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.[1]
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Wins | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominations | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1991 | Legend Award | Won | [30] |
1994 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | [31] |
2008 | MusiCares Person of the Year | Won | [32] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1973 | Favorite Soul/R&B Album | Jump to It | Won | |
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | |||
1974 | Nominated | |||
1975 | Nominated | |||
1976 | Won | |||
1977 | Won | |||
1978 | Nominated | |||
1983 | Nominated | |||
1984 | Won | |||
1986 | Won | |||
1986 | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Video Artist | Won | ||
1987 | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | Best Song | "Never Gonna Break My Faith" | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Best Original Song | "Never Gonna Break My Faith" | Nominated | [33] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1986 | Best Female Video | "Freeway of Love" | Nominated | |
1987 | Best Video from a Film | "Jumpin' Jack Flash" | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1983 | Outstanding Female Artist | Aretha Franklin | Won | |
1997 | Hall of Fame Award | Won | ||
2008 | Vanguard Award | Won | [34] | |
2015 | Outstanding Album | "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics" | Won | [35] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Music Icon | Aretha Franklin | Won | [36] |
Year | Association | Category/Award | Notes |
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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 |