Musical Awards and Recognition
In 1997, the album Flaming Pie was nominated in the category Album of the Year at the 1998 Grammy Awards.
It was announced in the 1997 New Year Honours that McCartney was to be knighted for services to music, and he received the accolade from the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 11 March 1997, becoming Sir Paul McCartney. He dedicated his knighthood to fellow Beatles Lennon, Harrison, and Starr, and to the people of Liverpool.
In 1999, McCartney was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a performer.
In May 2000, McCartney was given a Fellowship by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. The chairman of the academy, Guy Fletcher, said McCartney had played a major role in changing the course of British popular music.
In 2007, McCartney was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Jenny Wren"—a song from his 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, which itself had been nominated as Album of the Year in 2006.
On June 2, 2010 in the East Room of the White House, Paul McCartney was given the Gershwin Prize by U.S. President Barack Obama.
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