This is a list of awards and nominations received by Scottish singer–songwriter Amy Macdonald. As of July 2026, Macdonald has won a combined total of twenty three awards, including six Scottish Music Awards, three Swiss Music Awards, two ECHO Awards and two NRJ Music Awards nominations. She has gained accolades out-with music – in 2013, she was shortlisted in the Scottish Fashion Icon category at the Scottish Fashion Awards 2013. She was shortlisted again in 2014 and won the award.
Macdonald won Best Newcomer at the 2008 Tartan Clef Awards and Best Newcomer at the 2008 Silver Clef Awards. In December 2008 she was voted Scottish Person of the Year" by The Daily Record. Her success continued in 2009, with her debut album This Is the Life and its title track receiving the award for Best International Album and Best International Song at the 2009 Swiss Music Awards respectively. She performed alongside U2 at the 2009 Echo Awards in Germany, where she won the Best International Newcomer award. She also won Best International Album and Best International Song at the 2009 Swiss Music Awards.
In 2010, she won the Best Album Award for A Curious Thing at the annual Tartan Clef awards on 20 November in Glasgow. Additionally, Macdonald won the Best International Album Rock/Pop award with A Curious Thing at the Swiss Music Awards in March 2011. Furthermore, Macdonald won Best International Rock/Pop Female at the 2011 Echo Awards. On 23 August 2013, Macdonald performed at the 46th Sopot International Song Festival in Poland with her songs "This Is the Life" and "Slow It Down". She was awarded there a special prize by the Radio RMF FM.
Awards and nominations Music AwardYearCategoryResult Echo Awards 2009 Best Newcomer International Best International Female Single of the Year for "This Is the Life" 2011 Best International Rock/Pop Female 2013Best International Rock/Pop Female Forth Radio Awards 2007 Best Artist Award 2018 International Music Icon Award 2025 Best Artist Award NRJ Music Awards 2009NInternational Album of the Year for This Is the Life International Revolution of the Year Radio Regenbogen Awards 2009 Best Newcomer 2025 International Artist RMF FM Awards 2013 Amber Nightingale Special Award Silver Clef Award 2008 Best Newcomer Scottish Live Music Awards 2024 Legend Award Scottish Music Awards 2025 Best Album – Is This What You've Been Waiting For? 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award 2020 Women In Music Award 2016 International Award 2015 King Tut's Songwriting Award 2007 Breakthrough Award Swiss Music Awards 2009 Best International Album – This Is the Life Best International Song – "This Is the Life" 2011 Best International Album Rock/Pop – A Curious Thing Tartan Clef Award 2010 Best Album – A Curious Thing
Other AwardYearCategoryResult Daily Record 2008 Scottish Person of the Year Scottish Fashion Awards 2013 Scottish Fashion Icon 2014 Sorrento Peninsula Awards 2022 International Award Tennent’s Golden Can Hall of Fame 2019 Golden Can award
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