Alternative Prize

Sundance Film Festival

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, informally known as The Oscars, are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. M.I.A. has received one nomination for O...Saya from the motion picture Slumdog Millionaire.^[1]

ASCAP

Asian Music Awards

M.I.A. has received 2 nominations in 2012.^[2]

Antville Music Video Awards

The Antville Music Video Awards are online awards for the best music video and music video directors of the year. They were first awarded in 2005. M.I.A. has received six awards from seven nominations.

BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music

The BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music was an award given to world music artists between 2002 and 2008, sponsored by BBC Radio 3.

BET Awards

The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. M.I.A. has received 1 award from 2 nominations.^[3]

Billboard Awards

BT Digital Music Awards

The BT Digital Music Awards (DMA) were created in the UK in 2001 and are held annually. M.I.A. has received one nomination.

Berlin Music Video Awards

The Berlin Music Video Awards (BMVAs) are an annual festival that puts filmmakers and the art behind music videos in the spotlight.

Brit Awards

The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's (BPI) annual pop music awards.

Canadian Independent Music Awards

The Canadian Independent Music Awards, also known as the Independent Music Awards or Indies, are presented annually to musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. M.I.A. has received 1 award from 4 nominations.

D&AD Awards

Design and Art Direction (D&AD) is a British educational charity which exists to promote excellence in design and advertising.

Danish Music Awards

The Danish Music Awards (DMA) is a Danish award show. M.I.A. has received one nomination.

Grammy Awards

A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award) – or Grammy – is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. M.I.A. received 3 nominations.^[7]

Groovelot Music and Fashion Awards

Hungarian Music Awards

The Hungarian Music Awards is the national music awards of Hungary, held every year since 1992 and promoted by Mahasz.

Ibiza Music Video Festiva

Ibiza Music Video Festival is the online music video competition. Rupert Bryan and Elizabeth Fear founded the event in 2013.

International Dance Music Awards

The International Dance Music Award was established in 1985. It is a part of the Winter Music Conference, a weeklong electronic music event held annually.^[9]

Ivor Novello Awards

The Ivor Novello Awards are awarded for songwriting and composing. The awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).^[10]

Mercury Prize

The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. M.I.A. has received 1 nomination in 2005.^[11]

MTV Awards

MOBO Awards

The Music of Black Origin Awards, established in 1996 by Kanya King MBE and Andy Ruffell, are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music.

NME Awards

The NME Awards are an annual music awards show, founded by the music magazine NME.^[14]

Q Awards

The Q Awards are the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine Q.

Rober Awards Music Prize

Shortlist Music Prize

The Shortlist Music Prize, stylized as (shôrt–lĭst), was an annual music award for the best album released in the United States that had sold fewer than 500,000 copies at the time of nomination.

South Bank Show Awards

UK Asian Music Awards

The UK Asian Music Awards, also known by the abbreviation UK AMA, is an awards show that is held annually in the United Kingdom since 2002. M.I.A. has received 3 nominations.

UK Music Video Awards

The UK Music Video Awards is an annual award ceremony founded in 2008 to recognise creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music videos and moving images for music.^[15] M.I.A. has received three awards from nine nominations.