U2
Wins
22
Nominations
46
Category
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
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Best Rock Album
Songs Of Innocence
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Best Music Film
From The Sky Down
Belisa Balaban, Bono, The Edge, Brian Celler, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Davis Guggenheim, Ted Skillman
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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
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Best Rock Album
No Line On The Horizon
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Instant Karma
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Window In The Skies
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Pop Collaboration With Vocals
One
Mary J. Blige, Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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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
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Best Rock Song Winner
City Of Blinding Lights
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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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
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Song Of The Year Winner
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Best Rock Album Winner
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Bono, The Edge, Steve Lillywhite, U2, Carl Glanville, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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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
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Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner
Vertigo
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Best Rock Song Winner
Vertigo
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Best Music Video Winner
Vertigo
Bono, Alex Courtes, The Edge, Martin Fougerol, Grace Bodie, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Alex & Martin, Adam Clayton
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Best Song Written For Visual Media
The Hands That Built America (Gangs Of New York)
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Walk On
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Best Rock Song
Elevation
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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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
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Song Of The Year
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Best Rock Song
Walk On
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Record Of The Year Winner
Walk On
Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Richard Rainey
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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
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Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner
Elevation
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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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
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Record Of The Year Winner
Beautiful Day
Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Richard Rainey
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Song Of The Year Winner
Beautiful Day
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner
Beautiful Day
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Best Music Film
Popmart - Live From Mexico City (Video)
Bono, The Edge, Ned O'Hanlon, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., David Mallet, Adam Clayton
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Best Rock Album
Pop (Album)
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, Flood
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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
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Best Rock Song
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Single)
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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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
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Best Alternative Music Album Winner
Zooropa
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Album Of The Year
Achtung Baby (Album)
Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner
Achtung Baby
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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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
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Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Rattle And Hum (Album)
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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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
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Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner
Desire
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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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
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Song Of The Year
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Single)
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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Album Of The Year Winner
The Joshua Tree
Bono, The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
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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
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Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Winner
The Joshua Tree
Bono, The Edge, U2, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton
