List of awards and nominations received by Kendrick Lamar
American rapper Kendrick Lamar has won 160 awards from 399 nominations, including 13 Grammy Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, and the ASCAP Vanguard Award for his work as a composer. Kendrick earned 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 won his second Album of the Year nomination for the 58th Grammy Awards, also outnumbering those earned by other musicians/nominees. For the latter, he became the rapper with the most nominations in a single night. 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". In 2015, Lamar received the California State Senate's Generational Icon Award from State Senator Isadore Hall III. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, the first non-classical or jazz work to win the award, and won five awards at the 2018 Grammy Awards for DAMN. and its songs "HUMBLE." and "LOYALTY."
The Academy Awards are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.
The African-American Film Critics Association is a group of African Americanfilm critics that give various awards for excellence in film at the end of each year.
AICE Awards
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 won two awards from eight nominations.
The BBC Music Awards are the BBC's inaugural pop music awards, first held in December 2014, as a celebration of the musical achievements over the past 12 months.
Berlin Music Awards
The Berlin Music Video Awards is an international festival that puts filmmakers and the art behind music videos in the spotlight. Supporting both unknown and famous artists, it is a primary networking event for the video and music industries in Europe.
The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans in music, acting, sports and other fields of entertainment. The awards are presented annually and broadcast live on BET. Kendrick Lamar has won seven awards from twenty one nominations.
The BET Hip Hop Awards are hosted annually by BET for hip hop performers, producers and music video directors. Kendrick Lamar has won nineteen awards from forty-three nominations.
''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 won six award from eighteen nominations.
The Black Reel Awards annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent, and television films. Lamar received three accumulative nominations from the BRA.
The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Lamar won two nominations.
BMI Awards
The BMI Awards are held annually by Broadcast Music, Inc. to award songwriters in various genres, including Hip-Hop/R&B, country and pop. Lamar joined BMI in 2019.
The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage is a festival taking place in Poland and dedicated to the celebration of cinematography and recognition of its creators, cinematographers. The Camerimage festival spans over a course of one week, with multiple events at one time. Kendrick Lamar has won two awards from four nominations.
The Critics' Choice Movie Awards is an awards show presented annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement.
D&AD Awards
is a British educational charity which exists to promote excellence in design and advertising.
The Danish Music Awards is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989. Kendrick Lamar has won two award from three nominations.
Fonogram Awards
Fonogram Awards is the national music awards of Hungary, held every year since 1992 and promoted by Mahasz.
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards honors music in film, television, video games, commercials, and trailers. Nominations are determined by an advisory board and selection committee comprised by journalists, music executives, songwriters, and composers.
The Juno Award are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music.
The London International Awards, or LIA, are a worldwide awards annually honoring "pioneers, and embodiments of excellence" in advertising, digital media, production, design, music & sound and branded entertainment.
The MOBO Awards were established in 1996 by Kanya King to recognize artists on ethnicity or nationality in black music in the United Kingdom. Kendrick Lamar has been nominated three times, winning one.
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 twenty eight times, winning eleven.
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.
MTVU Woodie Awards
, 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. mtvU holds an annual awards show, the mtvU Woodie Awards, in which winners are determined by online voting. Kendrick Lamar has been nominated twice.
The RTHK International Pop Poll Awards is an annual award show presented at RTHK Studio 1 that honors the best in international and national music from Hong Kong. It was established in 1989.
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 eleven nominations.
The Spike Video Game Awards were an annual award show hosted by Spike TV between 2003 and 2013 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.
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.
The UK Music Video Awards is an annual celebration of creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video and moving image for music. Kendrick Lamar has won five awards from fourteen nominations.
The Webby Awards is an awards show which honors websites, interactive advertising, online film & video and mobile content.
World Soundtrack Awards
The World Soundtrack Academy, launched in 2001 by the Film Fest Gent, is aimed at organizing and overseeing the educational, cultural and professional aspects of the art of film music, including the preservation of the history of the soundtrack and its worldwide promotion. The event takes place yearly in Ghent, Belgium with the ceremony usually at the Capitole Concert Hall. Usually, the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by maestro Dirk Brossé performs the awarded music at the ceremony.
''XXL'' Awards
The XXL Awards recognized the best in Hip-Hop in 2012. The nominees and winners were picked by the XXL staff, excluding the winners in the big five biggest categories which was determined by public vote.
