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Prince

Awards

Prince

30 wins & 77 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Prince and Apollonia Kotero in Purple Rain (1984)
    1985 Winner Oscar
    • Best Music, Original Song Score
    • Purple Rain

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards

  • Prince in Graffiti Bridge (1990)
    1991 Winner ASCAP Award
    • Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures
    • Graffiti Bridge
    For the song "Thieves in the Temple".
  • Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton in Batman (1989)
    1990 Winner ASCAP Award
    • Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures
    • Batman
    For the song "Partyman".

BET Awards

  • Prince
    2010 Winner BET Award
    • Lifetime Achievement Award

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • Prince in Sign 'o' the Times (1987)
    2016 Winner Special Award
    • Best Rediscoveries
    • Sign 'o' the Times
    Sign o' the Times [1987, Prince] at The Brattle Theatre

Brit Awards

  • Prince
    1996 Winner Brit
    • Best International Male
  • Prince in Prince: Batdance (1989)
    1990 Nominee Brit
    • British Video of the Year
    • Prince: Batdance

CableACE Awards

  • 1995 Nominee CableACE
    • Performance in a Music Special or Series
    • VH1 Honors

Golden Globes, USA

  • Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, and Hugo Weaving in Happy Feet (2006)
    2007 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Original Song - Motion Picture
    • Happy Feet
    Song: "The Song of the Heart"
  • Prince and Apollonia Kotero in Purple Rain (1984)
    1985 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Original Song - Motion Picture
    • Purple Rain
    Song: "When Doves Cry"

Grammy Awards

  • Prince
    2017 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
    For "Hit N Run Phase Two" artist: Prince
    Shared with: Dylan Dresdow
  • Prince
    2010 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
    For the song "Dreamer."
  • Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, and Hugo Weaving in Happy Feet (2006)
    2008 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
    • Happy Feet
    For the song "Song Of The Heart"
  • Prince
    2008 Winner Grammy
    • Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
    For "Future Baby Mama"
  • Prince
    2007 Nominee Grammy
    • Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
    For the song "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed"

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Prince and Apollonia Kotero in Purple Rain (1984)
    1984 Winner Image Award
    • Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
    • Purple Rain

Razzie Awards

  • Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
    2000 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Actor of the Century
    • Under the Cherry Moon
    • Graffiti Bridge
  • Prince in Graffiti Bridge (1990)
    1991 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Actor
    • Graffiti Bridge
  • Prince in Graffiti Bridge (1990)
    1991 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Director
    • Graffiti Bridge
  • Prince in Graffiti Bridge (1990)
    1991 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Screenplay
    • Graffiti Bridge
  • Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
    1990 Nominee Razzie Award
    • Worst Actor of the Decade
    • Under the Cherry Moon

World Soundtrack Awards

  • Prince and Apollonia Kotero in Purple Rain (1984)
    2004 Winner Special Award
    • Purple Rain
    To Prince & The Revolution in honor of the twentieth anniversary of their legendary movie Purple Rain.
    Shared with: Wendy Melvoin · Lisa Coleman · Bobby 'Z' Rivkin · Matt Fink · Brown Mark

The Webby Awards

  • Prince
    2006 Winner Webby Award
    • Webby Lifetime Achievement

Dorian Film Awards

  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    2015 Nominee Dorian Award
    • TV Musical Performance of the Year
    • Saturday Night Live

MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)

  • Prince: Musicology (2004)
    2004 Nominee VMA
    • Best Male Video
    • Prince: Musicology
  • Prince and Mayte Garcia in 3 Chains o' Gold (1994)
    1993 Nominee VMA
    • Best R&B Video
    • Prince: 7
  • Prince in Prince: The Hits Collection (1993)
    1992 Winner VMA
    • Best Dance Video
    • Prince & The New Power Generation: Cream
  • Prince in Prince: Batdance (1989)
    1990 Nominee VMA
    • Best Video from a Film
    • Prince: Batdance
    • Batman
  • Prince in Prince: U Got the Look (1987)
    1988 Winner VMA
    • Best Male Video
    • Prince: U Got the Look

20/20 Awards

  • Prince in Graffiti Bridge (1990)
    2011 Nominee Felix
    • Best Original Song
    • Graffiti Bridge
    "Graffiti Bridge"

Billboard Music Awards

  • Prince
    2017 Nominee Billboard Music Award
    • Top Billboard 200 Artist
  • Prince
    2017 Nominee Billboard Music Award
    • Top Song Sales Artist

Juno Awards

  • Prince
    1985 Nominee Juno
    • International Album of the Year
    For "Purple Rain"

MTV Europe Music Awards

  • Prince
    1994 Nominee MTV Europe Music Award
    • Best Male

American Music Awards

  • Prince
    2004 Nominee American Music Award
    • Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
  • Prince
    2004 Nominee American Music Award
    • Favorite Soul/R&B Album
    For the album "Musicology"
  • Prince
    1995 Nominee American Music Award
    • Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist
  • Prince
    1995 Winner Award of Merit
  • Prince
    1992 Nominee American Music Award
    • Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist

Soul Train Awards

  • Prince
    2000 Winner Soul Train Award
    • Artist of the Decade for Extraordinary Artistic Achievements - Male
  • Prince
    1998 Nominee Soul Train Award
    • Best R&B/Soul Album - Male
    For the album "Emancipation"
  • Prince
    1994 Nominee Soul Train Award
    • R&B Album of the Year - Male
    For the album: "The Hits/The B-Sides"
  • Prince
    1993 Nominee Soul Train Award
    • Best R&B/Soul Album - Group, Band, or Duo
    For the album: "Love Symbol Album"
  • Prince
    1992 Winner Soul Train Award
    • Heritage Award
    For the year: "1992"

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