List of awards and nominations received by Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe is an American singer, songwriter, producer, model and actor currently signed to her own imprint Wondaland Records in connection with Epic Records and Atlantic Records. Since re-releasing their EP Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase) in 2008 on Bad Boy Records, Monáe has received numerous award nominations and has won multiple awards for her music. In 2016, Monáe ventured into acting and received critical acclaim for her roles as Teresa and Mary Jackson in the films Moonlight and Hidden Figures, respectively. Their first two acting roles have garnered her additional award nominations and wins.
Monáe performing in concert in 2009 |
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Major Awards & Nominations | Wins | Nominations | |||
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0 | 4 | ||||
0 | 4 | ||||
2 | 8 | ||||
0 | 2 | ||||
1 | 2 | ||||
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0 | 8 | |||
1 | 6 | ||||
1 | 10 | ||||
1 | 1 | ||||
1 | 2 | ||||
2 | 11 | ||||
1 | 2 | ||||
Totals | |||||
Awards won | 48 | ||||
Nominations | 136 | ||||
Music
ASCAP Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Janelle Monáe | Vanguard Award | Won |
2019 | "I Like That" | Top R&B/Hip-hop songs | Won |
AICP Post Award
The Association of Independent Creative Editors (AICE) honors the best post production work of the year. Artists are recognized for their contributions in specific crafts within the overall categories of editorial, audio mixing, sound design, color grading, graphic design, and visual effects.[1]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2019 | "I Like That" | Best Color Grading Music Video | Nominated |
BET Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | Janelle Monáe | Best Female R&B/Pop Artist | Nominated |
2015 | Nominated | ||
2018[2] | "Django Jane" | Bet Her Award | Nominated |
2019 | "PYNK" | Bet Her Award | Nominated |
Billboard Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | "We Are Young (with Fun) | Top Streaming Song (Audio) | Nominated |
Top Streaming Song (Video) | Nominated | ||
Top Digital Song | Nominated | ||
Top Rock Song | Nominated |
Billboard Women in Music
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | Janelle Monáe | Rising Star Award[3] | Won |
2018 | Trailblazer of the Year[4] | Won |
Black Girls Rock! Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Janelle Monáe | Who Got Next Award [5] | Won |
2012 | Young, Gifted & Black Award[6] | Won |
BreakTudo Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | "Unbreakable" (with Kelly Clarkson) | Best Soundtrack Song | Nominated |
Brit Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | Janelle Monáe | International Female Solo Artist | Nominated |
2019 | Nominated |
The Daily Californian Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2018[7] | "Dirty Computer" | Best Album | Won |
"Pynk" | Best Song (Non-Billboard) | Runner-up | |
Janelle Monáe | Best Artist | Runner-up |
Edison Jazz-World Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | "Dirty Computer" | Soul, Funk, R&B Award | Won |
GAFFA Awards (Norway)
Delivered since 2012. The GAFFA Awards (Norwegian: GAFFA Prisen) are a Norwegian award that rewards popular music awarded by the magazine of the same name.[8]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2018 | Janelle Monáe | International Artist of the Year | Nominated |
"Dirty Computer" | International Album of the Year | Nominated |
GAFFA Awards (Sweden)
Delivered since 2010. The GAFFA Awards (Swedish: GAFFA Priset) are a Swedish award that rewards popular music awarded by the magazine of the same name.[9]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | Janelle Monáe | International Artist of the Year | Nominated |
"Dirty Computer" | International Album of the Year | Nominated |
GLAAD Media Award
is an accolade bestowed by the GLAAD to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | Janelle Monáe | Outstanding Music Artist | Won |
Grammy Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | "Many Moons" | Best Urban/Alternative Performance | Nominated |
2011 | The ArchAndroid | Best Contemporary R&B Album | Nominated |
"Tightrope" | Best Urban/Alternative Performance | Nominated | |
2013 | |||
Some Nights[10] | Album of the Year (as a featured artist) | Nominated | |
"We Are Young" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | Nominated | ||
2019 | Dirty Computer | Album of the Year | Nominated |
"Pynk" | Best Music Video | Nominated |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2021 | "Turntable" (from All In: The Fight for Democracy) | Original Song — Documentary[11] | Nominated |
International Dance Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2011 | Janelle Monáe | Best Breakthrough Artist[12] | Nominated |
MOBO Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Janelle Monáe | Best International Act[13] | Nominated |
MTV Europe Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | "We Are Young" (with Fun) | Best Song | Nominated |
MTV Video Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | "Tightrope" | Best Choreography | Nominated |
2012 | "We Are Young" (with Fun) | Best Pop Video | Nominated |
2013 | "Q.U.E.E.N." | Best Art Direction | Won |
2018 | "Pynk" | Best Video with a Message | Nominated |
"Make Me Feel" | Best Art Direction | Nominated | |
Best Editing | Nominated |
MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | "We Are Young" | Best Group Video | Nominated |
Best New Artist | Nominated | ||
Best Rock Video | Nominated |
MTV Video Music Brazil Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Janelle Monáe | Aposta Internacional (International Bet) | Nominated |
Much Music Video Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | "Venus Fly" (ft. Grimes) | Best EDM/Dance Video | Won |
Best Director | Nominated | ||
Best Pop Video | Nominated | ||
Fan Fave Video | Nominated |
NAACP Image Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | Janelle Monáe | Outstanding Female Artist | Nominated |
"Q.U.E.E.N." | Outstanding Music Video | Won | |
Outstanding Song | Nominated | ||
The Electric Lady | Outstanding Album | Nominated | |
2019 | Janelle Monáe | Outstanding Female Artist | Nominated |
Dirty Computer | Outstanding Album | Nominated |
People's Choice Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | We Are Young (with Fun) | Favorite Song of the Year | Nominated |
Q Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | We Are Young | Best Trak | Nominated |
2018 [16] | Make Me Feel | Nominated | |
Janelle Monáe | Best Solo Artist | Nominated |
Queerty Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2018 [17] | "Pynk" | Queer anthem | Won |
Janelle Monáe | Badass | Won |
Soul Train Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Janelle Monáe | Centric Award | Won |
"Tightrope" | Best Dance Performance | Nominated | |
2013 | Janelle Monáe | Best R&B/Soul Artist | Nominated |
"Q.U.E.E.N." (with Erykah Badu) | The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter's Award | Nominated | |
Best Dance Performance | Nominated | ||
Video of the Year[18] | Won | ||
Best Collaboration | Nominated | ||
2014 | Janelle Monáe | Best R&B/Soul Female Artist | Nominated |
The Electric Lady | Album of the Year | Nominated | |
"Electric Lady" (with Solange Knowles) | Best Dance Performance | Nominated | |
"PrimeTime" (with Miguel) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | |
2015 | Janelle Monáe | Best R&B/Soul Female Artist | Nominated |
"Yoga" | Best Dance Performance | Nominated |
Shorty Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2018 | Janelle Monáe | Music - Arts & Entertainment | Nominated |
Teen Choice Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2012 | "We Are Young" (with Fun) | Choice Rock Song | Nominated |
Choice Single by a Group | Won |
Film and television
Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Janelle Monáe | Best Breakthrough Performance (for both Hidden Figures & Moonlight)[20][21] | Nominated |
Black Reel Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | Janelle Monáe | Outstanding Original Song (for What is Love) [22] | Nominated |
2017 | Outstanding Supporting Actress (for Hidden Figures) [23] | Nominated | |
Outstanding Supporting Actress (for Moonlight) | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female (for Hidden Figures) | Won | ||
Hidden Figures | Outstanding Ensemble | Nominated | |
Moonlight | Outstanding Ensemble | Won | |
2019[24] | Janelle Monáe | Outstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited Series (for Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams) | Nominated |
2020[25] | Outstanding Supporting Actress (for Harriet) | Nominated |
Black Reel TV Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2018 | Janelle Monáe | Outstanding Actress, Drama Series (for Electric Dreams)[26] | Nominated |
2020 | Outstanding Actress, Drama Series (for Homecoming)[27] | Nominated |
Critics' Choice Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | Hidden Figures | Best Supporting Actress[28] | Nominated |
Best Acting Ensemble | Nominated | ||
Moonlight | Won |
Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Janelle Monáe | Breakthrough Award[29] | Won |
Gold Derby Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2017[30] | "Moonlight" | Best Ensemble Cast | Won |
"Hidden Figures" | Nominated | ||
Janelle Monáe | Best Supporting Actress (for Hidden Figures) | Nominated | |
Best Breakthrough Performer | Won |
Golden Reel Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2019[31] | Dirty Computer | Broadcast Media: Single Presentation | Nominated |
Hollywood Film Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2014 | "What Is Love?" | Hollywood Song[32] | Won |
2016 | Janelle Monáe (for Hidden Figures) | Hollywood Spotlight Award[33] | Won |
Independent Spirit Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | Moonlight | Robert Altman Award[34] | Won |
NAACP Image Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | Harriet | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
2021 | Antebellum | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | Pending |
New York Film Critics Online Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | Moonlight | Best Ensemble Cast[36] | Won |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Janelle Monáe (for Hidden Figures) | Best Breakthrough Performance: Female | Nominated |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Hidden Figures | Ensemble Performance Award[37] | Won |
Satellite Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Hidden Figures | Best Cast – Motion Picture[39] | Won |
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | Dirty Computer | Bradbury Award | Nominated |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Hidden Figures | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Won |
Moonlight | Nominated |
Hugo Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | Dirty Computer | Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)[40] | Nominated |
Critics awards
Critics' Awards | ||||
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Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
Awards Circuit Community Awards | ||||
2016 | "Moonlight" | Best Cast Ensemble | Won | [41] |
"Hidden Figures" | Nominated | |||
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated | |||
African-American Film Critics Association Awards | ||||
2017 | Hidden Figures | Best Ensemble | Won | [42] |
Janelle Monáe | Breakout Performance | Won | ||
Austin Film Critics Association Awards | ||||
2016 | Moonlight | Special Honorary Award (for excellence as an ensemble) | Won | [43] |
Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards | ||||
2016 | Moonlight | Best Ensemble | Won | [44] |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | ||||
2016 | Moonlight | Best Cast | Won | [45] |
Chicago Film Critics Awards | ||||
2016 | 'Hidden Figures | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [46] |
Janelle Monáe | Most Promising Performer | Nominated | ||
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | ||||
2016 | Moonlight | Best Ensemble | Runner-up | [47] |
New York Film Critics Online Awards | ||||
2016 | Moonlight | Best Ensemble | Won | [36] |
Online Film & Television Association Awards | ||||
2017 | Hidden Figures | Best Breakthrough Performance: Female | Nominated | [36] |
Palm Springs International Film Festival | ||||
2017 | Hidden Figures | Ensemble Performance Award | Won | [48] |
Queerty Awards | ||||
2020 | Harriet | Best Film Performance | Nominated | [49] |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | ||||
2016 | Moonlight | Best Ensemble | Nominated | [50][51] |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival | ||||
2016 | Janelle Monáe | Virtuosos Award | Won | [52] |
Seattle Film Critics Society | ||||
2016 | Moonlight | Best Ensemble | Won | |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | ||||
2016 | Moonlight | Best Ensemble | Won | |
Women Film Critics Circle Awards | ||||
2019 | Harriet | Invisible Woman Award | Won | |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | ||||
2016 | Moonlight | Best Ensemble | Nominated | [53] |
Miscellaneous
Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Janelle Monáe | Board of Directors’ Tribute[54][55] | Won |
2018 | Janelle Monáe | American Ingenuity Award[56] | Won |
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