List of awards and nominations received by Lupe Fiasco explained
This is a comprehensive list of awards and nominations won by Lupe Fiasco, an American hip-hop artist. In total, he has been nominated for thirty-three awards. He has won one Grammy and has been nominated for eleven others. He has also won a USA's Character Approved Award, which had started that year.
AOL Music Award
|-| 2006 | Himself | Breaker Artist | [1] |}
BET Hip-Hop Awards
|-|rowspan="4"| 2006| Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor| Hip-Hop CD of the Year| [2] |-|rowspan="2"| "Kick, Push"| Hip-Hop Video of the Year| [2] |-| Rookie of the Year| [2] |-| Himself| Lyricist of the Year| [2] |-|rowspan="2"| 2007| Lupe Fiasco's The Cool| CD of the Year| [3] |-| "Superstar"(with Matthew Santos)| Alltel Wireless People’s Champ| |-|rowspan="2"| 2008| Lupe Fiasco's The Cool| CD of the Year| [3] |-| "Superstar" (with Matthew Santos)| Alltel Wireless People's Champ| |-| rowspan="2"| 2011| Lasers| CD of the Year| |-| "Out of My Head" featuring Trey Songz| Reese’s Perfect Combo Award| |-| rowspan="2"| 2012| "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)"| rowspan="2"|Impact Track| |-| "Bitch Bad"| |}
BET Awards
|-| 2007| Himself| Best New Artist| [4] |}
Grammy Awards
|-|rowspan="3" | 2007|rowspan="2" | "Kick, Push"| Best Rap Solo Performance| [5] |-| Best Rap Song| [5] |- | Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor| Best Rap Album| [5] |-| 2008| "Daydreamin'" (with Jill Scott)| Best Urban/Alternative Performance| [6] |-|rowspan="4" | 2009| "Paris, Tokyo"| Best Rap Solo Performance| [7] |-| Lupe Fiasco's The Cool| Best Rap Album| [7] |-|rowspan="2" | "Superstar" (with Matthew Santos)| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration| [7] |-|rowspan="2" | Best Rap Song| [7] |-|rowspan="3" | 2012 |rowspan="2" | "The Show Goes On"| [8] |-| Best Rap Performance| [8] |-| Lasers|rowspan="2" | Best Rap Album| [8] |-| 2013| | [9] |}
MOBO Awards
|-| 2008| Himself| Best Hip-Hop Act| [10] |}
MTV Video Music Awards
|-| 2008| "Superstar"| Best Hip-Hop Video| [11] |-| 2011| "The Show Goes On"| Best Hip-Hop Video| [11] |}
MTV2 Awards
|-| 2006| Himself| Freshest MC Award| [1] |}
NAACP Image Awards
|-| 2007| Himself| Outstanding New Artist| [12] |}
Soul Train Music Awards
|-| 2007| "I Gotcha"| Best New R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist| [13] |}
Teen Choice Awards
|-|rowspan="2"| 2008| "Superstar"(with Matthew Santos)| Best Hip-Hop song| [14] |-| Himself| Rap Artist| [14] |-| 2011| Himself| R&B/Hip-Hop Artist| [14] |}
Urban Music Awards
|-| 2009| Himself| Urban Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Act| [15] |}
USA's Character Approved Awards
|-| 2009| Himself| Character Approved Award for Musician|[16] [17] |}
Notes and References
- "Biography Today", p.69
- Henry Adaso. 2006 BET Hip-Hop Awards About.com. Accessed October 6, 2008.
- Henry Adaso. 2008 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominees About.com. Accessed October 20, 2008.
- (May 17, 2007). Beyoncé leads BET Awards with six nominations USA Today. Accessed October 6, 2008.
- (January 9, 2008) Lupe Fiasco Is "The Cool"-est Superstar in Hip-Hop Today; Grammy-Nominated Rapper's Sophomore Album Debuts at #1 on Reuters. Accessed October 6, 2008.
- Gil Kaufman (February 10, 2008). Grammy Awards Get Rolling As Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys, Kanye West Win Early Honors MTV. Accessed October 6, 2008.
- Web site: The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations List . . 2009-01-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000233/http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx . 2008-12-05 .
- Web site: Awards Nominations & Winners. 30 April 2017.
- Web site: Nominees and Winners | GRAMMY.com . 2016-12-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120201120225/http://www.grammy.com/nominees . 2012-02-01 .
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/events/mobos08.shtml The MOBO Awards 2008
- Bill Lamb (August 2, 2008). MTV Video Music Awards Announce Best Pop and Hip Hop Video Nominees About.com. Accessed October 6, 2008.
- http://www.naacpimageawards.net/38thImageAwards/nominees.html The 38th NAACP Image Awards Nominations Results
- Mark Edward Nero (March 11, 2007). The 2007 Soul Train Music Awards About.com. Accessed October 6, 2008.
- (June 17, 2008). 2008 Teen Choice Awards winners and nominees Los Angeles Times. Accessed October 6, 2008.
- Web site: Urban Music Awards . 2011-06-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725095019/http://www.urbanmusicawards.net//us_news.php?id=108&start=0&limit=10 . 2011-07-25 .
- Web site: Character Approved | Lupe Fiasco USA Network Character Approved - Profile . 2009-04-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090303100621/http://www.usanetwork.com/characterapproved/honorees/fiasco/index.html . 2009-03-03 .
- Web site: [News] Lupe Fiasco Wins First Ever Character Approved Award ]. www.defsounds.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090130035640/http://www.defsounds.com/news/Lupe_fiasco_wins_first_ever_character_approved_award . 2009-01-30.
