title: List of awards and nominations received by Donna Summer
text: # List of awards and nominations received by Donna Summer
  
  This is a list of awards and nominations (incomplete) that American singer Donna Summer (1948–2012) has received throughout her career.
  
  ## Incomplete overview
  
  * NAACP Image Award
  * One time Juno Award nomination for Best Selling International Single, "I Feel Love"
  * Three Multi-Platinum albums in the United States
  * Eleven of her albums went Gold in the United States
  * Twelve Gold singles
  * Six American Music Awards
  * She was the first female African American to receive an MTV Video Music Awards nomination ("Best Female Video" and "Best Choreography" for "She Works Hard for the Money")
  * Summer has received five Grammy Awards
     * 1978 – Best R&B Vocal Performance (Female), "Last Dance"
     * 1979 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), "Hot Stuff"
     * 1983 – Best Inspirational Performance, "He's a Rebel"
     * 1984 – Best Inspirational Performance, "Forgive Me"
     * 1997 – Best Dance Recording, "Carry On"
  * Thirteen other Grammy Award nominations (total of eighteen)
     * 1978 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "MacArthur Park"
     * 1979 – Album of the Year, Bad Girls
     * 1979 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "Bad Girls"
     * 1979 – Best R&B Vocal Performance (Female), "Dim All the Lights"
     * 1979 – Best Disco Recording, "Bad Girls"
     * 1980 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "On the Radio"
     * 1981 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), "Cold Love"
     * 1981 – Best Inspirational Performance, "I Believe in Jesus"
     * 1982 – Best Rock Vocal Performance (Female), "Protection"
     * 1982 – Best R&B Vocal Performance (Female), "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)"
     * 1983 – Best Pop Vocal Performance (Female), "She Works Hard for the Money"
     * 1983 - Album of the Year, "Flashdance," Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - "Romeo"
     * 1999 – Best Dance Recording, "I Will Go with You (Con te Partirò)"
  * Summer placed a Top Forty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in every year from 1975 ("Love to Love You Baby") to 1984 ("There Goes My Baby")
  * Summer is Billboard's top charting Hot 100 artist from 1976 to 1982 (pre MTV era), with 12 top 10 singles.
  * Summer was the first artist to score three consecutive number-one double albums
  * Summer was twice honored by the Dance Music Hall of Fame; once with her induction as a recording artist and again with the induction for her influential single "I Feel Love"
  * Summer's Billboard number-one Disco/Club Play hits spans from 1975's "Love to Love You Baby" through 2010's "To Paris with Love"
  * In 2013, Summer was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  * Summer was nominated for Best Original Song – Motion Picture of 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978) with John Barry
  
  ## ASCAP Pop Music Awards
  
  | Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1990 | "This Time I Know It's for Real" | Most Performed Song | Won | |
  
  ## Grammy Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1979 | "MacArthur Park" | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | Nominated |
  | 1979 | "Last Dance" | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Won |
  | 1980 | Bad Girls | Album of the Year | Nominated |
  | 1980 | Bad Girls | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | Nominated |
  | 1980 | "Bad Girls" | Best Disco Recording | Nominated |
  | 1980 | "Dim All the Lights" | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Nominated |
  | 1980 | "Hot Stuff" | Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female | Won |
  | 1981 | "On the Radio" | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | Nominated |
  | 1982 | "Cold Love" | Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female | Nominated |
  | 1982 | "I Believe in Jesus" | Best Inspirational Performance | Nominated |
  | 1983 | "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)" | Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female | Nominated |
  | 1983 | "Protection" | Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female | Nominated |
  | 1984 | Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture | Album of the Year | Nominated |
  | 1984 | "She Works Hard for the Money" | Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female | Nominated |
  | 1984 | "He's a Rebel" | Best Inspirational Performance | Won |
  | 1985 | "Forgive Me" | Best Inspirational Performance | Won |
  | 1998 | "Carry On" (with Giorgio Moroder) | Best Dance Recording | Won |
  | 2000 | "I Will Go with You (Con te partiró)" | Best Dance Recording | Nominated |
  
  ## American Music Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1978 | I Feel Love | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Nominated |
  | 1979 | Donna Summer | Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | Nominated |
  | 1979 | Donna Summer | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Nominated |
  | 1979 | Donna Summer | Favorite Disco Female Artist | Won |
  | 1979 | Live and More | Favorite Disco Album | Won |
  | 1979 | "Last Dance" | Favorite Disco Single | Won |
  | 1980 | Donna Summer | Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | Won |
  | 1980 | Bad Girls | Favorite Pop/Rock Album | Nominated |
  | 1980 | "Bad Girls" | Favorite Pop/Rock Single | Won |
  | 1980 | Bad Girls | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Won |
  | 1984 | She Works Hard for the Money | Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | Nominated |
  | 1984 | She Works Hard for the Money | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Nominated |
  
  ## Dance Music Hall of Fame
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2004 | Donna Summer | Recording Artist | Won |
  | 2004 | "I Feel Love" | Influential Single | Won |
  
  ## NAACP Image Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1980 | Donna Summer | Outstanding Recording Artist | Won |
  
  ## Ivor Novello Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Award | Result | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1990 | "This Time I Know It's for Real" | Most Performed Work | Won | |
  
  ## Juno Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1977 | "I Feel Love" | Best Selling International Single | Nominated |
  
  ## Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2008 | Donna Summer | Performer | Nominated |
  | 2010 | Donna Summer | Performer | Nominated |
  | 2011 | Donna Summer | Performer | Nominated |
  | 2012 | Donna Summer | Performer | Nominated |
  | 2013 | Donna Summer | Performer | Won |
  
  ## MTV Video Music Awards
  
  | Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1984 | "She Works Hard for the Money" | Best Female Video | Nominated |
  | 1984 | "She Works Hard for the Money" | Best Choreography in a Video | Nominated |
  