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== Awards, honors, and achievements == {{for|awards won by Knight with the Pips |Gladys Knight & the Pips|}} ===Grammy Awards=== <!--PLEASE DO NOT EDIT: SEE EDIT SUMMARY - SHE DID NOT WIN TEN NOTWITHSTANDING MASKED SINGER-->Knight has won five [[Grammys]] with twenty-two nominations altogether.<ref name=Grammy>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/gladys-knight/16951|title=Gladys Knight |website=grammy.com|date=November 23, 2020 }}</ref> {{awards table}} |- | [[1967 Grammy Awards|1967]] | "[[I Heard It Through The Grapevine]]" <small>(award for Knight, performance by [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]])</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]] | {{nom}} |- | [[1969 Grammy Awards|1969]] | "[[Friendship Train]]" <small>([[Gladys Knight & the Pips]])</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] | {{nom}} |- | [[1971 Grammy Awards|1971]] | "[[If I Were Your Woman (song)|If I Were Your Woman]]" <small>([[Gladys Knight & the Pips]])</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] | {{nom}} |- | [[1972 Grammy Awards|1972]] | "[[Help Me Make It Through the Night]]" <small>([[Gladys Knight & the Pips]])</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan=2|[[1973 Grammy Awards|1973]] | "[[Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)]]" <small>(Gladys Knight & the Pips)</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] | {{WON}} |- | "[[Midnight Train To Georgia]]" <small>(Gladys Knight & the Pips)</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] | {{WON}} |- | [[1974 Grammy Awards|1974]] | "[[I Feel a Song (In My Heart)|I Feel A Song (In My Heart)]]" <small>(Gladys Knight & the Pips)</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] | {{nom}} |- | [[1975 Grammy Awards|1975]] | "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]"/"[[Try to Remember]]" <small>(Gladys Knight & the Pips)</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] | {{nom}} |- | [[1977 Grammy Awards|1977]] | "Baby Don't Change Your Mind" <small>(Gladys Knight & the Pips)</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] | {{nom}} |- | [[1980 Grammy Awards|1980]] | ''About Love'' <small>(Gladys Knight & the Pips)</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan=2|[[1986 Grammy Awards|1986]] | "[[That's What Friends Are For]]" <small>([[Dionne Warwick]], [[Elton John]], Gladys Knight & [[Stevie Wonder]])</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals]] | {{won}} |- | "[[That's What Friends Are For]]" <small>([[Dionne Warwick]], [[Elton John]], Gladys Knight & [[Stevie Wonder]])</small> | [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] | {{nom}} |- | [[1988 Grammy Awards|1988]] | "[[Love Overboard]]" <small>(Gladys Knight And the Pips)</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals]] | {{won}} |- | rowspan=2|[[1991 Grammy Awards|1991]] | "[[Superwoman (Karyn White song)|Superwoman]]" <small>(Gladys Knight, [[Patti LaBelle]] & Dionne Warwick)</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] | {{nom}} |- | ''Good Woman'' | [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan=2|[[1994 Grammy Awards|1994]] | ''Just for You'' | [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Album|Best R&B Album]] | {{nom}} |- | "I Don't Want to Know" | [[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female]] | {{nom}} |- | [[1996 Grammy Awards|1996]] | "[[Missing You (Brandy, Gladys Knight, Tamia, and Chaka Khan song)|Missing You]]" <small>([[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]], [[Tamia]], Gladys Knight & [[Chaka Khan]])</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals|Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]] | {{nom}} |- | [[1999 Grammy Awards|1999]] | ''Many Different Roads'' | [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album|Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album]] | {{nom}} |- | [[2001 Grammy Awards|2001]] | ''At Last'' | [[Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance|Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album]] | {{won}} |- | [[2004 Grammy Awards|2004]] | "[[Heaven Help Us All]]" <small>(Gladys Knight & [[Ray Charles]])</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance|Best Gospel Performance]] | {{won}} |- | [[2005 Grammy Awards|2005]] | ''One Voice'' <small>(Gladys Knight & [[Saints Unified Voices]])</small> | [[Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album|Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album]] | {{won}} {{end}} ===Other awards and honors=== * 1992: [[Essence (magazine)|''Essence'' Award]] for Career Achievement<ref>{{YouTube|Zgk6bb91Yno|Oprah Winfrey & Denzel Washington present Essence Award to Gladys Knight}}</ref> * 1995: [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockandrollroadmap.com/places/miscellaneous/los-angeles-area/hollywood-walk-of-fame |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame β Our list of Rock stars on the Walk |website=Rockandrollroadmap.com |access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref> * 1996: [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/gladys-knight-and-pips | title=Gladys Knight and the Pips |website=Rockhall.com}}</ref> * 1997: [[Xernona Clayton|Trumpet Awards Foundation]] Pinnacle Award<ref>{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n11_v91/ai_19114152 |title=The 5th Annual Trumpet Awards salutes outstanding black achievers during gala ceremony in Atlanta |work=Jet |date=February 3, 1997 |access-date=March 22, 2012}}</ref> * 2005: [[BET]] Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bet.com/video/betawards/2005/acceptance/gladys-knight-acceptance-speech-beta-2005.html |title=Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Gladys Knight | BET Awards |website=Bet.com |date=June 25, 2005 |access-date=August 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007065629/http://www.bet.com/video/betawards/2005/acceptance/gladys-knight-acceptance-speech-beta-2005.html |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2007: [[NAACP]] Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naacpimageawards.net/PDFs/38th_NAACP_Image_Awards_Winners_Release.pdf |title=The 38th NAACP Image Awards |website=Naacpimageawards.net |access-date=August 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107042451/http://www.naacpimageawards.net/PDFs/38th_NAACP_Image_Awards_Winners_Release.pdf |archive-date=January 7, 2010 }}</ref> * 2007: [[Society of Singers]] Ella Award, also declared the "Empress of Soul"<ref name="knight1"/><ref name="knight2a">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur36707.cfm |title=The ELLA Awards tribute to Gladys Knight 'Legends ruled the red carpet.'|first=Eugenia |last=Wright|date=September 12, 2007 |website=Eurweb.com |access-date=August 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080529001959/http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur36707.cfm |archive-date=May 29, 2008 }}</ref> * 2008: [[BET]] Inaugural Best Living Legend Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bet.com/Specials/tbh08/tbh-news/tbh-news-bethonorsrecap.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished&Referrer=%7B8952391D-B74E-4B69-87D9-C7F68BFF0A06%7D |title=1st Annual The BET Honors |website=Bet.com |access-date=August 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303171910/http://www.bet.com/Specials/tbh08/tbh-news/tbh-news-bethonorsrecap.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished&Referrer=%7B8952391D-B74E-4B69-87D9-C7F68BFF0A06%7D |archive-date=March 3, 2011 }}</ref> * 2008: [[National Black Arts Festival]] Honoree at Legends Celebration<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011606009 |title=Westmark, Jan. ''Celebrity News Service'' |website=Allheadlinenews.com |access-date=August 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223042436/http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011606009 |archive-date=December 23, 2008 }}</ref> * 2011: [[Soul Train Music Awards]] Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{Cite web|title=2011 Soul Train Awards (2011) - IMDb|website=[[IMDb]] |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2190159/trivia|access-date=May 28, 2021}}</ref> * 2017: [[National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rhythm-blues-hall-of-fame-2017-7825844/ | title=The Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Inducts James Brown, Gladys Knight & More at 2017 Ceremony | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Gary|last=Graff|date=June 12, 2017 }}</ref> * 2019: Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=Achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref> * 2021: [[National Medal of Arts]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/gladys-knight | title=Gladys Knight|website=Arts.gov}}</ref> * 2022: 45th Annual [[Kennedy Center Honors]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/3568667-u2-george-clooney-gladys-knight-lead-list-of-kennedy-center-honorees/ | title=U2, George Clooney, Gladys Knight lead list of Kennedy Center Honorees |first=Judy|last=Kurtz|website=The Hill| date=July 21, 2022 }}</ref> ===Honorary degrees=== * Honorary Doctorate in Performing Arts, [[Shaw University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ramentertainment.net/Artists/Details/603 |title=Gladys Knight |publisher=RAM Entertainment |date=March 30, 1989 |access-date=August 18, 2015 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021210111/http://ramentertainment.net/Artists/Details/603 |archive-date=October 21, 2014 }}</ref>
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