Editing Led Zeppelin (section)

== Achievements ==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Led Zeppelin}}
[[File:Barack Obama speaks to Led Zeppelin.jpg|thumb|Led Zeppelin were honoured by US President [[Barack Obama]] at the 2012 [[Kennedy Center Honors]].]]
Led Zeppelin have collected many honours and awards throughout the course of their career. They were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1995,{{sfn|Lewis|2003|p=163}} and the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 September 2006 |title=Led Zeppelin make UK Hall of Fame |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5338196.stm |url-status=live |access-date=16 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813230616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5338196.stm |archive-date=13 August 2011}}</ref> Among the band's awards are an [[American Music Award]] in 2005, and the [[Polar Music Prize]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 May 2006 |title=Award for 'pioneers' Led Zeppelin |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5007476.stm |url-status=live |access-date=16 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210002035/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5007476.stm |archive-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> Led Zeppelin were the recipient of a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2005,<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 February 2005 |title=Zeppelin celebrate Grammy honour |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4261905.stm |url-status=live |access-date=22 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615104949/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4261905.stm |archive-date=15 June 2013}}</ref> and four of their recordings have been inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=GRAMMY Hall of Fame |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124012108/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame |archive-date=24 November 2011 |access-date=18 December 2011 |website=GRAMMY.org |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences}}</ref> They have been awarded five [[Music recording sales certification|Diamond albums]], as well as fourteen Multi-Platinum, four Platinum and one Gold album in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum database search: 'Led Zeppelin' |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=4&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Led_Zeppelin&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=&endMonth=&startYear=&endYear=&sort=Artist&perPage=100 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154623/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=4&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Led_Zeppelin&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=&endMonth=&startYear=&endYear=&sort=Artist&perPage=100 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=26 March 2009 |website=RIAA's Gold & Paltinum Program |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]}}</ref> while in the UK they have five Multi-Platinum, six Platinum, one Gold and four Silver albums.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Certified Awards Search—Led Zeppelin |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805005459/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=5 August 2011 |access-date=18 December 2011 |website=[[British Phonographic Industry]]}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named Led Zeppelin the 14th-greatest artist of all time in 2004.{{sfn|Grohl|2011|p=27}}

In 2003, ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list included ''[[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin]]'' at number 29,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Led Zeppelin ranked no. 29 |newspaper=Rollingstone.com |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/led-zeppelin-led-zeppelin-19691231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902065011/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/led-zeppelin-led-zeppelin-19691231 |archive-date=2 September 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref> ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'' at number 66,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Led Zeppelin IV ranked no. 66 |newspaper=Rollingstone.com |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/led-zeppelin-iv-led-zeppelin-19691231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902065011/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/led-zeppelin-iv-led-zeppelin-19691231 |archive-date=2 September 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref> ''[[Physical Graffiti]]'' at number 70,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Physical Graffiti ranked no. 70 |newspaper=Rollingstone.com |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/physical-graffiti-led-zeppelin-19691231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902033813/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/physical-graffiti-led-zeppelin-19691231 |archive-date=2 September 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref> ''[[Led Zeppelin II]]'' at number 75,<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Led Zeppelin II ranked no. 75 |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/led-zeppelin-ii-led-zeppelin-19691231 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902065005/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/led-zeppelin-ii-led-zeppelin-19691231 |archive-date=2 September 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> and ''[[Houses of the Holy]]'' at number 149.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Houses of the Holy ranked no. 149 |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/houses-of-the-holy-led-zeppelin-19691231 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902072718/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/houses-of-the-holy-led-zeppelin-19691231 |archive-date=2 September 2011 |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> And in 2004, on their [[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] list, ''Rolling Stone'' included "[[Stairway to Heaven]]" at number 31, "[[Whole Lotta Love]]" at number 75,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 2004 1–100 |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619072533/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page |archive-date=19 June 2008 |access-date=15 October 2021 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref> "[[Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]" at number 140,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 2004 101–200 |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620035744/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/2 |archive-date=20 June 2008 |access-date=15 October 2021 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref> "[[Black Dog (Led Zeppelin song)|Black Dog]]" at number 294,<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 September 2007 |title=Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 2004 201–300 |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619105433/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3 |archive-date=19 June 2008 |access-date=15 October 2021 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref> "[[Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin song)|Heartbreaker]]" at number 320,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 2004 301–400 |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621075825/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/4 |archive-date=21 June 2008 |access-date=15 October 2021 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref> and "[[Ramble On]]" at number 433.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 2004 401–500 |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622112029/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/5 |archive-date=22 June 2008 |access-date=15 October 2021 |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

In 2005, Page was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] in recognition of his charity work, and in 2009 Plant was honoured as a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] for his services to popular music.{{sfn|Leonard|2008}} The band are ranked number one on [[VH1]]'s ''100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock''<ref>{{Cite web |year=2000 |title=VH1: '100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists' |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108173414/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/vh1hardrock.htm |archive-date=8 January 2008 |access-date=17 February 2010 |publisher=[[VH1]] |via=RockOnTheNet.com}}</ref> and ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''{{'}}s "50 best live acts of all time".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 2008 |title=50 Best Live Acts of All Time |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |issue=118 |pages=34–45}}</ref> They were named as the best Rock band in a poll by BBC Radio 2.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Best Band |work=BBC – Radio 2 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/rocknrollband/best-band/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204224424/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/rocknrollband/best-band/ |archive-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> They were awarded an [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] for "Outstanding Contribution to British Music" in 1977,<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=28 May 1977 |title=PRS/Novello Awards shared by intl artists |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2UQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT3 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001000601/https://books.google.com/books?id=2UQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT3 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref> as well as a "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 42nd Annual Ivor Novello awards ceremony in 1997.{{sfn|Hunter|1997}} The band were honoured at the [[2008 MOJO Awards]] with the "Best Live Act" prize for their one-off reunion, and were described as the "greatest rock and roll band of all time".<ref>{{Cite web |year=2008 |title=Mojo Awards 'Best Live Act' 2008&nbsp;– Acceptance Speech |url=http://www.ledzeppelin.com/node/3312/2112 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013003739/http://www.ledzeppelin.com/node/3312/2112 |archive-date=13 October 2011 |website=Led Zeppelin.com |format=video}}</ref> In 2010, ''Led Zeppelin IV'' was one of ten classic album covers from British artists [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–2019#2010|commemorated on a UK postage stamp]] issued by the [[Royal Mail]]; they were unveiled by Jimmy Page.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Royal Mail unveil classic album cover stamps |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/royal-mail-unveil-classic-album-cover-stamps-1860738.html |access-date=23 September 2022 |archive-date=11 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511182125/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/royal-mail-unveil-classic-album-cover-stamps-1860738.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Royal Mail puts classic albums on to stamps |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2009/nov/21/guidelines-rock-stamp-album-covers |access-date=23 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923165945/https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2009/nov/21/guidelines-rock-stamp-album-covers |url-status=live }}</ref> Led Zeppelin were named as 2012 recipients of the [[Kennedy Center Honors]].{{sfn|Gans|2007}}