Question: How many Grammy Awards has Tracy Chapman won?
Answer: Tracy Chapman won 4 Grammy Awards (and received 13 nominations). In total, she received 23 nominations and won 9 awards throughout her career. Here’s the complete listing of her awards:
GRAMMY AWARDS: 4 WINS, 13 NOMINATIONS
31ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1988)
- Winner
- BEST NEW ARTIST
- BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Fast Car
- BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK RECORDING: Tracy Chapman (Album)
- Nominee
- RECORD OF THE YEAR: Fast Car (Single)
- ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Tracy Chapman (Album)
- SONG OF THE YEAR: Fast Car
Tracy Chapman singing “Fast Car” at the 31st Grammy’s Awards
32ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1989)
- Nominee
- BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK RECORDING: Crossroads (Album)
39TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (1996)
- Winner
- BEST ROCK SONG: Give Me One Reason
- Nominee
- RECORD OF THE YEAR: Give Me One Reason (Track)
- SONG OF THE YEAR: Give Me One Reason (Track)
- BEST POP ALBUM: New Beginning (Album)
- BEST FEMALE ROCK VOCAL PERFORMANCE: Give Me One Reason (Track)
Tracy Chapman and Band performing “Give Me One Reason” at the 39th Grammy’s Awards
52ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS (2009)
- Nominee
- BEST CONTEMPORARY FOLK ALBUM: Our Bright Future
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (1989): 1 WIN, 2 NOMINATIONS
- Winner
- Pop/Rock New Artist
- Nominee
- Pop/Rock Female Artist
BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS (1988): 1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
- Winner
- Best Female Video: Fast Car
BRIT AWARDS (1989): 2 WINS, 2 NOMINATION
- Winner
- Brit International Female Solo Artist
- International Breakthrough Act
DANISH MUSIC AWARDS (1989)
- Winner
- International Album of the Year: “Tracy Chapman”
IFPI Platinum Europe Music Awards (2002)
- Winner
- Album Title “Collection”
METEOR IRELAND MUSIC AWARDS (2006)
- Nominee
- Best International Female
MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS (VMA): 2 NOMINATIONS
- Nominee
- Best Female Video 1996: Tracy Chapman: Give Me One Reason (1996)
- Best Female Video 1989: Tracy Chapman: Fast Car (1988)
SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 1989
- Nominee
- Best R&B/Urban Contemporary Album of the Year – Female: “Tracy Chapman”
SXSWi: WEB AWARDS HONOR (2009)
- Nominee
- Music — Bands, labels and streaming audio
7 Comments
your songs put me bed girl u got it
Hope to see you at the Grammy Awards in the near future 2012, 2018, 2020, 2038, 2047, 3014,
Your friend forever,
i’am a tracy chapman’s fan from west africa.contratulation for the emotion you feel me with everydday.
you are amazing
very like your songs.
I think you a great singer, your words are very touching
Tracy, I gotta tell u I had a terrible day crying coz of the things that happened to me while I was growing up. I literally googled up music to listen to so as to feel better. Ur music came up and not only I felt better I can now look forward with hope. Thank u gal.