This is a list of awards and nominations received by H.E.R., an American singer and songwriter. An Academy, Emmy and Grammy Awards winner, H.E.R. has earned numerous awards throughout her career, being mentioned in major international award ceremonies. Since her debut, all three of her recording projects have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Her debut compilation, H.E.R., was published in 2017. It was critically acclaimed, winning the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album and the Soul Train Music Award for Album of the Year, while the lead single "Best Part" with Daniel Caesar was recognized with the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance. Her second collection, I Used to Know Her (2019), contains the single "Hard Place", which earns the singer her first BET Awards. The same year she was recognized for Outstanding Female Artist at the NAACP Image Awards.
In 2020, H.E.R. published the single "I Can't Breathe", which won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, the Ashford and Simpson Songwriter of the Year Award at the Soul Train Music Awards, while the related video won the Video For Good Award at both the MTV Europe Music Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. The singer first studio album, Back of My Mind, was published in 2021 and received critical support. The project, supported by the singles "Damage", "Come Through", and "Slide", earned nominations at the Grammy Award, Soul train Award and NAACP Image Awards.
In 2022, she worked on Mary J. Blige's fourteenth studio album Good Morning Gorgeous, writing and producing the eponymous track of the album, appearing vocally in the remix version. Her contribution to the record project earned her three Grammy nominations, as well as submissions for the NAACP Image Awards and Soul Train Music Awards.
In 2020, H.E.R. wrote, composed and produced "Fight for You", the soundtrack for the film Judas and the Black Messiah. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance and was nominated at the Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Her writing contributions on the animated series We the People earned her a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Program.
In 2023, H.E.R. made her film debut in the second film adaptation of The Color Purple, being nominated with the cast at the Critics' Choice Movie Award and Screen Actors Guild Award.
Awards and nominations Award Year Category Work Result Academy Awards 2021 Best Original Song "Fight for You" African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2024 Best Ensemble The Color Purple American Music Awards 2021 Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist Herself Favorite Soul/R&B Album Back Of My Mind Favorite Soul/R&B Song "Damage" Apple Music Awards 2021 Songwriter of the Year Herself Astra Film and Creative Awards 2024 Best Cast Ensemble The Color Purple BET Awards 2018 Best Female R&B ArtistHerself Best New Artist 2019 Best Female R&B Artist Herself Best Collaboration "Could've Been" BET Her Awards "Hard Place" 2020 Album of the Year I Used To Know Her Best Female R&B/Pop Artist Herself Best Collaboration "Slide" 2021 Best Female R&B/Pop Artist Herself Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award "Hold Us Together" 2022 "Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)" Best Female R&B/Pop Artist Herself Album of the Year Back Of My Mind 2023Best Female R&B/Pop ArtistHerself Billboard Music Awards 2019 Top R&B ArtistHerself Top R&B Female Artist Top R&B Album H.E.R. 2021 Top R&B Song "B.S." Black Reel Awards 2021 Outstanding Original Song "Fight for You" 2022 "Automatic Woman" 2025 "The Journey" BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards 2021 Most Performed Songs"Slide" 2022 "B.S." "Damage" 2023 "Come Through" Celebration of Cinema and Television2023 Ensemble Award – Film The Color Purple Children's and Family Emmy Awards 2022 Outstanding Short Form Program We the People CMT Music Awards 2022 CMT Performance of the Year "Hold On" (with Chris Stapleton) Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2021 Best Song "Fight for You" 2024Best Acting EnsembleThe Color Purple Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 2023 Best Ensemble The Color Purple Golden Globe Awards 2021 Best Original Song "Fight for You" Grammy Awards 2019 Album of the Year H.E.R. Best New Artist Herself Best R&B Performance "Best Part" Best R&B Song "Focus" Best R&B Album H.E.R. 2020 Album of the Year I Used to Know Her Record of the Year "Hard Place" Song of the Year Best R&B Performance "Could've Been" Best R&B Song 2021 Song of the Year "I Can't Breathe" Best R&B Song "Slow Down" "Better Than I Imagined" 2022 Album of the Year Back of My Mind Best R&B Album Song of the Year "Fight for You" Best Traditional R&B Performance Best Song Written for Visual Media Best R&B Performance "Damage" Best R&B Song Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song "Hold Us Together" (Hope Mix) (with Tauren Wells) 2023 Album of the Year Good Morning Gorgeous (As featured artist, producer & songwriter) Record of the Year"Good Morning Gorgeous" (As producer/songwriter) Best R&B Song Best Dance/Electronic Recording "Intimidated" (with Kaytranada) Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2022 Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television "We the People" Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2021 Best Original Song in a Feature Film "Fight for You" 2021 Best Original Song in a TV Show/Limited Series "Change" 2024 Best Original Song – Feature Film "The Journey" iHeartRadio Music Awards 2019 R&B New Artist of the YearHerself R&B Artist of the Year 2020 2022 R&B Song of the Year "Damage" Las Vegas Film Critics Society 2021 Best Song "Fight for You" 2023 Best Ensemble The Color Purple MTV Europe Music Awards 2020 Video for Good "I Can't Breathe" 2021 Video for Good "Fight for You MTV Video Music Awards 2019 Best New ArtistHerself Push Artist of the Year Best R&B "Could've Been" 2020 "Slide" Video For Good "I Can't Breathe" 2021 "Fight for You Best R&B "Come Through" 2022 "For Anyone" NAACP Image Awards 2019 Outstanding Album I Used to Know Her: The Prelude Outstanding Female Artist Herself Outstanding Song (Contemporary) "As I Am" Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration"Could've Been" Outstanding Music Video 2020 Outstanding Album I Used to Know Her Outstanding Female Artist Herself Outstanding Song (Contemporary) "Hard Place" Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album 2021 Outstanding Female Artist Herself Outstanding Music Video/Visual Album "I Can't Breathe" Outstanding R&B/Soul Song "B.S." Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) 2022 Outstanding Female Artist Herself Outstanding Album Back of My Mind Outstanding R&B/Soul Song "Damage" Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional) "Girl like Me" Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary) "Come Through" Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song "Hold Us Together " 2023 Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional)"Good Morning Gorgeous" (Remix) Outstanding Soul/R&B Song 2024 Outstanding Female Artist Herself Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture The Color Purple 2025 Outstanding Female Artist Herself Net Honours 2021 Most Played RnB Song "Smile" Screen Actors Guild Awards 2023 Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture The Color Purple Soul Train Music Awards 2017 Best New ArtistHerself 2018 Best R&B/Soul Female Artist Song of the Year "Every Kind of Way" Video of the Year "Avenue" Album/Mixtape of the Year H.E.R. The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award "Focus" "Best Part" Best Collaboration Performance 2019 Best R&B/Soul Female Artist Herself Album/Mixtape of the Year I Used to Know Her The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter of the Year Award "Hard Place" 2020 Song of the Year "Slide" Video of the Year Best Collaboration The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter of the Year Award Video of the Year "Slow Down" Best Collaboration The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter of the Year Award "I Can't Breathe" Best R&B/Soul Female Artist Herself 2021 Song of the Year "Damage" Video of the Year The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter of the Year Award "Come Through" Best Collaboration "Girl like Me" Best R&B/Soul Female Artist Herself Album of the Year Back of My Mind 2022 The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter of the Year Award "Good Morning Gorgeous" Best R&B/Soul Female Artist Herself The Headies2020 Best Recording of the Year"Smile" Best Music Video Urban Music Awards2021 Best Singer/Songwriter Back of My Mind Artist of the Year (USA) Herself World Soundtrack Awards2021 Best Original Song "Fight for You"
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