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List of awards and nominations received by Donna Summer

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Donna Summer awards and nominations
Summer performing in 1985

This is a list of awards and nominations (incomplete) that American singer Donna Summer (1948–2012) has received throughout her career.

Incomplete overview

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  • NAACP Image Award
  • One time Juno Award nomination for Best Selling International Single, "I Feel Love"
  • Three Multi-Platinum albums in the United States
  • Eleven of her albums went Gold in the United States
  • Twelve Gold singles
  • Six American Music Awards
  • She was the first female African American to receive an MTV Video Music Awards nomination ("Best Female Video" and "Best Choreography" for "She Works Hard for the Money")
  • Summer has received five Grammy Awards[1][2]
    • 1978 – Best R&B Vocal Performance (Female), "Last Dance"
    • 1979 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), "Hot Stuff"
    • 1983 – Best Inspirational Performance, "He's a Rebel"
    • 1984 – Best Inspirational Performance, "Forgive Me"
    • 1997 – Best Dance Recording, "Carry On"
  • Thirteen other Grammy Award nominations (total of eighteen)
    • 1978 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "MacArthur Park"
    • 1979 – Album of the Year, Bad Girls
    • 1979 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "Bad Girls"
    • 1979 – Best R&B Vocal Performance (Female), "Dim All the Lights"
    • 1979 – Best Disco Recording, "Bad Girls"
    • 1980 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "On the Radio"
    • 1981 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), "Cold Love"
    • 1981 – Best Inspirational Performance, "I Believe in Jesus"
    • 1982 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), "Protection"
    • 1982 – Best R&B Vocal Performance (Female), "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)"
    • 1983 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "She Works Hard for the Money"
    • 1983 - Album of the Year, "Flashdance," Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - "Romeo"
    • 1999 – Best Dance Recording, "I Will Go with You (Con te Partirò)"
  • Summer placed a Top Forty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in every year from 1975 ("Love to Love You Baby") to 1984 ("There Goes My Baby")
  • Summer is Billboard's top charting Hot 100 artist from 1976 to 1982 (pre MTV era), with 12 top 10 singles.
  • Summer was the first artist to score three consecutive number-one double albums
  • Summer was twice honored by the Dance Music Hall of Fame; once with her induction as a recording artist and again with the induction for her influential single "I Feel Love"[3]
  • Summer's Billboard number-one Disco/Club Play hits spans from 1975's "Love to Love You Baby" through 2010's "To Paris with Love"
  • In 2013, Summer was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[4]
  • Summer was nominated for Best Original Song – Motion Picture of 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978) with John Barry

ASCAP Pop Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1990 "This Time I Know It's for Real" Most Performed Song Won [5]

Grammy Awards

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Year Nominated work Award Result Ref.
1979 "MacArthur Park" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Nominated [6]
"Last Dance" Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female Won
1980 Bad Girls Album of the Year Nominated
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Nominated
"Bad Girls" Best Disco Recording Nominated
"Dim All the Lights" Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female Nominated
"Hot Stuff" Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female Won
1981 "On the Radio" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Nominated
1982 "Cold Love" Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female Nominated
"I Believe in Jesus" Best Inspirational Performance Nominated
1983 "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female Nominated
"Protection" Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female Nominated
1984 Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture Album of the Year Nominated
"She Works Hard for the Money" Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female Nominated
"He's a Rebel" Best Inspirational Performance Won
1985 "Forgive Me" Won
1998 "Carry On" (with Giorgio Moroder) Best Dance Recording Won
2000 "I Will Go with You (Con te partiró)" Nominated

American Music Awards

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Year Nominated work Award Result
1978 I Feel Love Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Nominated
1979 Donna Summer Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Nominated
Donna Summer Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Nominated
Donna Summer Favorite Disco Female Artist Won
Live and More Favorite Disco Album Won
"Last Dance" Favorite Disco Single Won
1980 Donna Summer Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Won
Bad Girls Favorite Pop/Rock Album Nominated
"Bad Girls" Favorite Pop/Rock Single Won
Bad Girls Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Won
1984 She Works Hard for the Money Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Nominated
She Works Hard for the Money Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Nominated

Dance Music Hall of Fame

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Year Nominated work Award Result
2004 Donna Summer Recording Artist Won
"I Feel Love" Influential Single Won

NAACP Image Awards

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Year Nominated work Award Result
1980 Donna Summer Outstanding Recording Artist Won

Ivor Novello Awards

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Year Nominated work Award Result Ref.
1990 "This Time I Know It's for Real" Most Performed Work Won [7]

Juno Awards

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Year Nominated work Award Result
1977 "I Feel Love" Best Selling International Single Nominated

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Year Nominated work Award Result
2008 Donna Summer Performer Nominated
2010 Donna Summer Performer Nominated
2011 Donna Summer Performer Nominated
2012 Donna Summer Performer Nominated
2013 Donna Summer Performer Won

MTV Video Music Awards

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Year Nominated work Award Result
1984 "She Works Hard for the Money" Best Female Video Nominated
"She Works Hard for the Money" Best Choreography in a Video Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Donna Summer past awards search". grammy.com.
  2. ^ 'Nightline' Playlist: Donna Summer. ABC News (2008-06-13). Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  3. ^ "Dance Music Hall Of Fame Announces Induction Ceremony". Remixmag.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  4. ^ "Randy Newman, Heart, Donna Summer Among 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees". Foxnews.com. December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  5. ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1990/CB-1990-06-23.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Donna Summer". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  7. ^ "Archive | the Ivors | the Ivors Academy | Champions of Music Creators".