List of awards and nominations received by M.I.A.

M.I.A. awards and nominations

M.I.A. at the Time 100 Gala in New York City on 5 May 2009
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations BET Awards 1 2 Billboard Music Awards 0 1 Brit Awards 0 1 Grammy Awards 0 3 MOBO Awards 0 3 MTV Europe Music Awards 0 1 MTV Video Music Awards 2 3
Totals
Awards won	10
Nominations	49

M.I.A is an English recording artist, songwriter, painter and director of Tamil descent. Her compositions combine elements of electronic, dance, alternative, hip hop and world music. She has been nominated for various awards including Academy Award, MOBO Award, MTV Video Music Award, MTV Europe Music Award, Grammy Award and the prestigious Mercury Prize. She is the only artist in history to be nominated for an Academy Award, Grammy Award, Brit Award, Mercury Prize and Alternative Turner Prize, and the first artist of Asian descent to be nominated for an Academy and Grammy Award in the same year. Her award-winning career spans 13 years. This is the list of awards and nominations received by her.

Art

Alternative Prize

Music

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, informally known as The Oscars, are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. M.I.A. has received one nomination for O...Saya from the motion picture Slumdog Millionaire.^[1]

ASCAP

Asian Music Awards

M.I.A. has received 2 nominations in 2012.^[2]

BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music

The BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music was an award given to world music artists between 2002 and 2008, sponsored by BBC Radio 3.

BET Awards

The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. M.I.A. has received 1 award from 2 nominations.^[3]

Billboard Awards

Billboard Mid Year Awards

BT Digital Music Awards

The BT Digital Music Awards (DMA) were created in the UK in 2001 and are held annually. M.I.A. has received one nomination.

Canadian Independent Music Awards

The Canadian Independent Music Awards, also known as the Independent Music Awards or Indies, are presented annually to musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. M.I.A. has received 1 award from 4 nominations.

Grammy Awards

A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award) – or Grammy – is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. M.I.A. received 3 nominations.^[4]

Groovelot Music and Fashion Awards

Mercury Prize

The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. M.I.A. has received 1 nomination in 2005.^[5]

MTV Awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards ("EMAs") were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe.^[6]

MTV Video Music Awards

An MTV Video Music Award (commonly abbreviated as a VMA) is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in music videos. M.I.A. has received 2 awards from 3 nominations.^[7]

MTV O Music Awards

M.I.A. received one nomination in 2012.^[8]

mtvU Woodie Awards

MOBO Awards

The Music of Black Origin Awards, established in 1996 by Kanya King MBE and Andy Ruffell, are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music.

NME Awards

The NME Awards are an annual music awards show, founded by the music magazine NME.^[9]

Q Awards

The Q Awards are the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine Q.

Shortlist Music Prize

The Shortlist Music Prize, stylized as (shôrt–lĭst), was an annual music award for the best album released in the United States that had sold fewer than 500,000 copies at the time of nomination.

South Bank Show Awards

UK Asian Music Awards

The UK Asian Music Awards, also known by the abbreviation UK AMA, is an awards show that is held annually in the United Kingdom since 2002. M.I.A. has received 3 nominations.

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