Artist

U2

Wins

22

Nominations

46

Category

Alternative Composing/Arranging General Music Video/Film Pop Rock

Biography

"What I like about pop music, and why I’m still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music." — Bono 

  • Band members: Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.
     
  • Formed 1976 in Dublin, Ireland
     
  • The Irish band's third album, 1983's War, hit No. 12 on the Billboard 200 and yielded their first Top 40 hit, "Pride (In The Name Of Love)."
     
  • U2 won their first two career GRAMMY Awards for 1987 for The Joshua Tree: Album Of The Year and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. They made their GRAMMY performance debut with "Beautiful Day" at the 43rd GRAMMY Awards in 2001.
     
  • Did you know? U2 are the only group to win the Album Of The Year category twice. They won for 1987 for The Joshua Tree and again in 2005 for How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.
     
  • Bono was named the MusiCares Person of the Year in 2003. The annual gala raises funds for MusiCares, which provides services and resources that cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies for music people.
     
  • Bono is one of the principals in ONE, an international nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.

 

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for U2

  • Best Rock Album

    Songs Of Innocence

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Music Film

    From The Sky Down

    Belisa Balaban, Bono, The Edge, Brian Celler, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Davis Guggenheim, Ted Skillman

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

    I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Rock Album

    No Line On The Horizon

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

    Instant Karma

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

    Window In The Skies

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Pop Collaboration With Vocals

    One

    Mary J. Blige, Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

    The Saints Are Coming

    Billie Joe Armstrong, Bono, The Edge, Green Day, U2, Mike Dirnt, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Tre Cool

  • Best Rock Song Winner

    City Of Blinding Lights

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Album Of The Year Winner

    How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

    Arnie Acosta, Bono, Greg Collins, The Edge, Brian Eno, Jacknife Lee, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, U2, Carl Glanville, Larry Mullen Jr., Simon Gogerly, Chris Thomas, Nellee Hooper, Adam Clayton, Flood

  • Song Of The Year Winner

    Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Rock Album Winner

    How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

    Bono, The Edge, Steve Lillywhite, U2, Carl Glanville, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner

    Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner

    Vertigo

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Rock Song Winner

    Vertigo

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Music Video Winner

    Vertigo

    Bono, Alex Courtes, The Edge, Martin Fougerol, Grace Bodie, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Alex & Martin, Adam Clayton

  • Best Song Written For Visual Media

    The Hands That Built America (Gangs Of New York)

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

    Walk On

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Rock Song

    Elevation

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Album Of The Year

    All That You Can't Leave Behind

    Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Mike Hedges, Daniel Lanois, Tim Palmer, Richard Stannard, Steve Lillywhite, U2, Steve Fitzmaurice, Julian Gallagher, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Richard Rainey

  • Song Of The Year

    Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Rock Song

    Walk On

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Record Of The Year Winner

    Walk On

    Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Richard Rainey

  • Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner

    Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner

    Elevation

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Rock Album Winner

    All That You Can't Leave Behind

    Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Richard Rainey

  • Record Of The Year Winner

    Beautiful Day

    Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Richard Rainey

  • Song Of The Year Winner

    Beautiful Day

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner

    Beautiful Day

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Music Film

    Popmart - Live From Mexico City (Video)

    Bono, The Edge, Ned O'Hanlon, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., David Mallet, Adam Clayton

  • Best Rock Album

    Pop (Album)

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Flood

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

    Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Single)

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Rock Song

    Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Single)

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Music Film Winner

    Zoo TV - Live From Sydney

    Bono, The Edge, Ned O'Hanlon, Rocky Oldham, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., David Mallet, Adam Clayton

  • Best Alternative Music Album Winner

    Zooropa

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Album Of The Year

    Achtung Baby (Album)

    Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner

    Achtung Baby

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Song Written For Visual Media

    Angel Of Harlem (From The Motion Picture "Rattle And Hum") (Track)

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

    Rattle And Hum (Album)

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

    When Love Comes To Town (Single)

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, B.B. King

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner

    Desire

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Best Performance Music Video Winner

    Where The Streets Have No Name

    Meiert Avis, Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Michael Hamlyn, Adam Clayton, Ben Dossett

  • Song Of The Year

    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Single)

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Album Of The Year Winner

    The Joshua Tree

    Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Record Of The Year

    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Single)

    Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

  • Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner

    The Joshua Tree

    Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton

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