Editing Roy Orbison (section)

==Honors==
''[[Rolling Stone]]'' placed him at number 37 on their list of the "Greatest Artists of All Time" and number 13 on their list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time'.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231 |title=100 Greatest Singers of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 27, 2008 |via=Rolling Stone website |access-date=October 3, 2011}}</ref> In 2002, ''Billboard'' magazine listed Orbison at number 74 in the Top 600 recording artists.{{sfnp|Whitburn|2004|p=524}}

* '''Grammy Awards'''<ref name="grammy"/>
** Best Country Performance Duo or Group (1980) ("That Lovin' You Feelin' Again", with Emmylou Harris)
** Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording (1986) ("Interviews From The Class Of '55 Recording Sessions", with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Phillips, Rick Nelson and Chips Moman)
** Best Country Vocal Collaboration (1988) ("Crying", with k.d. lang)
** Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (1989) (''Traveling Wilburys Volume One'', as a member of the Traveling Wilburys)
** Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (1990) ("Oh, Pretty Woman")
** Lifetime Achievement Award (1998)
* [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] (1987)<ref name="rockhall"/>
* [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]] (1987)<ref name="nswhof"/>
* [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] (1989)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C173 |title=Roy Orbison |publisher=Songwriters Hall of Fame |access-date=May 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130041222/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C173 |archive-date=January 30, 2009}}</ref>
* Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] (2010)<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8488965.stm Roy Orbison given Hollywood Walk of Fame star] BBC News (January 30, 2010). Retrieved on January 31, 2010.</ref>
* America's Pop Music Hall of Fame (2014)
* [[Memphis Music Hall of Fame]] (2017)
* [[Texas Country Music Hall of Fame]] (2024)