List of awards and nominations received by Usher

The ADC is the first global organization to celebrate and award leaders in creative communications. The ADC Annual Awards, part of The One Club for Creativity, is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world.^[3] Usher has won one award.

Ad Stars is an international advertising festival.

The American Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony created by Dick Clark in 1973.

The ASCAP Awards are held annually by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

The BBC Music Awards are the BBC's annual pop music awards, held every December, as a celebration of the musical achievements over the past twelve months. The event is coordinated by the BBC's music division, BBC Music.

Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections.

The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment. Usher has won 7 awards from 26 nominations. He was also honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his notable contributions to the music industry in 2024.

The Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, located in Atlanta, Georgia, was inaugurated in January 2021. The monument aims to honor African Americans and Black people globally for their accomplishments in entertainment. Situated in the historic Downtown Atlanta area, the Walk of Fame graces the sidewalks of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Northside Drive.^[106]

The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards was a film awards ceremony, founded by Blockbuster Inc., that ran from 1995 until 2001. The awards were produced by Ken Ehrlich every year.^[108]

The BMI Awards are annual award ceremonies for songwriters in various genres organized by Broadcast Music, Inc., based in the United States and honoring songwriters and publishers.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide after-school programs for young people. The BGCA recognizes distinguished Alumni from professional athletes, business leaders, actors, and musicians that got their start at their hometown Boys & Girls Club.

The Bravo Otto award is a German accolade honoring excellence of performers in film, television and music. Presented annually since 1957, winners are selected by the readers of Bravo magazine. The award is presented in gold, silver and bronze.

The BRIT Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards.

The Campaign Big Awards recognize the best agencies, campaigns and creative work of the year. The Campaign Media Awards celebrate creativity in the media business, with categories for both media agencies and media owners.

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is an annual event for those working in creative communications, advertising, and related fields. It is considered the largest gathering of the advertising and creative communications industry.

Capital is a network of eleven independent contemporary hit radio stations in the United Kingdom, broadcasting a mix of local and networked programming.

The CICLOPE Festival is the international conference and award show dedicated to craft in moving image. In the last few years, it has become a platform for directors, creatives, artists, producers and entertainment professionals to network.

The Clio Awards is an annual award program that recognizes innovation and creative excellence in advertising, design and communication.

The Creative Circle (also known as The Advertising Creative Circle and The Advertising Creative Circle of Great Britain) is an educational awards body dedicated to creativity in British advertising, and the oldest advertising and marketing awards body in Europe.

CreativePool is an annual awards that celebrate and showcase the best work, people, and companies from the past year and is the only creative awards competition which allows the audience to have a say in the winners. Usher has received one award.

Design and Art Direction is a British educational charity which exists to promote excellence in design and advertising.

The DOC LA is an international documentary film festival in Hollywood, California.

The Drum Design Awards is an annual award that recognise great design being produced by agencies globally and give you an opportunity to see your best design work rewarded.^[140]

The annual Ebony Power 100 list salutes the remarkable achievements of Black professionals, entertainers and civic leaders.

The ESPY Awards are an annual ceremony presented that recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding a given annual ceremony.

The Eurobest The European Festival of Creativity is an annual event which celebrates and rewards creative excellence in creative communications, advertising and related fields in Europe.

The Ford Freedom Awards is an annual event held in Detroit, Michigan.

The Fragrance Foundation is an annual event held in New York City since 1973.

The Georgia Music Hall of Fame program was established by the State of Georgia in 1979 to honor Georgia musicians who have made significant contributions to the music industry.

The Glamour Awards is hosted by Glamour magazine every year to hand out the Woman of the Year awards to honor extraordinary and inspirational women from a variety of fields, including entertainment, business, sports, music, science, medicine, education and politics. The awards started in 2003 and are hosted every May in the UK. From 2004, Glamour introduced the Man of the Year award, which Usher won in 2005.

The Gordon Parks Foundation is dedicated to preserving the work and legacy of Gordon Parks as well as other photographers, filmmakers and artists. Usher was honored at its 2015 annual awards dinner and auction.^[149][150]

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Considered the highest music honor, the awards were established in 1958.^[151] Usher has won eight awards.^[152]

The Guinness World Records is a reference book published annually, listing world records and national records, both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

Hollywood Life magazine hosts an annual Breakthrough of the Year award show; at its 5th annual show, Usher was awarded.^[168]

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is an internationally recognized Hollywood icon. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce continues to add stars on the Walk of Fame as the representative of the City of Los Angeles.

The IFPIHKG Awards are held annually in Hong Kong to honor every year's best-selling artists.^[171] Usher has received one award.^[172]

The iHeartRadio Music Awards is a music awards show, founded by iHeartRadio in 2014, to recognize the most popular artists and music over the past year as determined by the network's listeners.

The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) UK is the trade association and industry body for digital advertising. The IAB seek to support, grow and guide the online advertising industry.

The Winter Music Conference was established in 1985. It is a part of the Winter Music Conference, a weeklong electronic music event held annually.

The International Design Awards are a group of awards that recognize, celebrate and promote design visionaries and emerging talent in architecture, interior, product, graphic and fashion design.

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies.

The Kora Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa.

Little Kids Rock is an organization that partners with public school districts with the goal of ensuring that all students (K-12) have access to music education and its many benefits.

The London International Awards are a worldwide awards annually honoring excellence in advertising, digital media, production, design, music & sound and branded entertainment. It was the first international advertising award of its kind to acknowledge all media and methods from around the world to be judged by a diverse global jury

Make-A-Wish is an organisation that arranges experiences described as "wishes" to children with life-threatening medical conditions. At its 2017 Wish Gala in Los Angeles, Usher was honored for his granting of 40 wishes to children through his long-time partnership.

A Meteor Ireland Music Award was an accolade bestowed upon professionals in the music industry in Ireland and further afield

The MIXX Awards recognize and showcase great European digital research projects and the contribution they have made to the development of the digital advertising industry.

The Mnet Asian Music Awards is one of the major K-pop music awarding ceremonies held annually by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, involving the participation of some of the most well-known actors and celebrities, not only in South Korea, but also in other countries such as China (including Taiwan and Hong Kong), Japan, Indonesia, Canada, Singapore and United States.

Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically African American college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Its annual "A Candle in the Dark" Gala presents the Candle Award in honor of excellence in the arts, athletics, business, education, entertainment, government, law, medicine, the military, religion, and science and technology.^[194]

The MOBO Awards (an acronym for Music of Black Origin) were established in 1996 by Kanya King. They are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognize artists of any race or nationality performing music of black origin.

The MuchMusic Video Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic.

The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music and literature.

The Nantucket Film Festival is a film festival founded in 1996 which focuses on screenwriting.

The Freedom Award established in 1991 is an annual event for the National Civil Rights Museum. The Freedom Award honors individuals who have made significant contributions in civil rights and who have laid the foundation for present and future leaders in the battle for human rights.

The NBA (National Basketball Association) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. As part owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Usher received credit to their win of the NBA Finals at the end of the 2015–16 season for being a part owner of the team .^[236][237]

The New York Festival Advertising Award is an annual event for those working in advertising.

The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) is an organization founded by Harvey Karten in 2000 composed of Internet film critics based in New York City. The group meets once a year, in December, for voting on its annual NYFCO Awards.

The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards were established in 1988 and is an annual awards show that honors the year's biggest television, film and music acts, as voted by the people who watch the Nickelodeon cable channel.

A major award ceremony that takes place in Cannes, France.

The One Show Awards is an awards show recognizing the best creative work in advertising, interactive, design and branded entertainment.^[252]

Ozone is an American magazine focused on the hip hop music of the Southern United States. The first annual Ozone Awards were held on August 6, 2006.

The Dave Pensado Awards is an annual awards held in Los Angeles, California.

The People's Choice Awards is an annual awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture.

The Piaf Awards is a part of an annual the festival every year in the spring.^[265]

Premios Juventud is an awards show for Spanish-speaking celebrities in the areas of film, music, sports, fashion, and pop culture, presented by the television network Univision.

The President's Volunteer Service Award is a civil award bestowed by the President of the United States. In 2017, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed presented Usher with the Points of Light President's Lifetime Achievement Service Volunteer Award, on behalf of President Barack Obama, for his work with his foundation, Usher's New Look since 1999.

PTTOW! (Plan To Take Over the World) is an invite-only community for some of the most influential minds in business, entertainment, sports and culture. At the 2017 summit held on April 12 at Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Usher received an Icon Award to recognize his major impact as a global music artist and cultural leader.

The Radio Disney Music Awards is an annual awards show which is operated and governed by Radio Disney, an American radio network.

Radio Music Awards is an annual U.S. award show that honored the year's most successful songs on mainstream radio. Nominations were based on the amount of airplay recording artists receive on radio stations in various formats using chart information compiled by Mediabase.^[274]

The Recording Academy is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals. The Atlanta chapter of the academy presents honours annually.

The Record of the Year Awards was an award voted by the UK public. For many years it was given in conjunction with television programmes of the same name.

The RTHK International Pop Poll Awards is an annual award show in Hong Kong that honors the best in international and national music.

The Saturn Award is an American award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films; it was initially created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror on film, but has since grown to reward other films belonging to genre fiction, as well as on television and home media releases.

SESAC Pop Awards honors its members in an annual awards shows.

The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was an awards ceremony which ran from 1979 (as the Smash Hits Readers' Poll) to 2005. Each award winner was voted by readers of the Smash Hits magazine.

SoundExchange is an American non-profit collective rights management organization founded in 2003. It is the sole organization designated by the U.S. Congress to collect and distribute digital performance royalties for sound recordings.

The Southern Museum of Music was established to honor and preserve the contributions of musicians whose roots originated in the southern United States.

The key to the city and days give given as an honor to esteemed individuals, such as celebrities or dignitaries, to signify their importance to the city.

The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired in national broadcast syndication that honors the best in African American music and entertainment established in 1987.

The Sundance Film Festival is the largest annual independent film festival in the United States.

The Teen Choice Awards is an annual awards show that airs on the Fox television network. The awards honor the year's biggest achievements in music, film, sports, television, fashion, and more, voted by viewers aged 11 to 20.

The Telecom Mobile Music Awards New Zealand were presented to international and local record labels for the top 20 songs that Telecom mobile users have downloaded as either a ringtone or caller tune starting 2005.