Kanye West is an American rapper and record producer. He has received various awards and nominations for his work in each of the aforementioned fields. West rose to prominence in the early 2000s, earning several honors for his work as a producer. He transitioned to become a recording artist, and won Best New Male Artist at both the 2004 World Music Awards and 2004 Billboard Music Awards. The same year, West released his debut album The College Dropout (2004). The album won several awards, and helped West receive the third most Grammy nominations in one night (10) at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. The album won Best Rap Album, while its single "Jesus Walks" won Best Rap Song. The latter would elsewhere win Best Male Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards.
West's second studio album Late Registration (2005) received the joint-most nominations at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, with eight. He took home three awards, and became only the second artist to win Best Rap Album back-to-back, as well as the first artist to win Best Rap Song in consecutive years. In the same year, he won Best International Male at the 2006 Meteor Awards. West received the most nominations at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards for his third studio album Graduation (2007), with eight. The album won in four out of the five rap categories, and West became the first solo artist to have his first three studio albums be nominated for Album of the Year.
West's fourth studio album 808s & Heartbreak (2008) was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2009 Soul Train Music Awards, and featured the single "Love Lockdown", which received three nominations at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year. Elsewhere in 2009, West won a record-equalling third Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist. West's fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), and collaborative album Watch The Throne (2011) with Jay-Z earned him the most nominations at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards—seven, of which he won four. He repeated the feat a year later, when he led (jointly) the Grammy nominees for a fifth time at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, taking home three awards.
The compilation album Cruel Summer (2012) was released by the label GOOD Music, which West founded, and led to him receiving a record seventeen nominations at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards. His sixth solo album Yeezus (2013) received a nomination for Best Album at the 2014 NME Awards. In 2015, West won Shoe of the Year for the Yeezy Boost at the Footwear News Achievement Awards. He also became only the second rapper to receive the MTV Video Vanguard Award, in addition to receiving the Visionary Award at The BET Honors. West's seventh solo studio album The Life of Pablo (2016) released alongside his Yeezy Season 3 fashion show, won him Artist of the Year at the 20th Annual Webby Awards, along with two Clio Awards in fashion and marketing. The album's merchandise (released via a pop-up project across 21 cities) earned West a nomination at the 2017 Beazley Designs of the Year. In 2018, West earned his first Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. His eighth studio album Ye (2018) was nominated for Best Foreign Hip-Hop Album at the 2019 Hungarian Music Awards. West's 2019 album Jesus Is King and single "Follow God" gave him wins at the 51st GMA Dove Awards, as well as his first in the Christian/Gospel categories at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards. At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, West equalled the record for most Grammys won by a hip-hop artist (24).
ACE Awards The Accessories Council Excellence Awards were created in 1997 to pay homage to those individuals and groups that have made great strides in raising the awareness of the accessories industry. West has received one award.
! |- | 2010 | Kanye West | Stylemaker Award | | style="text-align:center;"|
AEC Awards The Artist Empowerment Coalition Awards recognizes those who understand the importance of giving back to their community, while encouraging others along the way to do the same. Honoree's are awarded for their individual contributions. West has received one award.
! |- | 2005 | Kanye West | Making a Difference | | style="text-align:center;"|
American Music Awards The American Music Awards is an annual music awards show created by Dick Clark in 1973. West has received three awards from twelve nominations.
! |- | rowspan="3"| 2004 | The College Dropout | Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album | | rowspan="3" align="center"| |- | rowspan="5"| Kanye West | Favorite Breakthrough Artist
| rowspan="2"| Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist
| rowspan="2"| 2006 | | rowspan="2" align="center"| |- | Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
| rowspan="2"| 2008 | Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male Artist | | rowspan="2" align="center"| |- | Graduation (album)|Graduation | rowspan="2"| Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album
| rowspan="2"| 2011 |Watch The Throne | | rowspan="2" align="center"| |- | Kanye West | Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist
| 2015 | "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna & Paul McCartney) | Collaboration of the Year | | align="center"| |- | 2020 | rowspan="2"| Kanye West | Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist | | align="center"| |- | 2021 | Favorite Artist – Gospel | | align="center"|
Antville Music Video Awards The Antville Awards are annual online awards that recognize the best music videos of the past year. West has received three awards from nineteen nominations.
! |- | 2005 | "Gold Digger" | Best Video | | align="center"| |- | 2007 | "Can't Tell Me Nothing" | Most Fun Video | | align="center"| |- | rowspan="2" |2008 | rowspan="2"| "Flashing Lights" | Best Narrative Video | | rowspan="2" align="center"| |- | Best Urban Video
| rowspan="3" | 2009 | rowspan="3" | "Welcome to Heartbreak" | Best Performance Video | | rowspan="3" align="center"| |- | Hype Williams Award
| Best Music Video of the Year
| rowspan="3" | 2010 | Kanye West | Best Commissioning Artist | | rowspan="3" align="center"| |- | "Runaway" | Best Cinematography
| "Power" | rowspan="2" | Most Fun Video
| rowspan="4" | 2011 | rowspan="3"| "Otis" (with Jay-Z) | | rowspan="4" align="center"| |- | Best Performance Video
| rowspan="2"| Best Hip-Hop Video
| "Monster"
| rowspan="3"| 2012 | rowspan="2"| "No Church in the Wild" (with Jay-Z) | Best Cinematography | | rowspan="3" align="center"| |- | rowspan="4"| Best Hip-Hop Video
| "Niggas in Paris" (with Jay-Z)
| rowspan="2"| 2013 | "Bound 2" | | rowspan="2" align="center"| |- | "Black Skinhead"
ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.
! |- ! scope="row"| 2021 | Kanye West Donda | rowspan="2"| Best International Artist
BEFFTA Awards The BEFFTA Awards celebrate and reward the achievements of black personalities within entertainment, film, fashion, television and arts. West has received two nominations.
! |- | 2014 | rowspan="2"| Kanye West | rowspan="2"| Best International Act | | style="text-align:center;| |- | 2016 | | style="text-align:center;|
Best Art Vinyl Awards The Best Art Vinyl Awards are yearly awards established in 2005 by Art Vinyl Ltd to celebrate the best album artwork of the past year. West has received two nominations.
! |- | 2005 | Late Registration | rowspan="2"| Best Vinyl Art | | style="text-align:center;| |- | 2011 | Watch The Throne | | style="text-align:center;|
BET Awards
BET Awards The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate Black Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. West has received eleven awards from thirty-nine nominations.
! |- | rowspan="4"| 2004 | "All Falls Down" (featuring Syleena Johnson) | Viewer's Choice | | rowspan=4 align="center"| |- | "Slow Jamz" (with Twista & Jamie Foxx) | Best Collaboration
| rowspan="4"| Kanye West | Best New Artist
| rowspan="2"| Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
| rowspan="3"| 2005 | | rowspan=3 align="center"| |- | Best Gospel Artist
| "Jesus Walks" | rowspan="2"| Video of the Year
| rowspan="3"| 2006 | rowspan="2"| "Gold Digger" (featuring Jamie Foxx) | | rowspan=3 align="center"| |- | Best Collaboration
| rowspan="2"| Kanye West | rowspan="2"| Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
| rowspan="3"| 2008 | | rowspan=3 align="center"| |- | rowspan="2"| Good Life (featuring T-Pain) | Best Collaboration
| rowspan="2"| Video of the Year
| rowspan="3"| 2009 | "Heartless" | | rowspan=3 align="center"| |- | "Love Lockdown" | Viewer's Choice
| Kanye West | Best Male Hip Hop Artist
| 2010 | "Forever" (with Drake, Lil Wayne & Eminem) | rowspan="2"| Best Collaboration | | align="center"| |- | rowspan="4"| 2011 | "All of the Lights" (featuring Rihanna) | | rowspan=4 align="center"| |- | "Runaway" | Video of the Year
| rowspan="3"| Kanye West | Best Male Hip-Hop Artist
| rowspan="2"| Video Director of the Year
| rowspan="7"| 2012 | | rowspan=7 align="center"| |- | rowspan="3"| "Otis" (with Jay-Z) | Best Collaboration
| Viewer's Choice
| rowspan="2"| Video of the Year
| "Niggas in Paris" (with Jay-Z)
| "Marvin & Chardonnay" | Best Collaboration
| rowspan="2"| The Throne (with Jay-Z) | rowspan="2"| Best Group
| rowspan="3"| 2013 | | rowspan=3 align="center"| |- | rowspan="2"|"Mercy" (featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz) | Video Of The Year
| rowspan="2"| Best Collaboration
| rowspan="2"| 2016 | "One Man Can Change the World" (with Big Sean & John Legend) | | rowspan=2 align="center"| |- | Kanye West | Best Male Hip Hop Artist
| 2020 | "Follow God" | rowspan="2"| Best Gospel/Inspirational Award | | style="text-align:center;"| |- | rowspan="3"| 2022 | "Come to Life" | | rowspan="3" align="center"| |- | Kanye West | Best Male Hip Hop Artist
| Donda | Album of the Year
| rowspan="2"| 2024 | ¥$ (with Ty Dolla Sign) | Best Group | | rowspan="2" align="center"| |- | Carnival (¥$ song)|Carnival | Best Collaboration
BET Hip Hop Awards The BET Hip Hop Awards are hosted annually by BET for hip hop performers, producers, and music video directors. West has received nineteen awards from eighty-eight nominations.
! |- | rowspan="3"| 2006 | Late Registration | Hip Hop CD of the Year | | rowspan="3" align="center"| |- | rowspan="5"| Kanye West | Producer of the Year
| rowspan="2"| Best Live Performance
| rowspan="4"|2007 | | rowspan="4" align="center"| |- | Lyricist of the Year
| Producer of the Year
| "Stronger" | rowspan="2"| Best Hip-Hop Video
| rowspan="8"| 2008 | rowspan="3"| "Good Life" (featuring T-Pain) | | rowspan="8" align="center"| |- |Track of the Year
| Best Hip-Hop Collabo
| rowspan="3"| Kanye West | Best Lyricist
| MVP of the Year
| Best Live Performer
| Graduation | CD of the Year
| rowspan="2"| "Put On" (with Young Jeezy) | People's Champ
| rowspan="9"| 2009 | Best Hip-Hop Collabo | | rowspan="9" align="center"| |- | 808s & Heartbreak | CD of the Year
| "Amazing" (featuring Young Jeezy) | People's Champ Award
| rowspan="8"| Kanye West | Best Live Performer
| Lyricist of the Year
| Producer of the Year
| MVP of the Year
| Hustler of the Year
| rowspan="2"| Best Hip Hop Style
| rowspan="3"| 2010 | | rowspan="3" align="center"| |- | Best Live Performer
| "Forever" (with Drake, Lil Wayne & Eminem) | Perfect Combo
| rowspan="10"| 2011 | rowspan="2"| "All of the Lights" (featuring Rihanna) | Best Hip-Hop Video | | rowspan="10" align="center"| |- | Viewer's Choice
| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | CD of the Year
| rowspan="14" |Kanye West | Best Live Performer
| Hustler of the Year
| Best Hip-Hop Style
| Lyricist of the Year
| Video Director of the Year
| MVP of the Year
| rowspan="2"| Producer of the Year
| rowspan="17"| 2012 | | rowspan="17" align="center"| |- | Lyricist of the Year
| MVP of the Year
| Best Live Performer
| Hustler of the Year