Artist

Kanye West

Wins

Nominations

About Kanye West

"My greatest award is what I'm about to do. I'm always thinking about the future."

Born Kanye Omari West on June 8, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia

Kanye West made a breakthrough with his No. 2 album, The College Dropout, in 2004. His follow-up 2005 album, the chart-topping Late Registration, earned him his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit with "Gold Digger."

West earned his first career GRAMMYs for 2004 for Best Rap Album (The College Dropout), Best Rap Song ("Jesus Walks") and Best R&B Song ("You Don't Know My Name"). He made his GRAMMY stage debut at the 47th GRAMMYs, performing "Jesus Walks."

With 21 GRAMMYs, West is one of the top GRAMMY winners in history, and is tied with Jay Z as the highest-decorated hip-hop artist.

West spoke to students in Blue Island, Illinois, about careers in the music industry during a GRAMMY U SoundChecks installment in 2004.

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Kanye West

Year	Award	Artists	Work	All Nominees
2025	Best Rap Song	Jordan Terrell Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, The Legendary Traxster, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West, Mark Williams	Carnival	All Nominees
2022	Best Rap Song	Dwayne Abernathy Jr., Warryn Campbell, Jay Z, Raul Cubina, Mike Dean, Charles Njapa, Sean Solymar, Kanye West, Mark Williams	Jail	All Nominees
2022	Best Rap Album	Kanye West	Donda	All Nominees
2022	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kanye West, The Weeknd, Dominique Armani Jones	Hurricane	All Nominees
2022	Album Of The Year	Montero Lamar Hill	Montero	All Nominees
2022	Album Of The Year	Kanye West	Donda	All Nominees
2021	Best Contemporary Christian Music Album	Kanye West	Jesus Is King	All Nominees
2019	Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical	Kanye West	Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical	All Nominees
2017	Best Rap Song	Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Swizz Beatz, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Havoc Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West, Cydel Young, Malik Yusef Jones	Famous	All Nominees
2017	Best Rap Performance	Drake, The Throne	Pop Style	All Nominees
2017	Album Of The Year	Drake	Views	All Nominees
2017	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kanye West, Chancelor Bennett, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin, Terius "The Dream" Nash	Ultralight Beam	All Nominees
2017	Best Rap Song	Chancelor Bennett, Swizz Beatz, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico "Donnie Trumpet" Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West, Cydel Young, Malik Yusef Jones	Ultralight Beam	All Nominees
2017	Best Rap Performance	Schoolboy Q, Kanye West	That Part	All Nominees
2017	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kanye West, Rihanna	Famous	All Nominees
2017	Best Rap Album	Kanye West	The Life Of Pablo	All Nominees
2016	Best Rap Song	Ernest Brown, Tyler Bryant, P Diddy, Mike Dean, Rennard East, Noah Goldstein, Malik Yusef Jones, Karim Kharbouch, Allan Kingdom, Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Victor Mensah, Charles Njapa, Ché Pope, Patrick Reynolds, Allen Ritter, Kanye West, Mario Winans, Cydel Young	All Day	All Nominees
2016	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Big Sean, Kanye West, John Legend	One Man Can Change The World	All Nominees
2016	Album Of The Year	The Weeknd	Beauty Behind The Madness	All Nominees
2016	Best Rap Performance	Kanye West, Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom, Paul McCartney	All Day	All Nominees
2015	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kanye West, Charlie Wilson	Bound 2	All Nominees
2014	Best Rap Song	Christopher Breaux, Ben Bronfman, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Louis A. Johnson, Malik Yusef Jones, Sham Joseph, Elon Rutberg, Sakiya Sandifer, Travis Scott, Che Smith, Kanye West, Cydel Young	New Slaves	All Nominees
2014	Best Rap Album	Kanye West	Yeezus	All Nominees
2013	Best Music Video	Jay Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Terius "The Dream" Nash	No Church In The Wild	All Nominees
2013	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Jay Z, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Terius "The Dream" Nash	No Church In The Wild	All Nominees
2013	Best Rap Performance	Jay Z, Kanye West	N****s In Paris	All Nominees
2013	Best Rap Song	Big Sean, Mike Dean, Tauheed Epps, Willie Hansbro, Malik Yusef Jones, Anthony Khan, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton, Herbert Turner, Kanye West	Mercy	All Nominees
2013	Best Rap Performance	Kanye West, Big Sean, Terrence Thornton, Tauheed Epps	Mercy	All Nominees
2013	Best Rap Song	Jay Z, Mike Dean, Hit-Boy, Kanye West	N****s In Paris	All Nominees
2012	Best Rap Album	Jay Z, Kanye West	Watch The Throne	All Nominees
2012	Song Of The Year	Jeff Bhasker, Fergie, Malik Yusef Jones, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Warren Trotter, Kanye West	All Of The Lights	All Nominees
2012	Best Rap Song	Jeff Bhasker, Fergie, Malik Yusef Jones, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Warren Trotter, Kanye West	All Of The Lights	All Nominees
2012	Best Rap Performance	Jay Z, Kanye West	Otis	All Nominees
2012	Best Rap Song	Jay Z, Kanye West	Otis	All Nominees
2012	Best Rap Album	Kanye West	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	All Nominees
2012	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Fergie	All Of The Lights	All Nominees
2011	Best Rap Solo Performance	Kanye West	Power	All Nominees
2010	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kanye West	Ego	All Nominees
2010	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Keri Hilson, Kanye West, Ne-Yo	Knock You Down	All Nominees
2010	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Jay Z, Rihanna, Kanye West	Run This Town	All Nominees
2010	Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group	Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Common	Make Her Say	All Nominees
2010	Best Rap Song	Jeff Bhasker, Jay Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, No I.D.	Run This Town	All Nominees
2010	Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group	Kanye West, Young Jeezy	Amazing	All Nominees
2009	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Estelle, Kanye West	American Boy	All Nominees
2009	Song Of The Year	will.i.am, Keith Harris, John Legend, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, Estelle, Kanye West	American Boy	All Nominees
2009	Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group	Jay Z, T.I., Kanye West, Lil Wayne	Swagga Like Us	All Nominees
2009	Album Of The Year	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III	All Nominees
2009	Best Rap Song	Jeff Bhasker, Jay Z, Lil Wayne, Patrick Reynolds, T.I., Kanye West	Swagga Like Us	All Nominees
2009	Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group	Young Jeezy, Kanye West	Put On	All Nominees
2008	Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group	Common, Kanye West	Southside	All Nominees
2008	Best Rap Song	Aldrin Davis, Kanye West	Can't Tell Me Nothing	All Nominees
2008	Album Of The Year	Kanye West	Graduation	All Nominees
2008	Best Rap Song	Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, T-Pain, Kanye West	Good Life	All Nominees
2008	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kanye West, T-Pain	Good Life	All Nominees
2008	Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group	Kanye West, Nas	Better Than I've Ever Been	All Nominees
2008	Best Rap Album	Kanye West	Graduation	All Nominees
2008	Best Rap Solo Performance	Kanye West	Stronger	All Nominees
2006	Album Of The Year	Mariah Carey	The Emancipation Of Mimi	All Nominees
2006	Best Rap Song	DeVon Harris, Kanye West	Diamonds From Sierra Leone	All Nominees
2006	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Common, Kanye West, John Legend	They Say	All Nominees
2006	Best R&B Song	Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly, Kanye West	Unbreakable	All Nominees
2006	Best Rap Album	Kanye West	Late Registration	All Nominees
2006	Record Of The Year	Kanye West	Gold Digger	All Nominees
2006	Album Of The Year	Kanye West	Late Registration	All Nominees
2006	Best Rap Solo Performance	Kanye West	Gold Digger	All Nominees
2005	Album Of The Year	Alicia Keys	The Diary Of Alicia Keys	All Nominees
2005	Best Rap Song	Miri Ben Ari, Che Smith, Kanye West	Jesus Walks	All Nominees
2005	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Twista, Kanye West, Jamie Foxx	Slow Jamz	All Nominees
2005	Song Of The Year	Miri Ben Ari, Che Smith, Kanye West	Jesus Walks	All Nominees
2005	Best New Artist	Kanye West		All Nominees
2005	Best Rap Album	Kanye West	The College Dropout	All Nominees
2005	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Kanye West, Syleena Johnson	All Falls Down	All Nominees
2005	Best Rap Solo Performance	Kanye West	Through The Wire	All Nominees
2005	Best R&B Song	Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly, Kanye West	You Don't Know My Name	All Nominees
2005	Album Of The Year	Kanye West	The College Dropout	All Nominees