List of awards and nominations received by Pharrell Williams explained
Pharrell Williams is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Since his debut as a music producer with The Neptunes, he has worked with many artists in the contemporary music industry, such as Beyoncé, Madonna, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Calvin Harris, Gwen Stefani, Ariana Grande, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Janelle Monáe, Mariah Carey, Solange Knowles, Snoop Dogg and Britney Spears.[1] Williams has also collaborated in some of the best-selling singles worldwide, such as "Get Lucky", "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" and "Blurred Lines". He started his solo career with two albums In My Mind (2006) and G.I.R.L. (2014). The latter album produced the lead single "Happy", which has sold almost 14 million copies worldwide.
Williams has received numerous accolades and nominations; he has won 13 Grammy Awards from 42 nominations, including three as Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (one came as a part of The Neptunes in 2004). He has also won four BET Awards, six Billboard Music Award, one MTV Video Music Award, one Brit Award and four NAACP Image Awards. In 2012 Williams was honored with the ASCAP Golden Note Award for his "extraordinary career milestones records achieved as a songwriter, composer and artist".[2]
In 2014, Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards for his song "Happy", part of Despicable Me 2s soundtrack. In 2017, he received a nomination for Best Picture for co-producing the film Hidden Figures. The film also gave Williams a nomination at the Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Score. Williams has received three nominations at the Satellite Awards and four at the Black Reel Awards.
Academy Awards
American Music Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|
| 2013 | Single of the Year | "Blurred Lines" | | [3] |
| 2014 | Artist of the Year | Pharrell Williams | | |
| Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist | | |
| Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist | | |
| Favorite Soul/R&B Album | Girl | | |
| Single of the Year | "Happy" | | | |
Annie Award
Antville Music Video Awards
The Antville Music Video Awards are online awards for the best music video and music video directors of the year. They were first awarded in 2005.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2013 [4] | Most Fun Video | Happy | |
| Best Interactive | |
| Best Choreography | |
| 2014 [5] | Best Animated | It Girl | |
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ASCAP Music Awards
ASCAP Film & Tv Music Awards
BBC Music Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2014 | International Artist of the Year | Pharrell Williams | |
| Song of the Year | "Happy" | | |
BET Hip Hop Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|
| 2013 | Producer of the Year | Pharrell Williams | | |
| 2014 | | [6] |
| Best Hip Hop Video | "Move That Dope" | |
| Best Collabo, Duo or Group | |
| Best Club Banger | |
| People's Champ Award | |
| Sweet 16 (Best Featured Verse) | "Move That Dope" | |
| 2015 | Producer of the Year | Pharrell Williams | | [7] |
| Song of the Year | "Alright" | |
| 2016 | Producer of the Year | Pharrell Williams | | [8] |
| 2017 | | [9] |
| 2018 | | [10] |
| Song of the Year | "Apes**t" | | |
BET Awards
Billboard Music Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2003 | R&B Songwriter of the year | Pharrell Williams | |
| 2005 | Ringtone of the Year | ""Drop It Like It's Hot"" | |
| Rap Single of the Year | |
| 2014 | Top Hot 100 Song | "Blurred Lines" | |
| Top Radio Song | |
| Top Digital Song | |
| Top R&B Song | |
| Top Streaming Song (Audio) | |
| Top Streaming Song (Audio) | "Get Lucky" | |
| Top Dance/Electronic Song | |
| Top R&B Song | "Happy" | |
| Top R&B Artist | Pharrell Williams | |
| 2015 | Top R&B Song | "Happy" | |
| Top Radio Song | |
| Top Digital Song | |
| Top Male Artist | Pharrell Williams | |
| Top R&B Artist | |
| Top R&B Album | "G I R L" | | |
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2005 | Hot Rap Track | "Drop It Like It's Hot" (featuring Snoop Dogg) | |
| Top R&B/Hip-hop Singles - Airplay | |
| Top R&B/Hip-hop Singles | | |
Black Reel Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|
| 2003 | | "Work It Out" (with Beyoncé, as a writer) | | |
| 2014 | Outstanding Original Song | "Happy" | | |
| 2017 | Outstanding Original Score | "Hidden Figures'" | | [11] |
| Outstanding Original Song | "Surrender" | | |
Brit Awards
GAFFA Awards
GAFFA Awards (Denmark)
Delivered since 1991, the GAFFA Awards are a Danish award that rewards popular music by the magazine of the same name.!|-| 2013| "Get Lucky" (with Daft Punk)| rowspan="2"| Best Foreign Song| | style="text-align:center;" |[13] |-| 2014| "Happy"| | style="text-align:center;" |[14] |-|}
Grammy Awards
!Ref.|-|rowspan=2|2003|"Pass the Courvoisier, Part II"|Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group||rowspan=42|[15] [16] |-|Nellyville|rowspan=2|Album of the Year||-|rowspan=7|2004|rowspan=2|Justified||-|Best Pop Vocal Album||-|The Neptunes|Producer of the Year, Non-Classical||-|"Frontin'"|rowspan=2|Best Rap/Sung Collaboration||-|rowspan=2|"Beautiful"||-|rowspan=3|Best Rap Song||-|"Excuse Me Miss"||-|rowspan=3|2005|rowspan=2|"Drop It Like It's Hot"||-|Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group||-|"She Wants to Move"|Best Urban/Alternative Performance||-|rowspan=4|2006|"Hollaback Girl"|Record of the Year||-|The Emancipation of Mimi|rowspan=2|Album of the Year||-|Love. Angel. Music. Baby.||-|The Neptunes|Producer of the Year, Non-Classical||-|rowspan=2|2007|"Money Maker"|Best Rap Song||-|In My Mind|Best Rap Album||-|2009|"Give It 2 Me"|Best Dance Recording||-|2013|Channel Orange|rowspan=3|Album of the Year||-|rowspan=7|2014|Random Access Memories||-|good kid, m.A.A.d city||-|rowspan=2|"Get Lucky"|Record of the Year||-|rowspan=2|Best Pop Duo/Group Performance||-|rowspan=2|"Blurred Lines"||-|Record of the Year||-|Self|Producer of the Year, Non-Classical||-|rowspan=6|2015|"Happy" |Best Pop Solo Performance||-|"Happy"|Best Music Video||-|rowspan=2|Girl|Best Urban Contemporary Album||-|rowspan=4|Album of the Year||-|Beyoncé||-|x||-|rowspan=4|2016|To Pimp a Butterfly||-|rowspan=2|"Alright"|Song of the Year||-|Best Rap Song||-|"Freedom"|Best Music Video||-|rowspan=2|2018|Hidden Figures: The Album|Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media||-|Hidden Figures|Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media||-|rowspan=2|2019|Sweetener|Best Pop Vocal Album||-|Self|Producer of the Year, Non-Classical||-| 2023| Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers| Album of the Year||-
Hollywood Film Awards
|-|2019|"Letter to My Godfather" |Hollywood Song Award||-|}
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
|-|2016|"Running" |Best Song – Feature Film||-|2017|"There's Something Special" |Best Original Song - Animated Film||-|2019|"Letter To My Godfather" |Best Original Song - Documentary ||}
Hollywood Walk of Fame
|-|2014|Pharrell Williams|Hollywood Walk of Fame||}
Houston Film Critics Society
|-|2016|"Running"|Best Original Song||}
iHeartRadio Music Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2014 | Innovator Award | Pharrell Williams | |
| Hip-Hop/R&B Song of the Year | "Blurred Lines" | |
| EDM Song of the Year | "Get Lucky" | |
| 2015 | Song of the Year | "Happy" | | |
International Dance Music Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2005 | Best Rap/Hip-Hop Dance Track | "Drop It Like It's Hot" | |
| 2014 | Best Commercial / Pop Dance Track | "Get Lucky" | |
| Best Featured Vocalist Performance | |
| Best Music Video | | |
Kid's Choice Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2014 | Favorite Male Singer | Pharrell Williams | |
| 2015 | Favorite Male Singer | Pharrell Williams | | |
Los Premios 40 Principales
Los Premios 40 Principales América
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2014 | Best English Language Song | "Get Lucky" | |
| "Happy" | |
| "Blurred Lines" | | |
MOBO Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2005 | Best Single | "Drop It Like It's Hot" (featuring Snoop Dogg) | |
| Best Video | | |
MTV Europe Music Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2006 | Best Male | Pharrell Williams | |
| Best R&B | |
| 2013 | Best Video | "Blurred Lines" | |
| Best Song | |
| "Get Lucky" | |
| 2014 | Best Male | Pharrell Williams | |
| Best World Stage Performance | |
| Best US Act | |
| Best Song | "Happy" | |
| Best Video | |
| 2015 | Best Video | "Freedom" | |
| Best Male | Pharrell Williams | | |
MTV Millennial Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2017 | Video of the Year | "Safari" | |
| Best Collaboration | | |
MTV Video Music Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2002 | Best Hip-Hop Video | "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II"(with Busta Rhymes) | |
| 2003 | Best Hip-Hop Video | "Beautiful"(with Snoop Dogg) | |
| Best Video from a Film | "Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)" (with Britney Spears) | |
| 2005 | Video of the Year | "Drop It Like It's Hot" (with Snoop Dogg) | |
| Best Hip-Hop Video | |
| Viewer's Choice | |
| 2013 | Video of the Year | "Blurred Lines" (with Robin Thicke) | |
| Best Male Video | |
| Best Collaboration | |
| Best Song of the Summer | |
| "Get Lucky" (with Daft Punk) | |
| 2014 | Video of the Year | "Happy" | |
| Best Male Video | |
| Best Pop Video | |
| 2016 | Best Choreography | "WTF (Where They From)" (with Missy Elliott) | |
| 2017 | Best Collaboration | "Feels" (with Katy Perry and Calvin Harris) | |
| 2018 | Best Collaboration | "Lemon" (with Rihanna and The Neptunes) | |
| Best Editing | |
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MTV Video Music Awards Japan
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2004 | Best Male Video | "Frontin" (with Jay-Z) | |
| Best Hip-Hop Video | "Change Clothes" (with Jay-Z) | |
| 2014 | Best Male Video | "Blurred Lines"(with Robin Thicke) | |
| Best Collaboration | |
| Best R&B Video | "Happy" | |
| Best Male Video | "Lose Yourself to Dance" (with Daft Punk) | |
| 2015 | Video of the Year | "Freedom" | |
| Best Male Video - International | | |
Much Music Video Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2005 | International Video of the Year | "Drop It Like It's Hot" (featuring Snoop Dogg) | |
| 2007 | "Money Maker" (featuring Ludacris) | |
| 2014 | International Video of the Year - Solo Artist | "Happy" | |
| International Video of the Year – Group | "Lose Yourself to Dance" | | |
NAACP Image Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2014 | Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration | "Blurred Lines" (with Robin Thicke) | |
| Outstanding Song | |
| 2015 | Outstanding Male Artist | Pharrell Williams | |
| Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration | "Brand New" (with Justin Timberlake) | |
| “Gust of Wind” (with Daft Punk) | |
| Outstanding Album | "G.I.R.L." | |
| 2016 | Outstanding Male Artist | Pharrell Williams | |
| Outstanding Music Video | "Freedom" | |
| Outstanding Song, Contemporary | |
| 2017 | Outstanding Song, Traditional | "I See Victory" (with Kim Burrell) | | |
People's Choice Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2015 | Favorite Male Artist | Pharrell Williams | |
| Favorite R&B Artist | |
| Favorite Album | "G I R L" | | |
Radio Disney Music Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2015 | Best Male Artist | Pharrell Williams | |
| Best Song That Makes You Smile | "Happy" | | |
Satellite Awards
Soul Train Music Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2003 | Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video | "Pass the Courvoisier, Part II" (featuring Busta Rhymes) | |
| 2004 | Best R&B/Soul Single – Male | "Frontin'" (featuring Jay Z) | |
| 2005 | Best R&B/Soul or Rap Dance Cut | "Drop It Like It's Hot" (featuring Snoop Dogg) | |
| 2013 | Song of the Year | "Blurred Lines" (featuring Robin Thicke) | |
| Video of the Year | |
| Best Dance Performance | |
| Best Collaboration | |
| 2014 | Album of the Year | "G.I.R.L." | |
| Song of the Year | "Happy" | |
| Video of the Year | |
| The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award | |
| Best R&B/Soul Male Artist | Pharrell Williams | | |
Teen Choice Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|
| 2013 | Choice Music: Single by a Group | "Get Lucky" | |
| Choice Summer Song | |
| "Blurred Lines" | |
| Choice Music Single: Male | |
| 2014 | Choice Music - Male Artist | Pharrell Williams | |
| Choice Summer Music Star: Male | |
| Song: Male Artist | "Happy" | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: pharrellwilliams.com. pharrellwilliams.com. 2019-07-26.
- Web site: Pharrell Williams to Receive ASCAP Golden Note Award. ASCAP. June 12, 2012. August 3, 2019.
- Web site: The 2013 American Music Awards Nominations Announced. October 10, 2013. Yahoo Finance. March 10, 2014.
- Web site: Antville Music Video Awards 2013 - THE WINNERS.
- Web site: Antville Music Video Awards 2014 - the Winners!.
- Web site: Nominees. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002043618/http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/nominees.html. dead. October 2, 2013. July 17, 2013. BET.com. February 13, 2015.
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- Web site: And the Nominees Are. https://web.archive.org/web/20160819022105/http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/2016/photos/show/and-the-nominees-are.html#!HHA-PageProperties-1x1-HipHopVideo . dead . August 19, 2016 . BET.
- Web site: Kendrick Lamar, DJ Khaled, & Cardi B Lead BET Hip-Hop Awards 2017 Nominations. Rap-Up. 15 September 2017.
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- News: GAFFA Prize - And the winners are .... September 1, 2019. GAFFA. Denmark. da. September 1, 2019. September 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190901070605/https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/78862. dead.
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