Editing Tom Petty (section)

==Awards and honors==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Tom Petty}}
[[File:Tom Petty Walk of Fame.JPG|thumb|In 1999, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].]]

In October 1981, and again in September 2006, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received the [[Freedom of the City#Key to the City|keys to the city]] of Gainesville, Florida, where he and his bandmates either lived or grew up.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-09-22-tom-petty_x.htm |title=Tom Petty gets key to Gainesville, Fla. |agency=Associated Press |work=USA Today |date=September 22, 2006 |access-date=January 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003025920/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-09-22-tom-petty_x.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1994, ''You Got Lucky'', a Petty [[Album#Tribute or cover|tribute album]] featuring such bands as [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] and [[Silkworm (band)|Silkworm]] was released.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Eric|last=Boehlert|title=Does paying tribute pay?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA83|access-date=October 3, 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=January 21, 1995|page=83|quote=One of the most interesting salutes in 1994 was "You Got Lucky – A Tribute To Tom Petty"...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003225435/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA83|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 1996, Petty received [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]'s [[George Gershwin]] and [[Ira Gershwin]] Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement.<ref name="Goss76">{{cite book|last1=Goss|first1=James P|title=Pop Culture Florida|date=2000|publisher=Pineapple Press|isbn=978-1-56164-199-4|page=52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OVEk7QcEEKEC&pg=PA52|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004034702/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OVEk7QcEEKEC&pg=PA52|archive-date=October 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The next month, Petty won the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]]' Golden Note Award.<ref name="Goss76" /><ref name="Billboard17896">{{cite magazine|title=BMI, ASCAP Celebrate 1996 Pop Music Awards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56|access-date=October 3, 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=August 17, 1996|quote=Among the evening's highlights was the presentation of the Golden Note Award to songwriter, artist, and producer Tom Petty.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003225519/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wQcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1999, for their contribution to the recording industry.<ref name="Hoffman16">{{cite book|last1=Hoffman|first1=Frank|title=Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900–2000|date=2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-86886-4|page=501|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAI3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA501|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003225654/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hAI3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA501|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2001, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite web|author1=Plain Dealer staff|title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum timeline: 1995–2010|url=http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2010/08/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_and_3.html|website=The Plain Dealer|access-date=October 3, 2017|date=September 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019105528/http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2010/08/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_and_3.html|archive-date=October 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> which further honored Petty with an exhibit of his items from July 2006 until 2007.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 30, 2006|title=Rock Hall exhibits Tom Petty, Heartbreakers|work=Today|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/rock-hall-exhibits-tom-petty-heartbreakers-wbna13639142|url-status=live|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003143616/https://www.today.com/popculture/rock-hall-exhibits-tom-petty-heartbreakers-wbna13639142|archive-date=October 3, 2017}}</ref>

He is ranked 91st on ''Rolling Stone's'' list of the [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|Greatest Artists of All Time]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-artists-147446/tom-petty-3-48722/|title=Tom Petty ranked 91st greatest artist|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 3, 2010|access-date=August 1, 2021|archive-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801210049/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-artists-147446/tom-petty-3-48722/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Petty received the [[Billboard Music Award#Century Award|''Billboard'' Century Award]], the organization's highest honor for creative achievement on December 6, 2005.<ref name="Billboard131005">{{cite magazine|title=Tom Petty To Receive Billboard's Century Award|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61096/tom-petty-to-receive-billboards-century-award|access-date=October 3, 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=October 13, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426172345/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61096/tom-petty-to-receive-billboards-century-award|archive-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Mitchell|first1=Gail|title=2005 Billboard Music Awards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxMEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Billboard+Century+Award%22&pg=PA21|access-date=October 3, 2017|magazine=Billboard|date=December 17, 2005|ref=Billboard171205|page=21|quote=Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong presented Petty with the Billboard Century Award|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003124855/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dxMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=Petty+received+the+Billboard+Century+Award+for+his+lifetime+achievements.&source=bl&ots=Ql8uYU5WD3&sig=Odv6pw9UXISVN27_ZtvCbLmkTAM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwju9_Oq6tPWAhXMmLQKHe0cBlwQ6AEISjAG#v=snippet&q=%22Billboard%20Century%20Award%22&f=false|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Peter Bogdanovich]]'s documentary film on Petty's career titled ''[[Runnin' Down a Dream (film)|Runnin' Down a Dream]]'' premiered at the [[New York Film Festival]] in October 2007.<ref name="NYT31007">{{cite news|last1=Carr|first1=David|author-link=David Carr (journalist)|title=Big Screen Embraces Hot Muse: Rock Stars|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/movies/10pett.html|access-date=October 3, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003125202/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/movies/10pett.html|archive-date=October 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Petty was honored as [[MusiCares Person of the Year]] in February 2017 for his contributions to music and for his philanthropy.<ref name="auto"/>

A week after his death in 2017, a tribute to Petty was painted on Gainesville's Southwest [[34th Street Wall]]. It reads "Love you always, Gainesville No. 1 Son, Thanks, Tommy".<ref>{{cite web|title=Petty gets tribute panel on 34th Street mural|url=https://www.gainesville.com/news/20171003/petty-gets-tribute-panel-on-34th-street-mural|publisher=[[The Gainesville Sun]]|date=October 3, 2017|access-date=July 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721210912/https://www.gainesville.com/news/20171003/petty-gets-tribute-panel-on-34th-street-mural|archive-date=July 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Starting on October 7, 2017, five days after Petty's death, [[I Won't Back Down|''I'' ''Won't Back Down'']] has been played at every [[Florida Gators football]] home game at [[Ben Hill Griffin Stadium]] following the conclusion of the 3rd Quarter, after ''[[We Are the Boys from Old Florida|We Are The Boys From Old Florida]]'' is played by the band.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curtright |first=Austin |title=Florida's 'Tom Petty Day,' explained: Why Gators honor rock legend in college football season |url=https://www.gainesville.com/story/sports/college/football/2023/09/23/florida-tom-petty-day-explained-gators-honor-rock-legend-college-football/70935003007/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Gainesville Sun |language=en-US}}</ref>

In October 2018, on what would have been the singer's 68th birthday, the city of Gainesville renamed the former Northeast Park, a park where a young Petty had often visited, as Tom Petty Park.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.gainesville.com/news/20181020/family-members-and-hundreds-of-fans-welcome-tom-petty-park|title=Family members and hundreds of fans welcome 'Tom Petty Park'|last=Swirko|first=Cindy|date=October 20, 2018|work=Gainesville Sun|access-date=October 21, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021032157/https://www.gainesville.com/news/20181020/family-members-and-hundreds-of-fans-welcome-tom-petty-park|archive-date=October 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2021, the University of Florida board of trustees unanimously voted to posthumously award Petty with an honorary PhD from the school.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Tom Petty Receives Posthumous Ph.D. for Music at University of Florida|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/tom-petty-phd-university-of-florida-1235005884/|date=December 4, 2021|access-date=December 5, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=December 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204212138/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/tom-petty-phd-university-of-florida-1235005884/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He has three albums, ''Wildflowers'' (No. 214),<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/tom-petty-wildflowers-2-1063019/|title=Wildflowers ranked 214th by Rolling Stone|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115171944/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/tom-petty-wildflowers-2-1063019/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Damn the Torpedoes'' (No. 231),<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-damn-the-torpedoes-2-1063002/|title=Damn the Torpedoes ranked 231st by Rolling Stone|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115171947/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-damn-the-torpedoes-2-1063002/|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Full Moon Fever'' (No. 298)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/tom-petty-full-moon-fever-2-1062935/|title=Full Moon Fever ranked 298th by Rolling Stone|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115171947/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/tom-petty-full-moon-fever-2-1062935/|url-status=live}}</ref> on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list.  He has two songs  on the same magazine's [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] list.  "[[American Girl (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)|American Girl]]" (No. 169),<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-american-girl-1225169/|title=American Girl ranked 169th by Rolling Stone|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115171944/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/tom-petty-and-the-heartbreakers-american-girl-1225169/|url-status=live}}</ref> and "Free Fallin'" (No. 219).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/tom-petty-free-fallin-2-1225119/|title=Free Fallin' ranked 219th by Rolling Stone|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115171949/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/tom-petty-free-fallin-2-1225119/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2022, the University of Florida's ''[[The Pride of the Sunshine|Pride of the Sunshine]]'' dedicated their halftime show to Tom Petty's music<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMn5SNyo3_8 | title=10/15/2022 University of Florida Gator Marching Band Tom Petty Tribute Show | website=YouTube | date=October 16, 2022 | access-date=February 13, 2023 | archive-date=February 13, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213061441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMn5SNyo3_8 | url-status=live }}</ref> as part of the university's inaugural Tom Petty Day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://floridagators.com/news/2022/10/4/general-florida-to-celebrate-inaugural-tom-petty-day.aspx | title=Florida to Celebrate Inaugural Tom Petty Day|website=Floridagators.com}}</ref> The band would continue to tribute their performances to Tom Petty during halftime in several other games throughout the 2022-23 football season.

In December 2023, Petty's song "[[Love Is a Long Road (Tom Petty song)|Love Is a Long Road]]" was used in the first trailer for ''[[Grand Theft Auto VI]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 5, 2023 |title=Tom Petty song is the apt soundtrack to long-awaited GTA 6 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/tom-petty-love-long-road-gta-6-trailer-music-soundtrack-b2458638.html |access-date=December 6, 2023 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205183951/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/tom-petty-love-long-road-gta-6-trailer-music-soundtrack-b2458638.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which is considered one of the most anticipated video games ever made.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 5, 2023 |title=Grand Theft Auto VI trailer energizes fans. But it's been a tough year overall for the video game industry. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/grand-theft-auto-vi-trailer-release-video-game-industry-reaction-rcna127251 |access-date=December 6, 2023 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> This trailer gained over 90 million YouTube views within the first 24 hours.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salisbury |first=Josh |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer breaks record for most YouTube views in 24 hours |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/grand-theft-auto-6-trailer-rockstar-games-youtube-record-b1125067.html |access-date=December 6, 2023 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref> Because of this immense bump in popularity, the song itself gained nearly 1 million YouTube views in the same time span, gained a 36,979% increase on [[Spotify]], had almost 250,000 searches on [[Shazam (music app)|Shazam]], and ranked second on the worldwide [[iTunes]] chart.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=December 6, 2023 |title=GTA 6 Trailer Sparks Massive Spotify Boost for Tom Petty's Love Is a Long Road |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-trailer-sparks-massive-spotify-boost-for-tom-pettys-love-is-a-long-road |access-date=December 6, 2023 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=June 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615113407/https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-trailer-sparks-massive-spotify-boost-for-tom-pettys-love-is-a-long-road |url-status=live }}</ref>