Throughout his career, American rapper and songwriter Kendrick Lamar has received several awards, nominations, and cultural honors. He signed to Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) in 2005 and released his debut studio album, Section.80, in 2011. At the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards, the album received a nomination for Best Mixtape. Lamar's second album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012), earned him seven nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, including for Album of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Rap Album. His third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly (2015), was preceded by the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance-winning single "I". For his work on the album and additional collaborations from that year, Lamar received the most Grammy Award nominations by a rapper in a single night, with 11.[1][2]
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At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, To Pimp a Butterfly was awarded Best Rap Album, while tracks from the album won Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Lamar was declared a generational icon by the California State Senate for his music and philanthropic contributions, and was given the key to his hometown of Compton.[3][4] His fourth studio album, Damn (2017), went on to win five awards at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album. The album became the first musical composition outside of the classical and jazz genres to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music.[5] For his work on the soundtrack album for the superhero film Black Panther (2018), which he curated and executive produced, Lamar won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance and was nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song. He won another Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 2022 for the single "Family Ties" with Baby Keem, and won three Grammy Awards in 2023 for his fifth studio album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022).
Lamar is the most awarded artist in BET Hip Hop Awards history, with 37 wins. He has won eleven MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year for "Bad Blood" with Taylor Swift and "Humble". With the latter video, he became the first artist to win Video of the Year for a music video he co-directed. As a headliner of the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show, Lamar won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live).
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Year[a] | Recipient(s) | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 2019 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Best Original Song | Nominated | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 2018 | Best Original Song | Won | [6] | |
| 2023 | We Cry Together – A Short Film | Best Live Action Short | Won | ||
| AICE Awards | 2016 | Kendrick Lamar - Compton: Witness Greatness | Best Montage | Nominated | [7] |
| Digital Content (over 90) | Nominated | ||||
| 2018 | "Humble" | Best Music Video | Won | [8] | |
| Best Color Grading – Music Video | Nominated | ||||
| "Element" | Nominated | ||||
| American Music Awards | 2013 | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album | Nominated | [9] |
| 2015 | "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Collaboration of the Year | Nominated | [10] | |
| 2017 | "Don't Wanna Know" (Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Nominated | [11] | ||
| Kendrick Lamar | Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist | Nominated | ||||
| "Humble" | Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song | Nominated | |||
| Damn | Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album | Won | |||
| 2018 | Black Panther: The Album | Won | |||
| 2022 | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Favorite Hip Hop Album | Won | [12] | |
| Lamar | Favorite Male Hip Hop Artist | Won | |||
| ARIA Music Awards | 2017 | Best International Artist | Nominated | [13] | |
| "The Greatest" (Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards | 2013 | Lamar | Vanguard Award | Won | [14] |
| 2014 | "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" | Award Winning R&B/Hip Hop Songs | Won | [15] | |
| "Fuckin' Problems" (ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) | Won | ||||
| "Give It 2 U" (Robin Thicke featuring 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) | Won | ||||
| "Poetic Justice" (featuring Drake) | Won | ||||
| "Swimming Pools (Drank)" | Won | ||||
| "Fuckin' Problems" (ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) | Award Winning Rap Songs | Won | [16] | ||
| "Swimming Pools (Drank)" | Won | ||||
| 2016 | "All Day" (Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney; credited as songwriter) | Award Winning R&B/Hip Hop and Rap Songs | Won | [17] | |
| 2018 | "Goosebumps" (Travis Scott featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Award Winning R&B/Hip Hop Songs | Won | [18] | |
| "Humble" | Won | ||||
| "Loyalty" (featuring Rihanna) | Won | ||||
| Award Winning Rap Songs | Won | ||||
| "Goosebumps" (Travis Scott featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Won | ||||
| "Humble" | Top Rap Song | Won | |||
| ASCAP Pop Music Awards | 2016 | "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Most Performed Songs | Won | [19] |
| 2018 | "Don't Wanna Know" (Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Most Performed Songs | Won | [20] | |
| "The Greatest" (Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Won | ||||
| "Humble" | Won | ||||
| BBC Music Awards | 2017 | Lamar | Artist of the Year | Nominated | [21] |
| Berlin Music Video Awards | 2016 | "Alright" | Best Director | Won | [22] |
| BET Awards | 2013 | Lamar | Best New Artist | Won | [23] |
| Best Male Hip Hop Artist | Won | ||||
| "Fuckin' Problems" (ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) | Best Collaboration | Won | |||
| Coca-Cola Viewer's Choice Award | Nominated | ||||
| Video of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| "Poetic Justice" (featuring Drake) | Nominated | ||||
| Best Collaboration | Nominated | ||||
| "Swimming Pools (Drank)" | Coca-Cola Viewer's Choice Award | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | Lamar | Best Male Hip Hop Artist | Nominated | [24] | |
| 2015 | Won | [25] | |||
| "I" | Coca-Cola Viewer's Choice Award | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | "Alright" | Video of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Lamar | Best Male Hip Hop Artist | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | "Freedom" (Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | [26] | |
| Lamar | Best Male Hip Hop Artist | Won | |||
| 2018 | Won | ||||
| Black Panther: The Album | Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Damn | Won | ||||
| "Humble" | Video of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Coca-Cola Viewer's Choice Award | Nominated | ||||
| "Loyalty" (featuring Rihanna) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | "Family Ties" (with Baby Keem) | Video of the Year | Won | [27] | |
| Best Collaboration | Nominated | ||||
| Lamar | Best Male Hip Hop Artist | Won | |||
| 2023 | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Album of the Year | Nominated | [28] | |
| Lamar | Best Male Hip Hop Artist | Won | |||
| Lamar and Dave Free | Video Director of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Lamar | Best Male Hip Hop Artist | Won | [29] | |
| "America Has a Problem (Remix)" (Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | |||
| BET Hip Hop Awards | 2011 | Section.80 | Best Mixtape | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Lamar | Lyricist of the Year | Won | ||
| 2013 | Won | ||||
| Best Hip Hop Style | Nominated | ||||
| Best Live Performer | Nominated | ||||
| Hustler of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| MVP of the Year | Won | ||||
| Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Hip Hop Album of the Year | Won | |||
| "Poetic Justice" (featuring Drake) | Best Collaboration, Duo or Group | Nominated | |||
| "Fuckin' Problems" (ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) | Won | ||||
| Best Hip Hop Video | Nominated | ||||
| Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse | Won | ||||
| People's Champ Award | Nominated | ||||
| "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" | Nominated | ||||
| Best Hip Hop Video | Nominated | ||||
| 2014 | "Control" (Big Sean featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica) | Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse | Won | ||
| Lamar | Best Live Performer | Nominated | |||
| Lyricist of the Year | Won | ||||
| 2015 | Won | ||||
| Best Live Performer | Nominated | ||||
| MVP of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| To Pimp a Butterfly | Hip Hop Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| "Alright" | Best Hip Hop Video | Won | |||
| Impact Track | Won | ||||
| "I" | People's Champ Award | Nominated | |||
| "Classic Man" (Jidenna featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | "Freedom" (Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Won | |||
| Lamar | Best Live Performer | Won | |||
| Lyricist of the Year | Won | ||||
| MVP of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2017 | Hot Ticket Performer | Won | |||
| Lyricist of the Year | Won | ||||
| MVP of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Hustler of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| "Humble" | Best Hip Hop Video | Won | |||
| Impact Track | Nominated | ||||
| "DNA" | Nominated | ||||
| Damn | Hip Hop Album of the Year | Won | |||
| 2018 | Lamar | Hot Ticket Performer | Nominated | ||
| Lyricist of the Year | Won | ||||
| Hustler of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| "Loyalty" (featuring Rihanna) | Best Hip Hop Video | Nominated | |||
| "New Freezer" (Rich the Kid featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | "Family Ties" (with Baby Keem) | Best Hip Hop Video | Won | ||
| Best Collaboration | Nominated | ||||
| Impact Track | Nominated | ||||
| "The Heart Part 5" | Nominated | ||||
| Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Hip Hop Album of the Year | Won | |||
| Lamar | Hip Hop Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| Lyricist of the Year | Won | ||||
| Best Live Performer | Won | ||||
| Lamar and Dave Free | Video Director of the Year | Won | |||
| 2023 | Lamar | Hip Hop Artist of the Year | Won | [30] | |
| Lyricist of the Year | Won | ||||
| Best Live Performer | Won | ||||
| Lamar and Dave Free | Video Director of the Year | Won | |||
| 2024 | Lamar | Hip Hop Artist of the Year | Won | [31] [32] | |
| Lyricist of the Year | Won | ||||
| Hustler of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Live Performer | Nominated | ||||
| Lamar and Dave Free | Video Director of the Year | Won | |||
| "Not Like Us" | Best Hip Hop Video | Won | |||
| Impact Track | Won | ||||
| Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| "Like That" (with Future and Metro Boomin) | Nominated | ||||
| Best Collaboration | Won | ||||
| Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse | Won | ||||
| Billboard Music Awards | 2013 | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Top Rap Album | Nominated | [33] |
| 2016 | To Pimp a Butterfly | Nominated | [34] | ||
| 2018 | Lamar | Top Artist | Nominated | [35] | |
| Top Male Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Top Billboard 200 Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Top Hot 100 Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Top Song Sales Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Top Streaming Songs Artist | Won | ||||
| Top Rap Artist | Won | ||||
| Top Rap Male Artist | Won | ||||
| Top Rap Tour | Nominated | ||||
| "Humble" | Top Hot 100 Song | Nominated | |||
| Top Streaming Song (Audio) | Won | ||||
| Top Rap Song | Nominated | ||||
| Damn | Top Billboard 200 Album | Won | |||
| Top Selling Album | Nominated | ||||
| Top Rap Album | Won | ||||
| Black Panther: The Album | Top Soundtrack/Cast Album | Nominated | |||
| Black Reel Awards | 2015 | "It's On Again" (Alicia Keys featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Original or Adapted Song | Nominated | |
| 2019 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Outstanding Original Song | Won | [36] | |
| "Pray for Me" (with the Weeknd) | Nominated | ||||
| Brit Awards | 2016 | Lamar | International Male Solo Artist | Nominated | [37] |
| 2018 | Won | ||||
| BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards | 2019 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | 35 Most Performed R&B/Hip Hop Songs | Won | [38] |
| "Pray for Me" (with the Weeknd) | Won | ||||
| BMI Pop Awards | 2019 | Award Winning Songs | Won | [39] | |
| Camerimage | 2015 | "Alright" | Best Music Video | Won | [40] |
| Best Cinematography in a Music Video | Won | ||||
| 2017 | "Humble" | Best Music Video | Nominated | ||
| Best Cinematography in a Music Video | Nominated | ||||
| Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity | 2018 | Excellence in Music Video | Silver Lion | [41] | |
| 2023 | "The Heart Part 5" | Film Craft Lion for Visual Effects | Bronze Lion | [42] | |
| "Balcony" (PGLang for Cash App) | Entertainment Lion for Partnerships with Talent | Bronze Lion | |||
| Film Craft Lion for Direction | Bronze Lion | ||||
| We Cry Together – A Short Film | Grand Prix | ||||
| Film Craft Lion for Cinematography | Gold Lion | ||||
| Clio Awards | 2017 | "Element" | Best Music Video | Gold | [43] |
| 2018 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Gold | [44] | ||
| "Humble" | Silver | ||||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2018 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Best Song | Nominated | |
| D&AD Awards | 2018 | "Humble" | Music Video | Graphite Pencil | [45] |
| "Element" | Music Video | Wood Pencil | |||
| Cinematography for Music Videos | Graphite Pencil | ||||
| Direction for Music Videos | Wood Pencil | ||||
| Editing for Music Videos | Wood Pencil | ||||
| Danish Music Awards | 2013 | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | International Album of the Year | Nominated | [46] |
| 2015 | To Pimp a Butterfly | Won | [47] | ||
| 2017 | Damn | Won | [48] | ||
| Fonogram Awards | 2016 | To Pimp a Butterfly | Best Foreign Rap or Hip Hop Album of the Year | Nominated | [49] |
| 2017 | Untitled Unmastered | Nominated | [50] | ||
| 2018 | Damn | Won | [51] | ||
| 2019 | Black Panther: The Album | Nominated | [52] | ||
| GAFFA Awards (Denmark) | 2015 | Lamar | International Male Artist of the Year | Nominated | [53] |
| To Pimp a Butterfly | International Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Lamar | International Artist of the Year | Nominated | [54] | |
| Damn | International Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| GAFFA Awards (Norway) | 2017 | Himself | International Artist of the Year | Won | [55] |
| Damn | International Album of the Year | Won | |||
| "Humble" | International Song of the Year | Won | |||
| GAFFA Awards (Sweden) | 2018 | Himself | International Artist of the Year | Nominated | [56] |
| Damn | International Album of the Year | Won | |||
| "Humble" | International Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Nominated | |||
| Gaon Chart Awards | 2016 | "Don't Wanna Know" (Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar) | International Song of the Year | Won | |
| Global Awards | 2018 | Lamar | Best R&B, Hip Hop or Grime | Nominated | [57] |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2018 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Best Original Song | Nominated | [58] |
| Grammy Awards | 2014 | Lamar | Best New Artist | Nominated | [59] |
| Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Best Rap Album | Nominated | ||||
| "How Many Drinks?" (Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best R&B Performance | Nominated | |||
| "Now or Never" (featuring Mary J. Blige) | Best Rap/Sung Performance | Nominated | |||
| "Swimming Pools (Drank)" | Best Rap Performance | Nominated | |||
| "Fuckin' Problems" (ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) | Best Rap Song | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | "I" | Won | [60] | ||
| Best Rap Performance | Won | ||||
| 2016 | "Alright" | Won | [61] | ||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Music Video | Nominated | ||||
| Best Rap Song | Won | ||||
| "All Day" (Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney; credited as songwriter) | Nominated | ||||
| "These Walls" (featuring Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat) | Best Rap/Sung Performance | Won | |||
| "Never Catch Me" (with Flying Lotus) | Best Dance Recording | Nominated | |||
| "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | Nominated | |||
| Best Music Video | Won | ||||
| To Pimp a Butterfly | Best Rap Album | Won | |||
| Album of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2017 | Lemonade (credited as featured artist) | Nominated | [62] | ||
| "Freedom" (Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Rap/Sung Performance | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Damn | Album of the Year | Nominated | [63] | |
| Best Rap Album | Won | ||||
| "Humble" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Best Rap Performance | Won | ||||
| Best Rap Song | Won | ||||
| Best Music Video | Won | ||||
| "Loyalty" (featuring Rihanna) | Best Rap/Sung Performance | Won | |||
| 2019 | Black Panther: The Album | Album of the Year | Nominated | [64] | |
| "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Record of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Rap/Sung Performance | Nominated | ||||
| Best Song Written for Visual Media | Nominated | ||||
| "King's Dead" (Jay Rock featuring Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake) | Best Rap Performance | Won | |||
| Best Rap Song | Nominated | ||||
| "Win" (with Jay Rock) | Nominated | ||||
| 2022 | "Family Ties" (with Baby Keem) | Nominated | [65] | ||
| Best Rap Performance | Won | ||||
| 2023 | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Album of the Year | Nominated | [66] | |
| Best Rap Album | Won | ||||
| "The Heart Part 5" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Rap Performance | Won | ||||
| Best Rap Song | Won | ||||
| Best Music Video | Nominated | ||||
| "Die Hard" (featuring Blxst and Amanda Reifer) | Best Melodic Rap Performance | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | "The Hillbillies" (with Baby Keem) | Best Rap Performance | Nominated | [67] | |
| "Count Me Out" | Best Music Video | Nominated | |||
| Live from Paris, The Big Steppers Tour | Best Music Film | Nominated | |||
| 2025 | "Not Like Us" | Record of the Year | Pending | [68] | |
| Song of the Year | Pending | ||||
| Best Rap Performance | Pending | ||||
| Best Rap Song | Pending | ||||
| Best Music Video | Pending | ||||
| "Like That" (with Future and Metro Boomin) | Best Rap Performance | Pending | |||
| Best Rap Song | Pending | ||||
| HipHopDX Year End Awards | 2011 | "HiiiPower" | Verse of the Year | Won | [69] |
| Section.80 | Album of the Year | Won | |||
| 2012 | Lamar | Emcee of the Year | Won | [70] | |
| Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Album of the Year | Won | |||
| Readers' Choice Album of the Year | Won | ||||
| 2013 | Lamar | Emcee of the Year | Won | [71] | |
| "Control" (with Big Sean and Jay Electronica) | Verse of the Year | Won | |||
| "Kendrick Lamar Restores Friendly Competition With Control" | Story of the Year | Won | |||
| "BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher" | Freestyle of the Year | Won | |||
| "U.O.E.N.O" (Black Hippy remix) | Collaboration of the Year | Won | |||
| 2014 | "I" | Video of the Year | Won | ||
| 2015 | To Pimp a Butterfly | Album of the Year | Won | [72] | |
| Lamar | Emcee of the Year | Won | |||
| "Alright" | Video of the Year | Won | |||
| 2017 | Damn | Rap Album of the Year | Won | [73] | |
| Lamar | Rapper of the Year | Won | |||
| "Duckworth" | Best Song of the Year | Won | |||
| "Humble" | Video of the Year | Won | |||
| 2022 | "The Heart Part 5" | Rap & Hip Hop Music Video of the Year | Won | [74] | |
| "We Cry Together" | Nominated | ||||
| Lamar | Rapper of the Year | Won | |||
| Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Hip Hop Album of the Year | Won | |||
| "Count Me Out" | Hip Hop Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | 2018 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Original Song – Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film | Won | [75] |
| Black Panther: The Album | Soundtrack Album | Won | |||
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2018 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Best Original Song | Nominated | |
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | 2016 | "Bad Blood" (with Taylor Swift) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | [76] |
| 2018 | "Don't Wanna Know" (with Maroon 5) | Nominated | [77] | ||
| "Humble" | Hip Hop Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Lamar | Hip Hop Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| Damn | Hip Hop Album of the Year | Won | [78] | ||
| 2019 | Lamar | Male Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Hip Hop Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2020 | "Love" (featuring Zacari) | Titanium Award | Won | [79] | |
| Juno Awards | 2018 | Damn | International Album of the Year | Won | |
| 2019 | "Pray for Me" (with the Weeknd) | Single of the Year | Nominated | ||
| London International Awards | 2018 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Music Video: Visual Effects | Won | [80] |
| Music Video: Best Music Video | Nominated | ||||
| Music Video: Cinematography | Nominated | ||||
| MOBO Awards | 2013 | Lamar | International Artist | Won | |
| 2015 | To Pimp A Butterfly | Best International Album | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Lamar | International Artist | Nominated | [81] | |
| 2022 | Nominated | [82] | |||
| MTV Video Music Awards | 2013 | "Fuckin' Problems" (ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) | Best Hip Hop Video | Nominated | [83] |
| "Swimming Pools (Drank)" | Nominated | ||||
| Best Male Video | Nominated | ||||
| 2015 | "Alright" | Video of the Year | Nominated | [84] [85] [86] | |
| Best Male Video | Nominated | ||||
| Best Hip Hop Video | Nominated | ||||
| Best Direction | Won | ||||
| "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Video of the Year | Won | |||
| Best Collaboration | Won | ||||
| Best Direction | Nominated | ||||
| Best Visual Effects | Nominated | ||||
| Best Art Direction | Nominated | ||||
| Best Editing | Nominated | ||||
| Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||||
| "Never Catch Me" (Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Won | ||||
| Best Choreography | Nominated | ||||
| 2016 | "Freedom" (Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | [87] | |
| 2017 | "Humble" | Video of the Year | Won | [88] | |
| Best Hip Hop Video | Won | ||||
| Best Cinematography | Won | ||||
| Best Direction | Won | ||||
| Best Art Direction | Won | ||||
| Best Visual Effects | Won | ||||
| Best Choreography | Nominated | ||||
| Lamar | Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Best Visual Effects | Won | [89] | |
| 2019 | "Tints" (Anderson .Paak featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Editing | Nominated | [90] | |
| Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||||
| 2022 | "N95" | Best Hip Hop | Nominated | [91] | |
| Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||||
| "Family Ties" (with Baby Keem) | Nominated | ||||
| Best Direction | Nominated | ||||
| Best Editing | Nominated | ||||
| "The Heart Part 5" | Video for Good | Nominated | |||
| Best Visual Effects | Nominated | ||||
| 2023 | "Rich Spirit" | Best Editing | Nominated | [92] | |
| "Count Me Out" | Best Direction | Nominated | |||
| Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||||
| 2024 | "Not Like Us" | Song of the Year | Nominated | [93] | |
| Song of Summer | Nominated | [94] | |||
| "Like That" (with Future and Metro Boomin) | Nominated | ||||
| MTV Europe Music Awards | 2015 | "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Song | Won | [95] |
| Best Video | Nominated | ||||
| Best Collaboration | Nominated | ||||
| "Alright" | Best Video | Nominated | |||
| Lamar | Best Hip Hop | Nominated | |||
| Best US Act | Nominated | ||||
| 2017 | Best Artist | Nominated | [96] | ||
| Best Hip Hop | Nominated | ||||
| Best US Act | Nominated | ||||
| "Humble" | Best Video | Won | |||
| 2022 | "The Heart Part 5" | Nominated | [97] | ||
| Video for Good | Nominated | ||||
| Himself | Best Hip Hop | Nominated | |||
| Best Live | Nominated | ||||
| 2024 | Best Hip Hop | Nominated | [98] | ||
| Best US Act | Nominated | ||||
| "Not Like Us" | Best Video | Nominated | |||
| "Like That" (with Future and Metro Boomin) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | |||
| MTV Video Music Awards Japan | 2013 | "Fuckin' Problems" (ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) | Best Hip Hop Video | Won | [99] |
| "Swimming Pools (Drank)" | Nominated | ||||
| MTVU Woodie Awards | 2012 | Lamar | Breaking Woodie | Nominated | [100] |
| 2013 | Woodie of the Year | Nominated | [101] | ||
| Much Music Video Awards | 2015 | "I" | Best International Video | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Lamar | International Artist of The Year | Nominated | ||
| Most Buzzworthy International Artist or Group | Nominated | ||||
| 2018 | Best Hip Hop Artist or Group | Nominated | [102] | ||
| "Pray For Me" (with the Weeknd) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | |||
| "All The Stars" (with SZA) | Nominated | ||||
| Myx Music Awards | 2016 | "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Favorite International Video | Won | |
| NAACP Image Awards | 2015 | Lamar | Outstanding Male Artist | Nominated | [103] |
| "I" | Outstanding Music Video | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Song | Nominated | ||||
| 2016 | Lamar | Outstanding Male Artist | Nominated | [104] | |
| 2017 | "Freedom" (Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration | Won | [105] | |
| Outstanding Song, Contemporary | Won | ||||
| Untitled Unmastered | Outstanding Album | Nominated | |||
| Lamar | Outstanding Male Artist | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Nominated | [106] | |||
| "Loyalty" (featuring Rihanna) | Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration | Won | |||
| "Humble" | Outstanding Song, Contemporary | Won | |||
| Damn | Outstanding Album | Won | |||
| 2019 | Power | Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy or Drama Series | Nominated | [106] | |
| "All The Stars" (with SZA) | Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration | Won | |||
| Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album | Nominated | ||||
| Black Panther: The Album | Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation | Won | |||
| 2023 | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Outstanding Album | Nominated | [107] | |
| Lamar | Outstanding Male Artist | Nominated | |||
| "Die Hard" (featuring Blxst and Amanda Reifer) | Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) | Nominated | |||
| "The Heart Part 5" | Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song | Nominated | ||||
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | 2016 | "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Favorite Song of the Year | Nominated | [108] |
| Favorite Collaboration | Nominated | ||||
| 2018 | Lamar | Favorite Male Artist | Nominated | [109] | |
| "Humble" | Favorite Song | Nominated | |||
| NME Awards | 2016 | Lamar | Best International Solo Artist | Nominated | [110] |
| To Pimp a Butterfly | Best Album | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Lamar | Best International Solo Artist | Nominated | [111] | |
| "Humble" | Best Track | Nominated | |||
| NRJ Music Awards | 2015 | "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Video of the Year | Won | [112] |
| PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards | 2019 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Best International Song | Won | [113] |
| Lamar | Best International Artist | Won | |||
| People's Choice Awards | 2016 | Lamar | Favorite Hip Hop Artist | Nominated | [114] |
| "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Favorite Song | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Lamar | Favorite Hip Hop Artist | Nominated | [115] | |
| 2022 | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | The Album of 2022 | Nominated | [116] | |
| Lamar | The Male Artist of 2022 | Nominated | |||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2022 | The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show | Outstanding Variety Special (Live) | Won | [117] |
| Pulitzer Prize | 2018 | Damn | Pulitzer Prize for Music | Won | [118] |
| Q Awards | 2017 | "Humble" | Best Track | Nominated | [119] |
| Damn | Best Album | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Lamar | Best Act in the World Today | Nominated | [120] | |
| RTHK International Pop Poll Awards | 2017 | "The Greatest" (Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Top Ten International Gold Songs | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 2019 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Best Original Song | Nominated | [121] |
| Soul Train Music Awards | 2013 | Lamar | Best New Artist | Nominated | [122] |
| Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Album of the Year | Won | |||
| "How Many Drinks?" (Miguel featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | |||
| "Poetic Justice" (featuring Drake) | Best Hip Hop Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Video of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2015 | "Alright" | Best Hip Hop Song of the Year | Won | [123] | |
| Video of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2016 | "Freedom" (Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | [124] | |
| 2017 | "Humble" | Rhythm & Bars Award | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | “Doves in the Wind” (SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | [125] | |
| 2023 | "America Has a Problem" (Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | [126] | |
| Spike Video Game Awards | 2013 | "A.D.H.D." | Best Song in a Game | Nominated | [127] |
| TEC Awards | 2017 | Damn | Outstanding Creative Achievement: Record Production/Album | Nominated | [128] |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2015 | "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Choice Music: Break-Up Song | Won | [129] |
| Choice Music: Summer Song | Nominated | ||||
| Choice Music: Collaboration | Won | ||||
| 2017 | Lamar | Choice Music: R&B/Hip Hop Artist | Nominated | [130] | |
| "Don't Wanna Know" (Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Choice Pop Song | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Choice Music: R&B/Hip Hop Song | Nominated | ||
| "Love" (featuring Zacari) | Choice Song: Male Artist | Nominated | |||
| "Pray for Me" (with The Weeknd) | Choice Music: Collaboration | Nominated | |||
| The Championship Tour (with Top Dawg Entertainment artists) | Choice Music: Summer Tour | Nominated | |||
| Telehit Awards | 2015 | "Bad Blood" (Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Video of the Year | Won | [131] |
| UK Music Video Awards | 2015 | "Alright" | Video Of The Year | Won | [132] |
| Best Urban Video - International | Won | ||||
| Best Cinematography | Won | ||||
| "Never Catch Me" (Flying Lotus featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Alternative Video | Won | |||
| Best Choreography in a Video | Nominated | ||||
| Lamar | Best Artist | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Won | ||||
| "Humble" | Best Urban Video - International | Nominated | |||
| Vevo MUST SEE Award | Nominated | ||||
| Best Production Design in a Video | Nominated | ||||
| "Element" | Best Urban Video - International | Nominated | |||
| Best Styling in a Video | Nominated | ||||
| Best Cinematography in a Video | Nominated | ||||
| 2018 | "All the Stars" (with SZA) | Best Urban Video - International | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | "The Heart Part 5" | Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - International | Nominated | [133] | |
| Best Performance in a Video | Nominated | ||||
| Best Visual Effects in a Video | Nominated | ||||
| 2023 | "Count Me Out" | Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - International | Nominated | [134] | |
| "We Cry Together" | Best Special Video Project | Won | |||
| Variety Hitmakers Awards | 2017 | Lamar | Hitmaker of the Year | Won | [135] |
| Webby Awards | 2017 | "Swimming Pools (Drank)" | Best Video Remixes/Mashups | Won | [136] |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2018 | "Black Panther" | Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film | Won | [137] |
| XXL Awards | 2013 | Lamar | Rapper of the Year | Won | [138] |
| Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Album of the Year | Won | |||
| Lamar | Breakout Artist of the Year | Nominated | |||
| "The Recipe" (remix; with Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, & Ab-Soul) | Best Remix | Nominated | |||
| Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | Best Debut Album | Won | |||
| "Power Circle" (Rick Ross featuring Gunplay, Kendrick Lamar, Stalley, Wale and Meek Mill) | Best Posse Cut | Nominated | |||
| "Fuckin' Problems" (ASAP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar) | Nominated | ||||
| Lamar | YouTube Breakthrough | Nominated | |||
| 50 Artists to Watch | Placed | ||||
| "Blessed" (Schoolboy Q featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Best Guest Verse on a Hip Hop Record | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | "Family Ties" (with Baby Keem) | Song of the Year | Nominated | [139] | |
| Video of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2023 | Lamar | Artist of the Year | Nominated | [140] | |
| Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | Album of the Year | Won | |||
| "The Heart Part 5" | Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Lamar | Male Rapper of the Year | Won | |||
| Lyricist of the Year | Won | ||||
| Performer of the Year | Won | ||||
| "The Heart Part 5" | Video of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Lamar | The People's Champ | Nominated |
Other accolades
editGuinness World Records
edit| Year | Record | Record holder | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Most Best Male Hip Hop Artist awards won at the BET Awards | Lamar | [141] |
Listicles
edit| Publisher | Listicle | Year(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard | The 10 Best Rappers of All Time | 2015 | 9th | [142] |
| The 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time | 2020 | 12th | [143] | |
| 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time | 2023 | 2nd | [144] | |
| CNN | The 10 Artists Who Transformed Music in the 2010s | 2019 | Placed | [145] |
| Consequence | The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time | 2022 | 7th (To Pimp a Butterfly) | [146] |
| Forbes | Forbes 30 Under 30 | 2017 | Placed | [147] |
| Insider | The 20 Most Important Artists from the Past 10 Years | 2019 | Placed | [148] |
| People | Sexiest Men Alive | 2022 | Finalist | [149] |
| Pitchfork | The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork’s First 25 Years (under "The Icons") | 2021 | Placed | [150] |
| Rolling Stone | 500 Greatest Albums of All Time | 2020 | 19th (To Pimp a Butterfly) 115th (Good Kid, M.A.A.D City) 175th (Damn) |
[151] |
| 100 Greatest Music Videos of All Time | 2021 | 73rd ("Humble") | [152] | |
| 200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time | 2022 | 5th (To Pimp a Butterfly) 38th (Good Kid, M.A.A.D City) 60th (Damn) |
[153] | |
| 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time | 1st (Good Kid, M.A.A.D City) | [154] | ||
| Time | Time 100 (under "Artists" with tribute written by Alicia Garza) | 2016 | Placed | [155] |
| Variety | Variety500: The 500 Most Important People in Global Media | 2018 | Placed | [156] |
| Hollywood's New Leaders (under "The Creatives") | 2016 | Placed | [157] | |
| Wired | The 10 Best Artists of a Decade That Atomized Music | 2019 | Placed | [158] |
State and cultural honors
edit| Country | Year | Honor | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2015 | California State Senate's Generational Icon Award | [159] |
| 2016 | Key to the City of Compton, California | [160] |
Notes
edit- ^ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
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