Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
| Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Quality film/television songs |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| First award | 1988 ("Somewhere Out There" from An American Tail) |
| Currently held by | Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick – "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters (2026) |
| Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (including its previous names) is the Grammy Awards awarded to songs written for films, television, video games or other visual media.
Alan Menken has won five awards (out of nine nominations) in this category for his work on the Walt Disney animated films: The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), Pocahontas (1995), and Tangled (2010). Randy Newman has won three awards (out of seven nominations) for his work on the Disney-Pixar films Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Cars (2006). Diane Warren has received the most nominations with 11 in this category, winning once.
Recipients
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1980s
| Year[I] | Nominee(s) | Song | Performer(s)[II] | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 [1] | ||||
| James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil | "Somewhere Out There" | Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram | An American Tail | |
| Franke Previte, John DeNicola & Donald Markowitz | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes | Dirty Dancing | |
| Diane Warren & Albert Hammond | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Starship | Mannequin | |
| Al Jarreau & Lee Holdridge | "Moonlighting" | Al Jarreau | Moonlighting | |
| Patrick Leonard & Madonna | "Who's That Girl" | Madonna | Who's That Girl | |
| 1989 [2] | ||||
| Phil Collins & Lamont Dozier | "Two Hearts" | Phil Collins | Buster | |
| Albert Hammond & John Bettis | "One Moment in Time" | Whitney Houston | 1988 Summer Olympics | |
| Donald Fagen | "Century's End" | Donald Fagen | Bright Lights, Big City | |
| Mike Love, Terry Melcher, John Phillips & Scott McKenzie | "Kokomo" | The Beach Boys | Cocktail | |
| George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa | "Cry Freedom" | George Fenton & Jonas Gwangwa | Cry Freedom |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year[I] | Nominee(s) | Song | Performer(s)[II] | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [33] | ||||
| Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere | "I'll Never Love Again" | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | A Star Is Born | |
| Dolly Parton & Linda Perry | "Girl in the Movies" | Dolly Parton | Dumplin' | |
| Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh | "Spirit" | Beyoncé | The Lion King | |
| Thom Yorke | "Suspirium" | Thom Yorke | Suspiria | |
| Randy Newman | "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy" | Chris Stapleton | Toy Story 4 | |
| 2021 [34] | ||||
| Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell | "No Time to Die" | Billie Eilish | No Time to Die | |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber & Taylor Swift | "Beautiful Ghosts" | Taylor Swift | Cats | |
| Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez | "Into the Unknown" | Idina Menzel and Aurora | Frozen 2 | |
| Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo | "Stand Up" | Cynthia Erivo | Harriet | |
| Brandi Carlile, Phil and Tim Hanseroth | "Carried Me With You" | Brandi Carlile | Onward | |
| 2022 [35] | ||||
| Bo Burnham | "All Eyes on Me" | Bo Burnham | Bo Burnham: Inside | |
| Dernst Emile II, Gabriella Wilson & Tiara Thomas | "Fight for You" | H.E.R. | Judas and the Black Messiah | |
| Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom Jr. | "Speak Now" | Leslie Odom Jr. | One Night in Miami... | |
| Alecia Moore, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | "All I Know So Far" | Pink | Pink: All I Know So Far | |
| Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson & Carole Klein | "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" | Jennifer Hudson | Respect | |
| Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez | "Agatha All Along" | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez featuring Kathryn Hahn, Eric Bradley, Greg Whipple, Jasper Randall & Gerald White | WandaVision | |
| 2023 [36][37] | ||||
| Lin-Manuel Miranda | "We Don't Talk About Bruno" | Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and Encanto Cast | Encanto | |
| Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Dixson Scott | "Be Alive" | Beyoncé | King Richard | |
| Michael Tucker & Stefani Germanotta | "Hold My Hand" | Lady Gaga | Top Gun: Maverick | |
| Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell | "Nobody Like U" | 4*Town, Jordan Fisher, Finneas O'Connell, Josh Levi, Topher Ngo & Grayson Villanueva | Turning Red | |
| Taylor Swift | "Carolina" | Taylor Swift | Where the Crawdads Sing | |
| Angélique Kidjo, Jeremy Lutito & Jessy Wilson | "Keep Rising (The Woman King)" | Jessy Wilson featuring Angélique Kidjo | The Woman King | |
| 2024 [38] | ||||
| Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell | "What Was I Made For?" | Billie Eilish | Barbie | |
| Isis Naija Gaston, Ephrem Louis Lopez Jr. & Onika Maraj | "Barbie World" | Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice featuring Aqua | Barbie | |
| Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt | "Dance the Night" | Dua Lipa | ||
| Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt | "I'm Just Ken" | Ryan Gosling | ||
| Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson, Robyn Fenty & Temilade Openiyi | "Lift Me Up" | Rihanna | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | |
| 2025 [39] | ||||
| Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson | "It Never Went Away" | Jon Batiste | American Symphony | |
| Dan Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo | "Can't Catch Me Now" | Olivia Rodrigo | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | |
| Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake | "Better Place" | NSYNC & Justin Timberlake | Trolls Band Together | |
| Jessie Alexander, Luke Combs & Johnathan Singleton | "Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" | Luke Combs | Twisters | |
| Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer | "Love Will Survive" | Barbra Streisand | The Tattooist of Auschwitz | |
| 2026 [40] | ||||
| Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick | "Golden" | Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna & Rei Ami | KPop Demon Hunters | |
| Ludwig Göransson & Raphael Saadiq | "I Lied to You" | Miles Caton | Sinners | |
| Ludwig Göransson & Brittany Howard | "Pale, Pale Moon" | Jayme Lawson | ||
| Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Green, Travis Harrington, Tarkan Kozluklu, Kyris Mingo & Darius Poviliunas | "Sinners" | Rod Wave | ||
| Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin & Andrew Watt | "Never Too Late" | Elton John & Brandi Carlile | Elton John: Never Too Late | |
| Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" | Nine Inch Nails | Tron: Ares |
- ^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
- ^[II] The performing artist is only listed but does not receive the award.
Superlatives
The following nominees have earned at least two wins and nominations:
Nominations
Multiple wins
| Wins | Songwriter |
|---|---|
| 5 | Alan Menken |
| 3 | Randy Newman |
| 2 | Howard Ashman |
| T Bone Burnett | |
| Billie Eilish | |
| Lady Gaga | |
| James Horner | |
| Lin-Manuel Miranda | |
| Finneas O'Connell |
Name changes
- 1988–1999: The Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
- 2000–2011: The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- 2012–present: The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
Notes
- ^ "The Climb", written by Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe, and featured in Hannah Montana: The Movie, was originally nominated but was withdrawn by Walt Disney Records because it had not been written specifically for a film as the category's eligibility rules require. NARAS released a statement thanking Disney for its honesty and announcing that "The Climb" had been replaced by "All Is Love", with the fifth highest initial votes.[23]
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