Rush awards list and RIAA certifications
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[edit] Awards list
The Canadian rock band Rush has received several awards and nominations throughout their three decade career.
[edit] Juno awards
Rush has been awarded the following Juno awards:
- 1974 Most promising group of the year
- 1977 Group of the year
- 1978 Group of the year
- 1990 Artist of the Decade (80's)
- 1991 Best Heavy Metal Album
- 1991 Best album cover - Presto
- 1992 Best Hard Rock Album
- 1992 Best album cover - Roll the Bones
- 2004 Music DVD of the year - "Rush in Rio"
[edit] Grammys
- 1982 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"
[edit] Miscellaneous awards
- December 1990 - Rush wins Mayor's Award at the Toronto Music Awards. This award is the most revered of all the Toronto Music Awards.
- October 1992 - Recipients of the Harold Moon Award by the Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). It is the most prestigious songwriter’s award in Canada.
- May 1993 - Rush is inducted into the Harvard National Lampoon and named “Group Of The Millennium”.
- October 1993 - Recipients of the Toronto Arts Award.
- March 1994 - Rush was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame due to their highly respected status and influential effect on the history of rock music.
- May 1996 - Lee, Lifeson, and Peart are made Officers of the Order of Canada, the first rock musicians so honored.
- December 1996 - Performance magazine, a publication for the touring industry, nominated Rush as "Rock Act of the Year" for their 1996 Performance Readers Poll Awards.
- May 1997 - The Foundation Forum and F Musicfest have announced Rush this year's recipient of the "Concrete/Foundations Outstanding Contribution to Music Award. Rush joins a distinguished list of receipts including Van Halen, KISS, Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper.
- May 1999 - Rush was inducted into Canada's Walk Of Fame in Toronto.
- January 2000 - Rush has topped JAM! Music's online poll, which determines them "Best Canadian Musicians of All Time".
[edit] Magazine awards
[edit] Geddy Lee
- Bass Hall of Fame - Guitar Player Magazine
- 6 time winner: "Best Rock Bass" - Guitar Player Magazine
- 1993 - "Best Rock Bass Player" Bass Player readers' poll
[edit] Alex Lifeson
- 1983 - "Best Rock Talent" - Guitar for the Practicing Musician
- 1984 - Best Rock Guitarist - Guitar Player Magazine
- 1991 - Inducted into the Guitar for the Practicing Musician Hall of Fame
[edit] Neil Peart
Neil Peart has received the following awards in the Modern Drummer magazine reader's poll:
- Hall of Fame: 1983
- Best Rock Drummer: 1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,2006
- Best Multi-Percussionist: 1983,1984,1985,1986
- Best Percussion Instrumentalist: 1982
- Most Promising New Drummer: 1980
- Best All Around: 1986
- 1986 Honor Roll: Rock Drummer, Multi-Percussion
- (As a member of the Honor Roll in these categories, Neil is no longer eligible for votes in the above categories.)
- Best Instructional Video: 2006 (For Anatomy of A Drum Solo)
- Best Recorded Performance:
- 1980: Permanent Waves
- 1981: Moving Pictures
- 1982: Exit...Stage Left
- 1983: Signals
- 1985: Grace Under Pressure
- 1986: Power Windows
- 1988: Hold Your Fire
- 1989: A Show of Hands
- 1990: Presto
- 1992: Roll the Bones
- 1993: Counterparts
- 1997: Test for Echo
- 1999: Different Stages
- 2002: Vapor Trails
- 2004: R30
[edit] RIAA platinum certifications
- Fly by Night #113 US
- 2112 - 3x #61 US
- All the World's A Stage #40 US
- A Farewell to Kings #33 US, #22 UK
- Hemispheres #47 US, #14 UK
- Archives #121 US
- Permanent Waves #4 US, #3 UK
- Moving Pictures - 4x #3 US, #3 UK
- Exit...Stage Left #10 US, #6 UK
- Signals #10 US, #3 UK
- Power Windows #10 US, #9 UK
- A Show of Hands #21 US
- A Show of Hands - (video)
- Chronicles - 2x #51 US, #42 UK
- Chronicles - (video)
- Roll the Bones #3 US, #10 UK
- Rush in Rio - (video) 5x
- R30 - (video) 3x
- Rush Replay x3- (video)
[edit] RIAA gold certifications
- Rush
- Caress of Steel
- Hold Your Fire
- Exit...Stage Left - (video)
- Counterparts
- Test for Echo
- Different Stages Live
- Rush in Rio
- The Spirit of Radio 1974-87
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| Geddy Lee • Alex Lifeson • Neil Peart
Albums: Rush • Fly by Night • Caress of Steel • 2112 • A Farewell to Kings • Hemispheres • Permanent Waves • Moving Pictures • Signals • Grace Under Pressure • Power Windows • Hold Your Fire • Presto • Roll the Bones • Counterparts • Test for Echo • Vapor Trails • Feedback (EP) • Snakes & Arrows (May 1, 2007) Live Albums: All the World's a Stage • Exit...Stage Left • A Show of Hands • Different Stages • Rush in Rio Compilations: Archives • Chronicles • Retrospective I • Retrospective II • The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987 • Gold Related articles
The Rush Portal • Rush discography • History of Rush • Rush instrumentals Victor • My Favourite Headache • A Work in Progress • Anatomy of a Drum Solo • "Fear" series • Cygnus X-1 series • Hugh Syme |
