The Roots - Awards

Awards

  • Grammy Awards
    • 1999: Won for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "You Got Me" (featuring Erykah Badu and Eve)
    • 2002: Nominated for Best Rap Album for Phrenology
    • 2004: Nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for "Star"
    • 2004: Nominated for Best Rap Performance By a Duo/Group for "Don't Say Nuthin'"
    • 2007: Nominated for Best Rap Album for Game Theory
    • 2007: Nominated for Best Rap Performance By a Duo/Group for "Don't Feel Right"
    • 2011: Won for Best Group or Duo R&B Vocal Performance for Shine
    • 2011: Won for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for "Hang on in There" (with John Legend)
    • 2011: Won for Best R&B Album for Wake Up!
    • 2011: Nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Wake Up Everybody"
    • 2011: Nominated for Best Rap Album for How I Got Over
  • MTV Video Music Awards
    • 2003: Nominated for MTV2 award for "The Seed 2.0"
  • mtvU Woodie Awards
    • 2004: Nominated for Road Woodie and Welcome Back Woodie
  • BET Awards
    • 2005: Nominated for Best Group
    • 2009: Nominated for Best Group
  • NAACP Image Awards
    • 2005: Nominated for Outstanding Duo or Group
    • 2007: Won for Outstanding Duo or Group
    • 2011: Won for Outstanding Collaboration for Wake Up!
    • 2011: Won for Outstanding Album for Wake Up!
  • Named one of the "twenty greatest live acts in the world" by Rolling Stone, 2003
  • Won a "Heroes Award" from the Philadelphia chapter of the Recording Academy, 2004
  • First Hip-Hop group to perform at Lincoln Center, January 2002
  • Won Max Stevenson International Hip-Hop Award for Game Theory album, 2007

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