Jean Michel Jarre - Honours

Honours

  • 1976 – Grand Prix du Disque by L'Académie Charles Cros, for Oxygène
  • 1976 – "Personality of The Year" by People magazine (U.S.)
  • 1978 – Midem award
  • 1979 – Guinness Book of Records entry for the biggest concert ever (La Concorde)
  • 1981 – Honorary member of the Beijing Conservatory of Music.
  • 1984 – Grand Prix du Disque by L'Académie Charles Cros, for Zoolook.
  • 1985 – Instrumental album of the year, at the Victoires de la Musique in France, for Zoolook
  • 1986 – Instrumental album of the year, at the Victoires de la Musique, for Rendez-vous
  • 1986 – Musical spectacle of the year, at the Victoires de la Musique, for the Rendez-Vous Houston concert
  • 1987 – New Guinness Book of Records entry for the biggest concert ever (Rendez-Vous Houston)
  • 1987 – "European musician Person of the Year" by People magazine
  • 1990 – New Guinness Book of Records entry for the biggest concert ever (Paris La Defense: A City in Concert)
  • 1993 – UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
  • 1994 – Victoire de la Musique for Chronologie.
  • 1995 – Awarded Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur from the French Government.
  • 1997 – New Guinness Book of Records entry for the biggest concert ever with 3.5 million watching at Moscow's 850th anniversary
  • 1998 – IFPI's Platinum Europe Award
  • 2005 – HCA Ambassador for the Hans Christian Andersen 2005 Bicentenary Festival
  • 2006 – Polish Television Academy's "Super Wiktor" award for "Space of Freedom"
  • 2006 – Gdańsk's Man Of The Year 2005 Award
  • 2007 – Eska Music Awards Special Award
  • 2008 – Doctor Honoris Causa by the Mendeleev Russian University of Chemistry and Technology
  • 2010 – MOJO Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • 2010 – Grand Prix des Musiques Electroniques SACEM
  • 2011 - International Cavalchina Award.
  • 2011 - Awarded Officier de la Légion d'Honneur from the French Government.
  • 2012 - Awarded the "Miembro Honorífico del Claustro Universitario de las Artes" (Honorary Fellow of the University Senate of the Arts) by the University of Alcalá and the Society of Artists of Spain (AIE).

An asteroid, 4422 Jarre, has been named in his honour. He is honorary citizen of Gdansk.

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