Michael McDonald (musician)

== Awards and honors ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=4| [[Grammy Awards]]
|-
! Year
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result 
|-
| 1979
| [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year#Recipients|Record of the Year]]
| "[[What a Fool Believes]]" (The Doobie Brothers)
| {{won}}
|-
| 1979
| rowspan=2|[[Grammy Award for Song of the Year#Recipients|Song of the Year]]
| "What a Fool Believes" (co-written with [[Kenny Loggins]])
| {{won}}
|-
| 1979
| "[[Minute by Minute (The Doobie Brothers song)|Minute by Minute]]" (co-written with [[Lester Abrams]])
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1979
| [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year#Recipients|Album of the Year]]
| ''[[Minute by Minute]]'' (The Doobie Brothers)
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1979
| [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals#Recipients|Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus]]
| "Minute by Minute" (The Doobie Brothers)
| {{won}}
|-
| 1979
| [[Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals|Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocals]]
| "What a Fool Believes"
| {{won}}
|-
| 1982
| [[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance#Recipients|Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male]]
| "[[I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1984
| [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals#1980s|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]]
| "[[Yah Mo B There]]" (with [[James Ingram]])
| {{won}}
|-
| 1984
| [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Song#Recipients|Best R&B Song]]
| "Yah Mo B There" (with James Ingram, [[Rod Temperton]], and [[Quincy Jones]])
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1986
| Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male
| "Sweet Freedom"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1986
| Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
| "On My Own" (with [[Patti LaBelle]])
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2003
| Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male
| "[[Ain't No Mountain High Enough]]"
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2003
| [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album#Recipients|Best Pop Vocal Album]]
| ''Motown''
| {{nom}}
|}

In May 2011, Michael McDonald was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/news/berklee-to-present-honorary-doctorate-of-music-degrees/|title=Berklee to Present Honorary Doctorate of Music Degrees |website=JazzTimes.com|access-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref>