List of awards and nominations received by J. Cole

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J. Cole awards and nominations

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations American Music Award 0 3 BET Hip Hop Awards 8 37 Billboard Music Award 1 7 Grammy Award 2 18 MTV Video Music Awards 0 7 NAACP Image Awards 0 6 Soul Train Music Awards 3 9
Totals [lower-alpha 1]
Wins	14
Nominations	120
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This is a list of awards and nominations received by American rapper, songwriter and record producer J. Cole.

American Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2012	Himself	New Artist of the Year	Nominated	[1]
	Cole World: The Sideline Story	Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album	Nominated
2015	2014 Forest Hills Drive		Nominated	[2]

BET Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2011	Himself	Best New Artist	Nominated	[3]
2012		Best Male Hip Hop Artist	Nominated	[4]
	"Party (Remix)" (with Beyoncé)	Best Collaboration	Nominated
2014	Himself	Best Male Hip Hop Artist	Nominated	[5]
2016			Nominated	[6]
2017			Nominated	[7]
	4 Your Eyez Only	Album of the Year	Nominated
2018	Himself	Best Male Hip Hop Artist	Nominated	[8]
2019	Himself	Best Male Hip Hop Artist	Nominated	[9] [10]
	"A Lot" (with 21 Savage)	Video of the Year	Nominated
		Best Collaboration	Nominated
	"Middle Child"	Viewers' Choice Award	Nominated
2021	Himself	Best Male Hip Hop Artist	Nominated	[11]

BET Hip Hop Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2011	Friday Night Lights	Best Mixtape	Won	[12]
2012	Cole World: The Sideline Story	CD of the Year	Nominated	[13]
	Himself	MVP of the Year	Nominated
		Producer of the Year	Nominated
		Lyricist of the Year	Nominated
		Best Live Performer	Nominated
	"Nobody's Perfect" (featuring Missy Elliott)	Reese's Perfect Combo Award (Best collaboration)	Nominated
2013	Born Sinner	Album of the Year	Nominated	[14]
	"Power Trip" (featuring Miguel)	Best Collabo, Duo or Group	Nominated
		Best Hip-Hop Video	Nominated
		Track of the Year	Nominated
		People's Champ Award	Nominated
	Himself	MVP of the Year	Nominated
		Producer of the Year	Nominated
		Lyricist of the Year	Nominated
		Best Live Performer	Nominated
	"Crooked Smile" (featuring TLC)	Impact Track	Won
2014		Best Hip Hop Video	Nominated	[15]
	Himself	Lyricist of the Year	Nominated
2015			Nominated	[16]
		MVP of the Year	Nominated
		Producer of the Year	Nominated
		Best Live Performer	Won
		Hustler of the Year	Nominated
	2014 Forest Hills Drive	Album of the Year	Won
	"Apparently"	Impact Track	Nominated
	"Be Free"		Nominated
2016	"Love Yourz"		Won	[17]
	Himself	Hot Ticket Performer	Nominated
		Lyricist of the Year	Nominated
2017	4 Your Eyez Only	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Himself	Hot Ticket Performer	Nominated
		Lyricist of the Year	Nominated
2018	KOD	Album of the Year	Nominated	[18]
	Himself	MVP of the Year	Nominated
		Lyricist of the Year	Nominated
2019			Won	[19]
		MVP of the Year	Nominated
	Revenge of the Dreamers III	Album of the Year	Nominated
	"A Lot" (with 21 Savage)	Best Hip Hop Video	Nominated
		Best Collabo, Duo or Group	Nominated
		Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse	Won
		Impact Track	Won
	"Middle Child"		Nominated
2020	Himself	Lyricist of the Year	Nominated	[20]
	"Snow on tha Bluff"	Impact Track	Nominated
2021	Himself	Artist of the Year	Nominated	[21]
		Lyricist of the Year	Won
	The Off-Season	Album of the Year	Nominated
2023	Himself	Artist of the Year	Nominated	[22]
		Lyricist of the Year	Nominated
	"All My Life"	Song of the Year	Nominated
		Best Collaboration	Won
		Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse	Nominated
		Impact Track	Won

Billboard Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2014	Born Sinner	Top Rap Album	Nominated	[23]
2015	2014 Forest Hills Drive		Won	[24]
	Himself	Top Rap Artist	Nominated
2017			Nominated	[25]
	4 Your Eyez Only	Top Rap Album	Nominated
2018	4 Your Eyez Only World Tour	Top Rap Tour	Nominated	[26]
2022	The Off-Season Tour		Nominated	[27]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Work	Outcome	Ref.
2012	Best New Artist	Himself	Nominated	[28]
2014	Best Rap/Sung Performance	"Power Trip"	Nominated
2016	Best Rap Album	2014 Forest Hills Drive	Nominated
	Best Rap Performance	"Apparently"	Nominated
	Best R&B Performance	"Planez"	Nominated
2019	Best Rap/Sung Performance	"Pretty Little Fears"	Nominated
	Best R&B Song	"Come Through and Chill"	Nominated
2020	Best Rap Performance	"Middle Child"	Nominated
		"Down Bad" (with JID, Bas, EarthGang and Young Nudy)	Nominated
	Best Rap Song	"A Lot" (with 21 Savage)	Won
	Best Rap/Sung Performance	"The London" (with Young Thug and Travis Scott)	Nominated
	Best Rap Album	Revenge of the Dreamers III	Nominated
2022	Best Rap Performance	"My Life" (featuring 21 Savage and Morray)	Nominated	[29]
	Best Rap Song		Nominated
	Best Melodic Rap Performance	"Pride Is the Devil" (featuring Lil Baby)	Nominated
	Best Rap Album	The Off-Season	Nominated
2024	Best Melodic Rap Performance	"All My Life" (with Lil Durk)	Won	[30]

MTV Europe Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2018	Wireless Festival	Best World Stage	Nominated	[31]
2019	Himself	Best Hip-Hop	Nominated	[32]

MTV Video Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2013	"Power Trip" (featuring Miguel)	Best Hip Hop	Nominated	[33]
2014	"Crooked Smile" (featuring TLC)	Best Video with a Social Message	Nominated	[34]
2018	"ATM (Addicted to Money)"	Best Art Direction	Nominated
		Best Hip Hop	Nominated
2019	"A Lot" (with 21 Savage)		Nominated
		Video of the Year	Nominated
	"The London" (with Travis Scott and Young Thug)	Song of the Summer	Nominated

MTVU Woodie Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2012	Himself	Woodie of the Year: Series of Popular Mixtapes	Nominated	[35]

NAACP Image Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2016	"No Sleeep" (with Janet Jackson)	Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration	Nominated	[36]
		Outstanding Music Video	Nominated
		Outstanding Song, Contemporary	Nominated
2020	"Shea Butter Baby" (with Ari Lennox)	Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration	Nominated	[37]
2022	Himself	Outstanding Male Artist	Nominated	[38]
	"My Life" (with 21 Savage)	Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song	Nominated

Soul Train Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	R
2012	Himself	Best New Artist	Nominated	[39]
2013	Power Trip" featuring Miguel	Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year	Nominated	[40]
	Best Collaboration	Nominated
	"Crooked Smile" featuring TLC	The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter's Award	Nominated
2015	"Apparently"	The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter's Award	Nominated	[41]
2019	"A Lot" (with 21 Savage)	Best Hip-Hop Song Of The Year	Nominated	[42]
	"Middle Child"		Nominated
	"Shea Butter Baby" (with Ari Lennox)	Best Collaboration Performance	Nominated
	"Purple Emoji" (with Ty Dolla Sign)		Nominated

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