List of awards and nominations received by Tems

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This is a list of awards and nominations received by Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tems. Considered one of the most critically acclaimed African artists, Tems was honored with the Prize for Music at The Future Awards Africa and the Impact Award at the BMI London Awards in recognition of her "ground-breaking artistry, creative vision and impact on the future of music".^[1]

Tems awards and nominations

Tems in 2019
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 0 1 All Africa Music Awards 3 8 American Music Awards 2 4 BET Awards 4 9 BET Hip Hop Awards 1 3 Black Reel Awards 1 1 Critics' Choice Awards 0 1 Golden Globe Awards 0 1 Grammy Awards 2 8 Hollywood Music in Media Awards 1 2 iHeartRadio Music Awards 2 6 MTV Europe Music Awards 0 3 MTV Video Music Awards 0 3 NAACP Image Awards 4 10 Satellite Awards 0 1 Soul Train Music Awards 2 8 The Headies 5 13 People's Choice Awards 0 1 South African Music Awards 1 1
Totals[a]
Wins	42
Nominations	119
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge 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.

In 2020, Tems released her debut EP For Broken Ears, promoted by the single "Damages". The EP was nominated for awards at the All Africa Music Awards and The Beatz Awards. Her collaboration on Wizkid's "Essence", received critical acclaim, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance. The song also won several awards at the BET Awards, NAACP Image Awards, The Headies Awards and at the Soul Train Music Awards.

In 2021, Tems released her second EP If Orange Was a Place, which won The Headies Award for Best R&B Album. She was featured on Future's "Wait for U" with alongside Drake, which received nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and won the Best Melodic Rap Performance, an American Music Awards and a BET Hip Hop Awards. In 2022 Tems contributed to Beyoncé's seventh studio album Renaissance on the track "Move" alongside Grace Jones, receiving nominations at the NAACP Image Awards and Soul Train Music Awards.

Tems worked with Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler and Rihanna to score Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Soundtrack, co-writing "Lift Me Up", the film's original song performed by Rihanna. The song was nominated at the Academy Award for Best Original Song, earning the same nominations at the Golden Globe Awards, Critics' Choice Awards and Satellite Awards. It also received a nomination at the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. She also performed "No Woman No Cry" for the soundtrack, receiving the nominations at the All Africa Music Awards and NAACP Image Awards.

In March 2024, Tems became the first African singer to be awarded a Billboard Women in Music Award in which she received under the Breakthrough category.^[2][3]

In 2025, Tems won the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance, becoming the only Nigerian artist with multiple Grammys.^[4]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	2023	Best Original Song	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Nominated	[5]
African-American Film Critics Association	2023	Best Song		Won	[6]
African Entertainment Awards USA	2021	Best Female Artist	Herself	Won	[7]
		Artist of the Year		Nominated
		Best Female Artist – Central/West Africa		Nominated
		Best Collaboration	"Essence" (Wizkid feat. Tems)	Won
		Best Video		Won
		Song of the Year		Won
	2022	Best Female Artist – Central/West Africa	Herself	Nominated	[8]
		Best Collaboration	"Wait for U" (Future, Drake & Tems)	Nominated
Afro X Digitals Awards	2021	Pop Song of the Year (Female)	"Damages"	Won	[9]
All Africa Music Awards	2021	Best Female Artist in Western Africa	Herself	Nominated	[10][11][12]
		Breakout Artist of the Year		Nominated
		Best African Collaboration	"Essence" (Wizkid feat. Tems)	Won
		Song of the Year		Won
		Best Artist, Duo or Group in African R&B/Soul		Nominated
			"Damages"	Nominated
	2022	Best Female Artiste in West Africa	Herself	Nominated	[13]
		Best Soundtrack in a Movie/Series/Documentary Film	"No Woman No Cry"	Won
American Music Awards	2022	Favorite Afrobeats Artist	Herself	Nominated	[14]
		Collaboration of the Year	"Wait for U" (Future, Drake & Tems)	Nominated
		Favorite Hip-Hop Song		Won
		Favorite R&B Song	"Essence" (Wizkid feat. Tems)	Won
BET Awards	2021	Best New International Act	Herself	Nominated	[15][16]
	2022	Best New Artist		Nominated	[17]
		Best International Act		Won
		Best Collaboration	"Essence" (Wizkid feat. Tems)	Won
	2023	Best Female R&B/Pop Artist	Herself	Nominated	[18]
		Best Collaboration	"Wait for U" (Future feat. Drake & Tems)	Won
		Viewer's Choice		Nominated
	2024	Video Director of the Year	Herself	Nominated	[19]
		Best Gospel/Inspirational Award	"Me & U"	Won
BET Hip Hop Awards	2022	Song of the Year	"Wait for U" (Future, Drake & Tems)	Nominated	[20]
		Best Collaboration		Won
		Best Hip Hop Video		Nominated
Black Reel Awards	2023	Outstanding Original Song	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Won	[21]
BMI London Awards	2022	Herself	Impact Award	Won	[22]
		"Essence" (Wizkid feat. Tems)	Most Performed Songs	Won
		"Essence (Remix)" (Wizkid feat. Tems & Justin Bieber)	Most Performed Songs	Won
City People Music Award	2020	Next Rated Artiste (Female)	Herself	Nominated	[23][24]
Critics' Choice Awards	2023	Best Song	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Nominated	[25]
Georgia Film Critics Association	2023	Best Original Song	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Nominated	[26]
Golden Globe Awards	2023	Best Original Song	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Nominated	[27]
Grammy Awards	2022	Best Global Music Performance	"Essence" (Wizkid feat. Tems)	Nominated	[28][29]
	2023	Album of the Year	Renaissance (As a featured artist)	Nominated	[30]
		Best Rap Song	"Wait for U" (Future, Drake & Tems)	Nominated
		Best Melodic Rap Performance		Won
	2024	Best Song Written for Visual Media	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Nominated	[31]
	2025	Best R&B Song	"Burning"	Nominated	[32]
		Best Global Music Album	Born in the Wild	Nominated
		Best African Music Performance	"Love Me JeJe"	Won
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards	2023	Best Song Written and/or Recording Created for a Film	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Nominated	[33]
Hollywood Critics Association Creative Arts Awards	2023	Best Original Song	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Nominated	[34]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards	2022	Best Original Song in a Feature Film	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Won
		Song/Score – Trailer	"No Woman, No Cry"	Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society Awards	2023	Best Original Song	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Nominated	[35]
IHeart Radio Music Awards	2023	R&B Song of the Year	"Free Mind"	Nominated	[36]
		Best New R&B Artist	Herself	Nominated
		Afrobeats Artist of the Year		Won
		Best Collaboration	"Wait for U"(Future, Drake & Tems)	Nominated
		Hip-Hop Song of the Year		Won
	2024	Afrobeats Artist of the Year	Herself	Nominated	[37]
	2025	World Artist of the Year		Pending
iHeartRadio Titanium Award	2023	1 Billion Total Audience Spins on iHeartRadio Stations	"Essence" ft Tems (Wizkid)	Won
MOBO Awards	2021	Best African Music Act	Herself	Nominated	[38]
	2022			Nominated	[39]
		Best International Act		Nominated
	2025	Best African Music Act		Pending	[40]
		Best International Act		Pending
MTV Africa Music Award	2021	Best Breakthrough Act	Herself	Nominated	[41]
MTV Europe Music Awards	2021	Best African Act	Herself	Nominated	[42]
	2022	Best New Act		Nominated	[43]
		Best African Act		Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards	2022	Best Hip Hop	"Wait for U" (Future, Drake & Tems)	Nominated	[44]
		Song of Summer		Nominated
	2024	Best Afrobeats	"Love Me JeJe"	Nominated	[45]
NAACP Image Awards	2022	Outstanding New Artist	Herself	Nominated	[46]
		Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album	"Essence" (Wizkid feat. Tems)	Won
		Outstanding International Song		Won
	2023	Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song	"Wait for U" (Future, Drake & Tems)	Nominated	[47]
		Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary)		Nominated
			"Move" (Beyoncé featuring Grace Jones & Tems)	Nominated
		Outstanding International Song	"No Woman No Cry"	Won
	2024	Outstanding Female Artist	Herself	Nominated	[48]
		Outstanding International Song	"Me & U"	Won
	2025		"Love Me JeJe"	Pending	[49]
Net Honours	2021	Most Played Alternative Song	"Damages"	Won	[50]
	2022	Most Popular Musician - Female	Herself	Nominated	[51]
		Most Searched Musician - Female		Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	2022	Favorite Global Music Star	Herself	Nominated	[52]
People's Choice Awards	2024	The R&B Artist of the Year	Herself	Nominated	[53]
Satellite Awards	2023	Best Original Song	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Nominated	[54]
Silver Clef Award	2022	International Award	Herself	Won	[55]
Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards	2023	Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production	"Lift Me Up" (as songwriter)	Nominated
Soul Train Music Awards	2021	Best Collaboration	"Essence" (Wizkid feat. Tems)	Won	[56]
		Video of the Year		Nominated
		Song of the Year		Nominated
		The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award		Nominated
		Best New Artist	Herself	Nominated
	2022	Best Collaboration	"Move" (Beyoncé featuring Grace Jones & Tems)	Nominated	[57]
		Best R&B/Soul Female Artist	Herself	Nominated
		Best New Artist		Won
The Beatz Awards	2021	Songwriter of the Year	Herself for "Damages"	Nominated
The Future Awards Africa	2020	Prize for Music	Herself	Nominated	[58]
	2022			Won	[59]
The Headies	2019	Best Vocal Performance (Female)	"Mr Rebel"	Nominated	[60]
		Best Alternative Song		Nominated
	2020	Next Rated	Herself	Nominated	[61]
	2022	Song of the Year	"Essence" (Wizkid feat. Tems)	Won	[62]
		Best Recording of the Year		Nominated
		Best R&B Single		Won
		Best Collaboration		Won
		Best Vocal Performance (Female)		Nominated
		Headies’ Viewer's Choice		Nominated
		Best R&B Album	If Orange Was a Place	Won
		Best Female Artiste	Herself	Won
	2022	Song of the Year	"No Woman No Cry"	Nominated	[63]
		Songwriter of the Year	"Lift Me Up"	Nominated
		Best Female Artiste	Herself	Nominated
3Music Awards	2022	African Song of the Year	"Essence (remix)" (featuring Tems and Justin Bieber)	Won	[64]
South African Music Awards	2022	Rest of Africa	Herself	Won