# List of awards and nominations received by Aretha Franklin

Singer Aretha Franklin has been honored with many awards and nominations. These include 18 Grammy Awards and an additional 26 Grammy nominations for her recordings.

## Grammy Awards

Franklin was nominated for a Grammy Award 44 times and was the award winner 18 times. Eleven of her albums were nominated, winning four times.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1968 | Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female | "Respect" | Won |
| 1968 | Best Rhythm & Blues Recording | "Respect" | Won |
| 1968 | Best Vocal Performance, Female | "Respect" | Nominated |
| 1968 | Best Contemporary Female Solo Vocal Performance | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance, Female | "I Say a Little Prayer" | Nominated |
| 1969 | Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance, Female | "Chain of Fools" | Won |
| 1970 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Share Your Love with Me" | Won |
| 1971 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Don't Play That Song" | Won |
| 1972 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Won |
| 1973 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Young, Gifted and Black | Won |
| 1973 | Best Soul Gospel Performance | Amazing Grace | Won |
| 1973 | Best Soul Gospel Performance | "Precious Memories" | Nominated |
| 1973 | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | "Day Dreaming" | Nominated |
| 1974 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Master of Eyes" | Won |
| 1975 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing" | Won |
| 1977 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Something He Can Feel" | Nominated |
| 1978 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Break It to Me Gently" | Nominated |
| 1979 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Almighty Fire | Nominated |
| 1981 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Can't Turn You Loose" | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Hold On I'm Comin'" | Won |
| 1983 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Jump to It | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Get It Right | Nominated |
| 1986 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Freeway of Love" | Won |
| 1986 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"(with Eurythmics) | Nominated |
| 1987 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Jumpin' Jack Flash" | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Aretha | Won |
| 1988 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with George Michael) | Won |
| 1989 | Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female | One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism | Won |
| 1989 | Best Soul Gospel Performance by a Duo, Group, Choir or Chorus | "Oh Happy Day" | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Through the Storm | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | "Gimme Your Love" (with James Brown) | Nominated |
| 1990 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (with Whitney Houston) | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | What You See Is What You Sweat | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | "Doctor's Orders" (with Luther Vandross) | Nominated |
| 1994 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "Someday We'll All Be Free" | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | "A Deeper Love" | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "A Rose Is Still a Rose" | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best R&B Album | A Rose Is Still a Rose | Nominated |
| 2000 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | "Don't Waste Your Time" (with Mary J. Blige) | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best R&B Album | So Damn Happy | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance | "Wonderful" | Won |
| 2006 | Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance | "A House Is Not a Home" | Won |
| 2008 | Best Gospel Performance | "Never Gonna Break My Faith" (with Mary J. Blige) (tied with The Clark Sisters for "Blessed & Highly Favored") | Won |
| 2011 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | "You've Got a Friend" (with Ronald Isley) | Nominated |

## Grammy Special Awards

| Year | Award | Result |
| 1991 | Legend Award | Won |
| 1994 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
| 2008 | MusiCares Person of the Year | Won |

## American Music Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1973 | Favorite Soul/R&B Album | Jump to It | Won |
| 1973 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | |
| 1974 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | Nominated |
| 1975 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | Nominated |
| 1976 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | Won |
| 1977 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | Won |
| 1978 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | Nominated |
| 1983 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | Nominated |
| 1984 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | Won |
| 1986 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | Won |
| 1986 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist | Aretha Franklin | Won |
| 1987 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist | Aretha Franklin | Nominated |

## Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2007 | Best Song | "Never Gonna Break My Faith" | Nominated | |

## Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Original Song | "Never Gonna Break My Faith" | Nominated | |

## MTV Video Music Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1986 | Best Female Video | "Freeway of Love" | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Best Video from a Film | "Jumpin' Jack Flash" | Nominated | |

## NAACP Image Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1983 | Outstanding Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | Won |
| 1997 | Hall of Fame Award | Aretha Franklin | Won |
| 2008 | Vanguard Award | Aretha Franklin | Won |
| 2015 | Outstanding Album | "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics" | Won |

## TV Land Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2012 | Music Icon | Aretha Franklin | Won | |

## Other honors

| Year | Association | Category/Award | Notes |
| 1981 | Hollywood Chamber of Commerce | Hollywood Walk of Fame star | This was postponed following the shooting of Aretha's father, Reverend C. L. Franklin |
| 1987 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Induction – Performer category | The first woman to be inducted |
| 1994 | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Kennedy Center Honors | At the time, the youngest to receive the honor (Stevie Wonder passed the record five years later) |
| 1999 | President of the United States | National Arts Medal | |
| 2005 | President of the United States | Presidential Medal of Freedom | |
| 2005 | UK Music Hall of Fame | Induction | |
| 2012 | GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame | Induction | |
| 2015 | Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame | Induction | |
| 2019 | Pulitzer Prize | Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards – Arts awards | "For her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades." |
| 2020 | National Women's Hall of Fame | Induction | |