 
 Gabriel topped
the UK LP chart for 2 weeks with Peter
Gabriel.
Gabriel had a minor hit with
"Games Without Frontiers"
from the LP Peter
Gabriel 3: Melt
Year-End Chart
Position: # 266
available for download at Amazon.mp3
 Gabriel hit the Top 40 with
"Shock The Monkey."
from the LP Security
ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 32 - 32 - 31 - 31 - 28 - 26 - 25 - 23 - 21 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 123
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
 Gabriel was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Shock The Monkey").
 # 25
Singles Artist of the Year
 # 57
Singles Artist of the Year
Gabriel was
nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock
Male Video Artist.
 Gabriel was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year (So), Record of the Year and Song of the Year (songwriter) ("Sledgehammer") and was
nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Sledgehammer").
The video for "Sledgehammer" won 9 MTV Video Music
Awards for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Overall Performance, Best Concept Video, Best Direction (Stephen Johnson), Best Art Direction (Stephen Johnson,
Stephen Quay & Tim Quay), Best Editing (Stephen Johnson &
Colin Green), Most Experimental Video, and Best Special Effects (Stephen Johnson &
Peter Lord) and was nominated for Viewer's Choice. The video for
"Big Time" was also nominated for Best Concept Video and (Stephen Johnson),
and Best Special Effects.
 Gabriel was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite
Pop/Rock Video ("Sledgehammer").
The video for "Biko"
was nominted for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video from a Film.
Gabriel won a Grammy Award for Best New Age
Performance (Passion
- Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ) and was also
nominated for Best Album of Original
Instrumental Background Score Written for a
Motion Picture or for Television.
Gabriel was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form (P.O.V.).
Gabriel topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 2 weeks with
"Digging In The Dirt."
Gabriel topped the Billboard
Album Rock Tracks chart for a week with
"Digging In The Dirt."
Gabriel hit the Top 40 with
"Digging In The Dirt."
Gabriel topped the Billboard
Album Rock Tracks chart for 5 weeks with
"Steam."
Gabriel hit the
Top 40 with "Steam."
Gabriel won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form ("Digging In The Dirt"), and was
nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male (Us), Best Rock Song (songwriter), and Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Digging In The Dirt").
The video for "Steam"
won 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Special Effects (Real World
Productions & Colossal Pictures) and Best Editing and was nominated for Best Male Video, and the video for
"Digging In The Dirt" was nominated
for Video of the Year and Viewer's Choice.
Rolling
Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "Sledgehammer" at # 1
and "Shock The Monkey" at # 53.
 Gabriel won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form ("Steam"),
and was nominated for Best Rock Vocal
Performance, Solo ("Steam").
The video for "Kiss That
Frog" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Special Effects (Brett Leonard &
Angel Studios) and was nominated for Best Editing.
Gabriel was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Red Rain").
 Gabriel won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form (Secret
World Live).
Ranked # 53 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 32 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).
Peter came out in support of
Amnesty International at a concert held in
France which also included Bruce
Springsteen, Tracy
Chapman, Alanis
Morissette, Radiohead, Shania Twain, Robert Plant,
Jimmy Page, and Youssou
N'dour. The concert was held to mark
the 50th anniversary of the United Nation's
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made included
"Sledgehammer" at # 4.
VH1: 100
Greatest Albums included
So at # 91.
VH1: 100
Greatest Videos included "Sledgehammer" at # 3.
Gabriel was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("The Barry WIlliams Show").
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years included "In Your
Eyes" at # 34.
 Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included So (1986) at # 187.
Gabriel will release the DVD
collection Play on November 16th -
the set will include videos that span his
career.
# 246 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
The single "In Your
Eyes" was certified gold.
 The compilation Big
Blue Ball was released with
Gabriel singing on many of the tracks.
Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included So at # 88.
Gabriel won 2 Grammy Awards for Best
Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television
or Visual Media (awarded to the songwriter)
("Down To Earth" with Thomas
Newman) and Best Instrumental Arrangement
("Define Dancing" with Thomas
Newman).
 Gabriel was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Original Song for
"Down To Earth" from the film Wall-E.
Gabriel pulled out of performing at the
ceremony after learning the performance would
be short.
 Gabriel released the covers
collection Scratch
My Back (Entertainment
Weekly:
B).
Gabriel released New
Blood.
 Gabriel released the live LP New
Blood Live In London.
Gabriel released So
(25th Anniversary Immersion Box).
- April 10: Gabriel was
inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame.
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