Justin Timberlake is an American singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer. He is the recipient of 10 Grammy Awards, 4 Emmy Awards, 7 American Music Awards, 3 Brit Awards, 9 Billboard Music Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards and 29 ASCAP Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, two Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award.
Timberlake has won four Primetime Emmy Awards, twice for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and twice for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live. For his work on film he received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for his on the song "Can't Stop the Feeling!" from Trolls: Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016).
His debut solo album, Justified, generated the singles "Like I Love You", "Rock Your Body", "Señorita", and the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance-winning song "Cry Me a River". Also nominated for Album of the Year, it took home the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Among other awards, it earned him American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album, Brit Awards for International Album and International Male, MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Album and Best Male, and MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video and Best Pop Video–the latter two for "Cry Me a River." Timberlake's sophomore album FutureSex/LoveSounds garnered him seven Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year. Its singles "SexyBack" (in 2007) and "LoveStoned" (2008) both won Best Dance Recording, while "My Love" won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. "What Goes Around... Comes Around" was nominated for Record of the Year and won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The album won the American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Album.
Timberlake received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and won Video of the Year for "Mirrors" at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. He attended the 2014 Billboard Music Awards taking home seven awards, including Top Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album for The 20/20 Experience. Timberlake earned seven Grammy nominations at the 2014 ceremony, winning Best Music Video for "Suit & Tie", Best R&B Song for "Pusher Love Girl", and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Holy Grail". For his third and fourth studio album he also won three American Music Awards and three People's Choice Awards. He was presented with the Innovator Award at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards. In October 2015, he was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, becoming its youngest member. He received the inaugural Decade Award at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards. In 2019, he received the Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Major associations Academy Awards The Academy Awards, or "Oscars", is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2016 Best Original Song "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
Emmy Awards The Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film), Grammy Awards (for music), and the Tony Awards (for theatre). Justin Timberlake has received four awards from eight nominations.
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2007Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Saturday Night Live for "Dick in a Box" 2009 2008 ESPY Awards for "I Love Sports" Saturday Night Live for "Motherlover" Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesSaturday Night Live 2011 Outstanding Original Music and LyricsSaturday Night Live for "Opening monologue" Saturday Night Live 2013 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Saturday Night Live
Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by The Recording Academy of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Considered the highest music honor, the awards were established in 1958. Justin Timberlake has won 10 awards out of 40 nominations. His wins include categories on the pop, dance, R&B, and visual media fields. 8 nominations as part of NSYNC are counted. Two of Timberlake's studio albums have been nominated for Album of the Year so far: Justified in 2004, and FutureSex/LoveSounds in 2007. Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2000 Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "Music of My Heart" Best Country Collaboration with Vocals "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" 2001 Record of the Year "Bye Bye Bye" Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Best Pop Vocal Album No Strings Attached 2002 Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "My Kind of Girl" (with Brian McKnight) Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals "Gone" Best Pop Vocal Album Celebrity 2003 Best Rap/Sung Collaboration "Like I Love You" (with Clipse) Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals "Girlfriend" 2004 Album of the Year Justified Best Pop Vocal Album Best Male Pop Vocal Performance "Cry Me a River" Record of the Year"Where Is the Love?" (with The Black Eyed Peas) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration 2007 Album of the Year FutureSex/LoveSounds Best Pop Vocal Album Best Rap/Sung Collaboration "My Love" (with T.I.) Best Dance Recording "SexyBack" 2008 Best Rap Song "Ayo Technology" (with 50 Cent) Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "Give It to Me" (with Timbaland & Nelly Furtado) Best Dance Recording "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows" Record of the Year "What Goes Around... Comes Around" Best Male Pop Vocal Performance 2009 Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "4 Minutes" (with Madonna) 2010 Best Rap Song "Dead and Gone" (with T.I.) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals "Love Sex Magic" (with Ciara) 2014 Best Pop Vocal Album The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience Best Pop Solo Performance "Mirrors" Best Pop Duo/Group Performance"Suit & Tie" (with Jay Z) Best Music Video Best R&B Song "Pusher Love Girl" Best Rap/Sung Collaboration "Holy Grail" (with Jay Z) Best Rap Song 2015 Album of the Year Beyoncé (as producer) G I R L (as featured artist) 2017 Best Song Written for Visual Media "Can't Stop the Feeling!" 2019 Best Pop Duo/Group Performance "Say Something" 2025 Best Song Written For Visual Media "Better Place"
Golden Globe Awards The Golden Globe Award is an American accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. The annual formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented is a major part of the film industry's awards season, which culminates each year with the Academy Awards. Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2014 Best Original Song"Please Mr. Kennedy" (with Ed Rush, George Cromarty, T Bone Burnett & Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) 2017 "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
Screen Actors Guild Award The Screen Actors Guild Award (also known as the SAG Award) is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) to recognize outstanding performances by its members. Justin Timberlake has been nominated once.
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2011 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture The Social Network
Miscellaneous awards 4Music Video Honours The Music Video Honours is an annual music awards show by 4Music, a music and entertainment channel in the United Kingdom. Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2014Best Boy Justin Timberlake
AICE Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2014 Best Music Video "Mirrors" 2017 Best Music Video "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
American Music Awards The American Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony created by Dick Clark in 1973 and one of several annual major American music awards shows (among the others are the Grammy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards etc.). Justin Timberlake has won seven awards out of thirteen nominations.
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2003 Fan Choice AwardJustin Timberlake Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist International Artist of the Year Award Favorite Pop/Rock Album Justified2007 Favorite Pop/Rock Male ArtistJustin Timberlake Favorite Pop/Rock AlbumFutureSex/LoveSounds Favorite Soul/R&B Album2013 Artist of the YearJustin Timberlake Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist Favorite Pop/Rock Album The 20/20 ExperienceFavorite Soul/R&B Album 2017 Top Soundtrack Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Apple Inc. American multinational corporation Apple Inc. releases its own annual editorial year-end best-of list from their media library and management application iTunes, unveiled on the global virtual store along with lists of its most-downloaded content.
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2013Best Musical PerformerJustin Timberlake
APRA Music Awards The APRA Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia by Australian Performing Right Association, which includes the APRA Music Awards, to recognise composing and songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2017 International Work of the Year "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
ASCAP Awards The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a not-for-profit performance rights organization that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating them accordingly.
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2003 Most Performed Songs "Girlfriend" "Gone" 2004 "Cry Me a River" "Rock Your Body" 2007 "My Love" "SexyBack" 2008 "Give It to Me" "My Love" "Summer Love/Set The Mood" "Until The End Of Time" "What Goes Around... Comes Around" 2010 "Dead and Gone" 2011 "Carry Out" 2014 "Holy Grail" "Mirrors" "Suit & Tie" 2015 "Mirrors" "Not a Bad Thing" 2017 "Can't Stop the Feeling!" 2018 "Can't Stop the Feeling!" ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards2008 Award Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs"My Love" "Until The End of Time" 2010"Dead and Gone" Award Winning Rap Songs 2014 Award Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs "Holy Grail" "Suit & Tie" "Take Back the Night" "Holy Grail" Top Rap Song 2015 Award Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs "Partition"
BBC Music Awards The BBC Music Awards are the BBC's annual pop music awards, held every December, as a celebration of the musical achievements over the past twelve months. The event is coordinated by the BBC's music division, BBC Music. Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2016 Song of the Year "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
BBC Radio 1Xtra Hot Summer Awards BBC Radio 1Xtra Hot Summer Awards have been handed out since 2013 by BBC Radio 1Xtra, a British digital radio station by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) specialising in urban music.
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2013Hottie Guest Winner"Holy Grail" (with Jay Z)
Berlin Music Video Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2018 Best VFX Filthy
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. Justin Timberlake has been nominated eight times. Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2003 Best New Artist Justin Timberlake Best R&B Male Artist2013 Best Collaboration"Suit & Tie" (with Jay Z) Video of the Year Viewer's Choice2014Best Male R&B/Pop ArtistJustin TimberlakeBest Collaboration"Holy Grail" (with Jay Z)BET Hip Hop Awards2014Best Collabo, Duo or Group"Holy Grail" (with Jay Z)
Billboard Awards