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== Awards and achievements == ===Grammy Awards=== The [[Grammy Awards]] is an accolade by the [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] (NARAS) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the [[music industry]]. It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance arts: [[Emmy Award]]s (television), the [[Tony Award]]s (stage performance), and the [[Academy Award]]s (motion pictures). {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:10%;" | Year ! style="width:40%;" | Category ! style="width:35%;" | Nominated work ! style="width:15%;" | Result |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[9th Annual Grammy Awards|1967]] | [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song|Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording]] | rowspan="2" |"Last Train to Clarksville" | {{nom}} |- | [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Contemporary (R&R) Group Performance, Vocal or Instrumental]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[10th Annual Grammy Awards|1968]] |[[Best Performance by a Vocal Group]] | rowspan="2" |"I'm a Believer" | {{nom}} |- | [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal or Instrumental)]] | {{nom}} |} === Notable achievements === * Gave the [[Jimi Hendrix Experience]] their first U.S. concert tour exposure as an opening act in July 1967.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lawrence |first=Sharon |url=https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixmanma00lawr |title=Jimi Hendrix: The Intimate Story of a Betrayed Musical Legend |publisher=Harper |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-056301-X |location=New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/jimihendrixmanma00lawr/page/n96 84] |url-access=limited}}</ref> * Inspired [[Gene Roddenberry]] to introduce the character of [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]] in his ''[[Star Trek]]'' TV series in response to the popularity of Davy Jones, complete with hairstyle and appearance mimicking that of Jones.<ref>''The Making of Star Trek'', by Stephen E. Whitfield and Gene Roddenberry, (c) 1968 Ballantine Books, pp. 249β250.</ref><ref>''TV Guide'', September 4β10, 1993 p. 20.</ref> * Inducted into America's Pop Music Hall of Fame in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=home |url=http://www.americaspopmusichalloffame.org/#!inductees/cd9g |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112212441/http://www.americaspopmusichalloffame.org/#!inductees/cd9g |archive-date=January 12, 2016 |access-date=May 1, 2016 |website=Americanpopmusichalloffame.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Monkees inducted into the American Pop Music Hall of Fame |url=http://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/blog/monkees-inducted-into-the-american-pop-music-hall-of-fame |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531205041/http://www.monkeeslivealmanac.com/blog/monkees-inducted-into-the-american-pop-music-hall-of-fame |archive-date=May 31, 2016 |access-date=May 1, 2016 |website=The Monkees Live Almanac}}</ref> * Honored by the [[Music Business Association|Music Business Association (Music Biz)]] with an Outstanding Achievement Award celebrating the band's 50th anniversary on May 16, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 9, 2016 |title=Music Biz to Celebrate 50 Years of The Monkees with Outstanding Achievement Award at Nashville Convention - Music Business Association - Music Biz |url=https://musicbiz.org/press-releases/music-biz-to-celebrate-50-years-of-the-monkees-with-outstanding-achievement-award-at-nashville-convention/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515034710/http://musicbiz.org/press-releases/music-biz-to-celebrate-50-years-of-the-monkees-with-outstanding-achievement-award-at-nashville-convention/ |archive-date=May 15, 2016 |access-date=May 1, 2016 |website=Music Business Association - Music Biz |language=en-US}}</ref> * Inducted into the [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Monkees - Music Inductees |url=https://vocalgroup.org/inductees/the-monkees/ |access-date=January 14, 2022 |website=The Vocal Group Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>
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