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This is a list of awards and award nominations received by Common, the American hip hop recording artist, actor, film producer and poet.

Academy Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	"Glory" (with John Legend)	Best Original Song	Won
2018	"Stand Up for Something" (with Diane Warren)	Best Original Song	Nominated


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2014	"Glory" (with John Legend)	Best Music	Won


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (with Erykah Badu)	Video of the Year	Won
		Viewer's Choice	Won
		Best Collaboration	Nominated
2006	Himself	Best Male Hip Hop Artist	Nominated
2008		Best Male Hip Hop Artist	Nominated
2009		Best Actor	Nominated
2012		Best Actor	Nominated
2012		Centric Award	Won
2013		Best Actor	Nominated
2015		Best Male Hip Hop Artist	Nominated
	"Glory" (with John Legend)	Video of the Year	Nominated
	"Glory" (with John Legend)	Best Collaboration	Won


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2006	"Testify"	Hip-Hop Video of the Year	Nominated
2006	Himself	Lyricist of the Year	Won
2007		Lyricist of the Year	Won
		MVP of the Year	Nominated
		Best Live Performance	Nominated
	"The People"	Best Hip Hop Video	Nominated
	Finding Forever	CD of the Year	Won
2012	The Dreamer/The Believer	CD of the Year	Nominated
2014	"Kingdom" (featuring Vince Staples)	Impact Track	Won
2015	"Glory" (From The Motion Picture Selma) (with John Legend)	Impact Track	Nominated


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (with Erykah Badu)	Best Original or Adapted Song	Won
2015	"Glory" (with John Legend)	Best Original or Adapted Song	Won


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2018	"Stand Up for Something"	CMT Performance of the Year	Nominated


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	"Glory" (with John Legend)	Best Song	Won


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	"Glory" (with John Legend)	Best Original Song	Won


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	"Glory" (with John Legend)	Best Original Song	Won


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2001	"The Light"	Best Rap Solo Performance	Nominated
2003	"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (with Erykah Badu)	Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media	Nominated
		Best R&B Song	Won
		Best Urban/Alternative Performance	Nominated
2006	"They Say" (featuring Kanye West & John Legend)	Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	Nominated
	"Testify"	Best Rap Solo Performance	Nominated
	"The Corner" (featuring The Last Poets)	Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	Nominated
	Be	Best Rap Album	Nominated
2008	Finding Forever	Best Rap Album	Nominated
	"The People"	Best Rap Solo Performance	Nominated
	"Southside" (featuring Kanye West)	Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	Won
2010	"Make Her Say" (with Kid Cudi & Kanye West)	Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	Nominated
2010	Universal Mind Control	Best Rap Album	Nominated
2011	"Wake Up Everybody" (with John Legend, The Roots & Melanie Fiona)	Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	Nominated
2015	"Blak Majik" (featuring Jhené Aiko)	Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	Nominated	^[1]
2015	Nobody's Smiling	Best Rap Album	Nominated	^[1]
2016	"Glory" (with John Legend)	Best Rap Song	Nominated	^[2]
		Best Rap/Sung Collaboration	Nominated
		Best Song Written for Visual Media	Won
2018	"Stand Up For Something"	Best Song Written for Visual Media	Nominated


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2015	"Glory" (with John Legend)	Best Original Song	Nominated


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" (with Erykah Badu)	Outstanding Duo or Group	Nominated
		Outstanding Song	Nominated
		Outstanding Music Video	Nominated
2006	Himself	Outstanding Male Artist	Nominated
	"Testify"	Outstanding Music Video	Nominated
	"Testify"	Outstanding Song	Nominated
2008	Himself	Outstanding Male Artist	Nominated
2009	Himself	Outstanding Male Artist	Nominated
2012	Himself	Outstanding Male Artist	Nominated
2015	Himself	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Won


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2001	"The Sound of Illadelph (Geto Heaven Remix)"	Breakthrough Video	Nominated
2003	"Come Close"	MTV2 Award	Nominated
2005	"Go!"	Best Hip-Hop Video	Nominated
2006	"Testify"	Best Hip-Hop Video	Nominated
		Best Direction (Director: Anthony Mandler)	Nominated
		Best Art Direction (Art Director: David Ross)	Nominated


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	13th ("Letter To The Free")	Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics	Won


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2003	"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)"	Best R&B/Soul Single – Female	Nominated
2006	"Supastar"	Best R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band or Duo	Nominated
2006	"Testify"	Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video	Nominated
2015	"Glory"	Best Song of the Year	Nominated
		The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award	Won
		Best Collaboration	Nominated


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	John Wick: Chapter 2 (with Keanu Reeves)	Choice Movie: Fight	Nominated


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2005	"The Corner"	Reelest Video	Nominated

^ Billboard Staff (February 8, 2015). "Grammys 2015: And the Winners Are ..." Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
^ "Grammys 2016: The Complete Winners List". Rolling Stone. February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2016.

v t e Common
Discography Songs Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Can I Borrow a Dollar? Resurrection One Day It'll All Make Sense Like Water for Chocolate Electric Circus Be Finding Forever Universal Mind Control The Dreamer/The Believer Nobody's Smiling Black America Again Let Love A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1 A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 The Auditorium Vol. 1
Compilations	Thisisme Then: The Best of Common Cruel Summer (with GOOD Music)
Video games	Wanted: Weapons of Fate Terminator Salvation
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