through the Canadian-based Nettwerk Records and distributed by Arista Records. Her last three studio albums have reached the #1 place in the Canadian Albums Chart and the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. She has sold a total of 40 million copies worldwide.
To date McLachlan has received three Grammy Awards, where she's been nominated for all of her releases since 1995, a total of eight Juno Awards from her home country. She's also been awarded by the Billboard Music Awards, MuchMusic Video Awards, and the Western Canadian Music Awards. She also been included in numerous music lists by VH1 and the Rolling Stone magazine. McLachlan has also been appointed as Officer of the Order of Canada.
Billboard Music Awards
The Billboard Music Awards are an annual American awards show sponsored by the Billboard magazine awarding the top charting singles and artists.
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Angel" | Top Adult Contemporary Track | Won |
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards were established in 1958 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States awarding the best in the music industry.
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Fumbling Towards Ecstasy | Best Alternative Music Album | Nominated |
| 1998 | "Building A Mystery" | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Won |
| "Last Dance" | Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Won | |
| Surfacing | Best Pop Album | Nominated | |
| 1999 | "Adia" | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated |
| 2000 | "I Will Remember You (Live)" | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Won |
| Mirrorball | Best Pop Album | Nominated | |
| "Possession (Live)" | Best Female Rock Vocal Performance | Nominated | |
| 2001 | "The Difficult Kind" (w/ Sheryl Crow) | Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | Nominated |
| 2004 | "Fallen" | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Nominated |
| 2005 | Afterglow | Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
| 2006 | "World On Fire" | Best Short Form Video | Nominated |
| 2007 | Wintersong | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Nominated |
Juno Awards
The Juno Awards, the Canadian Grammys, are awarded annually to Canadian musicians by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Sarah McLachlan | Female Vocalist of the Year | Nominated |
| "Into the Fire" | Best Music Video | Won | |
| 1994 | Sarah McLachlan | Female Vocalist of the Year | Nominated |
| Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | ||
| 1995 | Sarah McLachlan | Entertainer of the Year | Nominated |
| Fumbling Towards Ecstasy | Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| 1998 | Surfacing | Album of the Year | Won |
| "Building A Mystery" | Single of the Year | Won | |
| Sarah McLachlan | Songwriter of the Year | Won | |
| Female Vocalist of the Year | Won | ||
| 1999 | "Adia" | Single of the Year | Nominated |
| "Sweet Surrender" | Best Music Video | Nominated | |
| 2000 | Sarah McLachlan | International Achievement Award | Won |
| 2004 | Sarah McLachlan | Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| Songwriter of the Year | Won | ||
| Juno Fan Choice Award | Nominated | ||
| Afterglow | Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| Pop Album of the Year | Won | ||
| 2005 | Sarah McLachlan | Juno Fan Choice Award | Nominated |
| 2007 | Sarah McLachlan | Juno Fan Choice Award | Nominated |
| Wintersong | Pop Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Sarah McLachlan | Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Laws of Illusion | Pop Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Sarah McLachlan | Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| Shine On | Adult Contemporary Album of the Year | Won |
MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards were established by MTV in 1984 to award the top videos of the year.
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "World On Fire" | Breakthrough Video | Nominated |
MuchMusic Video Awards
The MuchMusic Video Awards are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos.
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "Possession" | Favourite Female Video | Nominated |
| Favourite Adult Contemporary Video | Won | ||
| 1997 | "Building A Mystery" | People's Choice: Favourite Canadian Video | Won |
| 1999 | "Angel" | Nominated | |
| 2004 | "Fallen" | MuchMoreMusic Award | Won |
| 2005 | "World On Fire" | Nominated | |
Western Canadian Music Awards
The Western Canadian Music Awards were established in 2003 by the Western Canada Music Alliance to honour the best of music in Western Canada.
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sarah McLachlan | Entertainer of the Year | Nominated |
| Songwriter of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Afterglow | Outstanding Pop Recording | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Afterglow Live | Won | |
Other recognitions
- 1999 – McLachlan ranked #69 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.
- 1999 - McLachlan was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
- 2007 – McLachlan's song "Building A Mystery" ranked #91 on the VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's