# List of awards and nominations received by Ledisi

Ledisi is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She began her career as the lead character Dorothy Gale in an Antioch Community Theater production of The Wiz in Antioch, California. Her performance earned a Shellie Award nomination for Best Actress in the same year. After forming her first independent record label LeSun Music, she released two albums Soulsinger (2000) and Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue (2002), the latter of which won "Outstanding Jazz Album" at the California Music Awards in 2003.
She secured two nominations at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in 2008, including Best New Artist. Her albums Lost & Found (2007), Turn Me Loose (2009), Pieces of Me (2011), and Let Love Rule (2017) have all garnered Grammy Award nominations for Best R&B Album. In 2020, Ledisi released a single "Anything for You", which won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance at 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. She received a nomination for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture at the 54th NAACP Image Awards in 2023.
As of 2024, Ledisi has accumulated a total of five competitive award wins and forty-six nominations. She has also received a total of five honorary awards.

## Music
### BET Awards

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| BET Awards | 2008 | Cool Like Dat Award | — | Nominated |
| BET Awards | 2008 | Virtual Awards Female Artist of the Year | — | Nominated |
| BET Awards | 2018 | Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award | "If You Don't Mind" | Nominated |

### California Music Awards

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| California Music Awards | 2003 | Outstanding Jazz Album | Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue | Won |
| California Music Awards | 2003 | Outstanding R&B Album | Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue | Nominated |
| California Music Awards | 2003 | Outstanding Female Vocalist | — | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Grammy Awards | 2008 | Best New Artist | — | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2008 | Best R&B Album | Lost & Found | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2010 | Best R&B Album | Turn Me Loose | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2010 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "Goin' Thru Changes" | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2012 | Best R&B Performance | "Pieces of Me" | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2012 | Best R&B Song | "Pieces of Me" | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2012 | Best R&B Album | Pieces of Me | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2013 | Best R&B Performance | "Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)" (with Robert Glasper) | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2015 | Best R&B Performance | "Like This" | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2018 | Best R&B Performance | "High" | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2018 | Best Traditional R&B Performance | "All the Way" | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2018 | Best R&B Album | Let Love Rule | Nominated |
| Grammy Awards | 2021 | Best Traditional R&B Performance | "Anything for You" | Won |
| Grammy Awards | 2022 | Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Ledisi Sings Nina | Nominated |

### NAACP Image Awards

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2012 | Best Female Artist | — | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2014 | Best Female Artist | — | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2015 | Best Female Artist | — | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2018 | Best Female Artist | — | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Song | "High" | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Music Video | "High" | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2021 | Best Female Artist | — | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2021 | Outstanding Album | The Wild Card | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2021 | Outstanding Soul/R&B Song | "Anything for You" | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2021 | Outstanding Music Video | "Anything for You" | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2021 | Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration | "Anything for You" (featuring PJ Morton) | Nominated |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Jazz Album | Ledisi Sings Nina | Nominated |

### Soul Train Music Awards

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Soul Train Music Awards | 2009 | Best R&B/Soul Female Artist | — | Nominated |
| Soul Train Music Awards | 2011 | Centric Award | — | Nominated |
| Soul Train Music Awards | 2014 | Best R&B/Soul Female Artist | — | Nominated |
| Soul Train Music Awards | 2017 | Best R&B/Soul Female Artist | — | Nominated |
| Soul Train Music Awards | 2017 | Soul Train Certified Award | — | Won |
| Soul Train Music Awards | 2018 | Soul Train Certified Award | — | Won |
| Soul Train Music Awards | 2020 | Soul Train Certified Award | — | Nominated |

## Acting
### Albuquerque Film & Music Experience

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| Albuquerque Film & Music Experience | 2022 | Best Actress | Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story | Nominated | |

### Charlotte Black Film Festival

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| Charlotte Black Film Festival | 2022 | Best Actress | Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story | Nominated | |

### Lavazza IncluCity Festival

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| Lavazza IncluCity Festival | 2022 | Best Actress | Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story | Nominated | |

### Las Vegas Black Film Festival

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| Las Vegas Black Film Festival | 2022 | Best Actress | Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story | Won | |

### NAACP Image Awards

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture | Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story | Nominated | |

### Ovation Awards

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| Ovation Awards | 2019 | Featured Actress in a Musical | Witness Uganda | Nominated | |

### Shellie Awards

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| Shellie Awards | 1990 | Best Actress | The Wiz | Nominated | |

## Other accolades

| Award | Year | Category |
| NAACP Theatre Awards | 2016 | Spirit Award |
| Americans for the Arts | 2016 | Music Honoree |
| Black AIDS Institute | 2018 | Honoree |
| EmpowHer | 2020 | Music Honoree |
| Los Angeles Jazz Society | 2022 | Jazz Vocalist Honoree |