List of awards and nominations received by Donna Summer

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Donna Summer awards and nominations

Summer performing in 1985

Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Grammy Awards 5 18 American Music Awards 6 12

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

• 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