Editing Van Morrison (section)

==Recognition and legacy==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Van Morrison}}

Morrison has received several major music awards in his career, including two [[Grammy Awards]], with five additional nominations (1982–2004);<ref name="Grammy"/> inductions into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] (January 1993), the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] (June 2003), and the [[Irish Music Hall of Fame]] (September 1999); and a [[The Brit Awards|Brit Award]] (February 1994). In addition, he has received [[Civil decoration|civil awards]]: an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (June 1996) and an [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (1996). He has honorary doctorates from the [[University of Ulster]] (1992) and from [[Queen's University Belfast]] (July 2001).

===Halls of Fame===
The Hall of Fame inductions began in 1993 with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Morrison was the first living inductee not to attend his own [[List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees|ceremony]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/van-morrison|website=Rockhall.com|title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Van Morrison|access-date=9 November 2008}}</ref><ref name=RoganPage411>Rogan (2006), page 411.</ref> – [[Robbie Robertson]] from [[the Band]] accepted the award on his behalf.<ref name="TurnerPage177">Turner (1993), page 177.</ref> When Morrison became the initial musician inducted into the Irish Music Hall of Fame, [[Bob Geldof]] presented Morrison with the award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/435343.stm|title=Van's the man for rock museum|date=2 September 1999|work=BBC News|access-date=4 July 2008}}</ref> Morrison's third induction was into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] for "recognition of his unique position as one of the most important songwriters of the past century". [[Ray Charles]] presented the award, following a performance during which the pair performed Morrison's "[[Crazy Love (Van Morrison song)|Crazy Love]]" from the album ''Moondance''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E2DA1638F937A25755C0A9659C8B63|title=Songwriting hitmakers donning their laurels|author=Gunnaike, Lola O.|date=14 June 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=1 July 2008}}</ref> Morrison's [[The BRIT Awards|BRIT Award]] was for his ''Outstanding Contribution to British Music''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1994|title=Brit Award Shows-1994|publisher=Brit Awards|access-date=13 December 2009|archive-date=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630155750/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1994|url-status=dead}}</ref> Former Beirut hostage [[John McCarthy (journalist)|John McCarthy]] presented the award; while testifying to the importance of Morrison's song "[[Wonderful Remark]].” McCarthy called it "a song ... which was very important to us."<ref name="RoganPage419">Rogan (2006), page 419.</ref>

Three of Morrison's songs appear in [[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]]: "[[Brown Eyed Girl]]", "[[Madame George]]" and "[[Moondance (song)|Moondance]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.listsofbests.com/list/37752-500-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll|title=The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll|website=Listsofbests.com|access-date=31 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304151913/http://www.listsofbests.com/list/37752-500-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll|archive-date=4 March 2011}}</ref> The [[Songwriter's Hall of Fame]] awarded Morrison the Johnny Mercer Award on 18 June 2015 at their 46th Annual Induction and Awards Dinner in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songhall.org/news/entry/van_morrison_to_receive_prestigious_johnny_mercer_award|title=Van Morrison to receive prestigious Johnny Mercer Award|date=8 April 2015|website=Songhall.org|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref>

===Civil awards and honours===
Morrison received two civil awards in 1996: he was appointed Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] for services to music,<ref name="RoganPage443">Rogan (2006), page 443.</ref> and was also recognized with an award from the French government which made him an ''Officier de l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/van-and-jordan-honoured-by-france-437577.html|title=Van and Jordan honoured by France|date=1 July 1998|work=The Irish Independent|access-date=25 January 2009}}</ref> Along with these state awards he has two honorary degrees in music: an honorary doctorate in literature from the [[University of Ulster]],<ref name="RoganPage409">Rogan (2006), page 409.</ref> and an honorary doctorate in music from [[Queen's University Belfast|Queen's University]] in his hometown of Belfast.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1421036.stm|date=3 July 2001|title=Doctorate for Van the Man|work=BBC News|access-date=3 July 2008}}</ref>

In 2013, Morrison was awarded the [[Freedom of the City#Freedom of the City of Belfast|Freedom of Belfast]], the highest honour the city can bestow.<ref name="freedom">{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/freedom-of-belfast-for-van-morrison-29518490.html|title=Freedom of Belfast for Van Morrison|author=McKeown, Lesley-Anne|date=22 August 2013|access-date=27 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref> On 15 November 2013, Morrison became the 79th recipient of the award, presented at the [[Waterfront Hall]] for his career achievements. After receiving the award, he performed a free concert for residents who won tickets from a lottery system.<ref name="FOB">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24951763|title=Freedom of Belfast honour for Van Morrison|publisher=BBC|date=15 November 2013|access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref>

In August 2014, a "Van Morrison Trail" was established in East Belfast by Morrison in partnership with the Connswater Community Greenway. It is a self-guided trail, which over the course of {{convert|3.5|km}} leads to eight places that were important to Morrison and inspirational to his music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.communitygreenway.co.uk/news/2014-08-21/van-morrison-returns-to-east-belfast-to-launch-his-first-ever-tourist-trail|title=Van Morrison returns to East Belfast to launch his first ever tourist trail|website=Communitygreenway.co.uk|access-date=25 August 2014|archive-date=25 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825005315/http://www.communitygreenway.co.uk/news/2014-08-21/van-morrison-returns-to-east-belfast-to-launch-his-first-ever-tourist-trail|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Morrison was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2015 for services to the music industry and to tourism in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12140490/Newly-knighted-Van-Morrison-promises-Prince-Charles-he-wont-be-retiring.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/12140490/Newly-knighted-Van-Morrison-promises-Prince-Charles-he-wont-be-retiring.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Newly-knighted Van Morrison promises Prince Charles he won't be retiring|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=4 February 2016|access-date=4 February 2016|author=Furness, Hannah}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/434644/Birthday_Honours_2015_Higher_Awards_citations.pdf|title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2015 – Higher Awards|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|year=2015|access-date=17 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-33112876|title=Van Morrison knighthood leads NI awards in Queen's Birthday Honours list – BBC News|work=bbc.co.uk|year=2015|access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2589543|title=Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood|website=Thegazette.co.uk|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> The ceremony was performed by [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]].

===Industry recognition===
Other awards include an [[Ivor Novello Award]] for Lifetime Achievement in 1995,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1gsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71|title=Elvis, Presley are top winners at Ivor award|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=71|date=3 June 1995|access-date=13 November 2010|last1=Pride|first1=Dominic}}</ref> the [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]] ICON award in October 2004 for Morrison's "enduring influence on generations of music makers",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234191|date=22 September 2004|title=Morrison to be honored as BMI ICON|website=Bmi.com news|access-date=8 September 2008}}</ref> and an ''Oscar Wilde: Honouring Irish Writing in Film'' award in 2007 for his contribution to over fifty films, presented by [[Al Pacino]], who compared Morrison to [[Oscar Wilde]] – both "visionaries who push boundaries".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=622 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070726170439/http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=622 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2007|title=Van Morrison, Terry George and Bill Monahan honored in LA|publisher=US-Irish Alliance|access-date=30 March 2007}}</ref> He was voted the Best International Male Singer of 2007 at the inaugural International Awards in [[Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club]], London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4ni.co.uk/northern_ireland_news.asp?id=61639|title=Van Morrison receives jazz award|website=4NI.co.uk|access-date=9 May 2007}}</ref>

In 2010, Morrison was given a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/immortalized/walkoffame.shtml|title=The Hollywood Walk of Fame|website=Seeing-stars.com|access-date=31 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101123842/http://www.seeing-stars.com/Immortalized/WalkOfFame.shtml|archive-date=1 November 2010}}</ref> On 2 September 2014, Morrison was presented with the ''Legend'' award at the ''[[GQ]]'' Men of the Year ceremony at [[Royal Opera House]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/men-of-the-year/home/moty-2014/van-morrison-legend-gq-awards-2014|title=Men of the Year Home / MOTY 2014 Legend: Van Morrison|date=2 September 2014|author=Jones, Matt|work=[[GQ]]|access-date=4 September 2014}}</ref> On 13 October 2014, Morrison received his fifth [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] Million-Air Award for 11 million radio plays of the song "Brown Eyed Girl", making it one of the Top 10 Songs of all time on US radio and television. Morrison has also received Million-Air awards for "Have I Told You Lately".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/sir_tim_rice_and_top_songwriters_honored_at_2014_bmi_london_awards|title=Sir Tim Rice and Top Songwriters Honored at 2014 BMI London Awards |website=BMI.com|date=13 October 2014|access-date=19 August 2015}}</ref> In 2017, the [[Americana Music Association]] gave Van Morrison the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=McKenna|first=Brittney|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/van-morrison-to-receive-americana-lifetime-achievement-honor-w482030|title=Van Morrison to Receive Americana Lifetime Achievement Honor|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=12 May 2017|access-date=30 May 2017|archive-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525135516/http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/van-morrison-to-receive-americana-lifetime-achievement-honor-w482030|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Morrison was chosen to be honoured by Michael Dorf at his annual charity concert at [[Carnegie Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Greenblatt|first=Jeffrey|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/the-music-of-van-morrison-carnegie-hall-2019|title=The Music of Van Morrison To Be Celebrated at Carnegie Hall With All-Star Concert|publisher=jambase.com|date=4 November 2018|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref> The Music of Van Morrison was performed on 21 March 2019 by twenty musical acts including [[Glen Hansard]], [[Patti Smith]] and [[Bettye LaVette]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bernstein|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/van-morrison-carnegie-hall-tribute-patti-smith-bettye-lavette-811716/|title=Van Morrison's Vast Catalog Shines at All-Star Carnegie Hall Tribute|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=22 March 2019|access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref> In 2019, Morrison received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] presented by [[Jimmy Page]] during the International Achievement Summit in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2019 Summit Highlights|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/summit/2019/}}</ref>

In 2022, Morrison and his song "Down to Joy" for "[[Belfast (film)|Belfast]]" were nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]] at the [[94th Academy Awards]].

===Lists===
Morrison has also appeared in a number of "Greatest" lists, including the ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' magazine list of The All-Time 100 Albums,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201085911/http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2006|author1=Tyrangiel, Josh|author2=Light, Alan|name-list-style=amp|date=13 November 2006|title=The All-Time 100 Albums|publisher=Time/CNN|access-date=31 March 2007}}</ref> which contained ''Astral Weeks'' and ''Moondance'', and he appeared at number thirteen on the list of [[WXPN]]'s 885 All Time Greatest Artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xpn.org/images/pdfs/885artists_2006.pdf|title=885 Countdown: Greatest artists (2006)|website=Xpn.org|access-date=31 October 2010|archive-date=25 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725080933/http://www.xpn.org/images/pdfs/885artists_2006.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2000, Morrison ranked twenty-fifth on American cable music channel [[VH1]]'s list of its "100 Greatest Artists of Rock and Roll".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/vh1artists.htm|title=Vh1: 100 greatest artists of Rock & Roll|website=Rockonthenet.com|access-date=12 September 2008}}</ref> In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked Van Morrison forty-second on their list of "[[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|100 Greatest Artists of All Time]]".<ref name="RS 100">{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2004/immortals.htm|title=Rolling Stone: The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All-Time|website=Rockonthenet.com|access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref>

''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' ranked him twentieth in their list of "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" in 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=100 Best Living Songwriters|magazine=Paste Magazine|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/3003/feature/music/pastes_100_best_living_songwriters_the_list |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809095528/http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/3003/feature/music/pastes_100_best_living_songwriters_the_list |url-status=dead |archive-date= 9 August 2007|access-date=6 July 2007}}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' ranked him twenty-second on their list of "100 Greatest Singers" in April 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm#100%20Greatest%20Singers|website=Rocklistmusic.co.uk|title=100 Greatest Singers|access-date=8 April 2007|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013220837/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm#100%20Greatest%20Singers|url-status=usurped}}</ref> and he was voted twenty-fourth on the November 2008 list of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref name="RS 100 singers">{{cite web|url=http://stereogum.com/34931/rolling_stones_100_greatest_singers_of_all_time/list/|title=Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time|website=Stereogum.com|access-date=29 April 2010|date=12 November 2008}}</ref>

=== Tribute albums ===

* ''[[No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison]]'' (1994)
* ''The Van Morrison Songbook'' (1997)<ref>{{cite web|title=Various – The Van Morrison Songbook|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Van-Morrison-Songbook/release/6130556|access-date=18 July 2019|website=Discogs|date=3 March 1997 }}</ref>
* ''Into the Mystic: An Instrumental Tribute to Van Morrison'' (2000)
* ''[[Vanthology: A Tribute to Van Morrison]]'' (2003)
* ''The String Quartet Tribute to Van Morrison'' (2003)
* ''Smooth Sax Tribute to Van Morrison'' (2005)
* ''Mystic Piano: Piano Tribute to Van Morrison'' (2006)