List of awards and nominations received by Mario (American singer)

Mario is an American R&B and pop singer-songwriter, dancer, actor and model. Mario has released four studio albums. Teen-age R&B newcomer, Mario Barrett was born in Maryland,[1] at the age of 15, Mario debuted with the release of "Just a Friend 2002", produced by Warryn Campbell and based on rapper Biz Markie's hit "Just a Friend". His self-titled album followed in July, featuring contributions by Grammy-winning Alicia Keys, the album went gold on RIAA. Turning Point, released in 2004, went to number two on the R&B album chart, hoisted by the ubiquitous smash hit "Let Me Love You", the single had so much success that gave to Mario all the winning awards of music, that he has, the CD Single was certificated Platinum in U.S. and in Australia, Turning Point was certificated Platinum in the U.S., the follow singles hadn't so much success has the first one, these are: How Could You, Here I Go Again and Boom featuring Juvenile (rapper). The December 2007 release of Mario's third album, Go, was preceded by several delays and projected release dates; its initial date was November of the previous year, it features the singles How Do I Breathe and the Top five hit Crying out for Me, which was certificated Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). D.N.A., Mario's fourth album, was released in October 2009. At the time, two of its songs, "Break Up" which served as the lead single, and was number one for seven consecutive weeks on Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart, with help from Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett and was also certificated Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), as a ringtone. "Thinkin' About You," was released as the second single, were already on the singles charts.[2]

Mario awards and nominations

Mario being interviewed at a charity event for cancer in San Diego, September 14, 2008
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations BET 0 2 Billboard 2 5 Grammy 0 2 MOBO 0 1 MTV VMA 0 2 Soul Train 0 2 Teen Choice 0 3 Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards 2 2 Prism Awards 1 1 Vibe Awards 0 1
Totals[lower-alpha 1]
Wins	5
Nominations	21
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.

In 2004 Mario at the Vibe Awards "Let Me Love You" was nominated for Best R&B Song, at the Teen Choice Awards "Let Me love You" was nominated twice, the first was Choice Love Song and the second Choice R&B/Rap Track, but didn't received any award. In 2005 has received several nominations at the Billboard Music Awards; among these are Hot 100 Single of the Year and Hot 100 Singles Track of the Year (Airplay) for "Let Me Love You", "Hot 100 Artist of the Year – Male", he also received four nominations for "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year", "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year (Airplay)", "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year", "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year (Airplay)" which has won all with the breakthrough hit single "Let Me Love You"; nominated also for Best R&B Single at the MTV Europe Music Awards, for Best Male Artist R&B and Viewer's Choice for "Let Me Love You" at the BET Awards and Best Single "Let Me Love You" at the MOBO Awards also nominated at the Soul Train Music Awards for Best R&B/Soul with "Let Me Love You". In 2006, at the Grammy Awards has been nominated in the category of Best Contemporary R&B Album with "Turning Point" and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance with "Let Me Love You", at MTV Australia Awards the music video for "Let Me Love You" has been nominated for Best R&B Video. In 2008 "I Won't Love You to Death: The Story of Mario and His Mom" was nominated for the category of "Television: Teen Program" at the Prism Awards which won. In 2009, the music nominations returned so far "Break Up", which features Gucci Mane and Sean Garrett, was nominated for Best Collaboration at the Soul Train Music Awards, In 2010 he was nominated for "Favorite Male Singer" at the Teen Choice Awards. Overall, Mario has received 5 awards from 21 nominations.