List of awards and nominations received by Mary J. Blige

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Mary J. Blige awards and nominations
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Wins88
Nominations236
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  1. 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.

Mary J. Blige has received a total of 88 awards from 235 nominations for her music and acting career. She was recognized with nine awards from thirty-eight nominations at the Grammy Awards. She was honored with the Legend Award for Outstanding Contribution to R&B Music at the World Music Awards and received the Voice of Music Award by ASCAP in 2007. She has won six BET Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 and the Icon of the Year by Billboard Women in Music in 2017. In 2006, she won nine Billboard Music Awards in one night and has earned 11 overall. This included the Billboard Icon Award that she was bestowed in 2022. Blige has been recognized by Billboard as "the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years". She also won six Soul Train Music Awards, ten NAACP Image Award and won a MTV Video Music Award.

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During her acting career, she has recorded for multiple soundtracks such as, The Living Proof from the film The Help (2011), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination as Best Original Song - Motion Picture, and won a Black Reel Awards and a Critics' Choice Award for Best Original or Adapted Song. She also won a Critics Choice Award for Never Gonna Break My Faith with Aretha Franklin in 2007. Blige received many nominations and accolades for her performance in Mudbound (2017), in which she plays the role of Florence Jackson and sings the song "Mighty River", both earning her Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song categories. She also received nominations for two Critics' Choice Awards, two Golden Globe, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Satellite Awards for both acting and music.

Major awards

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, or Oscars, is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry, and is organised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). [1] Mary J. Blige has received two nominations.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2018 Mudbound Best Supporting Actress Nominated [2]
Best Original Song (for "Mighty River")Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards were established in 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to celebrate the best in film and television. Mary J. Blige has received three nominations.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2011"The Living Proof" Best Original Song - Motion Picture Nominated [3]
2018"Mighty River"Nominated
Mudbound Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureNominated

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Blige has received thirty-eight nominations, including for Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year, [4] [5] being awarded nine of them.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1996 My Life Best R&B Album Nominated
"I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"

(w/ Method Man)

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Won
1997 "Not Gon' Cry" Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
Waiting to Exhale (featured artist) Album of the Year Nominated
1998 Share My WorldBest R&B AlbumNominated
1999 "Lean On Me"

(w/ Kirk Franklin, R. Kelly, Crystal Lewis, & Bono)

Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Nominated
2000 "All That I Can Say"Best Female R&B Vocal PerformanceNominated
"Don't Waste Your Time" (w/ Aretha Franklin)Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or GroupNominated
MaryBest R&B AlbumNominated
2001 "911" (w/ Wyclef Jean)Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or GroupNominated
2002 "Family Affair"Best Female R&B Vocal PerformanceNominated
No More DramaBest R&B AlbumNominated
2003 "He Think I Don't Know"Best Female R&B Vocal PerformanceWon
2004 "Whenever I Say Your Name" (w/ Sting) Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals Won
"Ooh!"Best Female R&B Vocal PerformanceNominated
Love & Life Best Contemporary R&B Album Nominated
2007 "Be Without You" Record of the Year Nominated
Song of the Year Nominated
Best Female R&B Vocal PerformanceWon
Best R&B Song Won
"One" (w/ U2)Best Pop Collaboration with VocalsNominated
"Love Changes" (w/ Jamie Foxx)Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or GroupNominated
"I Found My Everything" (w/ Raphael Saadiq) Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance Nominated
The BreakthroughBest R&B AlbumWon
2008 "Just Fine"Best Female R&B Vocal PerformanceNominated
"Disrespectful" (w/ Chaka Khan)Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or GroupWon
"Never Gonna Break My Faith" (w/ Aretha Franklin) Best Gospel Performance Won
2009 Growing PainsBest Contemporary R&B AlbumWon
2010 "IfULeave" (w/ Musiq Soulchild)Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or GroupNominated
2014 "Now or Never" (w/ Kendrick Lamar) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Nominated
good kid, m.A.A.d city (featured artist) Album of the Year Nominated
2015 F For You (w/ Disclosure) Best Dance Recording Nominated
2023 Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) Album of the Year Nominated
Best R&B Album Nominated
"Good Morning Gorgeous" Record of the Year Nominated
Best Traditional R&B Performance Nominated
Best R&B Song Nominated
"Here With Me" (featuring Anderson .Paak) Best R&B Performance Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

The Primetime Emmy Awards are bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), in recognition of excellence in U.S. American primetime television programming.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2022 The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Outstanding Variety Special (Live) Won [6]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA),in which was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in film and prime time television. Mary J. Blige has received two nominations.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2018 Mudbound Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting RoleNominated [7]
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureNominated

Music awards

ARC

Top Pop Artists of The Past 25 Years

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2004Herself34 [8] Won

American Music Awards

The American Music Awards is an annual music awards ceremony and one of several major annual American music awards shows. Mary has won four American Music Awards out of ten nominations.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1998 Share My World Favorite Soul/R&B AlbumWon
2002HerselfFavorite Soul/R&B ArtistNominated
2003Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B Female ArtistWon
2006Favorite Soul/R&B ArtistWon
Artist of The YearNominated
The Breakthrough Favorite Soul/R&B AlbumWon
2008HerselfFavorite Hip-Hop/R&B Female ArtistNominated
Growing Pains Favorite Soul/R&B AlbumNominated
2012HerselfFavorite Female Soul/R&B ArtistNominated
2014Nominated
2015Nominated

ASCAP

ASCAP Pop Music Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2003Family AffairMost Performed SongsWon
2007 Be Without You Won
Pop Music Award [9] Won
Song of The Year [9] Won
HerselfSongwriter of The YearWon
Voice of Music AwardWon

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1996 Be Happy Most Performed Songs [10] Won
1998 I Can Love You (with Lil' Kim)Award Winning R&B/Rap Songs [11] [12] Won
Love Is All We NeedWon
2008 Take Me as I Am Won
2018 Thick of It Award Winning R&B/Hip Hop SongsWon
U + Me (Love Lesson)Won

Black Girls Rock!

Black Girls Rock! is an annual award show that honors and promotes Black women in different fields involving music, entertainment, medicine, entrepreneurship and visionary aspects.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2009 [13] Mary J. BilgeIcon AwardWon
2018 [13] Mary J. BilgeIcon AwardWon

BET Awards

The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Mary has won five awards out of eighteen nominations.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2001HerselfBest Female R&B ArtistWon
2002Nominated
2004Nominated
2006 Be Without You Video of The YearWon
Touch It (Remix) (with Busta Rhymes, Rah Digga, Missy Elliott, Lloyd Banks, Papoose, DMX)Nominated
Best Duet CollaborationNominated
Viewers ChoiceNominated
HerselfBest Female R&B ArtistWon
2007Nominated
Runaway Love (with Ludacris)Best CollaborationWon
2008 Just Fine Video of The YearNominated
HerselfBest Female R&B ArtistNominated
2010Nominated
2012Nominated
2015 Stay with Me ft Sam Smith Centric AwardNominated
2017HerselfBest Female R&B ArtistNominated
Thick of It Centric AwardsNominated
2018 Strength of a Woman Bet Her AwardWon
2019HerselfLifetime Achievement AwardWon
2022Good Morning GorgeousBet Her AwardWon

Billboard

Billboard Music Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1995 My Life R&B/Hip-Hop Album of the YearWon
2006 Be Without You Video Clip of the YearWon
Hot 100 Airplay of the YearWon
R&B/Hip-Hop Song Airplay of the YearWon
R&B/Hip-Hop Song of the YearWon
The Breakthrough R&B/Hip-Hop Album of the YearWon
HerselfR&B/Hip-Hop Albums Artist of the YearWon
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Artist of the YearWon
Female Artist of the YearWon
R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the YearWon
2022 Billboard Icon Award Won

Billboard Women in Music

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2017HerselfIcon of the YearWon

Fonogram Awards

Fonogram Awards is the national music awards of Hungary, held every year since 1992 and promoted by Mahasz.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2018 [14] "Strength Of A Woman"Rap or Hip Hop Album of the YearNominated

GAFFA Awards

Danish Gaffa Awards

Delivered since 1991. The GAFFA Awards (Danish: GAFFA Prisen) are a Danish award that rewards popular music awarded by the magazine of the same name. [15]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2018Strength Of A WomanInternational Album of the YearNominated
HerselfInternational Solo Artist of the YearNominated

Hollywood Music in Media Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2017 "Mighty River" (from Mudbound )Original Song – Feature FilmNominated
2018 "Stronger Than I Ever Was" (from Sherlock Gnomes )Original Song — Animated FilmWon
2021 "See What You've Done" (from Belly of the Beast)Original Song — DocumentaryNominated
"Just Sing" (from Trolls World Tour )Original Song — Animated FilmWon

International Dance Music Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2007 Be Without You Best R&B/Urban Dance Track [16] Nominated

MOBO Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2006HerselfBest Internationale FemaleNominated
Be Without YouBest SongNominated
HerselfBest R&B ArtistNominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2002HerselfBest R&B ArtistNominated
2003Nominated
2006Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1993 Real Love Best Choreography Nominated
Best R&B Video Nominated
2002 No More Drama Won
Family Affair Best Choreography Nominated
2006 Be Without You Best R&B Video Nominated
2008 Just Fine Best Hip-Hop Video Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

YearCategorySongResult
2002 Best R&BHerselfNominated
2004 Best R&B Video"Love @ 1st Sight"Nominated
Best Live PerformanceHerselfNominated
Most Impressive PerformanceWon
2008 Best R&B Video"Just Fine"Nominated

NAACP Image Award

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2000HerselfOutstanding Female ArtistNominated
2001Nominated
Your Child Outstanding Music VideoNominated
2003 No More Drama Nominated
HerselfOutstanding Female ArtistNominated
2004Nominated
2006Nominated
The Breakthrough Outstanding AlbumNominated
2007HerselfOutstanding Female ArtistWon
Be Without You Outstanding Music VideoWon
2008 Just Fine Nominated
HerselfOutstanding Female ArtistNominated
2010Won
Stronger with Each Tear Outstanding AlbumWon
2011HerselfOutstanding Female ArtistWon
2012Nominated
Mr. Wrong Outstanding Duo, Group or CollaborationWon
25/8 Outstanding Music VideoNominated
2014HerselfOutstanding Female Artist [17] Nominated
2015Nominated
Stay with Me ft. Sam Smith Outstanding Duo, Group or CollaborationWon
Being with You ft. Snokey RobinsonNominated
2017HerselfOutstanding Female ArtistWon
"Love Yourself" ft. Kanye West Outstanding Duo, Group or CollaborationNominated
"Strength of a Woman"Outstanding Music VideoNominated
Outstanding AlbumNominated
2021 Power Book II: Ghost Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesWon
2022Won

People's Choice Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2011HerselfFavorite R&B ArtistNominated

Pop Awards

The Pop Awards are presented annually by Pop Magazine, honoring the best in popular music. [18] Mary J. Blige has been nominated two times.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2018 Mary J. Blige Lifetime Achievement AwardNominated [19]
2022"Hourglass"Song of the Year AwardNominated [20]

Lady of Soul Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2000 Mary Best R&B/Soul AlbumWon
R&B/Soul Or Rap Album Of The YearNominated
Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year-FemaleWon
2001Your ChildBest R&B/Soul Single, FemaleNominated
2003 No More Drama Best R&B/Soul Album - FemaleNominated
2004 Love & Life Nominated
2007 The Breakthrough Won
Take Me as I Am Best R&B/Soul Single - FemaleNominated
2010HerselfBest Female R&B/Soul ArtistNominated
2012Nominated

Soul Train Music Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1993HerselfBest R&B/Soul or Rap New ArtistWon
Real Love Best R&B/Soul Single FemaleNominated
What's the 411? Best R&B/Soul Album FemaleWon
1996 My Life Won
I'm Goin' Down Best R&B/Soul Single FemaleNominated
1997 Not Gon' Cry Nominated
1998 Share My World Album of the YearNominated
Best R&B/Soul Album FemaleNominated
Everything Best R&B/Soul Single FemaleNominated
2000HerselfSammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the YearWon
Mary Best R&B/Soul Album FemaleWon
Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album of the YearNominated
2001 Your Child Best R&B/Soul Single FemaleNominated
2003 No More Drama Best R&B/Soul Album FemaleNominated
2004 Love & Life Nominated
2007 The Breakthrough Best R&B/Soul Album - FemaleWon
Take Me as I Am Best R&B/Soul Single - FemaleNominated
2010HerselfBest Female R&B/Soul ArtistNominated
2017Nominated
Strength Of A Woman Album/ Mixtape Of The YearNominated
Love Yourself ft. Kanye West Best CollaborationNominated
2019HerselfBest Female R&B/Soul ArtistNominated
2022Nominated
Soul Train Certified AwardWon
Good Morning Gorgeous Album/ Mixtape Of The YearNominated
"Good Morning Gorgeous"Song Of The YearNominated
Video Of The YearNominated
The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's AwardNominated
"Amazing" ft. DJ Khaled Best CollaborationNominated

Source Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1994HerselfR&B Artist of the Year [21] [22] Won
1995Won
2000Won

UK Music Video Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2020 [23] "Always" (with Waze & Odyssey & George Michael)Best Dance/Electronic Video - UKNominated
Best Choreography in a VideoNominated

World Soundtrack Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012"The Living Proof"Best Original Song Written for a FilmNominated

Film and television awards

AACTA International Awards

The AACTA International Awards is presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2017 MudboundBest Supporting ActressNominated

Black Reel Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2010 [24] I Can Do Bad (I Can Do Bad by Myself)Best Original or Adapted SongNominated
2012 Living Proof(The Help)Won
2015 HerselfOutstanding Supporting Actress, TV Movie or Limited SeriesNominated
2018Outstanding Supporting ActressNominated
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, FemaleNominated
Mighty River(Mudbound)Outstanding Original SongWon

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2007"Never Gonna Break My Faith" (with Aretha Franklin)Best SongWon
2012"The Living Proof"Won
2018 MudboundBest Supporting ActressNominated
Best Acting EnsembleNominated

Gotham Independent Film Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2017 HerselfBreakthrough ActorNominated
MudboundEnsemble Performance (Special Jury Award)Won

Hollywood Film Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2016 MudboundBreakthrough EnsembleWon
2017 HerselfBreakout Performance ActressWon

Independent Spirit Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2018Mudbound Robert Altman Award Won

Premios Sag

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2018 [25] HerselfBest Supporting ActressNominated
MudboundBest CastNominated

Satellite Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2009I Can See In Color (from Precious soundtrack)Best Original SongNominated
2018 MudboundBest Supporting ActressNominated

Critics awards

Critics' Awards
YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2017 Mudbound Best Supporting ActressNominated [26]
Austin Film Critics Association
2017 Mudbound Best Supporting ActressNominated [27]
Breakthrough Artist AwardNominated
Awards Circuit Community Awards (ACCA)
2018 Mudbound Best Cast EnsembleNominated [28]
"Mighty River"Best Original SongNominated
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
2018 Mudbound Best Supporting ActressNominated
Best EnsembleWon
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2017 Mudbound Best Supporting ActressNominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2017 Mudbound Best Supporting ActressNominated
Detroit Film Critics Society
2018 Mudbound Best EnsembleNominated
Dorian Awards
2018 Mudbound Supporting Film Performance of the Year – ActressNominated
Georgia Film Critics Association
2018 Mudbound Best EnsembleNominated
"Mighty River"Best Original SongNominated
IndieWire Honors Association
2018 Mudbound Breakthrough PerformanceWon
New York Film Critics Online
2018 Mudbound Best Ensemble CastWon
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2018 Mudbound Breakthrough Performance AwardWon [29]
San Diego Film Critics Society
2018 Mudbound Best EnsembleWon
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2018 Mudbound Virtuoso AwardWon
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
2018 Mudbound Best Supporting Actress Nominated
Best Acting Ensemble Nominated

Fashion and entrepreneur awards

FiFi Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2011HerselfSales Breakthrough [30] Won
Consumer Direct [30] Won

Vibe Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2003HerselfMost Stylish [31] Nominated
2005VLegend Award [32] Won

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mary J. Blige</span> American singer (born 1971)

Mary Jane Blige is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and "Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Awards, twelve NAACP Image Awards, and twelve Billboard Music Awards, including the Billboard Icon Award. She has been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its original song "Mighty River", becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year.

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