Lizzo is the recipient of a number of awards, including four Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four Soul Train Music Awards, a Billboard Music Awards, a BET Award, four iHeartRadio Music Awards, which includes the accomplishment of reaching 1 Billion Total Audience Spins plaques for "Truth Hurts" and "Good as Hell", and a Guinness World Record.
At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards she received eight nominations, the most for any artist that year, including for Album of the Year for the deluxe version of Cuz I Love You, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Truth Hurts", winning the categories Best Urban Contemporary Album, Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Jerome" and Best Pop Solo Performance.
In 2021, Lizzo was given honorary membership into Tau Beta Sigma band sorority.