Snow Patrol is a Scottish-Northern Irish alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Dundee, Scotland.

The band consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Gary Lightbody, lead guitarist Nathan Connolly, bassist Paul Wilson, drummer Jonny Quinn and keyboardist Tom Simpson.

The other awards were for the songs "Chasing Cars" and "Hands Open", each winning a BMI Pop Award (twice for Chasing Cars, in 2007 and 2008) and for being performed a combined one million times in the United States in 2007.

[11] The award is the Irish equivalent of the UK's Mercury Music Prize.

The Grammy Awards are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry.

The IFPI Platinum Europe Award is an award given by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry to artists that have sold one million copies of an album in Europe.

The award is the UK equivalent of Ireland's Choice Music Prize.

Snow Patrol has received seven awards from been ten nominations.

The "O2 Silver Clef Lunch" is annually held in aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Charity.

They honour the individuals, companies and technical innovations behind the sound of recordings, films, TV shows and live performances.

In June 2010 the band were commemorated with a Heritage Award by PRS for Music.

A plaque was erected on the Duke of York pub in Belfast where the band performed their first gig.

The band was only the sixth to receive the award along with the likes of Blur and Elton John.

With all the members turning out, they later performed a live set to a small crowd of around 30 people.