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Awards and Honors

Hall of fame inductions

Canadian Music Hall of Fame (1989), inducted at that year's Juno Awards. Robertson reunited on stage with Danko and Hudson for the occasion, backed by the Canadian band Blue Rodeo, a performance the press at the time called a passing of the torch.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1994), a first-ballot induction. Robertson, Danko, and Hudson attended and performed; Helm, still at odds with Robertson, did not.
Canada's Walk of Fame (2014), inducted as a group. Robertson had already been inducted individually in 2003.

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (February 9, 2008), awarded to the group with no reunion performance. Helm marked the occasion at home in Woodstock with a Midnight Ramble instead of attending.

Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2004): ranked No. 50.
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: "The Weight" ranked No. 41 (2004).
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Music from Big Pink ranked No. 34 (2003 and 2012 lists), No. 100 (2020 revision); The Band ranked No. 45 (2003 and 2012), No. 57 (2020 revision).
National Recording Registry (Library of Congress): The Band (1969) was added in 2009, recognizing its cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance.
Polaris Music Prize Heritage Prize (2017), a jury award, given to Northern Lights–Southern Cross.
National Film Registry (2019): The Last Waltz was added, recognizing the concert film as culturally significant.

First North American rock group on the cover of Time magazine (1970), during the run between The Band and Stage Fright.

Robbie Robertson: Officer of the Order of Canada (2011), the country's highest civilian honor; Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (2006); Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2011); a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), his final film score.
Levon Helm: three competitive Grammy Awards during his post-Band solo comeback, for Dirt Farmer (Best Traditional Folk Album, 2008), Electric Dirt (Best Americana Album, 2010), and Ramble at the Ryman (Best Americana Album, 2011), covered in full in The Long Goodbye (1999–2025).