American Idiot's Awards & Nominations
December 2004: Green Day wins the award for best song in a video game. "American Idiot" appeared in the Madden NFL 2005 game at the Spike TV 2004 Video Game Awards. 2005: Green Day are nominated for "Best International Group" at the 2005 Brits Awards in the UK. They lost to the Sissor Sisters. Febuary 2005: Green Day won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album (American Idiot) and were nominated for Album of the Year (American Idiot), Record of the Year, Best Rock Song (awarded to the songwriter), Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, and Best Music Video, Short Form ("American Idiot"). Green Day also performed at the ceremony. April 2005: Green Day won an award Favorite Band/Group at the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards. April 2005: Green Day win a canadian Juno award for Best International Album of the Year. August 2005: The video for "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" won 6 MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Rock Video, Best Direction (Samuel Bayer), Best Cinematography (Samuel Bayer), and Best Editing (Tim Royes). The video for "American Idiot" won for Viewer's Choice and was nominated for Best Art Direction. Green Day also performed at the ceremony. November 2005: Green Day won 2 MTV Europe Awards for Best Album and Best Rock Group. November 2005: Green Day won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (American Idiot) and Favorite Alternative Artist, and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and Artist of the Year. Febuary 2006: Green Day won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year ("Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"). Febuary 2006: Green Day won 2 Brit Awards for Best International Group and Best International Album (American Idiot). March 2006: San Francisco Chapter of The Recording Academy honor Green Day in a ceremony for those "Whose Talents and Accomplishments Have Crossed All Boundaries to Make an Enduring, Positive Impact on the Music Community". April 2006: Green Day won 2 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Music Group and Favorite Song ("Wake Me Up When September Ends"). May 2006: Green Day won Best Album for the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards on May 25th. May 2006: ASCAP Honor Awards - Green Day and Annie Lennox where honored (article). Green Day got honored with the Creative Voice Award as well as for Song of the Year, Boulevard of Broken Dreams. May 2006: Green Day won one of two awards they were up for at this years MTV Asia Awards. They won 'Favorite Rock Act' but lost the Favorite Video award to Korn's video for "Twisted Transistor". June 2006: Green Day won 'Best International Group' at the MuchMusic Video Awards.
