He won eight Grammy Awards for his work with his partner, including a 1970 Album of the Year prize and Record of the Year and Song of the Year honors.

As a solo artist he enjoyed similar success winning 1975 and 1986 Album of the Year awards.

This artist has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice, as a member of a famous duo and as a solo artist. Other accolades include induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1982, being named MusiCares Person of the Year in 2001, receiving a Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, being awarded the first Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007, and receiving Sweden’s prestigious Polar Music Prize in 2012.