Knopfler's Awards and Nominations

Awards and acclaim

• The Edison Award was awarded to Mark Knopfler for Outstanding Achievements in the Music Industry, the highest award for musicians in the Netherlands.
• Grammy Awards 1986 - Best Country Instrumental Performance with Chet Atkins (for Cosmic Square Dance)
• Grammy Awards 1991 - Best Country Vocal Collaboration with Chet Atkins (for Poor Boy Blues')
• Grammy Awards 1991 - Best Country Instrumental Performance with Chet Atkins (for So Soft, Your Goodbye)
• In 1993, Knopfler was made an honorary Doctor of Music at Newcastle University.
• In 1999, Knopfler was made an OBE.
• In Summer 1995, Knopfler was made an honorary Doctor of Music at the University of Leeds.
• In 2001 The Masiakasaurus knopfleri (a species of dinosaur) was named after him.
• On 11 July 2007, Knopfler was made an honorary Doctor of Music at Sunderland University.
• Knopfler along with his band Dire Straits won the 1986 Grammy award for "Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal" for their song "Money for Nothing."
• In February 2009, Knopfler's British Grove Studios was the winner of the Music Producers Guild Award for 'Best Studio'.

Nominations

• Grammy Awards 1986 - Song of the Year (songwriter) (for 'Money for Nothing')
• Grammy Awards 1992 - Best Country Instrumental Performance with Chet Atkins (for 'Neck and Neck')
• Grammy Awards 2007 - Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album with Emmylou Harris (for 'All the Roadrunning')