Justin Timberlake is an American singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer. He is the recipient of 10 Grammy Awards, 4 Emmy Awards, 7 American Music Awards, 3 Brit Awards, 9 Billboard Music Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards and 29 ASCAP Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, two Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award.
Timberlake has won four Primetime Emmy Awards, twice for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics and twice for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live. For his work on film he received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for his on the song "Can't Stop the Feeling!" from Trolls: Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016).
His debut solo album, Justified, generated the singles "Like I Love You", "Rock Your Body", "Señorita", and the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance-winning song "Cry Me a River". Also nominated for Album of the Year, it took home the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. Among other awards, it earned him American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album, Brit Awards for International Album and International Male, MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Album and Best Male, and MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video and Best Pop VideoâÂÂthe latter two for "Cry Me a River." Timberlake's sophomore album FutureSex/LoveSounds garnered him seven Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year. Its singles "SexyBack" (in 2007) and "LoveStoned" (2008) both won Best Dance Recording, while "My Love" won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. "What Goes Around... Comes Around" was nominated for Record of the Year and won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The album won the American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Album.
Timberlake received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and won Video of the Year for "Mirrors" at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. He attended the 2014 Billboard Music Awards taking home seven awards, including Top Artist and Top Billboard 200 Album for The 20/20 Experience. Timberlake earned seven Grammy nominations at the 2014 ceremony, winning Best Music Video for "Suit & Tie", Best R&B Song for "Pusher Love Girl", and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Holy Grail". For his third and fourth studio album he also won three American Music Awards and three People's Choice Awards. He was presented with the Innovator Award at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards. In October 2015, he was inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, becoming its youngest member. He received the inaugural Decade Award at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards. In 2019, he received the Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The Academy Awards, or "Oscars", is an annual American awards ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements in the United States film industry as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.
The Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards (for film), Grammy Awards (for music), and the Tony Awards (for theatre). Justin Timberlake has received four awards from eight nominations.
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by The Recording Academy of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Considered the highest music honor, the awards were established in 1958. Justin Timberlake has won 10 awards out of 40 nominations. His wins include categories on the pop, dance, R&B, and visual media fields. 8 nominations as part of NSYNC are counted. Two of Timberlake's studio albums have been nominated for Album of the Year so far: Justified in 2004, and FutureSex/LoveSounds in 2007.