Rock On The Net: Peter Gabriel (original) (raw)

Gabriel topped the UK LP chart for 2 weeks with Peter Gabriel.

Gabriel had a minor hit with "Games Without Frontiers"
from the LP Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
Year-End Chart Position: #266
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Gabriel hit the Top 40 with "Shock The Monkey."
from the LP SecurityARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 32 - 32 - 31 - 31 - 28 - 26 - 25 - 23 - 21 - off
Year-End Chart Position: # 123
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Gabriel was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Shock The Monkey").

# 25 Singles Artist of the Year

# 57 Singles Artist of the Year

Gabriel was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Male Video Artist.

Gabriel was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year (S o), Record of the Year and Song of the Year (songwriter) ("Sledgehammer") and was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Sledgehammer").

The video for "Sledgehammer" won 9 MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Overall Performance, Best Concept Video, Best Direction (Stephen Johnson), Best Art Direction (Stephen Johnson, Stephen Quay & Tim Quay), Best Editing (Stephen Johnson & Colin Green), Most Experimental Video, and Best Special Effects (Stephen Johnson & Peter Lord) and was nominated for Viewer's Choice. The video for "Big Time" was also nominated for Best Concept Video and (Stephen Johnson), and Best Special Effects.

Gabriel was nominated for an American Music Awardfor Favorite Pop/Rock Video ("Sledgehammer").

The video for "Biko" was nominted for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film.

Gabriel won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Performance (Passion - Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ) and was also nominated for Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or for Television.

Gabriel was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form (P.O.V.).

Gabriel topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 2 weeks with "Digging In The Dirt."

Gabriel topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for a week with "Digging In The Dirt."

Gabriel hit the Top 40 with "Digging In The Dirt."

Gabriel topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for 5 weeks with "Steam."

Gabriel hit the Top 40 with "Steam."

Gabriel won a Grammy Awardfor Best Music Video, Short Form ("Digging In The Dirt"), and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male (Us), Best Rock Song (songwriter), and Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Digging In The Dirt").

The video for "Steam" won 2 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Special Effects (Real World Productions & Colossal Pictures) and Best Editing and was nominated for Best Male Video, and the video for "Digging In The Dirt" was nominated for Video of the Year and Viewer's Choice.

Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "Sledgehammer" at # 1 and "Shock The Monkey" at # 53.

Gabriel won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form ("Steam"), and was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo ("Steam").

The video for "Kiss That Frog" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects (Brett Leonard & Angel Studios) and was nominated for Best Editing.

Gabriel was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Red Rain").

Gabriel won a Grammy Awardfor Best Music Video, Long Form (Secret World Live).

Ranked # 53 on VH1: Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll(and # 32 on Rock On The Net's Poll).

Peter came out in support of Amnesty International at a concert held in France which also included Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, Alanis Morissette, Radiohead, Shania Twain, Robert Plant,Jimmy Page, and Youssou N'dour. The concert was held to mark the 50th anniversary of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

MTV: 100 Greatest Videos Ever Madeincluded "Sledgehammer" at # 4.

VH1: 100 Greatest AlbumsincludedS o at # 91.

VH1: 100 Greatest Videos included "Sledgehammer" at # 3.

Gabriel was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("The Barry WIlliams Show").

VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years included "In Your Eyes" at # 34.

Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included S o (1986) at # 187.

Gabriel will release the DVD collection Play on November 16th - the set will include videos that span his career.

# 246 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

The single "In Your Eyes" was certified gold.

The compilation Big Blue Ballwas released with Gabriel singing on many of the tracks.
Entertainment Weekly: 100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included So at # 88.

Gabriel won 2 Grammy Awardsfor Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Visual Media (awarded to the songwriter) ("Down To Earth" with Thomas Newman) and Best Instrumental Arrangement ("Define Dancing" with Thomas Newman).
Gabriel was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Down To Earth" from the film Wall-E. Gabriel pulled out of performing at the ceremony after learning the performance would be short.

Gabriel released the covers collection Scratch My Back (Entertainment Weekly:B).

Gabriel released New Blood.

Gabriel released the live LP New Blood Live In London.

Gabriel released So (25th Anniversary Immersion Box).

• April 10: Gabriel was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

• February 12: Gabriel was nominated for a Grammy Awardfor Best Song Written for Visual Media (awarded to the songwriter) ("The Veil").

• June 12: Gabriel released Rated PG - a collection of soundtrak tracks.

• December 1: Gabriel released I/O.
• December 8: Gabriel topped the UK LP chart with I/O.