List of Guns N' Roses accomplishments
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This is a list of awards and accomplishments made by the hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
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[edit] Awards
- Sweet Child o' Mine Won Best New Video By Best New Artist On The Billboard Awards In
- MTV Guide Ranked Sweet Child o' Mine #6 On The Best Videos Ever Made
- 1988 – Guns N' Roses received the "Best New Artist" award at the MTV Video Music Awards, for their single Welcome to the Jungle.[1]
- 1988 – Sweet Child o' Mine ranked #35 Rolling Stone magazine's list of "40 Songs That Changed The World".[2] It was also ranked #3 on Blender's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born".[3]
- 1989 – Guns N' Roses received the American Music Awards award for "Favorite Pop/Rock Single", for their single Sweet Child o' Mine.[4]
- 1989 – Best Heavy Metal Video – MTV Video Music Awards ("Sweet Child o' Mine")[1]
- 1990 – Appetite for Destruction was ranked at #27 on Rolling Stone magazine's "The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s".[5]
- 1990 – Guns N' Roses received the American Music Awards award for "Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist" award.[6]
- 1990 – Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album – American Music Awards (Appetite for Destruction)[7]
- 1992 – Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist – American Music Awards[8]
- 1992 – Video Vanguard – MTV Video Music Awards[9]
- 1992 – Best Cinematography – MTV Video Music Awards ("November Rain")[1]
- 1993 – Best Selling Hard Rock Artist – World Music Awards[10]
- 2001 – Appetite for Destruction ranked as one of Q magazine's list of 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time.[11]
- 2002 – Guns N' Roses ranked #18 on Q magazine's list of 50 Bands You Must See Before You Die.[12]
- 2003 – Appetite for Destruction ranked #61 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[13]
- 2004 – Guns N' Roses ranked #92 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[14]
- 2005 – "Welcome to the Jungle" was ranked at #2 on VH1's list of "Greatest Metal Songs of All Time".
- Music television channel VH1 ranked Guns N' Roses as #9 on their list of Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.[15]
- November Rain was ranked #6 on Guitar World's list of "100 Greatest Guitar Solos", along with Sweet Child o' Mine ranking #36.[16]
- Paradise city ranked #453 on Rolling Stones' "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
[edit] Televised performances
- 1988 - MTV at The Ritz (full set - live from New York City)
- 1988 - The Late Show ("You're Crazy" and "Used to Love Her" - live from Los Angeles)
- 1988 - MTV Video Music Awards ("Welcome to the Jungle" - live from Los Angeles)
- 1989 - American Music Awards ("Patience" - live from Los Angeles)
- 1990 - Farm Aid IV ("Civil War" and "Down on the Farm" - live from Indianapolis)
- 1991 - Rock in Rio II (2 full sets - live from Rio de Janeiro)
- 1991 - MTV Video Music Awards ("Live and Let Die" - taped from London)
- 1991 - MTV New Year's Eve (3 songs - taped from Miami)
- 1992 - American Music Awards ("Yesterdays" - taped from Las Vegas)
- 1992 - Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert ("Paradise City" and "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - live from London)
- 1992 - Use Your Illusion Tour (full set - live from Paris)
- 1992 - Use Your Illusion Tour ("Tie Your Mother Down" and "We Will Rock You" - Queen covers taped from London)
- 1992 - MTV Video Music Awards ("November Rain" with Elton John - live from Los Angeles)
- 1992 - Use Your Illusion Tour (full set - live from Santiago)
- 1992 - Use Your Illusion Tour (full set - live from Buenos Aires)
- 1993 - Use Your Illusion Tour (full set - live from Buenos Aires)
- 2001 - Rock in Rio III (full set - live from Rio de Janeiro)
- 2002 - MTV Video Music Awards (medley of "Welcome to the Jungle", "Madagascar" and "Paradise City" - live from New York City)
- 2006 - Rock in Rio V (partial set - live from Lisboa)
- 2006 - Download Festival ("My Michelle" with Sebastian Bach and "Paradise City" - taped from Donington Park)
- 2006 - Rock am Ring (partial set - taped from Nürburgring, Germany)
[edit] Webcast performances
- 2006 - Rock in Rio V (full set - live from Lisbon)
- 2006 - Rock am Ring 2006 (2 songs missing - live from Eifel)
- 2006 - Inland Invasion (full set - live from San Bernardino)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c MTV Video Music Award Winners. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ FIQL Playlist - 40 Songs That Changed The World (2007-06-23). Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
- ^ Blender: The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born - Page 2-4. Blender (October 2005). Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ Rock On The Net: 16th Annual American Music Awards archive. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ Rolling Stone Lists - THE 100 GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE 80s. www.rocklistmusic.co.uk (2006-12-17). Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ Rock On The Net: 17th American Music Awards. Rock On The Net.
- ^ Rock On The Net: 17th American Music Awards archive. Rock On The Net. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
- ^ Rock On The Net: 19th American Music Awards archive. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ MTV Video Music Awards 1992. IMDb.
- ^ Rock On The Net: Guns N' Roses artist page. Rock On The Net.
- ^ 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time. Rock List Music, lists originally published by Q (2006-08-09). Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ 50 Bands You Must See Before You die. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ Rolling Stone: The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Rolling Stone magazine (2003-11-18). Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ Rolling Stone: The Immortals. Rolling Stone magazine (2005-04-07). Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ VH1.com: The Greatest: 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. VH1. Retrieved on 2007-07-03.
- ^ 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. About.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
