Awards
2019 - Bill Emerson Inducted into the IBMA Hall of Fame
2016 - Bill Emerson receives IBMA's Distinguished Achievement Award
2012 - Nominated for IBMA banjo player of the year
2011 - Nominated for IBMA banjo player of the year
2011 - CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION to Bill Emerson from Virginia Gov McDonnell
2010 - First Annual DCBU Washington Monument Award
2009 - Nominated for IBMA banjo player of the year
2009 - Inducted into the Southern Legends Entertainment and Performing Arts Hall of Fame
2009 - Nominated for the IBMA Hall of Fame
2008 - Honorary Life Member of the IBMM Museum and included in IBMM's Pioneers of Bluegrass
2007 - Grammy nominee – double banjo bluegrass spectacular
2007 - Winner IBMA "Recorded Event of the Year" - Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
2006 - Inducted into the Washington Area Music Association Hall of Fame
2000 - Inducted into the SPBGMA Preservation Hall of Greats in Nashville Tennessee
1995 - Final Nominee IBMA "Album of the Year" - "Emerson &Taylor"
1995 - Final Nominee IBMA "Song of the Year" - "Appaloosa"
1993 - Final Nominee IBMA "Recorded Event of the Year" - "Reunion"
1993 - Final Nominee IBMA ""Bluegrass Album of the Year" - "Reunion"
1991 - Final Nominee IBMA "Banjo Player of the Year"
1990 - Final Nominee IBMA "Instrumental Recording of the Year" - "Gold Plated Banjo"
1984 - Special achievement award from the Virginia Folk Music Association
1984 - Inducted into to the Virginia Folk Music Association's Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame
1984 - June 10 officially declared as Bill Emerson Day by the Governor of Virginia
1972 and 73 - Awarded best banjo player at the 2nd and 3rd Annual Muleskinner News Awards, Camp springs North Carolina
1959 - National champion banjo player awarded at the National Championship Country Music Contest in Warrenton Virginia