Usher is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer. He has received multiple awards and nominations for his work in music and film. His awards are predominantly in R&B, Pop, and hip-hop genre categories. Throughout the course of his career, Usher has won eight Grammy awards, 35 ASCAP Awards, 18

Billboard Music Award The ''Billboard'' Music Awards are honors given out annually by ''Billboard'', a publication covering the music business and a music popularity chart. The ''Billboard'' Music Awards show has been held annually since 1990, with the exception of t ...

s, 14

BMI Awards The BMI Film & TV Awards are accolades presented annually by Broadcast Music, Inc., honoring songwriters, composers, and music publishers in various genres. Based in the United States, the awards include the BMI Christian Awards, BMI Country Award ...

, nine

Soul Train Music Awards The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual music awards show which previously aired in national broadcast syndication, and honors the best in African-American culture, music and entertainment. It is produced by the makers of '' Soul Train'', the p ...

, and eight

American Music Award The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, generally held in the fall, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired, and currently produced by Dick Clark Produ ...

s. For his contributions to music, Usher has received a Musical Arts Award at The BET Honors, a Golden Note award at the ASCAP Awards, and inductions into the

Georgia Music Hall of Fame The Georgia Music Hall of Fame was a hall of fame to recognize music performers and music industry professionals from or connected to the state of Georgia. It began with efforts of the state's lieutenant governor Zell Miller to attract the music ...

and Hollywood Walk of Fame. Outside of music, he's received accolades such as the

Freedom Award The International Rescue Committee (IRC) bestows its Freedom Award for extraordinary contributions to the cause of refugees and human freedom. According to the IRC, "The Freedom Award reveals the remarkable ability of an individual to shape his ...

and

President's Volunteer Service Award The President's Volunteer Service Award is a civil award bestowed by the President of the United States. Established by executive order by George W. Bush, the award was established to honor volunteers that give hundreds of hours per year helpin ...

for his charitable efforts, and an

NBA Championship The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The team that wins the series is awa ...

with the Cleveland Cavaliers via part ownership. According to Fuse in 2014, Usher is the 10th most awarded recording artist of all time. Overall, Usher has won 339 awards from 633 nominations. His sophomore studio album ''My Way'' (1997) earned

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...

nominations for "

You Make Me Wanna "You Make Me Wanna..." is a song by American recording artist Usher. It was released on August 5, 1997, by LaFace Records and Arista Records as the lead single from Usher's second studio album, '' My Way'' (1997). "You Make Me Wanna..." was writ ...

" and "

My Way "My Way" is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra set to the music of the French song "Comme d'habitude" composed by Jacques Revaux with lyrics by Gilles Thibaut and Claude François and first performed in 1967 by Claude François. Its E ...

" as

Best Male R&B Vocal performance The Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance was awarded between 1968 and 2011. The award has had several minor name changes: *In 1968 it was awarded as Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male *From 1969 to 1994 it was awarded as Best R&B V ...

. He received his first

MTV Video Music Award The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video categor ...

nomination as

Best R&B Video The MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B was first awarded in 1993 under the name of Best R&B Video, and it was given every year until 2006, as the following year MTV revamped the VMAs and eliminated all the genre categories. The following year, thou ...

for the former and won three Billboard Music Awards including Top Artist in 1998. He also received an NAACP Image Award nomination as Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for his appearance on the

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

The Bold and the Beautiful ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''The Yo ...

'' in 1999. His third studio album, '' 8701'' (2001) generated the singles "

U Remind Me "U Remind Me" is a song by American singer Usher. It was written by Edmund "Eddie Hustle" Clement and Anita McCloud and produced by Clement for Usher's third studio album ''8701'' (2001). A mid-tempo R&B track, the song is about a man who meets ...

", "

U Got It Bad "U Got It Bad" is a song by American singer Usher, released through Arista Records as the second official single from his third studio album ''8701'' (2001). It was written by the rapper/producer Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox, and co-prod ...

", and "

U Don't Have to Call "U Don't Have to Call" is a song by American singer Usher. It was written by Pharrell Williams and produced by the Neptunes for Usher's third studio album, ''8701'' (2001). The song was released as the third US single from the album and the fifth ...

". He won his first two Grammy Awards as

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance was awarded between 1968 and 2011. The award has had several minor name changes: *In 1968 it was awarded as Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Male *From 1969 to 1994 it was awarded as Best R&B V ...

. His fourth studio album, ''Confessions'' (2004) received the most nominations at the 2004 ''Billboard'' Music Awards, with 21. He took home 14, including Top Billboard 200 Album, Hot 100 Artist of the Year, Artist of the Year. In 2005, he won the Sammy Davis Jr. Award for Entertainer of the Year and was named Man of the Year at the

Glamour Awards The ''Glamour'' Awards is an annual set of awards hosted by '' Glamour'' magazine. Woman of the Year awards honour "extraordinary and inspirational" women from a variety of fields, including entertainment, business, sports, music, science, medic ...

. At the

48th Annual Grammy Awards The 48th Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 8, 2006, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning from October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005. Irish rock band U2 we ...

, he won

Best Contemporary R&B Album The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works on albums in the contemporary ...

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration The Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance (awarded as Best Rap/Sung Collaboration until 2017, and Best Rap/Sung Performance from 2018 to 2020) is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and original ...

, and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. His fifth studio album, '' Here I Stand'' (2008) produced title track ''"''Here I Stand" was nominated for the

award at the

51st Grammy Awards The 51st Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on February 8, 2009, honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the b ...

. ''

Raymond v. Raymond ''Raymond v. Raymond'' is the sixth studio album by American singer Usher (musician), Usher, released on March 26, 2010, by LaFace Records. Production for the album took place in 2009 and was handled by several producers, including Jermaine Dupri, ...

'' (2010) produced " OMG" which won Top R&B Song and also received Best Contemporary R&B Album and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for " There Goes My Baby", which set a '' Guinness World Record''. Usher won Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist at the AMAs and International Male Artists Of The Year at the

NRJ Music Award An NRJ Music Award (commonly abbreviated as an NMA) is an award presented by the French radio station NRJ to honor the best in the French and worldwide music industry. The awards ceremony, created in 2000 by NRJ in partnership with the televisio ...

s in 2011. '' Looking 4 Myself'' produced " Climax" won

Best R&B Performance The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for s ...

in 2013.

ADC Awards

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. Usher has won one award.

AD Stars

Ad Stars is an international advertising festival.

American Music Awards

The

American Music Awards The American Music Awards (AMAs) is an annual American music awards show, generally held in the fall, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to air the Grammy Awards expired, and currently produced by Dick Clark Pro ...

is an annual awards ceremony created by

Dick Clark Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting '' American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 19 ...

in 1973.

ASCAP Awards

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

ASCAP Latin Awards

ASCAP Pop Awards

The ASCAP Pop Music Awards honors the songwriters and publishers of the most performed pop songs.

BET Hip Hop Awards

The

BET Hip Hop Awards The BET Hip Hop Awards are an annual awards show, airing on BET, showcasing hip hop performers, producers and music video directors. The awards ceremony began in 2006; it was held on November 12, 2006 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and w ...

are hosted annually by BET for hip hop performers, producers and

music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...

directors.

The BET Honors

The BET Honors were established in 2008 by the Black Entertainment Television network to grace the lives and achievements of African-American luminaries. The awards will be presented annually and broadcast on BET during

Black History Month Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. It has received official recognition from governments in the United States and Canada, and more recently ...

Billboard Awards

Billboard All Time Chart Awards

Billboard Greatest Pop Star

Billboard Mid-Year Music Awards

Voted online on '' Billboard''s official website, the ''Billboard'' Mid-Year Music Award honors artists and shows for their achievements in music in the first half of the year in the United States.

Billboard Music Awards

The

s are sponsored by '' Billboard'' magazine and is held annually in December. The awards are based on sales data by Nielsen SoundScan and radio information by

Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems Broadcast Data Systems (also known as BDS or Luminate BDS), is a service that tracks radio, television and internet airplay of songs. The service, which is a unit of MRC Data, is a contributing factor to North American charts published by co-owned ...

Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards

The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards reflect the performance of recordings on the

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 ...

and

Hot Rap Tracks Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by ''Billboard'' in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stati ...

Billboard Touring Awards

Billboard Video Music Awards

Latin Billboard Music Awards

The

Billboard Latin Music Awards The ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards grew out of the ''Billboard'' Music Awards program from ''Billboard'' magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The ''Billboard'' awards are the La ...

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Romeo Santos Anthony "Romeo" Santos (born July 21, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor who is best known as the frontman and lead vocalist of the bachata group Aventura. In 2002, the song " Obsesión" reached number one in It ...

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Billboard Year-End Chart Awards

The

Billboard Year-End ''Billboard'' Year-End charts are cumulative rankings of entries in ''Billboard'' magazine charts in the United States in any given chart year. Several hundred Year-End charts are now published by ''Billboard'', the most important of which are t ...

Chart Awards are published annually to honor the artists in many categories announced by Billboard both in the press and as part of their year-end issue.

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

The

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards was a film awards ceremony, founded by Blockbuster Entertainment, Inc., that ran from 1995 until 2001. They were produced each year by Ken Ehrlich. Formation and first awards The awards were first held on J ...

was a film awards ceremony, founded by

Blockbuster Inc. Blockbuster LLC, formerly known as Blockbuster Video, was an American-based provider of home video and video game rental services. Services were offered primarily at video rental shops, but later alternatives included DVD-by-mail, streaming med ...

, that ran from 1995 until 2001. The awards were produced by

Ken Ehrlich Kenneth James "Ken" Ehrlich (born 1943) is an American television producer and director.Winter Music Conference The Winter Music Conference (WMC) is a week-long electronic music conference, held every March in Miami Beach, Florida, United States since 1985. It is also known as the premiere platform for electronic dance music. The conference brings togeth ...

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

International Design Awards

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.

Juno Awards

The

Juno Awards The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards 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 ...

are presented annually to

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

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 The Canadian Music Hall of Fame was established in 1978 by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) to honour Canadian musicians for their lifetime achievements in music. The award presentation is held each year as part of the ...

are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies.

Key to The City

The Key to The city is an honor given to valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary. ! , - , 2008 , Usher , Key to The City of New Orleans, Louisiana , , style="text-align:center;",

Kora Awards

The

Kora Awards The KORA All Africa Music Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. The awards were founded in 1994 by Benin born businessman, Ernest Adjovi, after a discussion in Namibia with the country's President Ha ...

are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. ! , - , 2004 , Usher , Best Male Artist of Diaspora (USA) , , style="text-align:center;",

Little Kids Rock

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.

London International Awards

The

London International Awards The London International Awards, or LIA (formerly known as London International Advertising Awards, LIAA), is one of the world's leading award shows that honor creativity in the advertising and brand communications space. Held and judged in Las ...

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

Make-A-Wish The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in the United States that helps fulfill the wishes of children with a critical illness between the ages of and 18 years old. Make-A-Wish was founded in 1980 and headquar ...

is an organisation that arranges experiences described as "wishes" to children with life-threatening medical conditions. At its 2017 Wish Gala in

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, Usher was honored for his granting of 40 wishes to children through his long-time partnership.

Meteor Awards

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

MIXX Awards

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.

Mnet Asian Music Awards

The Mnet Asian Music Awards is one of the major K-pop music awarding ceremonies held annually by

CJ E&M CJ E&M (Hangul: 씨제이이앤엠, an initialism for CJ Entertainment & Media) is a South Korean entertainment and mass media company created by CJ Group in 2011. As of July 2018, CJ E&M is a division of CJ ENM. History CJ E&M was established a ...

through its music channel

Mnet M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986. The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, ...

, 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

Morehouse College is a private, all-male,

liberal arts Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term '' art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically th ...

, historically African American college located in

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,7 ...

. 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.

Music of Black Origin Awards, UK (MOBO)

The

MOBO Awards The MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin, also known as the MOBOs) are an annual British music award presentation honouring achievements in " music of black origin", including hip hop, grime, UK Drill, R&B, soul, reggae, jazz, gospel, and ...

(an acronym for Music of Black Origin) were established in 1996 by

Kanya King Kanya King, (born in Kilburn, London) is a British entrepreneur who is the founder of the MOBO Awards. Biography King was born in Kilburn, London, to an Irish mother and a Ghanaian father, being the youngest of their nine children. Her father ...

. They are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognize artists of any race or nationality performing music of black origin.

MTV Awards

MTV Asia Awards

MTV Australia Video Music Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

The

MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards (originally named MTV European Music Awards, commonly abbreviated as MTV EMA) are awards presented by Paramount International Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. It was originally conceived as an a ...

(EMA) were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe.

MTV Platinum Video Plays Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top

music videos A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...

of the year.

MTV Video Music Awards Japan

TRL Awards

MuchMusic Video Awards

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

NAACP Image Awards

The

NAACP Image Awards The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honor outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature. Similar to ...

is an award presented annually by the American

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. ...

to honor outstanding

people of color The term "person of color" ( : people of color or persons of color; abbreviated POC) is primarily used to describe any person who is not considered "white". In its current meaning, the term originated in, and is primarily associated with, the U ...

in film,

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

and

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

Nantucket Film Festival

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

National Civil Rights Museum

The Freedom Award established in 1991 is an annual event for the

National Civil Rights Museum The National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis, Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States from the 17th century to the present. The museum is built aro ...

. 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.

NBA

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 .

New York Festival

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

New York Film Critics Online

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.

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice 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 Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Group. It ...

cable Cable may refer to: Mechanical * Nautical cable, an assembly of three or more ropes woven against the weave of the ropes, rendering it virtually waterproof * Wire rope, a type of rope that consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a hel ...

channel.

NRJ Music Awards (France)

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

One Club Show

The One Club The One Club is an American non-profit organization that recognizes and promotes excellence in advertising.Dougherty, Philip H. (May 11, 1981). One Club Honors Agencies. ''New York Times'' Founded in New York City as The One Club for Art & Copy ...

is an awards show recognizing the best creative work in advertising, interactive, design and branded entertainment.

Ozone Awards

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is an American magazine focused on the hip hop music of the

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. The first annual Ozone Awards were held on August 6, 2006. ! , - , 2008 , " Love in This Club" , Best Rap/R&B Collaboration , , style="text-align:center;",

Pensado Awards

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

People Choice Awards, USA

The

People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show, recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans. The show has been held annually since 1975, with the winners originally determined using Gallup Polls until ...

is an annual awards show recognizing the people and the work of

popular culture Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as, popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a ...

Piaf Awards

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

Pitchfork Magazine

Premios Juventud

Premios Juventud Premios Juventud (Youth Awards) 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. Winners are determined by online vote at univision.com ...

is an awards show for Spanish-speaking celebrities in the areas of film, music, sports, fashion, and pop culture, presented by the

television network A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers. Until the mid- ...

Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and includes ...

President's Volunteer Service Award

The President's Volunteer Service Award is a civil award bestowed by the President of the United States. In 2017, Atlanta Mayor

Kasim Reed Mohammed Kasim Reed (born June 10, 1969) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 59th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia's state capital and largest city, from 2010 to 2018. A Democrat, Reed was a member of the Georgia House of Represe ...

presented Usher with the Points of Light President's Lifetime Achievement Service Volunteer Award, on behalf of

President Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...

, for his work with his foundation, Usher's New Look since 1999.

PTTOW!

PTTOW! is an invite-only community and summit for today's most creative and inspiring CEOs, CMOs and

Icon An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches. They are not simply artworks; "an icon is a sacred image used in religious devotion". The most ...

s, spanning 70 major industries. Usher received an Icon award at the 2017 summit.

Radio Disney Music Awards

The

Radio Disney Music Awards The Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA) were an annual awards show operated and governed by Radio Disney, an American radio network. Beginning in 2001, the show was originally broadcast only on Radio Disney, but later began being televised on Disne ...

is an annual awards show which is operated and governed by Radio Disney, an American

radio network There are two types of radio network currently in use around the world: the one-to-many (simplex communication) broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass media, mass-media entertainment, and the two-way radio (Duplex (telecomm ...

. ! , - , 2004 , Usher , Best Male Artist , , style="text-align:center;",

Radio Music Awards, USA

Radio Music Awards is an annual U.S. award show that honored the year's most successful songs on

mainstream radio Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by ...

. Nominations were based on the amount of airplay recording artists receive on radio stations in various formats using chart information compiled by

Mediabase Mediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets. Mediabase publishes music charts and data based on the most played songs on terrestrial and satellite radio, and provides in-depth analytic ...

Recording Academy

The Recording Academy The Recording Academy (formally the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; abbreviated NARAS) is an American learned academy of musicians, producers, recording engineers, and other musical professionals. It is famous for its Grammy A ...

is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals. The

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

chapter of the academy presents honours annually.

Record of the Year Awards

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.

RTHK International Pop Poll Awards

The

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

Saturn Awards

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

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

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

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.

Southern Museum of Music

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

Soul Train Music Awards, USA

The

Soul Train Music Award The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual music awards show which previously aired in national broadcast syndication, and honors the best in African-American culture, music and entertainment. It is produced by the makers of ''Soul Train'', the pro ...

s is an annual award show aired in national broadcast syndication that honors the best in

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music and

entertainment Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousa ...

established in 1987.

Sundance Film Festival

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

Teen Choice Awards

The

Teen Choice Awards 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, social media, and more, voted by viewers living in the United ...

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. ! , - , rowspan="2", 1999 , "

Nice & Slow "Nice & Slow" is a song from American singer-songwriter Usher's second album, ''My Way'' (1997). Released on January 6, 1998, the song became Usher's first number-one single on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in February 1998. The song was wr ...

" , Single of the Year , , style="text-align:center;", , - ,

She's All That ''She's All That'' is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Robert Iscove. It stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, and Paul Walker. After being dumped by his girlfriend, Zack Siler boasts he could ...

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" , Choice Summer Song , , style="text-align:center;", , - , rowspan="7", 2002 , '' 8701'' , Choice Album , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6", , - , "

" , Choice Love Song , , - , "

U Don't Have To Call "U Don't Have to Call" is a song by American singer Usher. It was written by Pharrell Williams and produced by the Neptunes for Usher's third studio album, ''8701'' (2001). The song was released as the third US single from the album and the fifth ...

" , Choice Single , , - , "

I Need a Girl (Part One) "I Need a Girl (Part One)" is a single by American rapper P. Diddy featuring Usher and Loon from the album '' We Invented the Remix''. In 2004, the song was featured on the Bad Boys compilation ''R&B Hits''. Along with "I Need a Girl (Part Two)" ...

" (with Diddy & Loon) , Choice Hook Up , , - , rowspan="6", Usher , Choice R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Artist , , - , Choice Male Artist , , - , rowspan="2", Choice Male Hottie , , style="text-align:center;", , - , rowspan="3", 2003 , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3", , - , Choice R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Artist , , - , Choice Male Fashion icon , , - , rowspan="4", 2004 , rowspan="2", " Yeah!" , Choice R&B track , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4", , - , Choice Best hook-up , , - , rowspan="1", '' Confessions'' , Choice Album , , - , rowspan="4", Usher , rowspan="2", Choice R&B Artist , , - , rowspan="6", 2005 , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6", , - , Choice Male Hottie , , - , Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon - Male , , - , rowspan="2", " Caught Up" , Choice Music: R&B/Hip-Hop Track , , - , Choice Music: Party Starter , , - , " Lovers and Friends" (with

Lil Jon Jonathan H. Smith (born January 17, 1971) better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, producer and former frontman of the rap group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. He was instrumental in the emergence of the hip hop subgenre cr ...

Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, homophonous with 'ludicrous' in American English), is an American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludac ...

) , Choice Music: Rap Track , , - , rowspan="2", 2008 , rowspan="4", Usher , Choice R&B Artist , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2", , - , rowspan="2", Choice Male Artist , , - , rowspan="4", 2010 , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2", , - , Choice R&B Artist , , - , ''

'' , Choice R&B Album , , style="text-align:center;", , - , " OMG" , Choice R&B track , , style="text-align:center;", , - , rowspan="4", 2012 , Usher , Choice Summer Music Star: Male , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3", , - , " Climax" , Choice Break-Up Song , , - , "

Scream Scream may refer to: *Screaming, a loud vocalization Amusement rides * Scream (Heide Park), a gyro drop tower in Soltau, Germany * Scream! (ride), a tower ride at Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Six Flags New England * Scream! (roller coaster), at ...

" , Choice Summer Song , , - , " Without You" , Choice R&B/Hip-hop Song , , style="text-align:center;,

Telecom Mobile Music Awards

The Telecom Mobile Music Awards

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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.

Time Magazine

The Source Music Awards

TMF Awards (Netherlands)

The TMF Awards were annual public prices of TMF for musicians.

Vevo Certified Awards

Vevo Certified Award honors artists with over 100 million views on Vevo and its partners (including YouTube) through special features on the Vevo website. It was launched in June 2012.

VH1 Big in '04 Awards

VH1 Big in '04 was the 2004 annual award show that aired on December 1, 2004 in the

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Vibe Awards

Vibe magazine ''Vibe'' is an American music and entertainment magazine founded by producers David Salzman and Quincy Jones. The publication predominantly features R&B and hip hop music artists, actors and other entertainers. After shutting down production ...

produced and aired its annual

Vibe Awards ''Vibe'' is an American music and entertainment magazine founded by producers David Salzman and Quincy Jones. The publication predominantly features R&B and hip hop music artists, actors and other entertainers. After shutting down production in ...

show in 2003 on

UPN The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995. It was originally owned by Chris-Craft Industries' United Television. Viacom (through its Paramount Television unit, which pr ...

until 2006. It was then aired on

VH1 Soul BET Soul is an American pay television network that is controlled by the BET Networks division of Paramount Global, which owns the network. The channel showcases R&B, funk, soul, neo soul, hip hop, jazz and Motown music from various decades. T ...

in 2007. ! , - , rowspan="5", 2004 , rowspan="2", Usher , R&B Voice of the Year , , style="text-align:center;", , - , Artist of the Year , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4", , - , rowspan="2", " Yeah!" , Club-Banger of the Year , , - , Coolest Collabo , , - , " Confessions Part II" , R&B Song of the Year ,

Washington West Award Film Festival

Washington West Award Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2011 by Brad Russell.

Webby Awards

The Webby Award are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over two thousand industry experts and technology innovators.

WPPed Cream

The WPPed Cream Awards were initiated in 2007 to recognise the very best work produced by WPP companies around the world, across all marketing disciplines.

World Music Awards

The

World Music Awards The World Music Awards is an international award show founded in 1989 under the patronage of Albert II, Prince of Monaco and co-founder/executive producer John Martinotti. The event is based in Monte Carlo. Awards are presented to the world' ...

were established in 1989 and is an international awards show that annually honors musicians based on their worldwide sales figures, which are provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. ! , - , rowspan="3", 2004 , rowspan="10", Usher , World's Best Male Artist , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3", , - , World's Best Pop Male Artist , , - , World's Best R&B Male Artist , , - , rowspan="3", 2005 , World's Best Male Artist , , style="text-align:center;", , - , World's Best Pop Male Artist , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2", , - , rowspan="2", World's Best Selling R&B Artist , , - , 2008 , , style="text-align:center, , - , rowspan="6", 2014 , World's Best Entertainer of the Year , , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6", , - , World's Best Male Artist , , - , World's Best Live Act , , - , '' Looking 4 Myself'' , World's Best Album , , - , rowspan="2", "

" , World's Best Song , , - , World's Best Video ,

Young Hollywood Awards

The

Young Hollywood Awards The Young Hollywood Awards was awards presented annually which honored the year's biggest achievements in pop music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, as voted on by teenagers aged 13–19 and young adults. The award ceremonies also hon ...

is an award presented annually which honors the year's biggest achievements in

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sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

fashion Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion i ...

and more, as voted on by

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aged 13–19 and young adults. ! , - , 2001 , Usher , One to Watch - Male , , style="text-align:center;",

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