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The most sought-after award shows are underway! Our favorite Black actors, actresses, athletes, designers, directors, and more are scooping up awards left and right. Here are the Black celebs who are getting the flowers they deserve in 2023.

The Golden Globes Awards- Best Television Series- Musical or Comedy

Abbott Elementary has a bright future ahead as far as awards are concerned! The comedy series was nominated for and won Best Comedy Series at the Golden Globe Awards.

The Golden Globes Awards- Best Television Actress- Drama Series

Zendaya was not in attendance for the Golden Globe Awards but won Best Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Rue in HBO’s Euphoria.

The Golden Globes Awards- Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series- Musical or Comedy

Quinta Brunson, aka Ms. Janine Teagues in Abbott Elementary, won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Comedy. She also is the creator of the hit ABC series.

The Golden Globes Awards- Best Supporting Actress- Motion Picture

Angela Bassett made history by winning the first Golden Globe for a Marvel film. Her compelling portrayal as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever won her the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any motion picture.

The Golden Globes Awards- Best Supporting Actor- Television Series

Tyler James Williams won his first Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a comedy for his role as Mr. Gregory Eddie in Abbott Elementary.

The Golden Globes Awards- Cecil B. DeMille Award

Eddie Murphy was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards for his incredible impact on the entertainment industry.

Critics Choice Awards- Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett won the Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Critics Choice Awards- Best Costume Design

Costume designer Ruth E. Carter won her third Critics Choice Award. She won this year for Best Costume Design for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Critics Choice Awards- Best Actress in a Drama Series

Zendaya was not in attendance to accept her Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Rue in HBO’s Euphoria.

Critics Choice Awards- Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Giancarlo Esposito won his first Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series as Gus Fring in Better Call Saul.

Critics Choice Awards- Best Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary wins yet again! The cast accepted the award for Best Comedy Series at the Critics Choice Awards.

Critics Choice Awards- Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Sheryl Lee Ralph is on an award show sweep this year as she won the Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series as the teacher, Barbara Howard, in Abbott Elementary.

Critics Choice Awards- Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Niecy Nash-Betts won the Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, Dahmer-Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. She played Glenda Cleveland, Dahmer’s neighbor, in the series.

Critics Choice Awards- #SeeHer Award

Musician and actress Janelle Monáe was recognized with the #SeeHer Award at the Critics Choice Awards!

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Picture

The Woman King starring Viola Davis, a film about the all-female warriors called the Agojie of Dahomey, won Best Picture at the 2023 African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Awards.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Director

Director Gina Prince Bythewood of Best Picture, The Woman King, won the award for Best Picture at the AAFCA Awards. Bythewood has also been a writer for Love & Basketball, A Different World, and a screenplay for The Secret Life of Bees.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Actor

Jeremy Pope won the award for Best Actor as Ellis French in The Inspection. The Inspection is about a Black, gay man who joins the Marines after being rejected by his mother.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Actress

Danielle Deadwyler won the award for Best Actress as Emmett Till’s mother, Mamie-Mobley in the film, Till.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Supporting Actor

Brian Tyree Henry won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as James in the film Causeway with Jennifer Lawrence.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett was honored with the award for Best Supporting Actress for her outstanding performance as Queen Ramonda of Wakanda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Emerging Face

Jalyn Hall is the young actor to look forward to seeing according to AAFCA. He won the Emerging Face award after starring in Till, as Emmett Till, and Darious in Bruiser.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Emerging Filmmaker

Director of the film Emergency, Carey Williams, won the 2023 AAFCA award for Emerging Filmmaker.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Independent Feature

The winner of the 2023 AAFCA award for Best Independent Feature is the psychological horror film, Nanny.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Animated Feature

Wendell & Wild is a film about two demon brothers getting the help of a teenage girl to fulfill their scheme to get to the Land of the Living. The film won the award for Best Animated Feature.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Documentary

The Apple+ documentary Sidney about the life of legendary actor, Sidney Poitier, won the 2023 AAFCA award for Best Documentary.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards-Best Ensemble

Glass Onion: A Knive’s Out Mystery won the AAFCA award for Best Ensemble including Janelle Monáe and Leslie Odom Jr.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best International Feature

French film, Saint Omer, about a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly, won the 2023 AAFCA award for Best International Feature.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Song

The original song by Rihanna, “Lift Me Up”, for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever won the AAFCA award for Best Song.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Live-Action Short

Kendrick Lamar’s short film with Taylor Paige, We Cry Together, won the 2023 AAFCA award for Best Live Action Short.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Best Animated Short

New Moon written by Colman Domingo is the winner of the 2023 AAFCA award for Best Animated Short.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Impact Award

The film Till featuring Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hill, Whoopi Goldberg, and John Douglas Thompson won the Impact Award for the AAFCA Awards.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- The Innovator Award presented by Nissan

Michael Ables, the composer for the films Nope, Breaking, Us, Get Out and more is AAFCA’s winner of The Innovator Award.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- Building Change Award presented by Lowes

Hannah Beachler, production designer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, won the AAFCA’s Building Change Award.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- The Beacon Award

Will Smith and filmmaker Antoine Fuqua of Emancipation, won the AAFCA’s 2023 The Beacon Award.

African-American Film Critics Association Awards- The Ashley Boone Award

Film producer of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Nate Moore, won The Ashley Boone Award from the AAFCA.

Grammy Awards- Best R&B Performance

Muni Long won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance for “Hrs & Hrs”.

Grammy Awards- Best Traditional R&B Performance

Beyoncé won the Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Plastic Off the Sofa”.

Grammy Awards- Best Progressive R&B Album

Steve Lacey won the Grammy for Best Progressive R&B Album for “Gemini Rights”.

Grammy Awards- Best R&B Album

Robert Glasper won the Grammy for Best R&B Album for “Black Radio III”.

Grammy Awards- Best Rap Performance

The winner of the Grammy for Best Rap Performance is Kendrick Lamar for “The Heart Part 5”.

Grammy Awards- Best Melodic Rap Performance

The Grammy award for Best Melodic Rap Performance went to “Wait for U” by Future featuring Drake and Tems.

Grammy Awards- Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Wayne Shorter and Leo Genovese won the Grammy for Best Improvised Jazz Solo for “Endangered Species”.

Grammy Awards- Best Jazz Vocal Album

Samara Joy won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album named “Linger Awhile”.

Grammy Awards- Best Gospel Performance/Song

The Grammy for Best Gospel Performace/Song went to Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin for “Kingdom”.

Grammy Awards- Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for “Fear Is Not My Future”.

Grammy Awards- Best Gospel Album

The Grammy for Best Gospel Album went to Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin for “Kingdom Book One Deluxe”.

Grammy Awards- Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

“Breathe” by Maverick City Music won the Grammy award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.

Grammy Awards- Best Roots Gospel Album

“The Urban Hymnal” by the Tennessee State University Marching Band won the Grammy award for Best Roots Gospel Album.

Grammy Awards- Best Regional Roots Music Album

Ranky Tanky won the Grammy for Best Regional Roots Music Album for“Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival”.

Grammy Awards- Best Reggae Album

The winner of the Grammy for Best Reggae Album is Kabaka Pyramid for “The Kalling”.

Grammy Awards- Best Global Music Performance

Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini, and Nomcebo Zikode won the Grammy for Best Global Music Performance for “Bayethe”.

Grammy Awards- Best Children’s Music Album

The Alphabet Rockers won the Grammy award for Best Children’s Music Album for “The Movement”.

Grammy Awards- Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Viola Davis won the Grammy award for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording for her book “Finding Me”.

Grammy Awards- Best Opera Recording

The winners of Best Opera Recording are Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore and Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus) for “Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones”.

Grammy Awards- Record Of The Year

Lizzo won the Grammy for Record of the Year for her song, “About Damn Time”.

Grammy Awards- Best New Artist

Samara Joy won her second Grammy of the night as The Best New Artist!

Grammy Awards- Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

The Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album went to Beyoncé for Renaissance.

Grammy Awards- Best R&B Song

Beyoncé’s “CUFF IT” won her the Grammy for Best R&B Song.

Grammy Awards- Best Rap Album

Kendrick Lamar won the Best Rap Album Grammy award for his work, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.

Grammy Awards- Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

The Grammy for Best Spoken Word Poetry album went to J. Ivy for The Poet Who Sat By The Door.

Grammy Awards- Best Comedy Album

Comedian Dave Chappelle won the Grammy for Best Comedy Album for The Closer.

Grammy Awards- Best Dance/Electronic Recording

Beyoncé won the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Recording for “Break My Soul”.

Grammy Awards- Best Rap Song

The Grammy award for Best Rap Song went to “The Heart Part 5,” by the songwriters Jake Kosich, Johnny Kosich, Kendrick Lamar, and Matt Schaeffer.

12th Annual NFL Honors- AP Most Valuable Player presented by Invisalign

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, was not present to accept the AP Most Valuable Player award due to preparing for the 2023 Super Bowl against the Philadelphia Eagles.

12th Annual NFL Honors- AP Coach of the Year

The New York Giants’ Geno Smith won the 2023 NFL Honor for AP Coach of the Year.

12th Annual NFL Honors- AP Offensive Player of the Year presented by Microsoft Surface

The NFL Honors awarded Minnesota Vikings wide receiver, Justin Jefferson, AP Offensive Player of the Year presented by Microsoft Surface

12th Annual NFL Honors- AP Offensive Rookie of the Year

The New York Jets wide receiver, Garrett Wilson, won the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year at the NFL Honors.

12th Annual NFL Honors- AP Defensive Rookie of the Year

Sauce Gardner, New York Jets cornerback, is the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year.

12th Annual NFL Honors- Next Gen Stats Moment of the Year

The wide receiver of the Minnesota Vikings, Justin Jefferson, was given the award for Next Gen Stats Moment of the Year.

12th Annual NFL Honors- Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year presented by Nationwide

Dak Prescott, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, was named the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year presented by Nationwide.

12th Annual NFL Honors- Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023

Ronde Barber, who spent his entire NFL career as a cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, will be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

12th Annual NFL Honors- Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023

Darrelle Revis, a former cornerback for the New York Jets, will be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

12th Annual NFL Honors- Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023

Former outside linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos, DeMarcus Ware, has been chosen for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

12th Annual NFL Honors- Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023

The later, former Cincinnati Bengals cornerback, Ken Riley, has been chosen for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

12th Annual NFL Honors- FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Year

Running back, Josh Jacobs, of the Las Vegas Raiders won. the NFL Honors for FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Year.

12th Annual NFL Honors- AP Assistant Coach of the Year

DeMeco Ryans won the 2023 NFL Honors award for AP Assistant Coach of the Year.

12th Annual NFL Honors- Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award

The Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award went to the Baltimore Ravens defensive lineman, Calais Campbell.

12th Annual NFL Honors- Angry Run of the Year

Dameon Pierce, running back for the Houston Texans, won the Angry Run of the Year Award at the NFL Honors.

12th Annual NFL Honors- Jim Brown Award (Rushing Leader)

The Las Vegas Raiders’ Josh Jacobs won the Jim Brown Award (Rushing Leader) at the 2023 NFL Honors.

Billboard’s Woman of the Year

SZA will be honored as Billboard’s Woman of the Year at the Billboard Women in Music Awards in March.

Billboard’s Powerhouse Award

Rapper, Latto, will be accepting the Billboard Powerhouse Award at the Billboard Women in Music Awards in March.

BRIT Awards- International Artist and International Song of the Year

Beyoncé accepted the BRIT awards virtually for International Song of the Year and International Artist of the Year.