Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an American indie rock band formed in 2000 in New York City. The band consists of lead vocalist Karen O, guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. They have released five albums: Fever to Tell (2003), Show Your Bones (2006), It's Blitz! (2009), Mosquito (2013), and Cool It Down (2022). Fever to Tell has sold over 1,000,000 copies and became a key work of the 2000s garage rock and post-punk movements. It's Blitz has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have received 9 awards from 35 nominations. They have earned four nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album for Fever to Tell, Show Your Bones, It's Blitz!, and Cool It Down; the first was also nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize. Their singles "Maps", "Heads Will Roll", and "Sacrilege" collectively received seven nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards, and "Spitting Off the Edge of the World" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.
Awards and nominations + Award Year Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Category ResultBest Art Vinyl Awards2022 Cool It DownBest Art Vinyl BMI London Awards2007 Pop Award D&AD Awards2005 Direction2014 CinematographyEditingGrammy Awards2004Fever to TellBest Alternative Music Album2007Show Your Bones2010It's Blitz!2023Cool It Down Best Alternative Music PerformanceInternational Dance Music Awards2010Yeah Yeah YeahsBest Artist (Group)It's Blitz!Best Artist Album Best Alternative Rock/Dance TrackLibera Awards2023Cool It DownMarketing Genius Video of the Year 2026 Best Sync Usage MTV Video Music Awards2004 Best Art DirectionBest EditingBest CinematographyMTV2 Award2009 Breakthrough Video2013 Best DirectionBest CinematographyMTVU Woodies2004 Woodie of the Year2009 Best Video WoodieMVPA Awards2005 Alternative Video of the Year2007 Cinematography2009 Best Rock VideoNME Awards2003Yeah Yeah YeahsPhilip Hall Hot New Band Award2010 Best Dancefloor FillerYeah Yeah YeahsBest International BandShortlist Music Prize2003Fever to TellAlbum of the YearUK Music Video Awards2013 Best Rock/Indie VideoBest EditingŽebřík Music Awards2009Yeah Yeah YeahsDiscovery of the Year
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