# List of awards and nominations received by Andra Day

Andra Day is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Her debut studio album, Cheers to the Fall, was released in 2015 and it received a nomination for Best R&B Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, while the single "Rise Up" was nominated for Best R&B Performance. For her live rendition of "Rise Up" on the talk show The View, Day was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.
In 2021, Day portrayed American jazz singer Billie Holiday in the biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday, her feature film debut. Her performance won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, making her the second African American actress to win in this category after Whoopi Goldberg in 1987. At the 93rd Academy Awards, she was nominated for Best Actress. The soundtrack of the film won Day her first Grammy Award, in the category of Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Best Actress | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Nominated | |

### Children's and Family Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2022 | Outstanding Short Form Program | We the People | Won | |

### Daytime Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program | "Rise Up" (The View) | Nominated | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Won | |
| 2021 | Best Original Song | "Tigress & Tweed" | Nominated | |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2016 | Best R&B Album | Cheers to the Fall | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best R&B Performance | "Rise Up" | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Won |

## Miscellaneous awards
### BET Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2016 | Best New Artist | Andra Day | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Female R&B Artist | Andra Day | Nominated |
| 2016 | Centric Award | "Rise Up" | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Actress | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Won |

### Billboard Women in Music

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Powerhouse Performer | Andra Day | Won | |

### Black Reel Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Outstanding Original Song | "Stand Up for Something" | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Outstanding Actress | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Nominated | [12] [13] |
| 2021 | Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Won | [12] [13] |
| 2021 | Outstanding Original Song | "Tigress & Tweed" | Nominated | [12] [13] |
| 2025 | Outstanding Original Song | "Bricks" | Nominated | |

### CMT Music Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | CMT Performance of the Year | "Stand Up for Something" | Nominated | |

### Hollywood Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Original Song — Feature Film | "Stand Up for Something" | Won | |

### NAACP Image Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2016 | Outstanding New Artist | Andra Day | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Female Artist | "Stand Up for Something" | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration | "Stand Up for Something" | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Nominated |

### Soul Train Music Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Best New Artist | Andra Day | Nominated | |
| 2016 | The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award | "Rise Up" | Won | |

## Critics awards
### African-American Film Critics Association Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Best Actress | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Won | |
| 2024 | Best Original Song | "Bricks" (from Exhibiting Forgiveness) | Won | |

### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Best Actress | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Best Song | "Tigress & Tweed" | Nominated | |

### Celebration of Black Cinema

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Special Honoree Award | Herself | Won | |

### Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Best Song/Recording Created for a Film | "The Light That Never Fails" | Nominated | |

### Palm Springs International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Breakthrough Performance Award | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Won | |

### Santa Barbara International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Virtuosos Award | Herself | Won | |

### Women Film Critics Circle Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2021 | Best Actress | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Nominated | |