Awards and recognition

In 1971, Presley was named 'One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation' by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce (The Jaycees). That summer, the City of Memphis changed the name of the section of Highway 51 South in front of Graceland to Elvis Presley Boulevard, and he won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the organization that presents Grammy awards).

Presley won three Grammy awards, all for gospel performances. He had fourteen nominations during his career.

He is the only performer to have been inducted into four music 'Halls of Fame': the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), the Rockabilly Hall of Fame (1997), the Country Music Hall of Fame (1998), and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2001). In 1984, he received the W. C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the Academy of Country Music’s first Golden Hat Award. In 1987, he received the American Music Awards’ first posthumous presentation of the Award of Merit.

In 1993, Presley's image appeared on a United States postage stamp. In a 2006 survey for the USPS, the Elvis stamp was the most popular.

In 1994, the 40th anniversary of Presley's That's All Right was recognized with its re-release, which made the charts around the world, making top three in the UK.

Interest in Presley's recordings continued with the 2002 World Cup, when Nike used a Junkie XL remix of his A Little Less Conversation (credited as Elvis Vs JXL) in TV commercials featuring international soccer stars. It topped the charts in over twenty countries and was included in a compilation of Presley's US and UK number one hits, Elv1s: 30.

In the UK charts in January 2005, three re-issued singles again went to number one (Jailhouse Rock, One Night/I Got Stung and It's Now or Never). Throughout the year, twenty singles were re-issued—all making the top five.

In the same year, Forbes magazine named Presley, for the fifth straight year, the top-earning deceased celebrity, grossing US$45 million for the Presley estate during the preceding year. Investor CKX paid $100 million for an 85% interest in Presley's income in February 2005 (In mid-2006, the top place was taken by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain).

Graceland was designated as a National Historic Landmark by U.S Interior Secretary Gale Norton on March 27, 2006.

Presley has featured prominently in a variety of polls and surveys designed to measure popularity and influence.

In March 2007, as part of American Idol's Idol Gives Back event, C?line Dion performed If I Can Dream with a rotoscoped image of Presley, creating the illusion that the two were performing together.