Awards and honours In May 2009 Collins won the Ivors Inspiration Award in recognition of his struggles following his 2005 brain haemorrhage. 1995: Goldene Europa for Best International Singer 1996: Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work & Best Contemporary Song ("A Girl Like You") (nominated) 1996: RSH Gold Awards for Airplay Hit of the Year ("A Girl Like You") 2014, Scottish Album of the Year Award for Understated (nominated) 2019, Scottish Album of the Year Award (Longlisted) for Badbea (nominated) In 2010 he received an honorary master's degree from the Buckinghamshire New University, in recognition of his "strong influences and contribution to the national and international music industry over the last three decades". On 21 August 2010, Collins attended the Helmsdale Highland Games as the chieftain, an honour also previously bestowed on his grandfather. On 24 August 2022, Collins appeared on stage with Coldplay at Hampden Park, Glasgow, to perform A Girl Like You Personal life Collins is married to Grace Maxwell, who is also his manager. The couple live in Helmsdale and have a son named William. Discography Hope and Despair (1989) Hellbent on Compromise (1990) Gorgeous George (1994) I'm Not Following You (1997) Doctor Syntax (2002) Home Again (2007) Losing Sleep (2010) Understated (2013) Badbea (2019) See also List of Scottish musicians List of 1990s one-hit wonders in the United States List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s Empire Records References External links Official website BBC's musical biography of Edwyn Collins Detailed biography 1959 births Living people People educated at Bearsden Academy Musicians from Edinburgh Scottish rock guitarists Scottish rock singers Scottish singer-songwriters Scottish baritones Scottish socialists Scottish new wave musicians Scottish songwriters People from Helmsdale Male new wave singers British male songwriters British male singer-songwriters Setanta Records artists Epic Records artists Heavenly Recordings artists