List of awards and nominations received by Akon

This is the list of awards and nominations received by Senegalese American singer, rapper and record producer, Akon.

Akon in 2015

Awards and nominations

Award	Wins	Nominations
American Music Awards	1	3
World Music Awards	5	8
BET Awards	0	3
BET Hip Hop Awards	1	2
Billboard Awards	1	3
Filmfare Awards	0	1
Grammy Awards	0	5
MOBO Awards	0	4
MTV Europe Music Awards	0	3
MTV Video Music Awards	0	5
Channel O Music Video Awards	1	1
Teen Choice Awards	1	4
Vibe Awards	0	2
Totals
Awards won	36
Nominations	95

American Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Akon	Artist of the Year	Nominated
		Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist	Nominated
		Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist	Won

Grammy Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	"Smack That" (with Eminem)	Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	Nominated
2008	"I Wanna Love You" (with Snoop Dogg)		Nominated
	"The Sweet Escape" (with Gwen Stefani)	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	Nominated
	"Bartender" (with T-Pain)	Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group	Nominated
	Konvicted	Best Contemporary R&B Album	Nominated

Billboard Legacy

Made the Top Artists of the Year Chart in 2009 and 2011.

Made the Billboard 200 Albums of the Year Chart in: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

Made the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Year Chart in: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010.

Billboard Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Soul Survivor	Hot Rap Track	Nominated
2007	Akon	Artist of the Year awards	Won
2011	Akon	Top Social Artist	Nominated
		Top Digital Media Artist	Nominated

Billboard Latin Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2011	All Up 2 You	Hot Latin Song of the Year	Nominated

World Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Akon	World's Best Selling New Male Artist	Nominated
2007	Akon	World's Best Selling Internet Artist	Won
		World's Best Selling African Artist	Won
		World's Best Selling R&B Artist	Won
2008	Akon	World's Best Selling African Artist	Won
2010	Akon	World's Best R&B Artist	Nominated
		World's Best Selling African Artist	Won
	Sexy Chick	World's Best Single	Nominated

BET Hip Hop Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2008	Akon	Producer of the Year	Won
2008	We Takin' Over	Best Hip Hop Collaboration	Nominated

BET Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Akon	Best Male R&B Artist	Nominated
	I Wanna Love You	Best Collaboration	Nominated
	I Wanna Love You	Video of the Year	Nominated

Filmfare Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	Akon – Chammak Challo	Best Male Playback Singer	Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Akon	Breakout Artist – Male	Won
		R&B Artist	Nominated
	Don't Matter	Love Song	Nominated
	The Sweet Escape	Single	Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV. Akon has the record for most nominations in the Most Earthshattering Collaboration category.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	"Locked Up"	MTV2 Award	Nominated
2007	Akon	Male Artist of the Year	Nominated
	"Smack That" (with Eminem)	Most Earthshattering Collaboration	Nominated
	"The Sweet Escape" (with Gwen Stefani)	Most Earthshattering Collaboration	Nominated
2010	"Sexy Chick"	Best Dance Video	Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Akon	Best Hip Hop Act	Nominated
2007	Konvicted	Album	Nominated

MTV Video Music Award Japan

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Smack That	Best Collaboration Video	Nominated

MTV Australia Video Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Smack That	Best Hip Hop Act	Nominated
	Smack That	Best Hip Hop Video	Nominated
	Smack That	Best Hook Up	Nominated

MOBO Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Akon	Best R&B	Nominated
		Best International Act	Nominated
2008		Best International Act	Nominated
2009		Best International Act	Nominated

Juno Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2009	Dangerous	Single of the Year	Won

ASCAP Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	"Bartender"	Most Performed Songs	Won
	"Don't Matter"		Won
	"I Wanna Love You"		Won
	"Smack That" (Shared with Eminem)		Won
2008	"The Sweet Escape"		Won
	"The Sweet Escape"	Song of the Year	Won
2009	"Dangerous"	Most Performed Songs	Won
	"What You Got"		Won
2010	"Just Dance"		Won
	"What You Got"		Won
	"Right Now (Na Na Na)"		Won
2011	"Sexy Chick"		Won

Urban Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Konvicted	Best Album	Nominated
2009	Akon	Artist of the Year 2009 (USA)	Won
		Artist of the Year 2009 (UK)	Won
	Freedom	Best Album 2009 (USA)	Nominated
		Best Album 2009 (UK)	Nominated
	Akon	Best Music Video 2009 (USA)	Nominated
		Best Music Video 2009 (UK)	Nominated

Ozone Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	We Takin' Over	Best video	Won
	I Wanna Love You	Best Rap/R&B Collaboration	Nominated
	Konvicted	Best R&B Album	Won
2009	Akon	Artist of the Year 2009 (USA & UK)	Won
	Freedom	Best Album 2009 (USA & UK)	Nominated
	Akon	Best Music Video 2009 (USA & UK)	Nominated

ECHO Award

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Lonely	National/International Hit of the Year	Won
	Akon	International Hip-Hop/R&B Artist	Won

MuchMusic Video Award

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Lonely	Best International Artist	Nominated
	Akon	People's Choice: Favorite International Artist	Nominated
	The Sweet Escape	Best International Video	Nominated
		People's Choice: Favourite International Artist	Nominated

Premios Lo Nuestro

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2010	"All Up 2 You" (with Aventura and Wisin & Yandel)	Urban Song of the Year	Nominated
	"All Up 2 You" (with Aventura and Wisin & Yandel)	Video Collaboration of the Year	Nominated

Vibe Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	Soul Survivor	Hottest Hook	Nominated
2007	Locked Up	Hottest Hook	Nominated
2008	We Takin' Over	Best Collabobation	Nominated

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Sweet Escape	MTV Hits Best Music Video	Nominated
2008	Don't Matter	Favorite Song	Nominated

NRJ Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	Lonely	Best International Song	Nominated
2006	Akon	New International Artist of The Year	Nominated
2008	Akon	International Male Artist of the Year	Nominated
2009	Akon	International Male Artist of the Year	Won

Channel O Music Video Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2012	Chop My Money	Most Gifted Duo, Group or Featuring Video	Won

mtvU Woodie Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2007	Don't Matter	Viral Woodie	Nominated
2012	Locked Up	International Woodie (Favorite International Artist Award)	Nominated

BMI Pop Songs Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2008	The Sweet Escape	Pop Songs	Won

O Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2011	I Just Had Sex	Funniest Music Short	Nominated