# List of awards and nominations received by Jon Batiste

Jon Batiste is an American musician, bandleader and television personality.
The following are a list of his wins and nominations for awards in music. Batiste won an Academy Award, British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award for his original score of the Disney-Pixar film Soul (2020). He has also received twenty-two nominations at the Grammy Awards; winning seven, including Album of the Year for We Are (2021). He received a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, as part of the ensemble for the 2023 film The Color Purple.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2020 | Best Original Score | Soul | Won | |
| 2023 | Best Original Song | "It Never Went Away" (from American Symphony) | Nominated | |

### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2020 | Best Original Music | Soul | Won | |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2022 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Nominated |
| Sports Emmy Awards |||||
| 2022 | Outstanding Open/Tease | 2022 NCAA March Madness: "NOLA Vibes featuring Jon Batiste" | Won |
| News & Documentary Emmy Awards |||||
| 2022 | Outstanding Music Composition | The First Wave | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2020 | Best Original Score | Soul | Won | |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Best American Roots Performance | "St. James Infirmary Blues" | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2020 | Best Contemporary Instrumental Album | Chronology of a Dream: Live at The Village Vanguard | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2020 | Best New Age Album | Meditations | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Album of the Year | We Are | Won | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Best R&B Album | We Are | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Record of the Year | "Freedom" | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Best Music Video | "Freedom" | Won | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Best Traditional R&B Performance | "I Need You" | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Best Improvised Jazz Solo | “Bigger Than Us” | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Best Jazz Instrumental Album | Jazz Selections: Music from and Inspired by Soul | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Soul | Won | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Best Contemporary Classical Composition | Batiste: Movement 11' | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Best American Roots Song | "Cry" | Won | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2021 | Best American Roots Performance | "Cry" | Won | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2023 | Best American Roots Performance | "Butterfly" | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2023 | Song of the Year | "Butterfly" | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2023 | Album of the Year | World Music Radio | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2023 | Record of the Year | "Worship" | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2023 | Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | "Candy Necklace" (with Lana Del Rey) | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2023 | Best Jazz Performance | "Movement 18' (Heroes)" | Nominated | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2024 | Best Music Film | American Symphony | Won | [8] [9] [10] |
| 2024 | Best Song Written for Visual Media | "It Never Went Away" (from American Symphony) | Won | [8] [9] [10] |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2023 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The Color Purple | Nominated | |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| African-American Film Critics Association Awards | 2023 | Best Ensemble | The Color Purple | Won | |
| American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers | 2020 | Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film | Soul | Won | |
| Annie Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production | Soul | Won | |
| Astra Film and Creative Awards | 2023 | Best Ensemble | The Color Purple | Won | |
| Austin Film Critics Association Awards | 2020 | Best Score | Soul | Won | |
| Black Reel Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Original Score | Soul | Won | |
| Black Reel Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Original Score | American Symphony | Nominated | |
| Black Reel Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Original Song | "It Never Went Away" (from American Symphony) | Nominated | |
| Black Reel Awards | 2024 | Outstanding Score | Saturday Night | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | 2020 | Best Original Score | Soul | Won | |
| Cinema Eye Honors | 2023 | Outstanding Original Score | American Symphony | Nominated | [20] [21] |
| Cinema Eye Honors | 2023 | The Unforgettables | American Symphony | Won | [20] [21] |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2020 | Best Score | Soul | Won | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2023 | Best Acting Ensemble | The Color Purple | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | 2023 | Best Score | American Symphony | Won | |
| Celebration of Cinema and Television | 2023 | Ensemble Award – Film | The Color Purple | Won | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | 2020 | Best Score | Soul | Won | |
| Georgia Film Critics Association Awards | 2020 | Best Original Score | Soul | Won | |
| Georgia Film Critics Association Awards | 2023 | Best Ensemble | The Color Purple | Nominated | |
| Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | 2023 | Best Song Written and/or Recording Created for a Film | "It Never Went Away" (from American Symphony) | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Critics Association Awards | 2020 | Best Score | Soul | Won | |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2020 | Best Original Score in an Animated Film | Soul | Won | |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2021 | Best Original Song in a Documentary Film | "Breathe" (from The First Wave) | Nominated | |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2024 | Best Original Score in a Feature Film | Saturday Night | Nominated | |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards | 2020 | Best Original Score | Soul | Won | |
| International Cinephile Society Awards | 2020 | Best Original Score | Soul | Nominated | |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards | 2020 | Best Original Score for an Animated Film | Soul | Nominated | |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | 2020 | Best Score | Soul | Won | |
| Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards | 2020 | Best Musical Score | Soul | Won | |
| MTV Video Music Awards | 2023 | Best Alternative Video | "Candy Necklace" (with Lana Del Rey) | Won | |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album | Soul: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Won | |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Jazz Album – Instrumental | Music From and Inspired by Soul | Won | |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Male Artist | Himself | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | The Color Purple | Won | |
| North Dakota Film Society Awards | 2023 | Best Original Song | "It Never Went Away" (from American Symphony) | Nominated | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2018 | Best Contemporary Jazz Album | Hollywood Africans | Won | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2019 | Best Contemporary Jazz Album | Chronology of a Dream – Live at the Village Vanguard | Won | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2021–2022 | Album of the Year | We Are | Won | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2021–2022 | Best Blues, R&B or Funk Album | We Are | Won | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2021–2022 | Allen Toussaint Award Songwriter of the Year | — | Won | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2023 | Artist of the Year | — | Won | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2023 | Album of the Year | World Music Radio | Won | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2023 | Song of the Year | "Butterfly" | Won | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2023 | Best R&B / Funk Artist | — | Won | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2023 | Best R&B / Funk Album | World Music Radio | Won | |
| OffBeat's Best of the Beat Awards | 2023 | Allen Toussaint Award Songwriter of the Year | — | Won | |
| Online Film & Television Association Awards | 2020 | Best Original Score | Soul | Won | |
| Phoenix Critics Circle Awards | 2020 | Best Score | Soul | Won | |
| Pop Awards | 2022 | Music Video of the Year | "I Need You" | Won | |
| Pop Awards | 2022 | Icon of the Year | Jon Batiste | Won | |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards | 2020 | Best Original Score | Soul | Won | |
| Satellite Awards | 2023 | Best Original Song | "It Never Went Away" (from American Symphony) | Nominated | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | 2020 | Best Original Score | Soul | Won | |
| Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards | 2020 | Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film | Soul | Won | |
| Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film | American Symphony | Nominated | |
| Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production | "It Never Went Away" (from American Symphony) | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards | 2020 | Best Score | Soul | Won | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | 2020 | Best Original Score | Soul | Won | |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2020 | Film Composer of the Year | Soul | Nominated | |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2024 | Best Original Song | "It Never Went Away" (from American Symphony) | Nominated | |