List of awards and nominations received by Within Temptation

List of Within Temptation awards and nominations
	Within Temptation at the Bevrijdingsfestival, Netherlands, 2008.
Awards and nominations
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Within Temptation is a Dutch Edison Award-winning symphonic metal band from Netherlands formed in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt.

The band's first release, Enter, came in 1997 and made the band a prominent act in the Dutch underground scene, allowing them to play in metal festivals such as Dynamo Open Air. At the end of 2000 the band released their second album, entitled Mother Earth. The album did not reach commercial success until 2001 with the release of the album second single, "Ice Queen", which reached No. 2 on the Dutch charts. The album lead the band to both public and critic recognition earning them platinum status in the Netherlands^[1] and also two TMF Awards for "Best Rock" and "Most Promising Act". Since then, the band won the Conamus Exportprijs^[2] four years in a row. Their next albums The Silent Force and The Heart of Everything debuted at No. 1 on the Dutch charts, as the 2014 release Hydra, while also providing the band nominations in several national and international alwards such as the Edison Awards, Echo Awards, Revolver Golden Gods and MTV European Music Awards.

Awards

3FM Awards

The 3FM Awards are arranged by NPO 3FM and are decided by public vote. Within Temptation has won three awards from six nominations.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
2006	Best Rock Artist	Within Temptation	Won
2007		Within Temptation	Won
2009		Within Temptation	Nominated
2009	Best Live Act	Within Temptation	Won
2011	Best Rock Artist	Within Temptation	Nominated
2012	Best Rock Artist	Within Temptation	Nominated

AIM Awards

The AIM Independent Music Awards are hosted by the Association of Independent Music (AIM) and were established in 2011 to recognize artists signed to independent record labels in the United Kingdom. Within Temptation has received one nomination.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[9]^[10]
2014	Independent Album of the Year	Hydra	Nominated

Buma Cultuur Awards

The Buma Cultuur is a non-profit organization that supports and promotes Dutch music. Within Temptation has received the best-selling award on five years and the Buma Music in Motion, in which award new forms of delivering music, one.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
2003	Buma Export Award^[A]	Within Temptation	Won
2004		Within Temptation	Won
2005		Within Temptation	Won
2006		Within Temptation	Won
2011	Buma Music in Motion	The Unforgiving	Won
2016	Buma Export Award	Within Temptation	Won
2024	Lifetime Achievement Award	Within Temptation	Won

A^ Previously known as Conamus Export Award.

Echo Awards

The ECHO Music Awards were organized in 1992 by German Phonoakademie, the cultural institute of the German Music Industry Association (BVMI) to recognize national and international successful works, and winners are determined by representatives of record companies, music publishers, artists, critics and other professionals within the German music industry.^[15] Within Temptation received one nomination.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Resultt^[16]
2008	Best International Rock Group	Within Temptation	Nominated

Edison Awards

The Edison Awards are an annual Dutch music prize awarded by NVPI, being the Dutch equivalent of the Grammy Awards. Within Temptation has won three awards out of four nominations.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]
2003	Best Live DVD	Mother Earth Tour	Won
2005	Best National Group	Within Temptation	Won
2019	Best Video	The Reckoning	Nominated
2024	Best Rock Album	Bleed Out	Won

Independent Music Companies Association Awards

The Independent Music Companies Association Awards (or IMPALA Awards) recognizes the best European independent musical releases of the year. The winners are defined by a jury based on artistic merit alone. Within Temptation has received one nomination.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[21]
2015	European Independent Album of the Year	Hydra	Nominated

Loudwire Music Awards

The Loudwire Music Awards are annually held by the online magazine Loudwire, in which covers hard rock and heavy metal music. The nominated works are selected by the editors and the winners by public vote. Within Temptation has won two awards and lead vocalist Sharon den Adel as well.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[22]^[23]^[24]
2011	Rock Album of the Year	The Unforgiving	Won
	Artist of the Year	Within Temptation	Won
	Rock Goddess of the Year	Sharon den Adel	Won
2014	Rock Goddess of the Year	Sharon den Adel	Won

Metal Hammer Awards (GER)

The Metal Hammer Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the German issue of Metal Hammer, a British heavy metal magazine. Within Temptation has won one award from two nominations.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[25]
2014	Best Album	Hydra	Nominated
2014	Best Live Band	Within Temptation	Won

Metal Hammer Golden Gods (UK)

The Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by Metal Hammer, a British heavy metal magazine. Within Temptation has received two nominations.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[26]^[27]
2005	Best Breakthrough Artist	Within Temptation	Nominated
2014	Best International Band	Within Temptation	Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Within Temptation has won one time from two nominations.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[28]^[29]
2005	MTV Europe Music Award for Best Dutch & Belgian Act	Within Temptation	Nominated
2007	MTV Europe Music Award for Best Dutch & Belgian Act	Within Temptation	Won

Netherlands Film Festival

The Netherlands Film Festival is an annual film festival held in the Dutch city of Utrecht. Within Temptation has received five nominations for their short films released alongside The Unforgiving.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[30]
2011	Best Fictie	Mother Maiden	Nominated
		Sinéad	Nominated
		Triplets	Nominated
	Best Video	Faster	Nominated
	Best Video	Sinéad	Nominated

The Rocks Awards

The Rocks is an annual awards ceremony held by Planet Rock, a British rock music radio station. The nominees are selected by the radio station and the winner by public vote Within Temptation has been nominated once.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[31]
2021	Best International Band	Within Temptation	Runner-up

Revolver Golden Gods

The Revolver Golden Gods Awards are an annual awards ceremony held by Revolver, an American hard rock and heavy metal magazine. Within Temptation has won one time.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[32]
2005	Best Video	Angels	Won

TMF Awards

The TMF Awards were arranged by now inoperative international television channel The Music Factory and had both Belgian and Dutch ceremonies. Within Temptation received two awards from the Belgian ceremonies and four awards from the Dutch.

Belgian Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[33]
2002	Best International Rock Artist	Within Temptation	Won
2007	Best International Live Act	Within Temptation	Won
Dutch Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[34]^[33]
2002	Most Promising Act	Within Temptation	Won
2005	Best National Rock Artist	Within Temptation	Won
2007	Best Video	What Have You Done	Won
2007	Best Live Act	Within Temptation	Won

World Music Awards

The World Music Awards is an annual international awards show founded in 1989 that honours recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Within Temptation has received two times the best-selling award and has three nominations in the classificatory categories.

Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]
2005	Best Selling Dutch Artist	Within Temptation	Won
2007	Best Selling Dutch Artist	Within Temptation	Won
2014	Best Album	Hydra	Nominated
	Best Group	Within Temptation	Nominated
	Best Live Act	Within Temptation	Nominated

References

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^ "3FM Awards 2006 - Nieuws - NPO 3FM - Serious Radio". Archived from the original on 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
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^ "Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel Voted Loudwire's 2011 Rock Goddess of the Year". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
^ Childers, Chad. "Sharon Den Adel Rock Goddess of the Year - 4th Annual Loudwire Music Awards". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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External links

Within Temptation Official Website

[1] "Biography - Spirit of Metal". Spirit-of-metal.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[conamus-2] "Conamus Exportprijs". Archived from the original on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2007-05-12.

[3] "3FM Awards 2006 - Nieuws - NPO 3FM - Serious Radio". Archived from the original on 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2015-02-25.

[4] "Award beste Live- act: Within Temptation - Nieuws - 3FM Awards". Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

[5] "Beste Artiest Rock: Go Back to the Zoo - Nieuws - 3FM Awards". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-02-25.

[6] "3FM Awards prooi voor Bløf". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2007-04-15. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[7] "Nominated, 3FM Awards | within Temptation". Archived from the original on 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

[8] "And the nominees are... Nieuws - 3FM Awards". 30 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[9] "London Grammar lead the way with four nominations at AIM music awards". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[10] "AIM Independent Music Awards - the Association of Independent Music". Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2015-02-25.

[11] "Conamus-prijs voor Within Temptation". Nrc.nl. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[12] ""The Unforgiving" concept wins "Buma Music in Motion" award! | within Temptation". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2015-03-04.

[13] "Within Temptation wint Buma Rocks! Export Award". Nu.nl. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[lifetime-14] "Highlights of the Buma Awards 2024". Buma Stemra. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

[15] Spahr, Wolfgang (30 May 1992). "German Stars Honored as Echoes Debut". Billboard. pp. 10, 82. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

[16] "Nightwish". Nuclearblast.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[17] "WITHIN TEMPTATION, RAMMSTEIN Honored At Holland's EDISON Awards". Blabbermouth.net. 16 February 2005. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[18] "Edison Pop onthult de genomineerden in de categorie hiphop". Puna.nl. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[edisonnom-19] "John Coffey, Within Temptation en De Staat genomineerd voor Edison Rock". Kink.nl. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

[edisonwin-20] "Sef en Son Mieux winnen belangrijkste Edisons". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

[21] "City Slang's CARIBOU pockets IMPALA European Album of the Year Award | Impala". Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-23.

[22] "2011 Loudwire Music Awards: Within Temptation Win Artist of the Year + Rock Album of the Year". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[23] "Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel Voted Loudwire's 2011 Rock Goddess of the Year". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[24] Childers, Chad. "Sharon Den Adel Rock Goddess of the Year - 4th Annual Loudwire Music Awards". Loudwire.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[25] "Das sind die Gewinner der METAL HAMMER AWARDS 2014!". Metal-hammer.de. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

[26] "BATTUMSE BÊKEFEESTEN 2008 | BATHMEN | 30 en 31 mei". u61555p61524.web0118.zxcs-klant.nl. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[27] "Winners Revealed For Metal Hammer's 2014 'Golden Gods Awards'". Theprp.com. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[28] "WITHIN TEMPTATION Nominated For MTV European Music Award". Blabbermouth.net. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[29] "WITHIN TEMPTATION Win MTV Europe Music Award". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[30] "The Triplets movie – vote! | within Temptation". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2014-04-27.

[31] "The Rocks 2021 winners revealed". Planetradio.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-16.

[32] "Golden Gods awards | within Temptation". Archived from the original on 2014-04-20. Retrieved 2014-08-07.

[vivatvawards-33] "Within Temptation Awards List". Viva Tv. Retrieved 2015-05-22.

[34] "WITHIN TEMPTATION Honored With Dutch TMF Awards". Blabbermouth.net. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[35] "Within Temptation | Universal Music Publishing UK". Archived from the original on 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2015-03-04.

[36] "Select nomination". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2014-05-27.

[37] "WITHIN TEMPTATION Honored At WORLD MUSIC AWARDS". Blabbermouth.net. 5 November 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

[38] "Select nomination". Archived from the original on 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2015-02-28.

[39] "Select nomination". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2014-05-18.

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