Artist

Brian Wilson

Wins

Nominations

About Brian Wilson

"I still believe that something is right only when it feels right."

Born Brian Douglas Wilson June 20, 1942, in Hawthorne, California
Wilson and the Beach Boys scored their first Top 10 hit with "Surfin' U.S.A." in 1963. The band's album of the same name reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The Beach Boys scored 36 Top 40 hits throughout their career.
The Beach Boys earned four GRAMMY nominations for 1966 for their No. 1 hit "Good Vibrations," including Best Performance By A Vocal Group. Wilson won his first career GRAMMY for 2004 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow."
Wilson reunited with the Beach Boys onstage to perform "Good Vibrations" alongside Foster The People and Maroon 5 at the 54th GRAMMY Awards in 2012.
Wilson has claimed that he and co-writer Tony Asher composed the song "God Only Knows" in just 45 minutes.
Wilson was honored as the 2005 MusiCares Person of the Year. The official GRAMMY Week event raises funds for MusiCares, which provides services and resources that cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies for music people.
The Beach Boys' classic 1966 album Pet Sounds was their first album inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 1998. The Beach Boys received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
In 2015 Wilson partnered with mental health advocacy group Change Direction, a collection of individuals who have come together to change the culture in America about mental health, mental illness and wellness.

Year	Award	Artists	Work	All Nominees
2013	Best Historical Album	Alan Boyd, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson, Dennis Wolfe	The Smile Sessions (Deluxe Box Set)	All Nominees
2006	Best Music Film	Brian Wilson	Brian Wilson Presents Smile	All Nominees
2005	Best Pop Vocal Album	Brian Wilson	Brian Wilson Presents Smile	All Nominees
2005	Best Rock Instrumental Performance	Brian Wilson	Mrs. O'Leary's Cow	All Nominees
1999	Best Historical Album	David Leaf, Mark Linett, Brian Wilson, Joe Gastwirt	The Pet Sounds Sessions (Album)	All Nominees
1967	Other Pop/Rock&Roll/ Contemporary Awards or Instrumental	Beach Boys	Good Vibrations (Single)	All Nominees
1967	Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal	Beach Boys	Good Vibrations (Single)	All Nominees
1967	Other Pop/Rock&Roll/ Contemporary Awards or Instrumental	Beach Boys	Good Vibrations (Single)	All Nominees
1967	Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals	Brian Wilson	Good Vibrations (Single)	All Nominees