List of awards and nominations received by Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige awards and nominations
Award
Awards and nominations
Award	Wins
American Music Awards	4
BET	6
Billboard	12
Golden Globe	0
Grammy	9
MTV VMA	1
Soul Train	6
World Music	2
Emmy Awards	1
Academy Awards	0
Critics' Choice Awards	2
Satellite Awards	0
Screen Actors Guild Awards	0
Spirit Awards	1
Totals
Wins	88
Nominations	236
	Note ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination. ;

Mary J. Blige has received a total of 88 awards from 235 nominations for her music and acting career. She was recognized with nine awards from thirty-eight nominations at the Grammy Awards. She was honored with the Legend Award for Outstanding Contribution to R&B Music at the World Music Awards and received the Voice of Music Award by ASCAP in 2007. She has won six BET Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 and the Icon of the Year by Billboard Women in Music in 2017. In 2006, she won nine Billboard Music Awards in one night and has earned 11 overall. This included the Billboard Icon Award that she was bestowed in 2022. Blige has been recognized by Billboard as "the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years". She also won six Soul Train Music Awards, ten NAACP Image Award and won a MTV Video Music Award.

During her acting career, she has recorded for multiple soundtracks such as, The Living Proof from the film The Help (2011), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination as Best Original Song - Motion Picture, and won a Black Reel Awards and a Critics' Choice Award for Best Original or Adapted Song. She also won a Critics Choice Award for Never Gonna Break My Faith with Aretha Franklin in 2007. Blige received many nominations and accolades for her performance in Mudbound (2017), in which she plays the role of Florence Jackson and sings the song "Mighty River", both earning her Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song categories. She also received nominations for two Critics' Choice Awards, two Golden Globe, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Satellite Awards for both acting and music.

[1] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

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