This is a complete listing of awards and nominations received by Scottish-American alternative rock band Garbage. Since forming in 1993, the band have released seven studio albums – Garbage (1995), Version 2.0 (1998), Beautiful Garbage (2001), Bleed Like Me (2005), Not Your Kind of People (2012), Strange Little Birds (2016) and No Gods No Masters (2021) – selling a combined total of 17 million records internationally.
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Wins | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Over the course of their career, Garbage have received 57 nominations, winning 17 awards. In 1997 they were nominated for three Grammy Awards – the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song (for "Stupid Girl") and the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (again for "Stupid Girl"). Their second studio album, Version 2.0, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1999. The bands single "Special" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, as well as the award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group in 2000.[1] In 1996, they were nominated for two BRIT Awards – Best International Band and Best International Newcomer.
In 1996, they were named Breakthrough Artist at the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards, and were nominated for a further two awards on the night – Best Group and Best Song for "Stupid Girl". Their 1998 single "Push It" received eight nominations at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Group Video, Best Alternative Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Special Effect.[2] In 1999, they won the award for Best Special Effects for the music video for the single "Special" at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | "Special" | Best Modern Rock Clip | Nominated | [3] |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1999 | "Special" | Best Direction in Pop Promo Video (Silver) | Won |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1996 | "Stupid Girl" | Best Rock Song | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1995 | Themselves | Best Foreign New Act | Won | [4] |
1996 | Won | |||
1998 | Best Foreign Group | Nominated | ||
Best Foreign Live Act | Nominated | |||
Version 2.0 | Best Foreign Album | Nominated |
Year | Category | Recipient/Work | Result | Winner |
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1997 | Best New Artist | Garbage | Nominated | LeAnn Rimes |
Best Rock Song | "Stupid Girl" | Nominated | Tracy Chapman "Give Me One Reason" | |
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group | Nominated | Dave Matthews Band "So Much to Say" | ||
1999 | Album of the Year | Version 2.0 | Nominated | Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
Best Rock Album | Nominated | Sheryl Crow The Globe Sessions | ||
2000 | Best Rock Song | "Special" | Nominated | Red Hot Chili Peppers "Scar Tissue" |
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group | Nominated | Santana and Everlast "Put Your Lights On" |
Year | Category | Recipient/Work | Result | Winner |
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1996 | Best International Band | Garbage | Nominated | Bon Jovi |
Best International Newcomer | Nominated | Alanis Morissette |
Year | Category | Recipient/Work | Result |
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2002 | Best Foreign Rock Album | Beautifulgarbage | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1999 | "Push It" | Best Alternative 12' | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1996 | Butch Vig | Kerrang! Creativity Award | Won | [5] |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2003 | Themselves | Best Foreign Rock Artist | Nominated |
2006 | Nominated |
MM Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2002 | "Cherry Lips" | Best International Video | Nominated |
Year | Category | Recipient/Work | Result | Winner |
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1996 | Breakthrough | Garbage | Won | Garbage |
Best Group | Nominated | Oasis | ||
Best Song | "Stupid Girl" | Nominated | Oasis "Wonderwall" | |
1998 | Best Group | Garbage | Nominated | Spice Girls |
Best Rock Act | Nominated | Aerosmith | ||
Best Video | "Push It" | Nominated | Massive Attack "Teardrop" | |
2013 | Best World Stage Performance | Garbage | Nominated | Linkin Park - WS Monterrey, Mexico 2012 |
Year | Category | Recipient/Work | Result | Winner |
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1996 | Breakthrough Video | "Queer" | Nominated | The Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight" |
Best New Artist in a Video | "Stupid Girl" | Nominated | Alanis Morissette "Ironic" | |
1998 | Best Group Video | "Push It" | Nominated | Backstreet Boys "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" |
Best Alternative Video | Nominated | Green Day "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" | ||
Breakthrough Video | Nominated | The Prodigy "Smack My Bitch Up" | ||
Best Direction | Nominated | Madonna "Ray of Light" | ||
Best Editing | Nominated | |||
Best Art Direction | Nominated | Björk "Bachelorette" | ||
Best Cinematography | Nominated | Fiona Apple "Criminal" | ||
Best Special Effects | Nominated | Madonna "Frozen" | ||
1999 | "Special" | Won | Garbage "Special"[6] |
Year | Category | Recipient/Work | Result | Winner |
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1997 | Best Song From a Movie | "#1 Crush" | Nominated | Bush "Machinehead" |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1999 | "Push It" | Best Make-Up | Won |
Best Hair | Nominated | ||
Best Styling | Nominated | ||
Best Alternative Video | Nominated | ||
"Special" | Best Special Effects | Nominated | |
2006 | "Bleed Like Me" | Director of the Year | Nominated |
2008 | "Tell Me Where It Hurts" | Director of the Year | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1996 | Garbage | Best Breakthrough | Won |
Best Alternative | Won | ||
Best Group | Nominated | ||
Garbage | Best Album | Nominated | |
"Stupid Girl" | Best Song | Nominated | |
"Queer" | Best Video | Nominated | |
1998 | "Push It" | Won | |
Garbage | Best Group | Nominated | |
Best Rock Act | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1999 | "Special" | Best Special Effects | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1996[7] | Themselves | Best New Band | Nominated |
1999[8] | Best Band | Nominated | |
Version 2.0 | Best Album | Nominated | |
"I Think I'm Paranoid" | Best Single | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1999 | "The World Is Not Enough" | Best Original Song | Nominated | [9] |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1997 | Garbage | Best New Artist Tour | Nominated | |
2022 | Best Support/Special Guest Act and Tour | Won | [10] |
Year | Category | Recipient/Work | Result |
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1997 | Citation of Achievement - Best Pop Award[11] | "Stupid Girl" | Won |
1999 | "Special" | Won |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1999 | "Special" | Visionary Award | Won |
Year | Category | Recipient/Work | Result | Winner |
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1997 | Song of the Year | "Stupid Girl" | Won | - |
1999 | "Special" | Won | - | |
2000 | "The World Is Not Enough" | Nominated | Citizen King "Better Days" | |
2002 | Best Rock/Alternative/Metal | Garbage | Won | - |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1998 | Shirley Manson | Best International Female | Nominated | [12] |
1999 | Nominated | |||
2001 | Nominated | |||
2005 | Nominated | [13] | ||
Garbage | Best International Group | Nominated |
(in article announcing Kerrang! Awards of August 1997)