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==Awards and recognition== * [[Grammy Award]] 1967 – Best Contemporary Album (as producer of ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'')<ref name="grammy.com">{{cite web |title=GRAMMY.com |url=http://www.grammy.com |access-date=18 February 2007}}</ref> * [[Grammy Award]] 1967 – Album of the Year (as producer of ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'')<ref name="grammy.com"/> * [[Grammy Award]] 1973 – Best Arrangement, Accompanying Vocalist(s) (as arranger of "Live and Let Die")<ref name="grammy.com"/> * [[BRIT Awards]] 1977 – Best British Producer (of the past 25 years).<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/brit_awards/277176.stm Brit Awards] bbc.co.uk. Retrieved: 21 September 2007.</ref> * [[BRIT Awards]] 1984 – Outstanding Contribution To Music<ref>{{cite web |title=The BRIT Awards 1984 |url=http://brits.co.uk/winners/1984/ |access-date=18 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216063758/http://brits.co.uk/winners/1984/ |archive-date=16 February 2007}}</ref> * [[Grammy Award]] 1993 – Best Musical Show Album (as producer of ''[[The Who's Tommy]]'')<ref name="grammy.com"/> * [[Grammy Award]] 2007 – Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media, producer together with Giles Martin, of [[The Beatles]] album ''[[Love (Beatles album)|Love]]''<ref name="grammy.com"/> * [[Grammy Award]] 2007 – Best Surround Sound Album, producer together with Giles Martin, of [[The Beatles]] album ''[[Love (Beatles album)|Love]]''<ref name="grammy.com"/> * In 1965, he was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] 1964 – Scoring of Music (for ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'')<ref>{{cite web |title=awardsdatabase.com |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp;jsessionid=2B37F9CC81DC1329C798DE43CF6E736B.squash?curTime=1191603429786 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114044402/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp%3Bjsessionid%3D2B37F9CC81DC1329C798DE43CF6E736B.squash?curTime=1191603429786 |archive-date=14 January 2012}}</ref> * In April 1989, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Music by [[Berklee College of Music]] in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Commencement Address |date=13 April 1989 |url=http://www.berklee.edu/commencement/past/gmartin.html |access-date=7 December 2015}}</ref> * On 9 July 1992, he was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree by the University of Salford, in recognition of his involvement with the innovative BSc Hons Popular Music and Recording validated by the university (taught at University College Salford), and his contribution to British popular music in general.<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Degrees |url=http://www.governance.salford.ac.uk/honorary_degrees |access-date=13 March 2016 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313130741/http://www.governance.salford.ac.uk/honorary_degrees |url-status=dead }}</ref> * He was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] on 15 March 1999<ref>{{cite web |title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum |url=http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=149 |access-date=18 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202161325/http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=149 |archive-date=2 February 2007}}</ref> and into the [[UK Music Hall of Fame]] on 14 November 2006. * Martin was named the [[British Phonographic Industry]]'s "Man of the Year" of 1998. * In 2002, he was given the [[World Soundtrack Award – Lifetime Achievement|Lifetime Achievement Award]] for Services to Film by the [[World Soundtrack Academy]] at Belgium's Flanders International Film Festival. * In 2002, Martin was honoured with a gold medal for Services to the Arts from the [[Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs|CISAC]] (the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers).<ref>{{cite web |title=2002 CISAC World Congress Photos |date=2002-09-26 |website=BMI.com |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20020927_2002_cisac_world_congress_photos |access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref> *He was granted his own [[coat of arms]] in March 2004 by the [[College of Arms]]. His shield features three beetles, a [[house martin]] holding a [[recorder (instrument)|recorder]], and the Latin motto ''Amore Solum Opus Est'' ("All You Need Is Love").<ref name="college-of-arms.gov.uk">{{cite web |title=The Arms, Crest and Badge of Sir George Martin – College of Arms |url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/grants/item/66-george-martin |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> * In November 2006, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Music by [[Leeds Beckett University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tribute to Leeds Beckett honorary graduate |date=9 March 2016 |website=Leeds Beckett University – News |url=https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/news/0316-tribute-to-leeds-beckett-honorary-graduate/ |access-date=7 December 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207155154/https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/news/0316-tribute-to-leeds-beckett-honorary-graduate/ |archive-date=7 December 2019}}</ref> * In September 2008, he was awarded the [[James Joyce Award]] by the [[Literary and Historical Society (University College Dublin)|Literary and Historical Society]] of [[University College Dublin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Irish Independent |date=25 September 2008 |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/the-lsquofifth-beatlersquo-to-get-joyce-honour-1481861.html}}</ref> * On 25 May 2010, he was given an honorary membership in the [[Audio Engineering Society]] at the 128th AES Convention in London. * On 29 June 2011, he was given an honorary degree, Doctor of Music, from the University of Oxford.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Oxford Gazette |df=dmy-all |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2010-2011/23june2011-no4958/congregation/ |access-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930195236/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2010-2011/23june2011-no4958/congregation/ |archive-date=30 September 2012}}</ref> * On 17 October 2012, he won a lifetime award in the 39th [[BASCA]] Gold Badge Awards<ref>{{cite web |title=Don Black and Sir George Martin |work=Gold Badge Awards |df=dmy-all |url=http://www.goldbadgeawards.com/don-black-and-sir-george-martin |access-date=10 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310202701/http://www.goldbadgeawards.com/don-black-and-sir-george-martin/ |archive-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> Martin was one of a handful of producers to have number-one records in three or more consecutive decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s). Others in this group include [[Mariah Carey]] (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s), [[Max Martin]] (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s), [[Phil Spector]] (1950s, 1960s, and 1970s), [[Quincy Jones]] (1960s, 1970s, and 1980s), [[Michael Omartian]] (1970s, 1980s, and 1990s), [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]] (1980s, 1990s, and 2000s) and [[Dr. Luke]] (2000s, 2010s, and 2020s)<ref>Bronson, Fred. ''Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits''. Billboard Books, 2003 (3rd ed.), pp. 106–28.</ref><ref>Whitburn, Joel. ''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2012'', Record Research, 2013 (14th ed.); accessed 10 March 2016.</ref>
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