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.

Incomplete overview

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
- 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"
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
Summer was nominated for Best Original Song – Motion Picture of 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978) with John Barry

ASCAP Pop Music Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1990	"This Time I Know It's for Real"	Most Performed Song	Won

Grammy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1979	"MacArthur Park"	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female	Nominated
1979	"Last Dance"	Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female	Won
1980	Bad Girls	Album of the Year	Nominated
	Bad Girls	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female	Nominated
	"Bad Girls"	Best Disco Recording	Nominated
	"Dim All the Lights"	Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female	Nominated
	"Hot Stuff"	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female	Won
1981	"On the Radio"	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female	Nominated
1982	"Cold Love"	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female	Nominated
1982	"I Believe in Jesus"	Best Inspirational Performance	Nominated
1983	"Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)"	Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female	Nominated
1983	"Protection"	Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female	Nominated
1984	Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture	Album of the Year	Nominated
	"She Works Hard for the Money"	Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female	Nominated
	"He's a Rebel"	Best Inspirational Performance	Won
1985	"Forgive Me"	Best Inspirational Performance	Won
1998	"Carry On" (with Giorgio Moroder)	Best Dance Recording	Won
2000	"I Will Go with You (Con te partiró)"	Best Dance Recording	Nominated

American Music Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1978	I Feel Love	Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist	Nominated
1979	Donna Summer	Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist	Nominated
	Donna Summer	Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist	Nominated
	Donna Summer	Favorite Disco Female Artist	Won
	Live and More	Favorite Disco Album	Won
	"Last Dance"	Favorite Disco Single	Won
1980	Donna Summer	Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist	Won
	Bad Girls	Favorite Pop/Rock Album	Nominated
	"Bad Girls"	Favorite Pop/Rock Single	Won
	Bad Girls	Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist	Won
1984	She Works Hard for the Money	Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist	Nominated
1984	She Works Hard for the Money	Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist	Nominated

Dance Music Hall of Fame

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2004	Donna Summer	Recording Artist	Won
2004	"I Feel Love"	Influential Single	Won

NAACP Image Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1980	Donna Summer	Outstanding Recording Artist	Won

Ivor Novello Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result	Ref.
1990	"This Time I Know It's for Real"	Most Performed Work	Won

Juno Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1977	"I Feel Love"	Best Selling International Single	Nominated

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2008	Donna Summer	Performer	Nominated
2010	Donna Summer	Performer	Nominated
2011	Donna Summer	Performer	Nominated
2012	Donna Summer	Performer	Nominated
2013	Donna Summer	Performer	Won

MTV Video Music Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1984	"She Works Hard for the Money"	Best Female Video	Nominated
1984	"She Works Hard for the Money"	Best Choreography in a Video	Nominated

References

"Donna Summer past awards search". grammy.com.
'Nightline' Playlist: Donna Summer. ABC News (2008-06-13). Retrieved 2011-02-22.
"Dance Music Hall Of Fame Announces Induction Ceremony". Remixmag.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
"Randy Newman, Heart, Donna Summer Among 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees". Foxnews.com. December 11, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1990/CB-1990-06-23.pdf
"Donna Summer". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
"Archive | the Ivors | the Ivors Academy | Champions of Music Creators".

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Discography Awards
Studio albums	Lady of the Night (1974) Love to Love You Baby (1975) A Love Trilogy (1976) Four Seasons of Love (1976) I Remember Yesterday (1977) Once Upon a Time (1977) Bad Girls (1979) The Wanderer (1980) I'm a Rainbow (rec. 1981, rel. 1996) Donna Summer (1982) She Works Hard for the Money (1983) Cats Without Claws (1984) All Systems Go (1987) Another Place and Time (1989) Mistaken Identity (1991) Christmas Spirit (1994) Crayons (2008)
Live albums	Live and More (1978) Live & More Encore (1999)
Compilations	On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II (1979) Walk Away: Collector's Edition (The Best of 1977–1980) (1980) The Summer Collection: Greatest Hits (1985) The Dance Collection: A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles (1987) The Donna Summer Anthology (1993) Endless Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits (1994) The Ultimate Collection (2003) The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer (2003) Gold (2005) Singles... Driven by the Music (2015) The Ultimate Collection (2016)
Remix albums	Love to Love You Donna (2013)
Singles	"The Hostage" (1974) "Lady of the Night" (1974) "Virgin Mary" (1975) "Love to Love You Baby" (1975) "Could It Be Magic (1976) "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It (1976) "Spring Affair (1976) "Winter Melody (1977) "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)" (1977) "I Feel Love" (1977) "Shut Out" (1977) "Down Deep Inside" (1977) "I Remember Yesterday" (1977) "Love's Unkind" (1977) "I Love You" (1977) "Rumour Has It" (1978) "Last Dance" (1978) "Back in Love Again" (1978) "MacArthur Park" (1978) "Heaven Knows" (1978) "Hot Stuff" (1979) "Bad Girls" (1979) "Dim All the Lights" (1979) "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (1979) "On the Radio" (1979) "Sunset People" (1980) "Walk Away" (1980) "The Wanderer" (1980) "Cold Love" (1980) "Who Do You Think You're Foolin'" (1981) "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" (1982) "State of Independence" (1982) "I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix)" (1982) "The Woman in Me" (1983) "Protection" (1983) "She Works Hard for the Money" (1983) "Unconditional Love" (1983) "Love Has a Mind of Its Own" (1984) "There Goes My Baby" (1984) "Supernatural Love" (1984) "Eyes" (1984) "Dinner with Gershwin" (1987) "Only the Fool Survives" (1987) "This Time I Know It's for Real" (1989) "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt" (1989) "Love's About to Change My Heart" (1989) "Breakaway" (1989) "When Love Takes Over You" (1989) "State of Independence (New Bass Remix)" (1990) "When Love Cries" (1991) "Work That Magic" (1991) "Carry On" (1992) "La Vie en rose" (1994) "Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)" (1994) "Any Way at All" (1994) "I Feel Love (Remix)" (1995) "Whenever There Is Love" (1996) "I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)" (1999) "Love Is the Healer" (1999) "The Power of One" (2000) "You're So Beautiful" (2003) "Dream-A-Lot's Theme (I Will Live for Love)" (2004) "I Got Your Love" (2005) "I'm a Fire" (2008) "Stamp Your Feet" (2008) "It's Only Love" (2008) "Fame (The Game)" (2008) "To Paris with Love" (2010)
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