List of awards and nominations received by Crowded House

Crowded House awards and nominations

Crowded House in San Francisco, California, 1987. L to R: Paul Hester, Neil Finn, Nick Seymour
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations APRA 8 11 ARIA 13 40 Brit 1 1 Juno 0 2 MTV VMA 1 4 New Zealand 3 5 Q 2 2 BMI Awards 2 2 Helpmann Awards 1 1 The Age EG Awards 1 1 Triple J Hottest 100 3
Totals[a]
Wins	31
Nominations	68
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Crowded House is a rock band that was formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1985. They were founded by Neil Finn and Paul Hester of the New Zealand group Split Enz. Most Split Enz fans shifted their allegiance to the new group, so Crowded House had an established fan base before they had recorded any material.[1] The band has released six studio albums: Crowded House (1986), Temple of Low Men (1988), Woodface (1991), Together Alone (1993), Time on Earth (2007) and Intriguer (2010). The band dissolved in 1996,[1] and reformed in 2007.[2] Crowded House has won awards both nationally and internationally, including twelve ARIA Music Awards from the Australian Recording Industry Association, and eight APRA Awards from the Australasian Performing Right Association. APRA also listed their track, "Don't Dream It's Over," as the seventh best Australian song of all time in May 2001.[3]

Crowded House has performed in several venues, and have become well known among both fans and the music industry both for their music and the skill of the individual members.[1] Their most awarded work is "Don't Dream It's Over" (1986), from their debut album. The song has earned two ARIA Music Awards,[4] three APRA Awards,[3][5][6] a BMI Award,[7] and an MTV Music Video Award.[8] In 1998 it was placed 76th on the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time. They have also had two other songs in annual Hottest 100 lists of best songs from a year.[9] Crowded House won the BRIT Award for Best International Group in 1994.[10]

Crowded House has won twelve trophies from 35 nominations since the ARIA Music Awards were first presented in 1987, including being the first winners of the Best New Talent and Song of the Year categories in that year. The group's success has been across several categories; they received their most nominations (eight) in the Best Group category, winning in 1988 and 1993.[4] Eight of their ARIA Awards were from their first two albums, Crowded House and Temple of Low Men, with the line-up of Finn, Hester and Nick Seymour.[4] Crowded House has won eight APRA Awards in various categories, including three wins in "most-performed" categories from various genres and three wins for either the Gold Award (for best song of the year) or Song of the Year (category renamed from 1991).

The New Zealand Music Awards have been conferred annually since 1965 by Recorded Music NZ. Crowded House has received five nominations, primarily in the category of International Achievement, winning in 1992, 1994 and 1995.

Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
1987	Crowded House	Best New Talent	Won	[4][11]
		Album of the Year	Nominated	[4]
	"Don't Dream It's Over"	Song of the Year	Won	[4]
		Single of the Year	Nominated	[4]
		Best Group	Nominated	[4]
	"Don't Dream It's Over" – Alex Proyas	Best Video	Won	[4]
	Crowded House – Nick Seymour	Best Cover Artist	Nominated	[4]
1988	Crowded House	Best Group	Won	[4]
1989	Temple of Low Men	Album of the Year	Won	[4][11]
		Best Adult Contemporary Album	Won	[4]
		Best Cover Art	Won	[4]
		Best Group	Nominated	[4]
		Highest Selling Album	Nominated	[4]
	"Better Be Home Soon"	Song of the Year	Won	[4]
		Single of the Year	Nominated	[4]
		Highest Selling Single	Nominated	[4]
	"When You Come" – Paul Elliot	Best Video	Nominated	[4]
1992	Woodface	Album of the Year	Nominated	[4]
		Best Group	Nominated	[4]
		Best Cover Art	Nominated	[4]
		Highest Selling Album	Nominated	[4]
	"Fall At Your Feet" - Neil Finn	Song of the Year	Nominated	[4]
	"Chocolate Cake" – Paul Kosky	Engineer of the Year	Nominated	[4]
	"Chocolate Cake" – John Hillcoat	Best Video	Won	[4][11]
1993	"Weather with You"	Single of the Year	Nominated	[4]
		Best Group	Won	[4]
		Song of the Year	Nominated	[4]
1994	Together Alone	Album of the Year	Nominated	[4]
		Best Group	Nominated	[4]
	Together Alone – Nick Seymour	Best Cover Art	Nominated	[4]
	"Distant Sun"	Single of the Year	Nominated	[4]
	"Distant Sun" - Neil Finn	Song of the Year	Nominated	[4]
1995	"Private Universe"	Best Group	Nominated	[4]
1996	"Everything Is Good for You"	Highest Selling Single	Nominated	[4]
		Best Group	Nominated	[4]
1997	"Instinct"	Best Group	Nominated	[4]
	"Not the Girl You Think You Are" – Jeff Darling	Best Video	Nominated	[4]
	Recurring Dream	Highest Selling Album	Won	[4][11]
2010	Intriguer	Best Adult Contemporary Album	Won	[4]
2016	Crowded House	ARIA Hall of Fame	Inducted	[4]
2021	Dreamers Are Waiting	Best Adult Contemporary Album	Won	[12][13]
2024	Gravity Stairs	Best Adult Contemporary Album	Nominated	[14]
	Crowded House & Steven Schram Gravity Stairs	Best Produced Album	Nominated

Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Awards

Year	Country	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
1987	Australia	"Don't Dream It's Over"	Most Performed Australasian Popular Work	Won	[5]
1988	Australia	"Don't Dream It's Over"	Gold Award	Won	[6]
1992	Australia	Neil Finn & Tim Finn	Songwriter of the Year	Won	[15]
1993	Australia	"Fall at Your Feet"	Most Performed Australian Work Overseas	Won	[16]
		"Four Seasons in One Day"	Song of the Year	Won	[16]
1994	Australia	"Distant Sun"	Song of the Year	Won	[17]
		Neil Finn	Songwriter of the Year	Won	[17]
		"Weather with You"	Most Performed Australian Work Overseas	Won	[17]
1995	Australia	"Private Universe"	Song of the Year	Nominated	[18]
2001	Australia	"Don't Dream It's Over"	Top Ten Australian songs	No. 7	[3]
2007	New Zealand	"Don't Stop Now"	Silver Scroll	Nominated	[19]

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Crowded House won two awards in that time.[20]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result (wins only)
1991	Crowded House	Rock Performer of the Year	Won
1994	Crowded House	Rock Performer of the Year	Won

New Zealand Music Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
1992	Crowded House	International Achievement	Won	[21]
1993	"Four Seasons in One Day"	Music Video	Won	[22]
1994	Crowded House	International Achievement	Won	[23]
1995		International Achievement	Nominated	[24]
1997		International Achievement	Nominated	[25]

Rolling Stone Australia Awards

The Rolling Stone Australia Awards are awarded annually by the Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine for outstanding contributions to popular culture in the previous year.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2024	Crowded House	Rolling Stone Icon Award	awarded	[26]

Other awards and accolades

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
1986	Crowded House	Countdown Awards - Best Album	Nominated	[27][28]
		Countdown Awards - Best Debut Album	Won
	"Mean to Me"	Countdown Awards - Best Debut Single	Won
	Themselves	Countdown Awards - Best Debut Act	Won
	"Don't Dream It's Over"	Countdown Awards - Best Group Performance in a Video	Nominated
		Countdown Awards - Best Video	Won
		Countdown Awards - Best Single	Nominated
1987	"Don't Dream It's Over"	MTV Video Music Awards – Best New Artist	Won	[8]
		MTV Video Music Awards – Best Group Video	Nominated	[8]
		MTV Video Music Awards – Best Video Direction	Nominated	[8]
		MTV Video Music Awards – Best Special Effects	Nominated	[8]
1989	Crowded House	Juno Awards – International Entertainer of the Year	Nominated	[29]
1990	Crowded House	Juno Awards – International Entertainer of the Year	Nominated	[29]
1991	"Don't Dream It's Over"	BMI Awards	Won	[7]
1992	Crowded House	Q Awards – Best Live Act	Won	[30] [31]
1993	"Distant Sun"	Triple J Hottest 100, 1993	No. 60	[32]
	Neil Finn (Crowded House)	Q Awards – Best Songwriter	Won	[30][31]
1994	Crowded House	BRIT Awards – International Group of the Year	Won	[10]
1995	"Something So Strong"	BMI Awards	Won	[33]
1996	"Everything Is Good for You"	Triple J Hottest 100, 1996	No. 67	[34]
1998	"Don't Dream It's Over"	Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 1998	No. 76	[9]
2006	Woodface	The Age EG Music Awards – Best Album	Won	[35]
2008	Crowded House – Frontier Touring Company	Helpmann Awards – Best Australian Contemporary Concert	Won	[36]

See also

• Crowded House discography – includes sales certifications

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