List of awards and nominations received by Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar awards and nominations

Lamar performing in 2013
Totals
Awards won 43
Nominations 114[lower-alpha 1]

American rapper Kendrick Lamar has won 40 awards from 114 nominations, including 7 Grammy Awards and the ASCAP Vanguard Award for his work as a composer. In 2015, Lamar received the California State Senate's Generational Icon Award from State Senator Isadore Hall III (D–Compton) who represents California's 35th district.[1]

Lamar received a total of seven nominations at the 2014 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. A year later, at the 2015 Grammy Awards, he won Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for his song "i". Lamar received his second Album of the Year nomination for the 58th Grammy Awards, also leading the list with 11 categories.[2] For the latter, he became the rapper with the most nominations in a single night.[3] At the ceremony, Lamar won five awards, including Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for "Alright", and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "These Walls".

American Music Awards

Created by Dick Clark in 1973, the American Music Awards is an annual music awards ceremony and one of several major annual American music awards shows. Kendrick Lamar has received two nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2013 Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album Nominated [4]
2015 "Bad Blood" (with Taylor Swift) Collaboration of the Year Nominated [5]

ASCAP

The ASCAP Awards are held by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers to honor its top members.

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2013 Himself Vanguard Award Won [6]
2014 "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" Award Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Won [7]
"Fuckin' Problems" Won
"Give It 2 U" Won
"Poetic Justice" Won
"Swimming Pools (Drank)" Won
"Fuckin' Problems" Award Winning Rap Songs Won [8]
"Swimming Pools (Drank)" Won

ASCAP Pop Music Awards

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2016 "Bad Blood" (with Taylor Swift) Most Performed Songs Won [9]

BET Awards

The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television (BET) network to celebrate African Americans in music, acting, sports and other fields of entertainment. The awards are presented annually and broadcast live on BET.[10] Kendrick Lamar has won four awards from eleven nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2013 Himself Best New Artist Won [11]
Best Male Hip-Hop Artist Won
"Fuckin' Problems" (with ASAP Rocky, Drake and 2 Chainz) Best Collaboration Won
Viewer's Choice Nominated
Video of the Year Nominated
"Poetic Justice" (with Drake) Nominated
Best Collaboration Nominated
"Swimming Pools (Drank)" Viewer's Choice Nominated
2014 Himself Best Male Hip Hop Artist Nominated [12]
2015 Won [13]
"i" Viewer's Choice Nominated
2016 "Alright" Video of the Year Nominated
Himself Best Male Hip-Hop Artist Nominated

BET Hip Hop Awards

The BET Hip Hop Awards are hosted annually by BET for hip hop performers, producers and music video directors. Kendrick Lamar has won fourteen awards from twenty six nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2011 Section.80 Best Mixtape Nominated
2012 Himself Lyricist of the Year Won
2013 Won
Best Hip-Hop Style Nominated
Best Live Performer Nominated
Hustler of the Year Nominated
MVP of the Year Won
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Album of the Year Won
"Poetic Justice" Best Collabo, Duo or Group Nominated
"Fuckin' Problems" Won
Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated
Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse Won
People's Champ Award Nominated
"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" Nominated
Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated
2014 "Control" Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse Won
Himself Best Live Performer Nominated
Lyricist of the Year Won
2015 Won
Best Live Performer Nominated
MVP of the Year Nominated
To Pimp a Butterfly Album of the Year Nominated
"Alright" Best Hip Hop Video Won
Impact Track Won
"i" People's Champ Award Nominated
"Classic Man (Remix)" Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse Nominated
2016 "Freedom" Won
Himself Best Live Performer Won
Lyricist of the Year Won
MVP of the Year Nominated

Billboard Music Awards

The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard, a publication and music popularity chart covering the music business. Kendrick Lamar has received two nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2013 Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Top Rap Album Nominated [14]
2016 To Pimp a Butterfly Nominated [15]

Black Reel Awards

The Black Reel Awards annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent and television films. Lamar received one nomination.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2015 "It's On Again" from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Best Original or Adapted Song Nominated

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's (BPI) annual pop music awards.[16] Lamar has received one nomination.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2016 Kendrick Lamar International Male Solo Artist Nominated [17]

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Award are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry. The awards were established in 1958. Kendrick Lamar has won seven awards out of twenty nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2014 Himself Best New Artist Nominated [18]
good kid, m.A.A.d city Album of the Year Nominated
Best Rap Album Nominated
"How Many Drinks?" (with Miguel) Best R&B Performance Nominated
"Now or Never" (with Mary J. Blige) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Nominated
"Swimming Pools (Drank)" Best Rap Performance Nominated
"Fuckin' Problems" (with ASAP Rocky, Drake and 2 Chainz) Best Rap Song Nominated
2015 "i" Won [19]
Best Rap Performance Won
2016 To Pimp a Butterfly Album of the Year Nominated [2]
[20]
Best Rap Album Won
"Alright" Song of the Year Nominated
Best Rap Performance Won
Best Music Video Nominated
Best Rap Song Won
"All Day" (as writer) Nominated
"These Walls" (with Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Won
"Never Catch Me" (with Flying Lotus) Best Dance Recording Nominated
"Bad Blood" (with Taylor Swift) Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Nominated
Best Music Video Won

iHeartRadio Music Awards

The iHeartRadio Music Awards is an international music awards show founded by iHeartRadio in 2014.[21]

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2016 "Bad Blood" (with Taylor Swift) Best Collaboration Nominated [22]

MTV Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Kendrick Lamar has been nominated six times, winning once.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2013 "Swimming Pools (Drank)" Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated [23]
Best Male Video Nominated
2015 "Alright" Video of the Year Nominated [24]
Best Male Video Nominated
Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated
Best Direction Won

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Europe. Kendrick Lamar has been nominated six times.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2015 "Bad Blood" (with Taylor Swift) Best Song Won [25]
Best Video Nominated
Best Collaboration Nominated
"Alright" Best Video Nominated
Himself Best Hip-Hop Nominated
Best US Act Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

The MTV Video Music Awards Japan is the Japanese version of the American Video Music Awards. Kendrick Lamar has received one award from two nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2013 "Fuckin' Problems" (with ASAP Rocky, Drake and 2 Chainz) Best Hip-Hop Video Won
"Swimming Pools (Drank)" Nominated

mtvU Woodie Awards

mtvU, a division of MTV Networks owned by Viacom, broadcasts a 24-hour television channel available on more than 750 college and university campuses across the United States.[26] mtvU holds an annual awards show, the mtvU Woodie Awards,[27] in which winners are determined by online voting.[28] Kendrick Lamar has been nominated twice.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2012 "Y.H.N.I.C" Breaking Woodie Nominated
2013 Himself Woodie of the Year Nominated

MOBO Awards

The MOBO Awards were established in 1996 by Kanya King to recognize artists on ethnicity or nationality in black music in the United Kingdom.

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2013 Himself International Artist Won
2015 To Pimp A Butterfly Best International Album Nominated

NAACP Image Awards

An NAACP Image Award is an accolade presented by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2015 Himself Outstanding Male Artist Nominated [29]
"i" Outstanding Music Video Nominated
Outstanding Song Nominated
2016 Himself Outstanding Male Artist Nominated [30]

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards are annual award shows launched by Nickelodeon. Lamar has received two nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2016 "Bad Blood" (with Taylor Swift) Favorite Song of the Year Nominated [31]
Favorite Collaboration Nominated

NME Awards

The NME Awards were created by the NME magazine and was first held in 1953.[32] Lamar has received two nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2016 Kendrick Lamar Best International Solo Artist Nominated [33]
To Pimp a Butterfly Best Album Nominated

People's Choice Awards

The People's Choice Awards are presented annually by Procter & Gamble.[34] Lamar has received two nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2016 Himself Favorite Hip-Hop Artist Nominated [35]
"Bad Blood" (with Taylor Swift) Favorite Song Nominated
2017 Himself Favorite Hip-Hop Artist Pending

Spike Video Game Awards

The Spike Video Game Awards (also known as the VGAs, and the VGX in its final year) were an annual award show hosted by Spike TV between 2003 and 2013 (a decade long run) that recognized the best computer and video games of the year. Kendrick Lamar was nominated for Best Song in A Game for "A.D.H.D." featured on Grand Theft Auto V.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2013 "A.D.H.D." Best Song in A Game Nominated [36]

Soul Train Music Awards

The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired in national broadcast syndication that honors the best in African American music and entertainment established in 1987. Kendrick Lamar has won twice from eight nominations.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2013 Himself Best New Artist Nominated [37]
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Album of the Year Won
"How Many Drinks?" (with. Miguel) Best Collaboration Nominated
"Poetic Justice" (feat. Drake) Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year Nominated
Song of the Year Nominated
Video of the Year Nominated
2015 "Alright" Best Hip Hop Song of the Year Won [38]
Video of the Year Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

The Teen Choice Awards were established in 1999 to honor the year's biggest achievements in music, movies, sports and television, being voted by young people aged between 13 and 19. Lamar has won twice.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2015 Choice Music: Break-Up Song "Bad Blood" (with Taylor Swift) Won [39]
Choice Summer Song Nominated
Choice Music: Collaboration Won

YouTube Music Awards

The YouTube Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as a YTMA) is an awards show presented by YouTube to honor the best in the music video medium.

Year Nominee/work Award Result Ref.
2015 Himself 50 artists to watch Won [40]

Notes

  1. ↑ Awards in certain categories do not have prior nominations and only winners are announced by the jury. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

References

  1. ↑ Grow, Kory (May 12, 2015). "Kendrick Lamar Named 'Generational Icon' by California Senate". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Grammy Nominations 2016: See the Full List of Nominees". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Grammy Awards 2016: Kendrick Lamar made history with an unapologetically black album". Los Angeles Times. December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "American Music Award Nominations: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Lead With Six". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. October 10, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ "2015 American Music Awards: Taylor Swift Leads Nominations". Prometheus Global Media. Billboard. October 13, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Vanguard Award Kendrick Lamar". ASCAP. June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  7. ↑ "ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards 2014 - R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". ASCAP. June 26, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ "ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards 2014 - Rap Songs". ASCAP. June 26, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "2016 ASCAP Pop Music Awards". ASCAP. April 28, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Press Release". Black Entertainment Television. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
  11. ↑ "BET Awards 2013 Winnerst". BET. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Beyonce & Jay Z Lead 2014 BET Awards". Billboard. 2014-01-26. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  13. ↑ Variety Staff. "BET Awards Winners: Full List". Variety. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Billboard Music Awards 2013: The Complete Winners List". MTV News Staff. MTV. May 19, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Billboard Music Awards 2016: See the Finalists". Billboard Staff. Billboard. April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  16. ↑ "The BPI". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 May 2013. Note: User must visit the "About the BPI" section.
  17. ↑ Billboard Staff (January 14, 2016). "Adele, James Bay, Years & Years Lead Brit Awards 2016 Nominations". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  18. ↑ Billboard Staff (December 6, 2013). "Grammy Awards 2014: Full Nominations List". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  19. ↑ Billboard Staff (February 8, 2015). "Grammys 2015: And the Winners Are ...". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Grammys 2016: The Complete Winners List". Rolling Stone. February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  21. ↑ Ryan, Patrick (May 2, 2014). "iHeartRadio Music Awards: 5 things you need to know". USA Today. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  22. ↑ "iHeartRadio Music Awards Announce 2016 Nominees, Performers & New Categories". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  23. ↑ Montgomery, James (July 17, 2013). "2013 MTV Video Music Awards: The Nominations Are In!". MTV. Viacom. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  24. ↑ "2015 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees Revealed: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran & More". Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  25. ↑ Szalai, Georg. "MTV EMAs: Taylor Swift Leads With 9 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Who We Are". mtvU. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
  27. ↑ "mtvU Woodie Awards". MTV. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  28. ↑ "The Woodies Official Voting Rules". mtvU. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  29. ↑ "NAACP Image Awards: The Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. February 6, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  30. ↑ "'Creed,' 'Empire' Top NAACP Image Award Nominations; Full List". The Hollywood Reporter. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Here Are The Nominees For The 2016 Kids' Choice Awards". MTV News. February 2, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  32. ↑ Lipshutz, Jason (February 19, 2015). "5 Seconds of Summer Celebrates Winning 'Worst Band' Award". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  33. ↑ Britton, Luke Morgan (February 17, 2016). "NME Awards 2016 with Austin, Texas full winners list". NME. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  34. ↑ "Lady Antebellum to Perform at People's Choice Awards 2015". Procter & Gamble. December 12, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  35. ↑ "Nominees & Winners". People's Choice Awards. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  36. ↑ Jones, Elton (November 20, 2013). "VGX 2013 Video Game Award Categories and Nominations Officially Announced". heavy.com.
  37. ↑ "2013 Soul Train Music Awards Nominees". BET. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  38. ↑ "Soul Train Music Awards 2015 Nominees". BET. October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
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