Successes And Awards – KAREL GOTT

selection of important awards and honours

Academy and Critics‘ Awards

Winning at the Youth Folk Creativity Singing Free Tribune Competition (1957)
1st place in the poll of music critics and publicists of the Melodie magazine for the best Czechoslovak singer of the year (1963)
2nd place in the chart of music critics and publicists of the Melody magazine in album category (1967)
3x Trophée Nationale International Fair of Record Companies and Music Publishers MIDEM in Cannes, France (1968-1970)
3rd place in the poll of German journalists about the best German singing artist in West Germany in 1968 (1969)
5th place in poll of professional music magazines about the best artist (West Germany, 1970)
Album „My Song“ became the 6th best record of the year after the Melodie magazine (1972)
Star of the Year honorary title, awarded by the British music magazine Music Week (1974)
Golden Harp for the interpretation of German folk song awarded in Stuttgart, West Germany (1983)
Hermann Löns Gold Medal for the interpretation of German folk songs awarded in Munich, West Germany (1983)
Golden Crown of Young World magazine (1984)
Disco Nightingale (in a poll of professional DJs for the best artist of all time, 1987)
The Melodie Awards of Music Critics and Journalists Melodie magazine, 2nd place (1988)
Special price of Czechoslovakian disc-jockeys for the longest played personality at discos /1989)
Golden Microphone for The Gala Star, Böblingen, West Germany (1991)
Karel Gott became the first member of the Hall of Fame of the Czech Popular Music Academy (1991)
Artist of the Year Award for the most successful artist in Germany in 1991 (Künstler Magazin)
2x Disco Nightingale for Personality of all time, awarded by Czech professional disc-jockeys (1992-1993)
Homage of Czech discjockeys for the most successful domestic performer of popular music (1995)
1st place in the chart of music critics and publicists of the Melody magazine in album category (1995)
Golden Microphone – Award for the most successful artist in Germany in 2004 (Künstler Magazin)
Czech Star title in the Hall of Fame of the Czech Popular Music Academy (2011)
The Legend of Czech Popular Music – Anděl – Critics‘ Choice Award (2014)
The Golden Hen for a lifetime achievement, Leipzig (Germany, 2017)

Business Honours

Golden Dog (for million records sold in West Germany, 1971)
Golden Plaque of Polydor (West Germany, 1977)
Polydor Golden Needle for twenty years of successful cooperation (awarded to Karel Gott as the third artist in the history of Polydor after Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein). West Germany, 1986
40 Jahre Universal Music Award of Universal Music Co. (Germany, 2007)
OSA Award for the most successful tour of 2010 (2011)
Crystal Lion of Supraphon Records (2014)

Municipality Honours

Gold Medal of the City of Straubing (West Germany, 1969)
Golden Mariechen – Award for Outstanding Personalities of Economic, Scientific and Cultural Life in Nuremberg, West Germany, 1977
The Carnival Gold Cap of the city of Köln am Rhein (for the greatest personality of the cultural life of the year in West Germany, 1978)
The Bull of Hohensalzburg – prestigious Austrian award, awarded annually to the most prominent figures of social, political, cultural and sports life (Austria, 1991)
Karel Gott became an honorary citizen of his hometown of Pilsen and was commissioned by Governor to the Hall of Fame of the Pilsen Region (2009)
Prague 5 City District awarded Karel Gott the Merit Medal for Contribution to the City (2009)
Silver medal of the City of Prague (2009)
Award of the city of Myjava (Slovakia, 2010)
Vienna City Hall Award (Wien, Austria, 2012)

State and Special Honours

Honorary badge of SČSSP I. degree (1976)
State Title of the Deserved Artist of Czechoslovakia (1977)
Gold Medal of Merit for Friendship between Nations, awarded by the GDR Friendship League (East Germany, 1979)
Honorary Diploma of the Central Committee of the Lenin Komsomol for strengthening the friendship between Czechoslovak and Soviet youth (USSR, 1979)
Honorary badge of the Central Committee of SČSP I. degree /1980)
State Title of the National Artist of Czechoslovakia (1985)
Honorable mention of the Pragokoncert Art Agency for exemplary and long-term presentation of Czechoslovak music art abroad (1986)
Mikhail Gorbachev awarded Karel Gott Order of Friendship of Nations of the Supreme Soviet presidium for active participation in the development and strengthening of friendship and cooperation between the people of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia (September 1989), USSR
Crystal Globe of The European Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne for outstanding performance and merit (Baden-Wien, March 2001)
Medal of Merit of the Czech Republic, high state honour (2009)
Order of Yuri Gagarin (Moscow – Russia, 2011)
The Association of Czech Russians Karel Gott awarded the commemorative Medal of Josef Jungmann for the promotion of Czech-Russian relations (2011)
Order of Alexander Alexandrov (Moscow – Russia, 2013)
Order of the White Lion – the highest state order of the Czech Republic (im memoriam, 2020)

Festival Succesess

3rd place at the International Festival in Polish Sopot for the interpretation of Polish folk song „Cat Teofil“ (1964)
1st place at MIDEM Cannes – France (Golden Key Intervision, 1965)
Golden Key of Intervision on the international festival in Karlsbad with the song „Where Wind Goes to Sleep“ (1965)
2nd place at MIDEM Cannes – France (Silver Key of Intervision, 1966)
Critics‘ Prize for the song „Send It Away“ on the 1st International Dance Song Festival in Bratislava (1966)
Golden Lyre for the song „I Have a Fairy-tale House“on the 1st International Dance Song Festival in Bratislava (1966)
Silver Key of Intervision for the song „I Have a Fairy-tale House“ on the 1st International Dance Song Festival in Bratislava (1966)
Tropheé Nationale International Fair of Record Companies and Music Publishers MIDEM in Cannes, France. The applause volume was measured during all festival concerts. While the applause of the singer Tom Jones reached 58 phones, newcomer Karel Gott surprised with 54 films. The French press no longer wrote about a promising singer the next day, but about a „natural phenomenon“. (1967)
9th place and one of the nine Gold Medals on the International Festival for the interpretation of „Lady Carneval“ on the 3rd International Golden Rooster Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1968)
Golden Key of Intervision for the song „Why Do Birds Sing?“ (Karlsbad International Festival, 1968)
Bronze Lyre at the Bratislava International Festival for the song „Hey, Gentlemen, Councillors“ (1969)
4th and 5th place on the Golden Orpheus festival in Athens, Greece (1970)
4th place at the 3rd International Song Olympics Festival in Athens with the song „Hey, Hey, Baby“, Greece (1970)
Cherry Blossoms Award for the interpretation of the song „Let Love Spread Far And Wide“ on the Yamaha Festival in Tokyo, Japan (1974)
Outstanding Performance Award on the Japan International Yamaha Festival (Tokyo – Japan), from 1500 song „Just Carry On“ in TOP40 (1977)
Star of Popular Music Award at the Poznań International Festival in Poland (1977)
Stage Personality Award at the Poznań International Festival in Poland (1978)
The title Personality, awarded at the 6th annual Wiosna estradowa entertainment show in Poznan (Poland, 1978)
Country Music Nashwille Association Diploma, Nashwille (USA,1981)
Golden Horseshoe Award from the Karnevals Club in Stuttgart (West Germany, 1989)
German Heritage Festival Diploma (New Jersey, USA, 1992)
Critics Prize of the Kinoduel International Film Festival in Minsk for best actor in a male role in the fairy tale „The Secret Of The Two Headed Dragon“ (Belarus, 2019).
Golden Shoe Award on the International Film Festival in Zlín (2019)

Radio and TV Prizes

Golden Microphone for the artist who made the most significant in the development of art in radio and television – Stuttgart, West Germany (1974)
Bronze Lion RTL Radio Luxembourg for topping the charts (Luxembourg, 1979)
Silver Lion RTL Radio Luxemburg for topping the charts (Luxembourg, 1979)
Oscar of German Television ZDF (Dortmund – West Germany, 1980)
3x Golden Tuning fork – Award given to one of the most popular figures of Saarland Radio and Television in Saarbruecken, West Germany (1982-1984)
BRF Silver Antenna for number of placements in the BRF charts (Belgium, 1983)
BRF Golden Antenna for number of placements in the BRF charts (Belgium, 1984)
BRF Antenna of Honor for the most popular singer in Belgium (Belgium, 1984)
BRF Antenna of Honor for the most popular performer of the BRF charts over the past five years, awarded in Eupen-Kettenis (Belgium, 1986)
Golden Tuning fork – Award given to one of the most popular figures of Saarland Radio and Television in Saarbruecken, Germany (1995)
German radio station RPR awarded Karel Gott the Award for the most successful foreign artist in Germany (2002)
Legend of the Night Stream Award (Czech Radio 2008)
Event of the year Award for the box My Songs (Czech Radio, 2009)
Legend of the Night Stream Award (Czech Radio 2009)
ANNO – Nova TV Award (2010)
Golden Antenna for the most successful performer of Belgian Radio and Television (Belgium, 2013)
The Most Played Artist of the Night Stream (Czech Radio Award, 2014)
„Singer of the Century“ – Czech Radio Award (2018)

Golden Records

4x Golden Record Trophee MIDEM Cannes (France, 1965-1970)
7x Golden Record of Supraphon for the most successful artist in 1966-1972
6x Silver Record of Artia for the best-selling Czech artist abroad in 1967-1972
Golden Record of Polydor for the first debut album „The Golden Voice of Prague“ (1968)
Silver Record of Artia (for the best-selling Czech artist abroad)
Golden Record of Artia for the album „My Czech Favorites“ (1972)
5x Golden Records of Polydor for the single „Maya the Bee“ (1978)
Golden Record of Polydor for the album „Triumph of the Golden Voice“ (1979)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the album „Karel Gott ’78“ (1979)
Golden Record of Supraphon for 15 years of cooperation (1979)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the album „Karel Gott ’79/ (1980)
Golden Record of Polydor for the album „Good Evening, Good Mood“ (1981)
Golden Record of Supraphon for 1 million exported albums sold abroad (1981)
Golden Record of Supraphon for 5 million exported albums sold abroad (1983)
Golden Record of Supraphon for 20 years of cooperation (1983)
Golden Record of Philips – PolyGram for the album „Christmas“, Switzerland (1984)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the album Muzika (1986)
Platinum Record of Supraphon for the most successful artist of all history (1986)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the album „White Christmas“ (1987)
Platinum Record of Polydor for 20 years of cooperation (1987)
The Great Platinum Record of Polydor for 464 recordings Karel Gott made for Polydor from 1967 to 1988 (1988)
Supraphon Diamon Record for 13 million albums sold (1992)
Platinum Record of Supraphon for the album „When Man Breakfast with Woman“, the best selling title (1994)
Golden Record of GoJa for the album „Christmas Miracle“ (1995)
Golden Record of PolyGram for the album „Karel Gott ´95“ (1995)
Double platinum record of GoJa for the album „Christmas Miracle“, best-selling album of the year (1996)
Double platinum record of GoJa and EMI for the album „Duets“, best-selling album of the year (1998)
Golden Record of GoJa for the album „Rocks of My Youth“ (1999)
Golden Record of Popron for the album „Frostman“ (1999)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the album „Concert of Stars at Žofín“ (2002)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the album „Magical Christmas“ (2002)
Golden Record of Universal for the album „Every time“ (2002)
Golden Record of GoJa for the album „My Guardian Angel“ (2004)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the double album „My Love“ (2004)
Golden Record of Supraphon for DVD „Lady Carneval“ (2004)
Multiplatinum Record of Supraphon for the double album „42 Greatest Hits“ (2004)
Multiplatinum Record of Supraphon for the album „Christmas in Golden Prague“ – the most successful album of all time (2004)
Platinum Record of GoJa for the album „Swing Collection“ (2004)
Platinum Record of Supraphon for DVD „Dream About Christmas“ (2004)
Platinum Record of Universal for the album „Live“ (2004)
Golden Record of Melodyia for 5 million copies of the LP Karel Gott 1977 sold in Russia (2005)
Golden Record of Supraphon for DVD „Lady Carneval“ (2006)
Platinum Record of Supraphon for DVD „Hundred Times I Praise Time“ (2007)
Double Platinum album of Supraphon for DVD „Lady Carneval“ (2008)
Platinum Record of Supraphon for DVD „Hundred Times I Praise Time“ (2008)
Platinum Record of Supraphon for the double album „50 hits“ (2008)
Double platinum record of Supraphon for the triple album „70 hits“ (2010).
Double platinum album of Supraphon for the album „Sentiment“ (2012)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the album „Touch of Love“ (2012)
Platinum Record of Supraphon for the album „Touch of Love“ (2012)
Platinum Record of Supraphon for the album „Love is Beautiful“ (2014)
Double platinum album of Supraphon for the album „With a Little Help of My Friends“ (2015)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the double album „40 Nightingales“ (2016)
Double Platinum Record of Supraphon for album „40 Nightingales“ (2017)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the album „Folk Songs of My Heart“ (2017)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the album 4CD komplet 80/80 (2018)
Golden Record of Supraphon for the album „The Right One“ (2018)

Audience Awards

Ceramic Birds for the album When Man and Woman Breakfast (1993)
2x Brick of the Year, winner in the category of singers awarded by children viewers poll of Czech Television (1995-1996)
The Best Singer of the Year ’95 (Ring Magazine poll)
Teenager Melody Magazine – rize of Teenagers – TV poll (East Germany,1997)
The Charming Personality of the Year Award (1998)
Golden Slovak Nightingale poll – winner in the category of foreign singers (ahead of Madonna and Michael Jackson), 1998
Dominik Hasek’s Trophy for the most useful and productive voice in Czech pop music (1999)
13rd place in public poll „The Greatest Czech“ of the history (Czech Television, 2005)
2nd place after Václav Havel in public poll „The Greatest Czech“ among living personalities (Czech Television, 2005)
Winner in the Personality of the Year poll of the Sanoma Magazines readers (2005)
Winner in the TOP Garderoba poll (best dressed celebrity), 2005
The best Czech singer of all time according to the STEM Agency survey – for Karel Gott 45% of respondents voted
4th place in the Most interesting Czech Gentleman poll (MF Dnes), 2006
2nd place in the Children’s Personality of the Year poll (Jetix Kids Award), 2006
2x Winner in the Children’s Personality of the Year poll (Jetix Kids Award), 2007-2008
The Charming Celebrity of the Year Award, 2008
Person of the Year Award (Rhythm Magazine), 2008
Winner in the Gentleman PRO public poll, 2011
Winner in the My Star of the Year poll – Life Work Category (Bauer Media – Germany), 2011
4th Greatest Czech Personality ever in a public survey of the Center for Public Opinion Research of the Czech Academy of Sciences (2019)

The Golden Nightingale (Young World magazine public poll about the most popular singer)

4x Golden Nightingale (1963-1966)
Silver Nightingale (1967)
14x Golden Nightingale (1968-1981)
Silver Nightingale (1982)
2x Golden Nightingale (1983-1984)
3x Bronze Nightingale (1985-1987)
4th place (1988)
2x Golden Nightingale (1989-1990)
Silver Nightingale (1991)

The Czech Nightingale (Mattoni Co. public poll about the most popular singer)

2x Golden Nightingale (1996-1997)
Silver Nightingale (1998)
13x Golden Nightingale (1999-2011)
Silver Nightingale (2012)
5x Golden Nightingale (2013-2017)

Jingle Bell Czech TV Awards (public poll about the most popular TV celebrity)

2x Winner in the category „Singer“ (1984-1985)
3x Absolute winner (1986-1988)

TýTý Czech TV Awards (public poll about the most popular TV celebrity)

2x Absolute winner (1991-1992)
Winner in the category „Singer“ (1993)
Absolute winner (1994)
Winner in the category „Singer“ (1995)
Absolute winner (1996)
2x Winner in the category „Singer“ (1997-1998)
Absolute winner (1999)
2x Winner in the category „Singer“ (2000-2001)
Absolute winner (2002)
3x Winner in the category „Singer“ (2003-2005)
Absolute winner (2006)
2x Winner in the category „Singer“ (2007-2008)
Absolute winner (2009)
2x 3rd place in the category „Singer“ (2010-2011)
2x Winner in the category „Singer“ (2012-2013)
Absolute winner (2014)