Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media

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.

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	Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, "It Never Went Away" from American Symphony (2025)
Website	grammy.com

Alan Menken has won five awards (out of nine nominations) in this category with 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

Two-time winner James Horner was the first recipient of the award alongside Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

Phil Collins won in 1989 with Lamont Dozier.

1990 award-winner Carly Simon.

Bryan Adams won alongside Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Michael Kamen in 1992

Five-time recipient Alan Menken was awarded for his work in numerous Disney films and is the first person to win this category for consecutive years, achieving the feat in 1993 and 1994.

Tim Rice won alongside Alan Menken in 1994.

1995 award-winner Bruce Springsteen.

Eleven-time nominee and 1997 winner Diane Warren.

1996 winner and four-time nominee Stephen Schwartz.

Madonna won in 2000 with William Orbit.

Three-time winner and seven-time nominee, Randy Newman.

Christopher Guest won with Levy and McKean in 2004.

Eugene Levy won with Guest and McKean in 2004.

Michael McKean won with Guest and Levy in 2004.

Annie Lennox won in 2005 alongside Howard Shore and Fran Walsh.

Peter Gabriel won with Newman in 2009.

Thomas Newman won with Gabriel in 2009.

A. R. Rahman won in 2010 alongside Gulzar and Tanvi Shah.

T Bone Burnett received the award for 2011 and 2013.

Taylor Swift won in 2013 alongside The Civil Wars and T Bone Burnett.

Adele won in 2014 with Paul Epworth.

Husband and wife duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez won the award in 2015 and were nominated in 2019, 2021 and 2022.

Common won in 2016 with Rhymefest & John Legend.

John Legend won with Common in 2016.

Justin Timberlake won alongside Max Martin and Shellback in 2017.

Two-time winner Lady Gaga is the first woman to receive the award in consecutive years and the only person to win this category multiple times for the same media soundtrack, achieving the feat in 2019 and 2020.

Lin-Manuel Miranda won in 2018 and 2023.

Billie Eilish won in 2021 and 2024 alongside her brother, Finneas O'Connell, and is the youngest person to win this category.

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

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Song	Performer(s)[II]	Work
1990 [3]
	Carly Simon	"Let the River Run"	Carly Simon	Working Girl
	Prince	"Partyman"	Prince	Batman
	Randy Newman	"I Love to See You Smile"	Randy Newman	Parenthood
	Alan & Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch	"The Girl Who Used to Be Me"	Patti Austin	Shirley Valentine
	U2	"Angel of Harlem"	U2	U2: Rattle and Hum
1991 [4]
	Alan Menken & Howard Ashman	"Under the Sea"	Various artists	The Little Mermaid
	Stephen Sondheim	"More"	Madonna	Dick Tracy
		"Sooner or Later"
	Howard Ashman & Alan Menken	"Kiss the Girl"	Various artists	The Little Mermaid
	Jon Bon Jovi	"Blaze of Glory"	Jon Bon Jovi	Young Guns II
1992 [5]
	Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen & Bryan Adams	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	Bryan Adams	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
	John Williams & Leslie Bricusse	"Somewhere in My Memory"	John Williams	Home Alone
	Stevie Wonder	"Gotta Have You"	Stevie Wonder	Jungle Fever
		"Jungle Fever"
1993 [6]
	Howard Ashman & Alan Menken	"Beauty and the Beast"	Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson	Beauty and the Beast
	Carole King	"Now and Forever"	Carole King	A League of Their Own
	Michael Kamen, Sting & Eric Clapton	"It's Probably Me"	Sting with Eric Clapton	Lethal Weapon 3
	Robert Kraft & Arne Glimcher	"Beautiful Maria of My Soul"	Los Lobos	The Mambo Kings
	Eric Clapton & Will Jennings	"Tears in Heaven"	Eric Clapton	Rush
1994 [7]
	Alan Menken & Tim Rice	"A Whole New World"	Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle	Aladdin
	Alan Menken & Howard Ashman	"Friend Like Me"	Robin Williams	Aladdin
	David Foster & Linda Thompson	"I Have Nothing"	Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard
	Allan Dennis Rich & Jud Friedman	"Run to You"
	Steve DuBerry, Lulu Lawrie & Billy Lawrie	"I Don't Wanna Fight"	Tina Turner	What's Love Got to Do with It
1995 [8]
	Bruce Springsteen	"Streets of Philadelphia"	Bruce Springsteen	Philadelphia
	Carole Bayer Sager, Clif Magness & James Ingram	"The Day I Fall in Love"	Dolly Parton and James Ingram	Beethoven's 2nd
	Elton John & Tim Rice	"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"	Elton John	The Lion King
		"Circle of Life"
	Madonna, Patrick Leonard & Richard Page	"I'll Remember"	Madonna	With Honors
1996 [9]
	Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz	"Colors of the Wind"	Vanessa Williams and Judy Kuhn	Pocahontas
	Babyface	"Someone to Love"	Jon B. and Babyface	Bad Boys
	Bruce Hornsby & Chaka Khan	"Love Me Still"	Chaka Khan	Clockers
	Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen & Robert John "Mutt" Lange	"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"	Bryan Adams	Don Juan DeMarco
	James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil	"Whatever You Imagine"	Wendy Moten	The Pagemaster
1997 [10]
	Diane Warren	"Because You Loved Me"	Celine Dion	Up Close & Personal
	John Williams, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman	"Moonlight"	Sting	Sabrina
	Babyface	"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"	Whitney Houston	Waiting to Exhale
		"It Hurts Like Hell"	Aretha Franklin
	Babyface, Michael Houston & Whitney Houston	"Count On Me"	Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans
1998 [11]
	R. Kelly	"I Believe I Can Fly"	R. Kelly	Space Jam
	Diane Warren	"How Do I Live"	Trisha Yearwood	Con Air
	Cédric Gradus Samson	"Father of Our Nation"	Jennifer Jones and Hugh Masekela	Mandela and de Klerk
	Jud Friedman, James Newton Howard & Allan Dennis Rich	"For the First Time"	Kenny Loggins	One Fine Day
	Babyface	"A Song for Mama"	Boyz II Men	Soul Food
1999 [12]
	James Horner & Will Jennings	"My Heart Will Go On"	Celine Dion	Titanic
	Diane Warren	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"	Aerosmith	Armageddon
	Alanis Morissette	"Uninvited"	Alanis Morissette	City of Angels
	Matthew Wilder & David Zippel	"True to Your Heart"	98 Degrees and Stevie Wonder	Mulan
	Sheryl Crow & Mitchell Froom	"Tomorrow Never Dies"	Sheryl Crow	Tomorrow Never Dies

2000s

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Song	Performer(s)[II]	Work
2000 [13]
	Madonna & William Orbit	"Beautiful Stranger"	Madonna	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
	Randy Newman	"The Time of Your Life"	Randy Newman	A Bug's Life
	Diane Warren	"Music of My Heart"	NSYNC and Gloria Estefan	Music of the Heart
	Stephen Schwartz & Babyface	"When You Believe"	Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston	The Prince of Egypt
	Phil Collins	"You'll Be in My Heart"	Phil Collins	Tarzan
2001 [14]
	Randy Newman	"When She Loved Me"	Sarah McLachlan	Toy Story 2
	Samuel J. Barnes, Beyoncé Knowles, Jean Claude Olivier & Cory Rooney	"Independent Women Part I"	Destiny's Child	Charlie's Angels
	Aimee Mann	"Save Me"	Aimee Mann	Magnolia
	Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe	"The Great Beyond"	R.E.M.	Man on the Moon
	Bob Dylan	"Things Have Changed"	Bob Dylan	Wonder Boys
2002 [15]
	John Flansburgh & John Linnell	"Boss of Me"	They Might Be Giants	Malcolm in the Middle
	Jorge Calandrelli, Tan Dun & James Schamus	"A Love Before Time"	Coco Lee	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
	David Hartley & Sting	"My Funny Friend And Me"	Sting	The Emperor's New Groove
	Brandon Barnes & Brian McKnight	"Win"	Brian McKnight	Men of Honor
	Diane Warren	"There You'll Be"	Faith Hill	Pearl Harbor
2003 [16]
	Randy Newman	"If I Didn't Have You"	Randy Newman	Monsters, Inc.
	Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Common, Robert C. Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq & Glen Standridge	"Love of My Life – An Ode to Hip Hop"	Erykah Badu and Common	Brown Sugar
	Enya, Nicky Ryan & Roma Ryan	"May It Be"	Enya	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
	Chad Kroeger	"Hero"	Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott	Spider-Man
	Paul McCartney	"Vanilla Sky"	Paul McCartney	Vanilla Sky
2004 [17]
	Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean	"A Mighty Wind"	The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey, and The New Main Street Singers	A Mighty Wind
	Christopher Bridges & Keith McMasters	"Act a Fool"	Ludacris	2 Fast 2 Furious
	Jeff Bass, Marshall Mathers & Luis Resto	"Lose Yourself"	Eminem	8 Mile
	John Kander & Fred Ebb	"I Move On"	Catherine Zeta-Jones & Renée Zellweger	Chicago
	U2	"The Hands That Built America"	U2	Gangs of New York
2005 [18]
	Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh	"Into the West"	Annie Lennox	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
	T-Bone Burnett & Elvis Costello	"The Scarlet Tide"	Alison Krauss	Cold Mountain
	Sting	"You Will Be My Ain True Love"
	David Bryson, Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Matthew Malley & Dan Vickrey	"Accidentally in Love"	Counting Crows	Shrek 2
	Benoît Charest & Sylvain Chomet	"Belleville Rendez-Vous"	-M-	The Triplets of Belleville
2006 [19]
	Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri	"Believe"	Josh Groban	The Polar Express
	Danny Elfman & John August	"Wonka's Welcome Song"	Danny Elfman	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
	Tom Petty	"Square One"	Tom Petty	Elizabethtown
	Andrea Guerra, Wyclef Jean & Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis	"Million Voices"	Wyclef Jean	Hotel Rwanda
	Arcade Fire	"Cold Wind"	Arcade Fire	Six Feet Under
2007 [20]
	Randy Newman	"Our Town"	James Taylor	Cars
	Imogen Heap	"Can't Take It In"	Imogen Heap	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
	Melissa Etheridge	"I Need To Wake Up"	Melissa Etheridge	An Inconvenient Truth
	Mel Brooks	"There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway"	Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick	The Producers
	Dolly Parton	"Travelin' Thru"	Dolly Parton	Transamerica
2008 [21]
	Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger	"Love You I Do"	Jennifer Hudson	Dreamgirls
	David Arnold & Chris Cornell	"You Know My Name"	Chris Cornell	Casino Royale
	Prince	"Song of the Heart"	Prince	Happy Feet
	Eddie Vedder	"Guaranteed"	Eddie Vedder	Into the Wild
	Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová	"Falling Slowly"	Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová	Once
2009 [22]
	Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman	"Down to Earth"	Peter Gabriel	WALL-E
	John Mayer	"Say"	John Mayer	The Bucket List
	Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz	"Ever Ever After"	Carrie Underwood	Enchanted
		"That's How You Know"	Amy Adams
	Judd Apatow, Marshall Crenshaw, Jake Kasdan & John C. Reilly	"Walk Hard"	John C. Reilly	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2010s

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Song	Performer(s)[II]	Work
2010 [23][a]
	Gulzar, A. R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah	"Jai Ho"	A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash	Slumdog Millionaire
	Ian Dench, James Dring, Amanda Ghost, Beyoncé Knowles, Scott McFarnon & Jody Street	"Once in a Lifetime"	Beyoncé	Cadillac Records
	Josh Farro, Hayley Williams & Taylor York	"Decode"	Paramore	Twilight
	Karen O & Nick Zinner	"All Is Love"	Karen O and the Kids	Where the Wild Things Are
	Bruce Springsteen	"The Wrestler"	Bruce Springsteen	The Wrestler
2011 [25]
	Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett	"The Weary Kind"	Ryan Bingham	Crazy Heart
	James Horner, Simon Franglen & Thaddis Harrell	"I See You"	Leona Lewis	Avatar
	Randy Newman	"Down in New Orleans"	Dr. John	The Princess and the Frog
	Steve Earle	"This City"	Steve Earle	Treme
	Lucinda Williams	"Kiss Like Your Kiss"	Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello	True Blood
2012 [26]
	Alan Menken & Glenn Slater	"I See the Light"	Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi	Tangled
	Diane Warren	"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"	Cher	Burlesque
	Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith	"Christmastime Is Killing Us"	Bruce McGill & Seth MacFarlane	Family Guy
	Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Drew Pearson & Anne Preven	"Where the River Goes"	Zac Brown	Footloose
	Diane Warren	"Born to Be Somebody"	Justin Bieber	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
	Zooey Deschanel	"So Long"	Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward	Winnie The Pooh
2013 [27]
	T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, Joy Williams & John Paul White	"Safe & Sound"	Taylor Swift featuring The Civil Wars	The Hunger Games
	Mumford & Sons	"Learn Me Right"	Birdy and Mumford & Sons	Brave
	T Bone Burnett, Win Butler & Regine Chassagne	"Abraham's Daughter"	Arcade Fire	The Hunger Games
	Bret McKenzie	"Man or Muppet"	Jason Segel and Walter	The Muppets
	Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman	"Let Me Be Your Star"	Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty	Smash
2014 [28]
	Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth	"Skyfall"	Adele	Skyfall
	Elizabeth Grant & Rick Nowels	"Young and Beautiful"	Lana Del Rey	The Great Gatsby
	Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin	"Atlas"	Coldplay	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
	Regina Spektor	"You've Got Time"	Regina Spektor	Orange Is the New Black
	Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw	"We Both Know"	Colbie Caillat & Gavin DeGraw	Safe Haven
	Diane Warren	"Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You)"	Jessie J	Silver Linings Playbook
2015 [29]
	Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez	"Let It Go"	Idina Menzel	Frozen
	Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond	"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"	Glen Campbell	Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
	Spike Jonze & Karen O	"The Moon Song"	Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix	Her
	Ed Sheeran	"I See Fire"	Ed Sheeran	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
	Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton & Shawn Patterson	"Everything Is Awesome"	Tegan and Sara and The Lonely Island	The Lego Movie
2016 [30]
	Common, Che Smith & John Legend	"Glory"	Common and John Legend	Selma
	Belly, Deheala, Stephan Moccio & Abel Tesfaye	"Earned It"	The Weeknd	Fifty Shades of Grey
	Ilya, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin, Tove Lo & Ali Payami	"Love Me like You Do"	Ellie Goulding
	Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E, Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth	"See You Again"	Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth	Furious 7
	Lady Gaga & Diane Warren	"Til It Happens to You"	Lady Gaga	The Hunting Ground
2017 [31]
	Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake	"Can't Stop the Feeling!"	Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar	Trolls
	Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback	"Just Like Fire"	P!nk	Alice Through the Looking Glass
	Peter Gabriel	"The Veil"	Peter Gabriel	Snowden
	Tyler Joseph	"Heathens"	twenty øne piløts	Suicide Squad
	Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts	"Purple Lamborghini"	Skrillex & Rick Ross
	Sia Furler & Stargate	"Try Everything"	Shakira	Zootopia
2018 [32]
	Lin-Manuel Miranda	"How Far I'll Go"	Auli'i Cravalho	Moana
	Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift	"I Don't Wanna Live Forever"	ZAYN and Taylor Swift	Fifty Shades Darker
	Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul	"City of Stars"	Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone	La La Land
	Greg Kurstin & Sia Furler	"Never Give Up"	Sia	Lion
	Common & Diane Warren	"Stand Up for Something"	Andra Day featuring Common	Marshall
2019 [33]
	Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt	"Shallow"	Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper	A Star Is Born
	Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith	"All the Stars"	Kendrick Lamar and SZA	Black Panther
	Sufjan Stevens	"Mystery of Love"	Sufjan Stevens	Call Me by Your Name
	Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez	"Remember Me"	Miguel and Natalia Lafourcade	Coco
	Benj Pasek & Justin Paul	"This Is Me"	Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble	The Greatest Showman

2020s

Year[I]	Nominee(s)	Song	Performer(s)[II]	Work
2020 [34]
	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 [35]
	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 II
	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 [36]
	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"	P!nk	P!NK: 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 [37][38]
	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 [39]
	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 [40]
	Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson	"It Never Went Away"	Jon Batiste	American Symphony
	Jessie Alexander, Luke Combs & Johnathan Singleton	"Ain't No Love in Oklahoma"	Luke Combs	Twisters
	Amy Allen, Shellback & Justin Timberlake	"Better Place"	NSYNC & Justin Timberlake	Trolls Band Together
	Dan Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo	"Can't Catch Me Now"	Olivia Rodrigo	The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
	Walter Afanasieff, Charlie Midnight, Kara Talve & Hans Zimmer	"Love Will Survive"	Barbra Streisand	The Tattooist of Auschwitz

• ^{^[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

Nominations	Songwriter
11
	Diane Warren
9
	Alan Menken
7
	Randy Newman
6
	Babyface
4
	Kristen Anderson-Lopez
	Howard Ashman
	Beyoncé
	Lady Gaga
	James Horner
	Robert Lopez
	Stephen Schwartz
	Taylor Swift
3
	T Bone Burnett
	Billie Eilish
	Michael Kamen
	Robert John "Mutt" Lange
	Madonna
	Max Martin
	Finneas O'Connell
	Benj Pasek
	Justin Paul
	Tim Rice
	Mark Ronson
	Sting
	John Williams
	Stevie Wonder
	Andrew Wyatt
2
	Bryan Adams
	Alan Bergman
	Marilyn Bergman
	Win Butler
	Eric Clapton
	Phil Collins
	Common
	Alan Dennis Rich
	Jud Friedman
	Peter Gabriel
	Albert Hammond
	Will Jennings
	Elton John
	Patrick Leonard
	Barry Mann
	Lin-Manuel Miranda
	Karen O
	Dolly Parton
	P!nk
	Prince
	Ilya Salmanzadeh
	Sia
	Stephen Sondheim
	Bruce Springsteen
	U2
	Cynthia Weil

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

1. "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.^[24]