This is a list of awards and nominations received by Janelle Monáe, an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress.
Ten-time Grammy Awards nominee, she is currently signed to her own imprint Wondaland Records in connection with Epic Records and Atlantic Records. After her first Grammy Awards nominations for Best Urban/Alternative Performance with the song "Many Moons", she published her debut album The ArchAndroid (2010), receiving two nominations at the Grammy Awards, including for Best Contemporary R&B Album. In 2012 she collaborated with American pop band Fun on "We Are Young", which was nominated at the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The song won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Music – Single by a Group. In 2013 she published her second studio album The Electric Lady, which featured the "Q.U.E.E.N." with Erykah Badu, winner of a Soul Train Music Awards, an NAACP Image Awards and a MTV Video Music Award. After five years Monae published her third studio album Dirty Computer, nominated at the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The two album singles "Make Me Feel" and "Pynk" received several nominations, including at the MTV Video Music Award and at the Grammy Award for Best Music Video for the later one. In 2023 she published The Age of Pleasure, which earned her two nominations at the Grammy Awards, for Album of the Year and Best Progressive R&B Album.
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. These first two acting roles garnered her several award nominations and wins, alongside the cast, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Award, an Independent Spirit Award and a Satellite Award. In 2023 she starred in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery winning the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Critics' Choice Movie Awards and a Satellite Awards with the cast. The same year she won a Children's and Family Emmy Award for her writing credit on We the People.
Monáe also received several honors and non-competitive awards. For her singer-songwriter works she was honored with the ASCAP Vanguard Award, two Billboard Women in Music and the Soul Train Music Awards Spirit of Soul Award. For her acting career she was recognized with the Critics' Choice Movie Awards #SeeHer Award and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Virtuosos Award. Monáe was also honored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards.
Awards and nominations Award Year Work Category Result ASCAP Awards2010HerselfVanguard Award2019"I Like That" Top R&B/Hip-hop songsAICE Awards2019Best Color Grading Music VideoBET Awards2014 Herself Best Female R&B/Pop Artist20152017Best Actress2018 "Django Jane"Bet Her Award2019 "Pynk"2023 HerselfBest ActressBillboard Music Awards2013 "We Are Young Top Streaming Song (Audio)Top Streaming Song (Video)Top Digital SongTop Rock SongBillboard Women in Music2013HerselfRising Star Award2018Trailblazer of the YearBlack Girls Rock! Awards2009Who Got Next Award2012Young, Gifted & Black AwardBlack Reel Awards2015"What is Love"Outstanding Original Song 2017Hidden FiguresOutstanding Breakthrough Performance, FemaleOutstanding Supporting ActressOutstanding EnsembleMoonlightOutstanding Breakthrough Performance, FemaleOutstanding Supporting ActressOutstanding Ensemble2018 Electric DreamsOutstanding Actress, Drama Series2019 Philip K. Dick's Electric DreamsOutstanding Actress, TV Movie or Limited SeriesHarrietOutstanding Supporting Actress 2020HomecomingOutstanding Actress, Drama Series2023Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryOutstanding Supporting ActressBreakTudo Awards2019 "Unbreakable" (with Kelly Clarkson) Best Soundtrack Song Brit Awards2014 Herself International Female Solo Artist2019Children's and Family Emmy Awards2022 We the People Outstanding Short Form ProgramCritics' Choice Awards2016Hidden FiguresBest Supporting ActressBest Acting EnsembleMoonlight2023Herself#SeeHer AwardGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBest Supporting ActressBest Acting EnsembleDaily Californian Music Awards2018Dirty ComputerBest Album"Pynk" Best Song (Non-Billboard)HerselfBest ArtistEdison Jazz-World Awards2019Dirty ComputerSoul, Funk, R&B AwardEssence Awards2011HerselfBlack Women in Music AwardEssence Black Women in Hollywood Awards2017Breakthrough AwardGAFFA Awards (Norway)2018International Artist of the Year Dirty ComputerInternational Album of the Year GAFFA Awards (Sweden)2019HerselfInternational Artist of the Year Dirty ComputerInternational Album of the Year GLAAD Media AwardHerselfOutstanding Music Artist Grammy Award2009"Many Moons"Best Urban/Alternative Performance 2011The ArchAndroidBest Contemporary R&B Album"Tightrope"Best Urban/Alternative Performance2013Some NightsAlbum of the Year (as a featured artist)"We Are Young"Record of the YearBest Pop Duo/Group Performance2019"Pynk"Best Music VideoDirty ComputerAlbum of the Year2024The Age of Pleasure Best Progressive R&B Album Hollywood Music in Media Awards2021"Turntable" (from All In: The Fight for Democracy)Original Song — DocumentaryHugo Awards2019Dirty ComputerBest Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)Independent Spirit Awards2016MoonlightRobert Altman AwardInternational Dance Music Awards2011 HerselfBest Breakthrough ArtistMOBO Awards2010Best International ActMTV Europe Music Awards2012"We Are Young" Best SongMTV Video Music Award2010"Tightrope"Best Choreography2012"We Are Young" Best Pop Video2013"Q.U.E.E.N." (with Erykah Badu)Best Art Direction2018"Pynk"Best Video with a Message"Make Me Feel"Best Art DirectionBest Editing2023 "Lipstick Lover"Best CinematographyMTV Video Music Awards Japan2013 "We Are Young" Best Group VideoBest New ArtistBest Rock VideoMTV Video Music Brazil Awards2010HerselfAposta Internacional (International Bet)Much Music Video Awards2017"Venus Fly" (with Grimes)Best EDM/Dance VideoBest DirectorBest Pop VideoFan Fave VideoNAACP Image Award2014HerselfOutstanding Female Artist "Q.U.E.E.N." (with Erykah Badu)Outstanding Music VideoOutstanding SongThe Electric LadyOutstanding Album2019HerselfOutstanding Female ArtistDirty ComputerOutstanding Album2020HarrietOutstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion PictureOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture2021AntebellumOutstanding Actress in a Motion Picture2023Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture2024HerselfOutstanding Female Artist"Lipstick Lover"Outstanding Soul/R&B SongThe Age of PleasureOutstanding AlbumNational Board of Review2017Hidden FiguresBest Cast2023Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBest Supporting ActressNebula Award2019Dirty Computer Bradbury AwardNME Awards2011"Tightrope"Best TrackO Music Awards2011The ArchAndroidBest iTunes LPPeople's Choice Awards2013We Are Young Favorite Song of the YearPop Awards2021"Turntables"Music Video of the YearQ Awards2012"We Are Young" Best Trak2018"Make Me Feel"Herself Best Solo Artist Queerty Awards2018"Pynk" Queer anthemHerselfBadass Satellite Awards2017Hidden FiguresBest Cast – Motion Picture2023Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBest Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or MusicalScreen Actors Guild Award2017 Hidden Figures Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture MoonlightSoul Train Music Awards2010HerselfCentric Award"Tightrope"Best Dance Performance2013HerselfBest R&B/Soul Artist"Q.U.E.E.N." The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter's Award Best Dance PerformanceVideo of the YearBest Collaboration 2014HerselfBest R&B/Soul Female ArtistThe Electric LadyAlbum of the Year"Electric Lady" Best Dance Performance"PrimeTime" Best Collaboration 2015HerselfBest R&B/Soul Female Artist"Yoga"Best Dance Performance2023HerselfSpirit of Soul AwardBest R&B/Soul Female ArtistThe Age of PleasureAlbum of the Year"Lipstick Lover"Song of the YearVideo of the YearShorty Awards2018HerselfMusic - Arts & EntertainmentTeen Choice Awards2012"We Are Young" Choice Rock SongChoice Single by a GroupUK Music Video Awards2018HerselfBest ArtistVariety Awards2014Breakthrough in Music Award
Critics awards Critics' Awards Year Nominated work Category Result Ref. Awards Circuit Community Awards2016 MoonlightBest Cast Ensemble Hidden FiguresBest Actress in a Supporting Role African-American Film Critics Association Awards2017Hidden Figures Best Ensemble HerselfBreakout Performance2023Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Best Ensemble Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards2017Hidden Figures and MoonlightBest Breakthrough Performance 2023Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBest Actress in a Supporting Role Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards 2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBest Supporting Actress Best Ensemble Cast Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2016 Moonlight Special Honorary Award 2023Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Best Supporting Actress Best Ensemble Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards 2016 Moonlight Best Ensemble Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2016 Moonlight Best Cast Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Awards 2016 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Best Ensemble Cast Chicago Film Critics Awards 2016Hidden FiguresBest Supporting Actress Herself Most Promising Performer 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Best Supporting Actress Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBest Supporting Actress Dorian Awards 2023 Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysterySupporting Film Performance of the Year Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2016 MoonlightBest Ensemble Georgia Film Critics Association 2023Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBest Supporting ActressBest Supporting ActressHollywood Critics Association Awards2023Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Best Cast EnsembleHollywood Film Awards2014"What Is Love?"Best Song2016Hidden FiguresSpotlight AwardHouston Film Critics Society Awards 2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Best Supporting Actress Best Ensemble Cast Miami International Film Festival2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Ensemble Award New York Film Critics Online Awards2016 MoonlightBest Ensemble 2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Online Film & Television Association Awards2017 Hidden FiguresBest Breakthrough Performance: Female Palm Springs International Film Festival2017Hidden FiguresEnsemble Performance Award Queerty Awards2020HarrietBest Film Performance San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2016MoonlightBest Ensemble 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2016HerselfVirtuosos Award Seattle Film Critics Society 2016MoonlightBest Ensemble 2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Best Actress in a Supporting Role Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2016 MoonlightBest Ensemble St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBest Supporting Actress Best Ensemble Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBest Supporting Actress Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2016MoonlightBest Ensemble 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryBest Supporting Actress Best Acting Ensemble Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2019HarrietInvisible Woman Award 2021AntebellumCourage in Acting AwardBest Female Action Hero
Miscellaneous Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards
|rowspan="1"|2017 |Herself |Board of Directors’ Tribute
|rowspan="1"|2018 |Janelle Monáe |American Ingenuity Award |
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