5SOS Awards: Full List of Wins and Nominations

From Basement Jams to Global Glory: The Award-Winning Journey of 5 Seconds of Summer

When Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, and Ashton Irwin first started uploading cover videos to YouTube from a garage in Sydney, Australia, they probably didn’t imagine they would one day sit at the very top of the global music industry. Over a decade later, 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) has evolved from a teenage pop-punk YouTube sensation into a genre-defying alternative powerhouse.

Along that incredible journey, their display shelves have filled up. Let’s take a look at how 5SOS conquered the charts, won over critics, and racked up some of the most impressive awards in modern music.

Hometown Heroes: Sweeping the ARIA and APRA Awards

5SOS has always stayed proud of their Australian roots, and the Australian music scene has overwhelmingly reciprocated that love.

• The ARIA Awards: The band has taken home multiple prestigious Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards. From winning Song of the Year early on for their smash hit “She Looks So Perfect” to sweeping categories like Best Group, Best Pop Release, and Best Australian Live Act for their powerhouse tours, 5SOS cemented themselves as Australian royalty.
• APRA Recognition: Beyond fan-voted trophies, the band has earned heavy respect from fellow songwriters and composers, taking home honors like Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year and securing nominations for Song of the Year with tracks like “Teeth”.

Global Dominance: MTV, Teen Choice, and Nickelodeon

Few bands command a dedicated, passionate global fanbase quite like 5SOS. That intense support has translated into a mountain of fan-voted accolades from all over the world:

• MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs): This is where 5SOS truly shines on an international scale, having racked up ten EMA wins over the years—dominating categories like Best Australian Act, Best Worldwide Act, and Best Rock.
• MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs): Moving past just fan voting, the band has also captured major hardware on the VMA stage, earning multiple Moon Persons including wins for Best Lyric Video and Song of the Summer.
• Teen Choice & Kids’ Choice Awards: During their explosive rise in the mid-2010s, 5SOS practically owned the youth culture awards, scooping up close to a dozen surfboards at the Teen Choice Awards and blimp trophies at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.

Critical Evolution: Chart History and Industry Respect

What makes the awards of 5SOS particularly interesting is how they shifted. As the band matured away from standard pop-punk into sophisticated, 80s-influenced synth-pop and alternative rock (notably with albums like Youngblood and CALM), industry awards followed.