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s, making her the most-awarded artist in the award show history. Beyoncé is also the most-awarded artist at the

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and the Soul Train Awards. With a total of 28 awards and 79 nominations from the Grammy Awards for her music (including her work in Destiny's Child and

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), she is the most nominated woman and the most awarded singer in Grammy history. With 13 awards, Beyoncé is the eighth-most awarded artist at the Billboard Music Awards. In 2002, she received Songwriter of the Year from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers becoming the First African American woman to win the award. In 2004 and 2019, she received

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and the Soul Train Music Award for Sammy Davis Jr. – Entertainer of the Year. In 2005, she also received APEX Award at the Trumpet Award honoring achievements of Black African Americans. In 2007, Beyoncé received the International Artist of Excellence award by the

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. She also received Honorary Otto at the

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. The following year, she received the Legend Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts at the

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and the Career Achievement Award at the

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. In 2010, she received the Artist of the Decade Award at the

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s. At the

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, Beyoncé received the inaugural Billboard Millennium Award. Beyoncé received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the

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. In 2016, she received the Fashion Icon Award from the

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. In 2017, Beyoncé won a Peabody Award for Entertainment. In 2019, Beyoncé received the GLAAD Vanguard Award. According to Fuse in 2014, Beyoncé is the second most awarded recording artist of all time. Although music is her primary source of accomplishment, Beyoncé has also received nominations and awards for other works in retail, image, philanthropy, film, and television. Those include eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a nomination for a Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her role in the movie ''

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''. She also received a Critics' Choice Movie Award in 2007 for

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. In 2012, she was honored by New York Association of Black Journalists for writing ''

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'' article "Eat, Pray, Love". She has also received numerous honors for her philanthropy, such as being inducted into the International Pediatric Hall of Fame in 2008 by the Miami Children's Hospital Foundation, and the Key to the City of

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