# List of awards and nominations received by Chris Brown
[Chris Brown](https://www.edgepedia.org/chris-brown) (born 1989) is an American R&B singer whose awards record includes 31 wins and 126 nominations as tallied by IMDb, two [Grammy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/grammy-awards), and repeated honors at the [BET Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/bet-awards), where he has won the Best Male R&B/Pop Artist category in most years since 2010.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Career total (IMDb) | 31 wins and 126 nominations across all award organizations[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2093097/awards/) |
| Grammy record | 2 wins and 26 nominations through the 2026 Grammy Awards, per his Grammy.com artist page[2](https://qa.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/2927) |
| First Grammy wins | Best R&B Album for "F.A.M.E." at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012[3](https://apnews.com/article/80fd6bcd77408c2bcb9fa1fe1941d481) • [21](https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/best-rb-album/) |
| First nominations | At the 49th Grammy Awards, including a Best New Artist nod[4](https://www.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/2927/) |
| BET Awards 2025 | Won Best Male R&B/Pop Artist and the Viewer's Choice Award for "Residuals"[5](https://www.bet.com/bet-awards/articles/wcrxkp/bet-awards-2025-the-complete-list-of-winners) |
| Soul Train Awards 2020 | The evening's most awarded artist, winning four categories including shared Song of the Year and Best Collaboration with Young Thug for "Go Crazy"[6](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/bet/releases/?view=102428-chris-brown-wins-big-at-the-2020-soul-train-awards-hosted-by-tisha-campbell-and-tichina-arnold) |
## Breakout year, 2006
Brown's debut run brought his first large haul of industry recognition. A BMI profile from the period counted 23 award nominations generated in 2006 alone[7](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/BMI-Magazine/00s/BMI-Music-World-2008-09-Winter.pdf).
His commercial standing supported this recognition. His self-titled debut album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and its lead single "Run It!" topped the Billboard Hot 100[4](https://www.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/2927/). Billboard later named him its top pop artist of the year for a second time, for the 2008 chart year, in which five of his recordings placed on the year-end Hot 100 Songs tally, including "No Air" at [No. 6](https://www.edgepedia.org/no-6) and "With You" at No. 9[8](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2008/BB-2008-12-20.pdf).
## Grammy Awards
Brown received his first career nominations at the 49th Grammy Awards, including a nod for Best New Artist, and made his Grammy stage debut that year performing "Run It!"[4](https://www.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/2927/). His Grammy.com artist page records 2 wins and 26 nominations through the 2026 Grammy Awards[2](https://qa.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/2927).
His first Grammy win came at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, when "F.A.M.E." won Best R&B Album; at the 2025 ceremony "11:11 (Deluxe)" also won Best R&B Album[21](https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/best-rb-album/), appearing in the Associated Press list of Grammy winners[3](https://apnews.com/article/80fd6bcd77408c2bcb9fa1fe1941d481). The same album cycle produced nominations for Best R&B Solo Performance for "Residuals" and Best African Music Performance for "Sensational", a collaboration with Davido and Lojay[4](https://www.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/2927/). Earlier nominations include Best R&B Song for "[No Guidance](https://www.edgepedia.org/no-guidance)" with [Drake](https://www.edgepedia.org/drake-musician) at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards[4](https://www.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/2927/).
At the 2026 Grammy Awards, "It Depends", featuring [Bryson Tiller](https://www.edgepedia.org/bryson-tiller), was nominated for both Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song[9](https://www.grammy.com/news/2026-grammys-nominations-revealed/). The same ceremony's Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song went to "Hard Fought Hallelujah," credited to Brandon Lake, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Benjamin Hastings, and Jelly Roll, with Brown also nominated in the category for "I Know A Name" for Elevation Worship[10](https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/best-contemporary-christian-music-performance-song/) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2093097/awards/) • [22](https://www.grammy.com/artists/elevation-worship/243643/). Grammy.com maintains two separate artist pages named Chris Brown, one holding the R&B singer's entries and one devoted to gospel collaborations with [Elevation Worship](https://www.edgepedia.org/elevation-worship)[11](https://www.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/248239/), and Sony Music Canada's May 2026 release describing the R&B singer's twelfth album refers to him as a two-time Grammy winner[12](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/two-time-grammy-winning-global-superstar-chris-brown-releases-12th-solo-studio-album).
## BET Awards
The BET Awards are the show where Brown's record is densest. At the 2025 ceremony he won Best Male R&B/Pop Artist and the Viewer's Choice Award for "Residuals"[5](https://www.bet.com/bet-awards/articles/wcrxkp/bet-awards-2025-the-complete-list-of-winners), with "11:11 (Deluxe)" also nominated for Album of the Year[13](https://los40.com/2025/06/10/bet-awards-2025-estos-son-todos-los-ganadores-con-kendrick-lamar-y-sza-como-grandes-triunfadores-y-critica-politica-de-doechii/).
In 2024 he was nominated for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist and Album of the Year for "11:11", without winning the male artist category, which went to Usher[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2093097/awards/) • [14](https://www.bet.com/bet-awards/articles/7nl4ms/bet-awards-2024-see-the-full-winners-list). For the 2026 ceremony he received nominations including Viewer's Choice for "It Depends (The Remix)" featuring Bryson Tiller and Usher and Best Male R&B/Pop Artist; Leon Thomas took the artist award and [Mariah the Scientist](https://www.edgepedia.org/mariah-the-scientist) won Viewer's Choice for "Burning Blue"[15](https://www.bet.com/bet-awards/winners).
## Other major shows
**American Music Awards.** BMI's profile records multiple wins at the [American Music Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-music-awards) in November 2008, including Favorite Artist of the Year[7](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/BMI-Magazine/00s/BMI-Music-World-2008-09-Winter.pdf). He won Favorite Male R&B Artist at the 2022 AMAs, a win that drew a mixed crowd reaction of applause and boos when [Kelly Rowland](https://www.edgepedia.org/kelly-rowland) accepted on his behalf[16](https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/8e1f40b762984a27a20f577d99b7ac97/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Chris-Brown.ANGEL-NUMBERS-TEN-TOES.pdf) • [17](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-11-21/amas-2022-chris-brown-booed-kelly-rowland). At the 2026 AMAs he was nominated for Favorite Male R&B Artist and Favorite R&B Song for "It Depends", both won by [Bruno Mars](https://www.edgepedia.org/bruno-mars)[18](https://as.com/us/tikitakas/amas-2026-lista-completa-de-ganadores-de-los-american-music-awards-f202605-n/).
**Soul Train Awards.** At the 2020 Soul Train Awards, Brown was the evening's most awarded artist, winning four categories: Best R&B/Soul Male Artist and, shared with [Young Thug](https://www.edgepedia.org/young-thug) for "Go Crazy", Song of the Year, Best Dance Performance and Best Collaboration[6](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/bet/releases/?view=102428-chris-brown-wins-big-at-the-2020-soul-train-awards-hosted-by-tisha-campbell-and-tichina-arnold).
**MTV Video Music Awards.** A tour press release lists MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video and Best Choreography for "Turn Up the Music"[19](https://s1.q4cdn.com/788591527/files/doc_news/2018/03/FINAL_Chris-Brown-HOAFM-Tour-Announce.pdf). His album *[Royalty](https://www.edgepedia.org/royalty-chris-brown-album)* was nominated in the Breakthrough Long Form Video category at the 2016 VMAs[20](https://time.com/4424498/mtv-video-music-award-nominations-2016/).
## Reading the totals
The headline counts differ between aggregators because they count differently. IMDb's 31 wins and 126 nominations aggregate across every organization it tracks and fold in shared credits[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2093097/awards/), while Grammy.com counts only Recording Academy awards, giving 2 wins from 26 nominations for the artist page it maintains for the R&B singer[2](https://qa.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/2927).
## References
1. [Chris Brown – Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2093097/awards/)
2. [Chris Brown | Artist | GRAMMY.com](https://qa.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/2927)
3. [Partial list of Grammy winners, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/80fd6bcd77408c2bcb9fa1fe1941d481)
4. [Chris Brown Grammy Awards and Nominations, Song & Bio, GRAMMY.com](https://www.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/2927/)
5. [BET Awards 2025: The Complete List of Winners, BET](https://www.bet.com/bet-awards/articles/wcrxkp/bet-awards-2025-the-complete-list-of-winners)
6. [Chris Brown Wins Big at the 2020 Soul Train Awards, Paramount Press Express](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/bet/releases/?view=102428-chris-brown-wins-big-at-the-2020-soul-train-awards-hosted-by-tisha-campbell-and-tichina-arnold)
7. [Chris Brown, BMI Music World (Winter 2008)](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/BMI-Magazine/00s/BMI-Music-World-2008-09-Winter.pdf)
8. [Billboard year-end recap, Billboard (December 20, 2008 issue)](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2008/BB-2008-12-20.pdf)
9. [2026 Grammy Awards Nominations Revealed, GRAMMY.com](https://www.grammy.com/news/2026-grammys-nominations-revealed/)
10. [Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song Grammy Award Winners & Nominees, GRAMMY.com](https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/best-contemporary-christian-music-performance-song/)
11. [Chris Brown Grammy Awards and Nominations, GRAMMY.com (gospel collaborations page)](https://www.grammy.com/artists/chris-brown/248239/)
12. [Two-Time Grammy Winning Global Superstar Chris Brown Releases 12th Solo Studio Album, Sony Music Canada](https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/two-time-grammy-winning-global-superstar-chris-brown-releases-12th-solo-studio-album)
13. [BET Awards 2025: Estos son todos los ganadores, LOS40](https://los40.com/2025/06/10/bet-awards-2025-estos-son-todos-los-ganadores-con-kendrick-lamar-y-sza-como-grandes-triunfadores-y-critica-politica-de-doechii/)
14. [BET Awards 2024: See The Full Winners List, BET](https://www.bet.com/bet-awards/articles/7nl4ms/bet-awards-2024-see-the-full-winners-list)
15. [BET Awards 2026: Nominees, BET](https://www.bet.com/bet-awards/winners)
16. [Chris Brown press materials (ANGEL NUMBERS / TEN TOES)](https://cdn-p.smehost.net/sites/8e1f40b762984a27a20f577d99b7ac97/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Chris-Brown.ANGEL-NUMBERS-TEN-TOES.pdf)
17. [AMAs 2022: Chris Brown gets booed, Kelly Rowland defends him, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-11-21/amas-2022-chris-brown-booed-kelly-rowland)
18. [AMAs 2026: Lista completa de ganadores de los American Music Awards, AS.com](https://as.com/us/tikitakas/amas-2026-lista-completa-de-ganadores-de-los-american-music-awards-f202605-n/)
19. [Chris Brown HOAFM Tour press release](https://s1.q4cdn.com/788591527/files/doc_news/2018/03/FINAL_Chris-Brown-HOAFM-Tour-Announce.pdf)
20. [Here Are the 2016 MTV Video Music Award Nominations, TIME](https://time.com/4424498/mtv-video-music-award-nominations-2016/)
21. [Best R&B Album Grammy Award Winners & Nominees, Grammy](https://www.grammy.com/awards/categories/best-rb-album/)
22. [Elevation Worship Grammy Awards and Nominations, Song & Bio](https://www.grammy.com/artists/elevation-worship/243643/)
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