Awards
2013 – ASCAP Founders Award – Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
Classic Rock Awards
2009 – Classic Album – (Rocks)
2007 – Event of the Year – (Aerosmith at Hyde Park Calling)
Top Honors
1990 – Hollywood Rock Walk inductee
1993 – April 13 declared “Aerosmith Day” in the state of Massachusetts by then-governor William Weld
2001 – Induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2002 – MTV Icon award
Grammy Awards
1989 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “Love in an Elevator” (Nominated)
1990 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “Janie’s Got a Gun” (WON)
1994 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “Livin’ on the Edge” (WON)
1994 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song – “Cryin’” (Nominated)
1994 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song – “Livin’ on the Edge” (Nominated)
1994 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance – “Boogie Man” (Nominated)
1995 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “Crazy” (WON)
1998 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)” (Nominated)
1998 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album – Nine Lives (Nominated)
1999 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “Pink” (WON)
1999 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (Nominated)
1999 Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form – Pink”(Nominated)
2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “Jaded” (Nominated)
2002 Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form – “Fly Away From Here” (Nominated)
2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song – “Jaded” (Nominated)
2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album – Just Push Play (Nominated)
2003 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal – “Girls of Summer” (Nominated)
Academy Award Nomination
1999 Academy Award for Best Song nomination for “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
MTV Video Music Awards
1988 MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Group Video – “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”
1988 MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Stage Performance Video – “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”
1989 MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Heavy Metal Video – “Rag Doll”
1990 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video – “Janie’s Got a Gun”
1990 MTV Video Music Award – Viewer’s Choice – “Janie’s Got a Gun”
1991 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video – “The Other Side”
1993 MTV Video Music Award – Viewer’s Choice – “Livin’ on the Edge”
1994 MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year – “Cryin’”
1994 MTV Video Music Award – Viewer’s Choice – “Cryin’”
1994 MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video – “Cryin’”
1997 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video – “Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)”
1998 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video – “Pink”
1998 MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film – “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
American Music Awards
1990 American Music Awards – Favorite Artist – Heavy Metal / Hard Rock
1993 American Music Awards – Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group
1993 American Music Awards – Favorite Heavy Metal Artist
1998 American Music Awards – Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group
2000 American Music Awards – International Artist Award
Billboard Music Awards
1990 Billboard Music Awards – Rock Album Artist
1994 Billboard Music Awards – #1 Rock Artist
1999 Billboard Music Awards – Artist Achievement Award
2001 Billboard Music Video Awards – Best Hard Rock Clip of the Year – “Jaded”
People’s Choice Awards
1993 People’s Choice Awards – Favorite Rock Group
1994 People’s Choice Awards – Favorite Rock Group
Teen Choice Awards
1999 Teen Choice Awards – Best Love Song – I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards
This list is incomplete.
International Music Awards
1990 International Music Awards – Artist of the Year
Boston Music Awards
1987 Boston Music Awards – Outstanding Rock Band of The Year
1988 Boston Music Awards – Outstanding Rock Band of The Year
1989 Boston Music Awards – Outstanding Rock Band of The Year
1990 Boston Music Awards – Outstanding Rock Band of the Year
1991 Boston Music Awards – Outstanding Rock Band of The Year
1992 Boston Music Awards – Outstanding Rock Band of The Year
1993 Boston Music Awards – Outstanding Rock Band of The Year
1993 Boston Music Awards – Right To Rock Award
1993 Boston Music Awards – Best Male Vocalist: Steven Tyler
1999 Boston Music Awards – Act of The Year
1999 Boston Music Awards – Best Rock Band
1999 Boston Music Awards – Best Video: I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
1999 Boston Music Awards – Best Male Vocalist: Steven Tyler
2002 Boston Music Awards – Album of the Year: Just Push Play
2002 Boston Music Awards – Video of the Year: Jaded
2004 Boston Music Awards – Album of the Year on a Major Label: Honkin’ On Bobo
Other Awards
This list is incomplete.
1987 Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap – Single – “Walk This Way” (with Run-DMC)
Recording Industry Association of America
25 gold albums
18 platinum albums
12 multiplatinum albums
1 diamond album
4 gold singles
Records Set
This list is incomplete.
This list is designed as a section for chart feats, concert attendance and sales records, and other unique achievements no other rock band has made.
Aerosmith became the first and only rock band to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, with their 1998 single “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.”
Aerosmith has the second highest number of songs for a group to peak at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with nine. Only Van Halen has achieved more (eleven).
Aerosmith is the second bestselling American rock band (from RIAA data), with 66.5 million albums sold, second only to the Eagles.
Aerosmith is the bestselling rock band formed after 1970, achieving worldwide album sales of over 140 million.
Aerosmith holds the record for the most gold, platinum, and multi-platinum albums for any American group.
Aerosmith is the all-time leader in the award category MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video, winning four of those awards to date. The runners up have two by comparison.
Aerosmith is also the all-time leader in the award category MTV Video Music Award – Viewer’s Choice, winning three of those awards to date.
Aerosmith has the second most awards in the category Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, winning four of those awards to date. Only U2 has won more.
Their album Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits is by and large the bestselling greatest hits album of all time for a hard rock band, selling 10 million copies in the United States alone.
Their album Get a Grip racked up sales of seven million in just two years, from its release in 1993 to its latest certification date of 1995.
Aerosmith is one of only a few rock bands to have two albums debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 in the 1990s. Both Get a Grip and Nine Lives debuted to the top spot in the 1990s.
They were the first rock band honored as an MTV Icon, and the second act overall.
In 1998, Aerosmith shattered all-time attendance records at the Tokyo Dome on their Nine Lives Tour.
Rankings on Lists
Both “Dream On” and “Toys in the Attic” are listed on the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
In 1993, “Rolling Stone: The Top 100 Music Videos” included “Walk This Way” (w/ Run-D.M.C.) at #11 and “Janie’s Got a Gun” at #95.
In 1999, “MTV: 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made” included “Walk This Way” (w/ Run-D.M.C.) at #5 and “Janie’s Got a Gun” at #48.
In 2000, “VH1: 100 Greatest Rock Songs” included “Walk This Way” at #35 and “Dream On” at #47.
In 2000, ranked #11 on VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock”.
In 2001, “VH1: 100 Greatest Videos” included “Walk This Way” (w/ Run-D.M.C.) at #11, “Crazy” at #23, and “Janie’s Got a Gun” at #48.
In 2003, Rolling Stone’s The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included Rocks at #176 and Toys in the Attic at #228.
In 2003, “VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years” included “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” at #45.
In 2004, Rolling Stone’s The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time included “Dream On” at #172, “Walk This Way” (with Run-DMC) at #287, “Walk This Way” (original) at #336, and “Sweet Emotion” at #408.
In 2004, ranked #18 on the “Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years” chart.
In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Aerosmith #57 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[1]
In 2006-2007, Aerosmith had seven of their albums rank in the list of the 200 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time, picked by listeners of Chicago’s rock station 97.9 the Loop: Toys in the Attic (#10), Aerosmith (#50), Rocks (#79), Pump (#96), Get Your Wings (#120), Get a Grip (#124), and Permanent Vacation (#134).
