Awards & Honors

(to name a few…)

• Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2023 Liberia Icon Award
• In 2023 Rolling Stone magazine released their 200 greatest singers of all time.  Martha ranked 151.
• Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame
• 2011 MOJO Merit award.
• Named one of the “30 Greatest Lead Singers of All Time” by MusicRadar Online.
• Alabama Music Hall of Fame
• Dinah Washington Award
• Black Women in Publishing Legend Award
• Rhythm n’ Blues Foundation Pioneer Award
• Dick Clark’s Soul Award
• Vocal Group Hall of Fame
• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Grammy Nomination: Heat Wave
• Grammy Hall of Fame: Dancing in the Street
• Gold Record: Dancing In The Street
• Gold Record: Heat Wave
• Named one of Rolling Stone magazine’s “Immortal” Artists