Demi Lovato is an American singer, songwriter and actress who has won numerous awards throughout her career. Lovato rose to prominence for her role as Mitchie Torres, in the musical television movie Camp Rock (2008). She also had a leading role in the teen sitcom Sonny with a Chance (2009–2011), which garnered her the ALMA Award and Teen Choice Award. Lovato was a judge and mentor for the second and third seasons of The X Factor (2012-2013), she broke the Guinness World Record by becoming the Youngest X Factor Judge in the history of the show.
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Lovato's second studio album, Here We Go Again (2009), topped the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. In 2011, Lovato released her third studio album, Unbroken, spawned the single "Skyscraper", which earned her the MTV Video Music Award for Best Video with a Message. At the 2011 Teen Choice Awards, Lovato was honored with a Acuvue Inspire Award, with 14 wins she is the eight-most awarded solo artist in the awards' history. Her fourth studio album, Demi, was released in 2013. Its lead single, "Heart Attack", was an international hit and received the Canadian iHeartRadio MuchMusic Video Award for Best International Artist Video. At the 40th People's Choice Awards, Lovato won two awards, including Favorite Female Artist, in total she has five wins at this award. Confident (2015), her fifth studio album, was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. In 2015, Lovato was awarded the Rulebreaker Award at the Billboard Women in Music event. In 2017, Lovato released her sixth studio album, Tell Me You Love Me, and was listed as one of 100 most influential people by Time. That year, Lovato released the single "Échame la Culpa", which won Song of the Year at the Latin American Music Awards. The following year, Lovato won the Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Female Singer and was nominated for an American Music Award and three Billboard Music Awards, including Top Female Artist. The song "Solo" received two nominations at the Brit Awards 2019, including British Single of the Year. In 2019, Lovato was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for the song "Fall in Line" with Christina Aguilera.
Lovato has also received various awards for her activism in protecting the rights of the LGBT community and for her work on mental health advocacy; she was honored with the GLAAD Vanguard Award at the 27th GLAAD Media Awards, and won Celebrity Of The Year at the British LGBT Awards.
Awards and nominations
Other accolades
World records
| † | Indicates a now former world record holder |
| Publication | Year | World record | Record holder | Ref. |
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| Guinness World Records | 2014 | Youngest X Factor Judge | Lovato | [138] |
Listicles
| Publisher | Listicle | Year(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Billboard | 21 Under 21 | 2010 | 8th | [139] |
| 2011 | 7th | [140] | ||
| 2012 | 3rd | [141] | ||
| Billboard’s Top Artists of the 2010s | 2019 | 84th | [142] | |
| Billboard's 500 Best Pop Songs | 2023 | 495th ("Give Your Heart a Break") | [143] | |
| Forbes | 30 Under 30 | 2016 | Placed | [144] |
| Rolling Stone | Rolling Stone's 50 Most Inspirational LGBTQ Songs of All Time | 2023 | 32nd ("I'm Ready") | [145] |
| Time | Time 100 | 2017 | Placed | [146] |