Awards & Winners

ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American Texas blues and Hard rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. The band consists of guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons, bassist and co-lead vocalist Dusty Hill, and drummer Frank Beard. One of the few major label recording groups to have consisted of the same lineup for more than forty years, ZZ Top has been praised by critics and fellow musicians alike for their technical mastery. Of the group, music writer Cub Koda said "As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers; Gibbons is one of America's finest blues guitarists working in the arena rock idiom... while Hill and Beard provide the ultimate rhythm section support." Since the release of the band's debut album in January 1971, ZZ Top has become known for its strong blues roots and humorous lyrical motifs, relying heavily on double entendres and innuendo. ZZ Top's musical style has changed over the years, beginning with blues-inspired rock on their early albums, then incorporating New Wave, punk rock and dance-rock, with heavy use of synthesizers. ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. As a group, ZZ Top possesses 11 gold records and 7 platinum records; their 1983 album, Eliminator, remains the group's most commercially successful record, selling over 10 million units. ZZ Top also ranks 80th in U.S. album sales, with 25 million units.

Awards by ZZ Top

Check all the awards nominated and won by ZZ Top.

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film Doubleback
from Back to the Future Part III

1986


MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction
Honored for : Rough Boy
(Art Director: Ron Cobb)

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for International Album of the Year Afterburner
Brit Award for International Group
MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video Rough Boy
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction Rough Boy
Director: Steven Barron
MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects Rough Boy
Special Effects: Max Anderson and Chris Nibley
MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction Rough Boy
Art Director: Ron Cobb
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing Rough Boy
Editor: Richard Uber
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography Rough Boy
Director of Photography: Chris Nibley
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Afterburner

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Brit Award for Best International Solo Artist

1984


MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
Honored for : Sharp Dressed Man
(Director: Tim Newman)
MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video
Honored for : Legs

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for International Album of the Year Eliminator
MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video Legs
MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video Sharp Dressed Man
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction Sharp Dressed Man
Director: Tim Newman
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction Gimme All Your Lovin'
Director: Tim Newman
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing Legs
Editors: Sim Sadler and Bob Sarles
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing Sharp Dressed Man
Editor: Sim Sadler

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Eliminator