Singer
Bob Dylan American Singer From Duluth
Bob Dylan · songwriter and film actor · American
85years old
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Biography
Bob Dylan, born 24 May 1941 in Duluth, is an American singer. He is currently 85 years old. He is a member of Traveling Wilburys.
Bob Dylan’s releases on record are 93 albums and 52 singles between 1962 and 2023. He released Bob Dylan (1962) early on, and The Bootleg Series Vol. 17: Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (2023) is the latest entry. The style on record is rock music and blues. Bob Dylan plays guitar and harmonica. Record labels on file include Columbia Records.
Bob Dylan has 16 screen credits too, including I Am Not Your Negro (2016) and George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011). The records name Like a Rolling Stone, Highway 61 Revisited and Bringing It All Back Home among his notable work.
In total, he has received 25 awards. He won Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1973, the earliest award on record. The most recent win on record is Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.
Groups and bands
- Traveling Wilburys
Discography
145 releases| Year | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Shadow Kingdom | Album |
| 2023 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 17: Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions | Album |
| 2021 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 | Album |
| 2020 | False Prophet | Single |
| 2020 | I Contain Multitudes | Single |
| 2020 | Murder Most Foul | Single |
| 2020 | Rough and Rowdy Ways | Album |
| 2019 | Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings | Album |
| 2019 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969 | Album |
| 2018 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks | Album |
| 2017 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 | Album |
| 2017 | Triplicate | Album |
| 2016 | Fallen Angels | Album |
| 2016 | The 1966 Live Recordings | Album |
| 2015 | Shadows in the Night | Album |
Show all 145 releases
| Year | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 | Album |
| 2014 | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1964 | Album |
| 2014 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete | Album |
| 2013 | Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. One | Album |
| 2013 | The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 | Album |
| 2013 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) | Album |
| 2012 | Tempest | Album |
| 2012 | The 50th Anniversary Collection | Album |
| 2011 | In Concert – Brandeis University 1963 | Album |
| 2010 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 | Album |
| 2010 | The Essential Bob Dylan | Album |
| 2010 | The Original Mono Recordings | Album |
| 2009 | Beyond Here Lies Nothin' | Single |
| 2009 | Christmas in the Heart | Album |
| 2009 | Dreamin' of You / Down Along the Cove (Live) | Single |
| 2009 | Together Through Life | Album |
| 2008 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006 | Album |
| 2007 | Bob Dylan: The Collection | Album |
| 2007 | Dylan | Album |
| 2006 | Blues | Album |
| 2006 | Modern Times | Album |
| 2005 | Live at Carnegie Hall 1963 | Album |
| 2005 | Live at The Gaslight 1962 | Album |
| 2005 | The Best of Bob Dylan | Album |
| 2005 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack | Album |
| 2004 | Lovesick, Victoria's Secret Exclusive | Album |
| 2004 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall | Album |
| 2003 | Masked & Anonymous: Music from the Motion Picture | Album |
| 2003 | The Limited Edition Hybrid SACD Set | Album |
| 2002 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue | Album |
| 2001 | Live 1961–2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances | Album |
| 2001 | Love and Theft | Album |
| 2000 | The Best of Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 | Album |
| 2000 | The Essential Bob Dylan | Album |
| 1998 | Not Dark Yet | Single |
| 1998 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert | Album |
| 1997 | The Best of Bob Dylan | Album |
| 1997 | Time Out of Mind | Album |
| 1995 | MTV Unplugged | Album |
| 1994 | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 | Album |
| 1993 | The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration | Album |
| 1993 | World Gone Wrong | Album |
| 1992 | Good as I Been to You | Album |
| 1991 | Series of Dreams | Single |
| 1991 | The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | Album |
| 1990 | Unbelievable | Single |
| 1990 | Under the Red Sky | Album |
| 1989 | Dylan & the Dead | Album |
| 1989 | Oh Mercy | Album |
| 1988 | Down in the Groove | Album |
| 1987 | Hearts of Fire | Album |
| 1987 | This Wheel's on Fire | Single |
| 1986 | Band of the Hand | Single |
| 1986 | Knocked Out Loaded | Album |
| 1985 | Biograph | Album |
| 1985 | Empire Burlesque | Album |
| 1985 | Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love) | Single |
| 1984 | Jokerman | Single |
| 1984 | Real Live | Album |
| 1983 | Jokerman | Single |
| 1983 | Sweetheart Like You | Single |
| 1981 | Infidels | Album |
| 1981 | Shot of Love | Album |
| 1980 | Saved | Album |
| 1980 | Slow Train | Single |
| 1980 | Solid Rock / Covenant Woman | Single |
| 1979 | At Budokan | Album |
| 1979 | Forever Young | Single |
| 1979 | Gotta Serve Somebody | Single |
| 1979 | Man Gave Names to All the Animals | Single |
| 1979 | Slow Train Coming | Album |
| 1978 | Baby, Stop Crying | Single |
| 1978 | Changing of the Guards / Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) | Single |
| 1978 | Masterpieces | Album |
| 1978 | Street-Legal | Album |
| 1977 | Rita May | Single |
| 1976 | Desire | Album |
| 1976 | Hard Rain | Album |
| 1976 | Mozambique | Single |
| 1975 | Blood on the Tracks | Album |
| 1975 | Hurricane | Single |
| 1975 | Tangled Up in Blue | Single |
| 1975 | The Basement Tapes | Album |
| 1974 | Before the Flood | Album |
| 1974 | On a Night Like This | Single |
| 1974 | Planet Waves | Album |
| 1973 | Dylan | Album |
| 1973 | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Single |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid – Original Soundtrack Recording | Album |
| 1971 | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | Album |
| 1971 | George Jackson | Single |
| 1971 | If Not For You / New Morning | Single |
| 1971 | Watching the River Flow | Single |
| 1970 | New Morning | Album |
| 1970 | Self Portrait | Album |
| 1969 | Great White Wonder | Album |
| 1969 | I Threw It All Away | Single |
| 1969 | Land of the Free Home of the Brave | Album |
| 1969 | Lay Lady Lay / Peggy Day | Single |
| 1969 | Nashville Skyline | Album |
| 1969 | Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You | Single |
| 1968 | All Along the Watchtower / I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | Single |
| 1967 | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits | Album |
| 1967 | If You Gotta Go, Go Now / To Ramona | Single |
| 1967 | John Wesley Harding | Album |
| 1967 | Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat / Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine | Single |
| 1966 | Blonde on Blonde | Album |
| 1966 | I Want You / Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues | Single |
| 1966 | Just Like a Woman / Obviously 5 Believers | Single |
| 1966 | One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) / Queen Jane Approximately | Single |
| 1966 | Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 / Pledging My Time | Single |
| 1965 | Bringing It All Back Home | Album |
| 1965 | Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? / Highway 61 Revisited | Single |
| 1965 | Highway 61 Revisited | Album |
| 1965 | Like a Rolling Stone / Gates of Eden | Single |
| 1965 | Maggie's Farm / On the Road Again | Single |
| 1965 | Positively 4th Street / From a Buick 6 | Single |
| 1965 | Subterranean Homesick Blues / She Belongs to Me | Single |
| 1965 | Times They Are A-Changin' / Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance | Single |
| 1964 | Another Side of Bob Dylan | Album |
| 1964 | The Times They Are a-Changin' | Album |
| 1963 | Blowin' in the Wind / Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | Single |
| 1963 | The Death of Emmett Till | Single |
| 1963 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | Album |
| 1962 | Bob Dylan | Album |
| 1962 | Mixed Up Confusion / Corrina Corrina | Single |
| Dead Man, Dead Man | Single | |
| DYLANがROCK | Album | |
| Saved | Single | |
| Something There Is About You | Single |
Awards and nominations
25 won, 0 nominated| Year | Award | For | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Nobel Prize in Literature | Won | |
| 2012 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | Won | |
| 2009 | National Medal of Arts | Won | |
| 2009 | Terence Donovan Award | Won | |
| 2008 | Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards | Won | |
| 2007 | Grammy Award for Best Americana Album | Won | |
| 2007 | Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance | Won | |
| 2007 | Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts | Won | |
| 2002 | Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album | Won | |
| 2001 | Academy Award for Best Original Song | Things Have Changed | Won |
| 1998 | Grammy Award for Album of the Year | Won | |
| 1998 | Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album | Won | |
| 1998 | Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance | Won | |
| 1997 | Kennedy Center Honors | Won | |
| 1995 | Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album | Won |
Show all 25 entries
| Year | Award | For | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | |
| 1990 | Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Won | |
| 1988 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Won | |
| 1980 | Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance | Won | |
| 1973 | Grammy Award for Album of the Year | Won | |
| Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | Won | ||
| honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews | Won | ||
| honorary doctorate from Princeton University | Won | ||
| Knight of the Legion of Honour | Won | ||
| Polar Music Prize | Won |
Filmography
16 credits| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro | Film | |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs | Film | |
| 2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Film | |
| 2009 | The People Speak | Film | |
| 2007 | 65 Revisited | Film | |
| 2006 | Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film | Film | |
| 2005 | No Direction Home | Film | |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Writer | Film |
| 1990 | Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol | Film | |
| 1989 | Catchfire | Film | |
| 1987 | Hearts of Fire | Film | |
| 1978 | Renaldo and Clara | Director, Writer | Film |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Alias | Film |
| 1972 | The Concert for Bangladesh | Film | |
| 1967 | Dont Look Back | Film |
Show all 16 credits
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Eat the Document | Director | Film |
Personal life
Former marriages on record are to Sara Dylan (1965 to 1977) and Carolyn Dennis (1986 to 1992). He is the father of Jakob Dylan and Jesse Dylan, and has 6 children in total. Education on record includes Hibbing High School, University of Minnesota System and Sidwell Friends School.
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Frequently asked questions
How old is Bob Dylan?
Bob Dylan is 85 years old, born on 24 May 1941 in Duluth.
What is Bob Dylan known for?
Bob Dylan is known as a member of Traveling Wilburys.
What is Bob Dylan’s nationality?
Bob Dylan is American, born in Duluth.
Who has Bob Dylan been married to?
Bob Dylan’s marriages on record are to Carolyn Dennis (1986 to 1992) and Sara Dylan (1965 to 1977).
Has Bob Dylan won any awards?
Yes. 25 awards are on record, including Nobel Prize in Literature (2016).
Sources
- Wikidata (Q392), accessed October 2026
- Photo: Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0
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