List of awards and nominations received by Donna Summer

This is a list of awards and nominations (incomplete) that American singer and songwriter Donna Summer (1948–2012) has received throughout her career.

Incomplete Overview

• NAACP Image Award
• One time Juno Award nomination for Best Selling International Single, "I Feel Love"
• Three Multi-Platinum albums in the United States
• Eleven of her albums went Gold in the United States
• Twelve Gold singles
• Six American Music Awards
• She was the first female African American to receive an MTV Video Music Awards nomination ("Best Female Video" and "Best Choreography" for "She Works Hard for the Money")
• Summer has received five Grammy Awards^[1][2]
  • 1978 – Best R&B Vocal Performance (Female), "Last Dance"
  • 1979 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), "Hot Stuff"
  • 1983 – Best Inspirational Performance, "He's a Rebel"
  • 1984 – Best Inspirational Performance, "Forgive Me"
  • 1997 – Best Dance Recording, "Carry On"
• Thirteen other Grammy Award nominations (total of eighteen)
  • 1978 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "MacArthur Park"
  • 1979 – Album of the Year, Bad Girls
  • 1979 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "Bad Girls"
  • 1979 – Best R&B Vocal Performance (Female), "Bad Girls"
  • 1979 – Best Disco Recording, "Dim All The Lights"
  • 1980 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "On the Radio"
  • 1981 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), "Cold Love"
  • 1981 – Best Inspirational Performance, "I Believe in Jesus"
  • 1982 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), "Protection"
  • 1982 – Best R&B Vocal Performance (Female), "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)"
  • 1983 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "She Works Hard for the Money"
  • 1983 - Album of the Year, "Flashdance," Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - "Romeo"
  • 1999 – Best Dance Recording, "I Will Go with You (Con te Partirò)"
• Summer placed a Top Forty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in every year from 1975 ("Love to Love You Baby") to 1984 ("There Goes My Baby")
• Summer was the first artist to score three consecutive number-one double albums
• Summer was twice honored by the Dance Music Hall of Fame; once with her induction as a recording artist and again with the induction for her influential single "I Feel Love"^[3]
• Summer's Billboard number-one Disco/Club Play hits spans from 1975's "Love to Love You Baby" through 2010's "To Paris with Love"
• In 2013, Summer was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame^[4]
• Summer was nominated for Best Original Song – Motion Picture of 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978) with John Barry

Grammy Awards (USA)

Donna Summer is the stands alone as the only artist to win awards in 4 different genres R & B, Rock, Dance and Gospel. She has been nominated in 5 different genres Pop, R & B, Rock, Dance and Gospel.

American Music Awards (USA)

Dance Music Hall of Fame

NAACP Image Awards

Juno Awards

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

MTV Video Music Awards

References