Winning Women - Honors and Awards

Honors and Awards

See also: List of awards and nominations received by The Pussycat Dolls

Scherzinger has earned numerous awards and honors throughout her career. Scherzinger has taken credit for the Pussycat Dolls' success that launched them into a global phenomenon thus leading the group to become the best selling girl group of the 2000s. As a member of the Pussycat Dolls, Scherzinger has sold 50 million records worldwide. In the US, Scherzinger has sold 11.5 million records as of October 2012. Scherzinger has also become one of the best-selling international artists in the UK, selling 6.5 million records as a solo artist. In December 2011, Rolling Stone ranked Scherzinger the ninth best dancing musician of all time. In February 2012, Scherzinger was ranked (as a member of PCD) within the Top 100 on VH1's "Greatest Woman in Music". In 2009, Billboard ranked the band as the 80th most successful musical act of the 2000s. "Don't Cha" and "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" strongly defines Scherzinger to most people as it contributed to her breakout as a global superstar. She also became the first person to appear on three or more judging shows within yearly distance — The Sing Off, The X Factor US and The X Factor UK. She also made X Factor history as the first X Factor judge to have worked on the US and UK shows.

One of Scherzinger's biggest hits, "Jai Ho! (You are My Destiny)" has been placed in fifth place as the biggest moves in the lifetime of the Billboard Hot 100, moving up eighty-five places. On September 6, 2009, The Official Charts Company listed "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" and "Don't Cha" at number thirty-nine and five, as of the most downloaded song since its launch, respectively. On September 29, 2011, "Don't Cha", was included in VH1's "Greatest Songs of 2000s". Worldwide, "Don't Cha" has sold more than 6 million copies, making it one of the best selling singles of all time. Besides attaining twelve number one singles worldwide, Scherzinger has had six number one singles on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart — making the Pussycat Dolls the first girl group to achieve this feat. PCD also became the first all-female group in digital history to have three or more singles pass the 2 million mark in digital sales. The Pussycat Dolls have achieved platinum-status certifications for their albums in 18 countries and multi-platinum in 7. The group were also a success in the United Kingdom: "Don't Cha" was one of the best selling singles of the 2000s; the group's debut album, PCD one of the best selling albums with sales over 1,246,769 as of 2009. The album is still one the best selling albums by a girl group, having sold over 10 million copies and has been certified gold or platinum in more than thirty-six countries. All of the Pussycat Dolls studio albums released, along with Scherzinger's, have peaked within the top five on the Billboard 200 and top ten on the UK Albums Chart. Most of Scherzinger's singles have charted within the Billboard Hot 100 and all on the UK Singles Chart.

In April 2013, she was awarded with the Outstanding Achievement in Music Award at The Asian Awards.