American singer-songwriter Kesha has been nominated for seven Billboard Music Awards, two Grammy Awards, one Academy Award, three American Music Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards, and three MTV Europe Music Awards, winning the award for MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act in 2010. The singer has also been honored with the Gretchen Wyler Genesis Award, the Human Rights Campaign's Visibility Award, the Billboard Women in Music Trailblazer Award, the Humane Society of the United States' Voice for the Animals Award, and the Visionary Award at the New York City LGBT Center annual dinner.
AMFT Awards
!Ref. |- | 2017 | "Praying" | Best Pop Solo Performance
ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually by the Australian Recording Industry Association to recognize achievements in the Australian music industry.
| 2011 | Herself | Best International Artist
ASCAP Pop Music Awards The annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards honors the songwriters and publishers of the most performed pop songs.
| 2011 | "Tik Tok" | rowspan="2"| Most Performed Song
| 2019 | "Good Old Days"
American Music Awards The American Music Awards is an annual major American music award show by the American Broadcasting Company. It was established in 1973. Kesha has been nominated for 3 awards.
|rowspan="3"|2010 |rowspan="3" | Herself |Artist of the Year
|Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist
|T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist
Billboard
Billboard Music Awards The Billboard Music Award is an honor given by Billboard, a publication and music popularity chart covering the music business of the previous year.
|rowspan="6"|2011 |rowspan="5"|Herself |Top New Artist
|Top Female Artist
|Top Pop Artist
|Top Hot 100 Artist
|Top Digital Songs Artist
|Animal |Top Pop Album
|2014 |"Timber" (with Pitbull) |Top Rap Song
Billboard Women in Music Established in 2007, Billboard Women in Music recognizes influential female artists and music executives who have made significant contributions to the business and who, through their work and continued success, inspire generations of women to take on increasing responsibilities within the field.
!Ref. |- |2016 |Herself |Trailblazer Award
Bravo Otto Bravo Otto is a German accolade honoring excellence of performers in film, television and music. Kesha has won one award.
|2010 |Herself |Best Female Singer
British LGBT Awards The British LGBT Awards celebrate the UK's most loved LGBT personalities, innovators and companies, dubbed the "Gay Oscars" by the press. Kesha has received one nomination.
|2019 |Herself |Music Artist
BMI Pop Awards Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.
|rowspan="2"|2011 |"Tik Tok" |rowspan="7"|Award-Winning Songs
|"Your Love Is My Drug"
|rowspan="3"|2012 |"Blow"
|"We R Who We R"
|"Till The World Ends"
|rowspan="2"|2019 |"Praying"
|"Good Old Days"
The Center The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, commonly called The Center, is a nonprofit organization serving the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) population of New York City and nearby communities. Each year the Center hold an annual dinner to celebrate the Center's continued service to the local and global queer community.
The Center Dinner
|2025 |Herself |Visionary Award
Clio Awards The Clio Awards is an annual award program that recognizes innovation and creativity in advertising, design and communication.
!Ref. |- | 2019 | Rainbow: The Film | Music Marketing: Five Minutes and Over (Silver)
Clio Cannabis Awards The Clio Cannabis Awards celebrates creators at the forefront of cannabis creative, marketing, and communications.
!Ref. |- | rowspan=2| 2022 | rowspan=2| "Taste So Good" | Integrated Campaign (Gold)
| Partnerships & Collaborations
ECHO Awards The ECHO Award is a German music award granted every year by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie, an association of recording companies.
|2011 |Herself |Best International Newcomer
Eska Music Awards The Eska Music Awards is a major Polish awards ceremony for national and international music launched in 2002 by Radio Eska. The ceremony is held in Łódź, Poland and takes place in April every following year.
|2010 |Herself |Best New Artist
The Flecking Awards
| rowspan=5|2011 | rowspan=4|Herself | Most Annoying
| The Star You Love to Hate
| Put Some Clothes On!
| Best Female Musician
| "We R Who We R" | Best Single
| 2012 | Herself | Female Twitterer Of The Year
GAFFA Awards The GAFFA Awards (Danish: GAFFA Prisen) have been awarded since 1991 by Danish magazine of the same name in the field of popular music.
| rowspan=2|2021 | Herself | Best International Solo Act
| High Road | Best International Album
GLAAD Media Awards The GLAAD Media Awards were created in 1990 by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to "recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives."
|2018 |Rainbow |Outstanding Music Artist
Glamour The Glamour Awards is an annual set of awards hosted by Glamour magazine.
Glamour Women of the Year Awards Woman of the Year awards honour "extraordinary and inspirational" women from a variety of fields, including entertainment, business, sports, music, science, medicine, education and politics.
|2024 |Herself |Music Icon
Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Often considered the highest music honor, the awards were established in 1958.
| rowspan="2"|2018 |Rainbow |Best Pop Vocal Album
|"Praying" |Best Pop Solo Performance |
HRC Equality Gala The Human Rights Campaign Fund was founded by Steve Endean in 1980 as one of the first gay and lesbian political action committee in the United States. HRC's Visibility Award recognizes the outstanding efforts of those who use their incredible talent and visibility to help better the lives of LGBT people.
!Ref. |- |2016 |Herself |Visibility Award
Humane Society of the United States
Genesis Awards The Genesis Awards are awarded annually by the Humane Society of the United States to individuals in the major news and entertainment media for producing outstanding works which raise public awareness of animal issues. Presented by the HSUS Hollywood Outreach program, the awards show takes place every March in California.
!Ref. |- |2013 |Herself |The Gretchen Wyler Award
To The Rescue! Gala The Humane Society of the United States' 2019 To The Rescue! Los Angeles Gala was held on May 4, 2019.
|2019 |Herself |Voice for the Animals
iHeartRadio Music Awards The iHeartRadio Music Award was founded by iHeartRadio in 2014. The event is broadcast live on NBC. Awards were presented to the world's best-selling artists in the various categories and to the best-selling artists from each major territory.
|2014 |"Timber" (with Pitbull) |Best Collaboration
|2019 |"Here Comes The Change" |Song That Left Us Shook
Hollywood Music in Media Awards The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) honors music in film, television, video games, commercials, and trailers.
|2018 |"Here Comes The Change" |Best Original Song - Feature Film
|2025 |"Dear Me" |Best Original Song - Documentary Film
International Dance Music Awards The International Dance Music Award was established in 1985. It is a part of the Winter Music Conference, a weeklong electronic music event held annually.
|2011 |"Your Love Is My Drug" | Best Pop Dance Track
Japan Gold Disc Awards The Japan Gold Disc Awards are an annual ceremony hosted in Japan. The winner are based by sales provided by The Recording Industry Association of Japan.
|rowspan="3"|2011 |rowspan="3"|Herself |International Artist of The Year
|International New Artist of The Year
|Three Best New Artists
Juno Awards The Juno Awards are 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 Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies.mWinners are currently chosen by either members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences or a panel of experts depending on the award. In almost all of the main general categories, nominees are determined by sales during the qualifying period; in genre-specific categories, they are determined by panel.2007 Juno Awards Submission Info
|2011 |Animal |International Album of the Year
Libera Awards The Libera Awards are an annual awards ceremony organized by the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). The awards celebrate the independent music community.
|2025 |"Joyride" |Best Pop Record
MTV Awards MTV Video Music Awards The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV.
|rowspan=4|2010 |Herself |Best New Artist
|rowspan="2"|"Tik Tok" |Best Female Video
|Best Pop Video
|"My First Kiss" (with 3OH!3) |rowspan="2"|Best Collaboration
|rowspan="1"| 2014 |"Timber" (with Pitbull)
MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe.
|rowspan="2"|2010 |rowspan="3"|Herself |Best New Act
|Best Push Act
|2012 |Best World Stage Performance
MTV Italian Music Awards The MTV Italian Music Awards, also known as TRL (Total Request Live) Awards, are hosted annually in Italy by MTV. They award the best video, performers, and artists of the year.
| 2010 | rowspan=3|Herself | Best Look
| 2011 | rowspan=2|Wonder Woman Award
| 2013
MTV Video Music Brazil The MTV Video Music Brazil, commonly known as VMB, was MTV Brazil's annual award ceremony, established in 1995. In 2013, due to the devolution of the brand MTV to Viacom, and with the reformulation of the channel, the ceremony was discontinued.
| 2010 | Herself | Best International Act
MVPA Awards The MVPA Awards are annually presented by a Los Angeles-based music trade organization to honor the year's best music videos.
| 2012 | "Blow" | Best Direction of a Female Artist
MuchMusic Video Awards The MuchMusic Video Awards (also known as (the) MMVA or MMVAs) are annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honor the year's best music videos.
|rowspan="2"|2010 |rowspan="2"|"Tik Tok" |International Video of the Year – Artist
|UR FAVE: International Video
|rowspan="2"|2011 |"Take It Off" |rowspan="2"|MuchMUSIC.COM Most Watched Video
|"Your Love Is My Drug"
m-v-f- Awards Music Video Festival (m-v-f) is a Brazilian platform that celebrates and showcases music videos and highlight its importance and influence on popular culture, creative expression, technology and new content distribution formats, created in 2013.
The m-v-f- Awards is the competitive segment of m-v-f- that annually recognizes and awards the best national and international music videos, since 2013.
!Ref. |- | 2024 | "Eat the Acid" | International Visualizer
NRJ Music Awards The NRJ Music Awards is a major music ceremony in France, held annually by the radio station NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1.
| 2011 | Herself | International Breakthrough of the Year
NewNowNext Awards The NewNowNext Awards is an American annual entertainment awards show, presented by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-themed channel Logo. Launched in 2008, awards are presented both for LGBT-specific and general interest achievements in entertainment and pop culture.
|2010 |Herself |Best New Indulgence
|2013 |"C'Mon" |That's My Jam
Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards