Editing Ruth Brown (section)

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Work
!Result
!Ref.
|-
|1969
|[[12th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
|[[Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance|Best Female R&B Vocal Performance]]
|"Yesterday"
|{{nom}}
|Rowspan=3|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|rowspan=3|1989
|rowspan=2|[[32nd Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
|[[Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female|Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female]]
|[[Blues on Broadway]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album|Best Traditional Blues Album]]
|"If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It"
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[43rd Tony Awards|Tony Award]]
|[[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Best Actress in a Musical]]
|[[Black and Blue (musical)|Black and Blue]]
|{{win}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1990
|[[33rd Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
|rowspan=3|Best Traditional Blues Album
|"[[Ain't Nobody's Business|T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do]]"
|{{nom}}
|rowspan=3|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1997
|[[40th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
|R + B = Ruth Brown
|{{nom}}
|-
|1999
|[[42nd Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]
|[[A Good Day for the Blues]]
|{{nom}}
|}

She also received the following honors:

* 1989: [[Rhythm and Blues Foundation|Rhythm & Blues Foundation]] Pioneer Award<ref name=":5" />
* 1992: Inducted into the [[Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.okjazz.org/index.cfm?id=104|title=Ruth Brown|website=Oklahoma Jazz Music Hall of Fame|date=June 13, 2022 }}</ref>
* 1993: Inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|Rock & Roll Hall of Fame]]<ref name=":5" />
* 1996: Ralph Gleason Award for Music Journalism<ref name=":4" />
* 2013: Inducted into the [[Virginia Musical Museum]]'s Virginia Music Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.virginiamusicalmuseum.com/ |title=Virginia Music Hall of Fame Inductees |website=Virginia Musical Museum |access-date=October 20, 2020 }}</ref>
* 2016: [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]<ref name=":2" />
* 2017: Inducted into [[Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame|National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame]]<ref name=":3" />