List of awards and nominations received by Rush
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The Canadian rock band Rush has received many awards throughout its career. Individually, the members of Rush have been recognized for their instrumental abilities through various magazine publications and polls. In recognition of the band as a whole, awards include various Junos, Grammy nominations, topping miscellaneous Canadian music polls, and induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Juno Awards for Rush
1975 Most promising group of the year
1978 Group of the year
1979 Group of the year
1990 Artist of the Decade (80's)
1991 Best Hard Rock/Metal album – Presto
1992 Hard Rock album of the year – Roll the Bones
2004 Music DVD of the year – Rush in Rio
2011 Music DVD of the year – Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2012 Rock Album of the year – Clockwork Angels
Grammy nominations
1981 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"YYZ" — lost to The Police's "Behind My Camel"
1992 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Where's My Thing?" — lost to Eric Johnson's "Cliffs of Dover"
1995 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Leave That Thing Alone" — lost to Pink Floyd's "Marooned"
2004 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"O Baterista" from Rush In Rio — lost to Brian Wilson's "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow"
2008 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Malignant Narcissism" from Snakes & Arrows — lost to Bruce Springsteen's "Once Upon a Time in the West"
2009 nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
"Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)" from Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace — lost to Zappa Plays Zappa's "Peaches en Regalia" (featuring Steve Vai and Napoleon Murphy Brock)
2011 nomination for Best Music Video Long Form
Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage — lost to The Doors When You're Strange documentary
Miscellaneous awards
December 1990 – Rush wins Mayor's Award at the Toronto Music Awards.
October 1992 – Rush is a recipient of the Harold Moon Award by the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN).
May 1993 – Rush is inducted into the Harvard Lampoon and named "Musicians Of The Millennium".
October 1993 – Rush is a recipient of the Toronto Arts Award.
March 1994 – Rush inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
May 1996 – Lee, Lifeson, and Peart are made Officers of the Order of Canada, the first rock musicians so honored.
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