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Academy Awards, USA (2)
BET Awards (7)
Critics Choice Awards (1)
Daytime Emmy Awards (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (1)
Golden Globes, USA (1)
Grammy Awards (20)
Hollywood Film Awards (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (4)
NAMIC Vision Awards (1)
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Teen Choice Awards (1)
World Soundtrack Awards (1)
Seattle Film Critics Awards (1)
Black Reel Awards (5)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Iowa Film Critics Awards (1)
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) (1)
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) (2)
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (1)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) (3)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (1)
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) (4)
Black Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Gold Derby Awards (1)
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (1)
Black Reel Awards for Television (3)
Soul Train Awards (2)
MOBO Awards (1)
20 wins & 54 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2018 Nominee
Oscar
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Marshall
For song "Stand Up for Something"
Shared with:
Diane Warren
2015 Winner
Oscar
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Selma
Song: "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
BET Awards
2015 Nominee
BET Award
Best Male Hip Hop Artist
2015 Nominee
BET Award
Video of the Year
For the video "Glory."
Shared with:
John Legend
2015 Winner
BET Award
Best Collaboration
For the song "Glory."
Shared with:
John Legend
2013 Nominee
BET Award
Best Actor
Hell on Wheels
Luv
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 Nominee
BET Award
Best Actor
New Year's Eve
Hell on Wheels
2 more
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Critics Choice Awards
2015 Winner
Critics Choice Award
Best Song
Selma
Song: "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
Daytime Emmy Awards
2018 Nominee
Daytime Emmy
Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program
The View
"Rise Up"
Shared with:
Andra Day
Primetime Emmy Awards
2017 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
13th
For song "Letter to the Free"
Shared with:
Robert Glasper
·
Karriem Riggins
Golden Globes, USA
2015 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Selma
Song: "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
Grammy Awards
2018 Nominee
Grammy
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Marshall
For the song "Stand Up for Something" artist: Andra Day Featuring Common
Shared with:
Andra Day
·
Diane Warren
2016 Winner
Grammy
Best Song Written for Visual Media
Selma
For the song "Glory" artist: Common & John Legend
Shared with:
John Legend
·
Rhymefest
2016 Nominee
Grammy
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
For the song "Glory."
Shared with:
John Legend
2016 Nominee
Grammy
Best Rap Song
For the song "Glory."
Shared with:
Rhymefest
·
John Legend
2015 Nominee
Grammy
Best Rap Album
For the album "Nobody's Smiling."
15 more
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Hollywood Film Awards
2017 Winner
Hollywood Film Award
Song of the Year
Marshall
For the song "Stand Up for Something".
Shared with:
Diane Warren
·
Andra Day
Image Awards (NAACP)
2018 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
Song: "Stand Up for Something"
Shared with:
Andra Day
2017 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Song - Contemporary
Song: "Letter to the Free"
Shared with:
Bilal
2015 Winner
Image Award
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Selma
2011 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Just Wright
NAMIC Vision Awards
2019 Nominee
Vision Award
Best Performance - Drama
The Chi
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2014 Nominee
SDFCS Award
Best Ensemble
Selma
Shared with:
David Oyelowo
·
Tom Wilkinson
·
Carmen Ejogo
·
André Holland
·
Giovanni Ribisi
·
Lorraine Toussaint
·
Stephan James
·
Wendell Pierce
·
Alessandro Nivola
·
LaKeith Stanfield
·
Cuba Gooding Jr.
·
Dylan Baker
·
Tim Roth
·
Oprah Winfrey
Teen Choice Awards
2017 Nominee
Teen Choice Award
Choice: Fight
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick vs. Cassian
Shared with:
Keanu Reeves
World Soundtrack Awards
2015 Nominee
World Soundtrack Award
Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film
Selma
For the song "Glory".
Shared with:
John Legend
·
Rhymefest
Seattle Film Critics Awards
2015 Nominee
Seattle Film Critics Award
Best Music, Original Song
Selma
Song: "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
·
Rhymefest
Black Reel Awards
2023 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Score
Alice
2018 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Original Song
Marshall
For the song "Stand Up for Something"
Shared with:
Andra Day
·
Diane Warren
2017 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Original Song
13th
Song: "A Letter to the Free"
Shared with:
Bilal
2015 Winner
Black Reel
Outstanding Original Song
Selma
Song: "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
·
Rhymefest
2003 Winner
Black Reel
Best Song
Brown Sugar
For the song "Love of My Life (Ode to Hip-Hop)"
Shared with:
Erykah Badu
·
Raphael Saadiq
·
James Poyser
·
Madukwu Chinwah
·
Glenn Standridge
·
Bobby Ozuna
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2014 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Acting Ensemble
Selma
Shared with:
David Oyelowo
·
Tom Wilkinson
·
Carmen Ejogo
·
André Holland
·
Giovanni Ribisi
·
Lorraine Toussaint
·
Stephan James
·
Wendell Pierce
·
Alessandro Nivola
·
LaKeith Stanfield
·
Cuba Gooding Jr.
·
Dylan Baker
·
Tim Roth
·
Oprah Winfrey
Iowa Film Critics Awards
2015 Nominee
IFC Award
Best Song
Selma
Song: "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
2014 Winner
AAFCA Award
Best Music
Selma
Song: "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
2015 Winner
GAFCA Award
Best Original Song
Selma
Song: "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
·
Rhymefest
2015 Nominee
GAFCA Award
Best Ensemble
Selma
Shared with:
David Oyelowo
·
Tom Wilkinson
·
Carmen Ejogo
·
André Holland
·
Giovanni Ribisi
·
Lorraine Toussaint
·
Stephan James
·
Wendell Pierce
·
Alessandro Nivola
·
LaKeith Stanfield
·
Cuba Gooding Jr.
·
Dylan Baker
·
Tim Roth
·
Oprah Winfrey
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics
2016 Nominee
Dorian Award
TV Musical Moment of the Year
The Oscars
"Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2015 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Original Song
Selma
Song: "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
2022 Nominee
HMMA Award
Best Original Song - Documentary
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Song: "Sing A Brand New Song"
Shared with:
Charles Fox
·
Donald Webber Jr.
2017 Winner
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
Best Original Song - Feature Film
Marshall
Shared with:
Diane Warren
2016 Nominee
HMMA Award
Best Original Song - Documentary
13th
For the song "Letter to the Free".
Online Film & Television Association
2015 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Music, Original Song
Selma
For the song "Glory".
Shared with:
John Legend
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2014 Winner
ACCA
Best Original Song
Selma
"Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2015 Winner
INOCA
Best Original Song
Selma
Song: "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
2006 Nominee
VMA
Best Hip-Hop Video
Common: Testify
2005 Nominee
VMA
Best Hip-Hop Video
Common: Go!
2003 Nominee
MTV2 Award
Common Feat. Mary J. Blige: Come Close
2001 Nominee
VMA
Breakthrough Video
Common Feat. Macy Gray: Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I.
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
2014 Winner
BFCC Award
Best Ensemble
Selma
Shared with:
David Oyelowo
·
Tom Wilkinson
·
Carmen Ejogo
·
André Holland
·
Giovanni Ribisi
·
Lorraine Toussaint
·
Stephan James
·
Wendell Pierce
·
Alessandro Nivola
·
LaKeith Stanfield
·
Cuba Gooding Jr.
·
Dylan Baker
·
Tim Roth
·
Oprah Winfrey
Gold Derby Awards
2015 Winner
Gold Derby Film Award
Original Song
Selma
for "Glory"
Shared with:
John Legend
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
2016 Nominee
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Song in a Documentary
13th
Song: "Letter to the Free"
Shared with:
Karriem Riggins
·
Robert Glasper
Black Reel Awards for Television
2019 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series
The Chi
2018 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Guest Actor, Drama Series
The Chi
2018 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Drama Series
The Chi
Shared with:
Barry M. Berg
·
Derek Dudley
·
Rick Famuyiwa
·
Aaron Kaplan
·
Erin Mitchell
·
Elwood Reid
·
Shelby Stone
·
Lena Waithe
Soul Train Awards
2015 Nominee
Soul Train Award
Video of the Year
Common & John Legend: Glory
Shared with:
John Legend
2006 Nominee
Soul Train Award
The Michael Jackson Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video
Common: Testify
MOBO Awards
2005 Nominee
MOBO Award
Best Album
For "Be"
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