Grammy Award for Song of the Year

The Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. The Song of the Year award is one of the four most prestigious categories at the awards (alongside Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Album of the Year), presented annually since the 1st Grammy Awards in 1959. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award is presented:

If a winning song contains samples or interpolations of existing material, the publisher and songwriter(s) of the original song(s) can apply for a Winners Certificate.

Song of the Year is related to but is conceptually different from Record of the Year or Album of the Year:

Song of the Year is awarded for a single or for one track from an album. This award goes to the songwriter who actually wrote the lyrics and/or melodies to the song. "Song" in this context means the song as composed, not its recording.
Record of the Year is also awarded for a single or individual track, but the recipient of this award is the performing artist, the producer, recording engineer and/or mixer for that song. In this sense, "record" means a particular recorded song, not its composition or an album of songs.
Album of the Year is awarded for a whole album, and the award is presented to the artist, songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and mastering engineer for that album. In this context, "album" means a recorded collection of songs (a multi-track LP, CD, or download package), not the individual songs or their compositions.

History and description

The Song of the Year awards have been awarded since 1959. It is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards. Despite both the Record of the Year award and Song of the Year being awarded for a single or for one track from an album, this award goes only to the composer(s) of the song whereas the Record of the Year award goes to the performer(s) and production team for a particular recording of the song. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award is given to the songwriter(s) of a song that "must contain melody and lyrics and must be either a new song or a song first achieving prominence during the eligibility year. Songs containing prominent samples or interpolations are not eligible".

The award has not always been restricted to new or newly prominent songs; for instance, in 1992, when the winner was Natalie Cole's cover of "Unforgettable" (a song that had first been recorded by Nat King Cole and achieved prominence in the 1950s), the rule was merely that the song had to have been recorded during the eligibility year and not previously nominated for the award.

Since the late 1960s other songwriter's awards have been presented for genre-specific categories, including Grammy Award for Best Country Song (since 1965), Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (since 1969), Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (since 1988), Grammy Award for Best Rock Song (since 1992), and most recently Grammy Award for Best Rap Song (since 2004), Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song (from 2006 to 2014), Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Song (from 2012 to 2014), Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song (since 2014), Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance/Song (since 2015), and Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song (since 2015).

The category was expanded to include eight nominees in 2019 and 10 nominees in 2022. The number of nominees was reverted to eight starting with the 2024 ceremony.

As of 2023, a distinct category to honor songwriters was established: Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical.

Achievements

In many cases, the winning songwriters were also the performers (Domenico Modugno, Henry Mancini, John Lennon & Paul McCartney, Joe South, Paul Simon, Carole King, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Sting, Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie, Bobby McFerrin, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Seal, Shawn Colvin, Rob Thomas, U2, Alicia Keys, Luther Vandross, John Mayer, Dixie Chicks, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Lady Antebellum, Adele, Fun, Lorde, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Childish Gambino, Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Anderson .Paak, Bonnie Raitt and Kendrick Lamar).

Siblings Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell are the songwriters with the most wins of this category, with three each for "Bad Guy" in 2020, "What Was I Made For?" in 2024, and "Wildflower" in 2026.

Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II is the only songwriter to win Song of the Year in two consecutive years: in 2021 ("I Can't Breathe") and 2022 ("Leave the Door Open"). Other multiple winners in this category include Henry Mancini ("Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses"); Johnny Mercer ("Moon River" and "Days of Wine and Roses"); James Horner ("Somewhere Out There" and "My Heart Will Go On"); Will Jennings ("Tears in Heaven" and "My Heart Will Go On"); U2 ("Beautiful Day" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"); Adele ("Rolling in the Deep" and "Hello"); Christopher Brody Brown ("That's What I Like" and "Leave the Door Open"); Bruno Mars ("That's What I Like" and "Leave the Door Open"), winning two times each. However, songs written for Andy Williams, Roberta Flack, Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler have received this award twice.

Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff are the most nominated songwriters in this category with eight nominations each, with Antonoff winning in 2013 for “We Are Young”; while Swift has never won the award. Bruno Mars follows with seven nominations, and Beyoncé, Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’ Connell have six nominations each.

Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Webb, Bobby Russell, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Kris Kristofferson, Michael McDonald, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Tim Rice, Brandi Carlile, Dernst Emile II, Jack Antonoff, Amy Allen and Henry Walter are the only songwriters with multiple nominations in the same year, with Antonoff achieving it in three consecutive years; while Carlile and Emile in 2022, and Allen, Antonoff and Walter in 2026 achieved it in the same ceremony.

The first woman to win the award was Carole King in 1972, for "You've Got a Friend". Adele was the first female songwriter to win the award twice, winning for "Rolling in the Deep" and "Hello". Doja Cat and Doechii are the only female rappers to be nominated for the award with “Kiss Me More” in 2022 and "Anxiety" in 2026.

Lorde is the youngest songwriter to win in the category, winning for "Royals" in 2014 at the age of 17; while Irving Gordon is the oldest songwriter to win the award, winning for "Unforgettable" in 1992 at age 77.

Christopher Cross and Billie Eilish are the only artists to receive the Grammys for Song of the Year as well as Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist in a single ceremony. Adele was the first artist to win the awards for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist on separate occasions. Only six artists have won the Song of the Year and Best New Artist awards the same year: Christopher Cross ("Sailing" in 1981), Alicia Keys ("Fallin'" in 2002), Amy Winehouse ("Rehab" in 2008), Fun ("We Are Young" in 2013), Sam Smith ("Stay with Me (Darkchild Version)" in 2015) and Billie Eilish ("Bad Guy" in 2020); Marvin Hamlisch is the only composer to win the Song of the Year and Best New Artist awards the same year in 1975, for "The Way We Were".

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Lionel Richie, Diane Warren, Max Martin, Billie Eilish, H.E.R, Finneas O'Connell, Taylor Swift, and Jack Antonoff are the only songwriters to receive nominations for Song of the Year in three consecutive years, with Eilish and O’Connell achieving it twice.

The song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)", winner in 1959, written by Domenico Modugno and performed in Italian, is the only foreign-language song to win this award, although the 1967 winner "Michelle" penned by Lennon–McCartney for The Beatles to perform, has a critical part of its lyrics in French. “Despacito” and “DTMF” are the only primarily spanish language songs to be nominated.

The Ernest Gold song "Theme of Exodus", which won in 1961, is the only instrumental song to ever receive this award. "Lose Yourself" by Eminem was the first rap song to be nominated while "This is America" by Childish Gambino and "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar are the only ones to ever win the award. “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga, “Break My Soul” by Beyoncé and “Abracadabra” by Gaga are the only dance songs to be nominated. “A&W” by Lana Del Rey was the first alternative song to be nominated.

The first and only tie in this category in Grammy history took place in 1978, when both Barbra Streisand's & Paul Williams' "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" and Joe Brooks' "You Light Up My Life" won the award.

The first time in Grammy history that two different songs with the same title have been nominated in this category happened with "Hello" written by Lionel Richie in 1985 and "Hello" by Adele & Greg Kurstin in 2017.

The song with the most writers to win this award is "That's What I Like", which won in 2018 with eight writers. The song with the most writers nominated in this category is "Peaches", which had 11 co-writers nominated for the 2022 ceremony.

Thirty-two of the winning songs have also won the award for Record of the Year. 27 of the winning songs were written by solo songwriters. 9 of the winning songs also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Process

From 1995 to 2018, members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences nominated their choices for song of the year. A list of the top twenty records was given to the Nominations Review Committee, a specially selected group of anonymous members, who then selected the top five records to gain a nomination in the category in a special ballot. The rest of the members then vote a winner from the five nominees. In 2018, it was announced the number of nominated tracks would be increased to eight. In 2021, it was announced that the Nomination Review Committees would be disbanded, and the final nominees for song of the year would be decided by votes from members. Starting in 2022, the number of nominees in the category increased to 10. However, the decision to expand the number of nominees in this category was made 24 hours before the nominees were announced after an early version of the nominations list had already been circulated. This allowed "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat featuring SZA and "Right on Time" by Brandi Carlile to be nominated as they were the songs that received the most votes besides the other eight nominees. As of the 2024 ceremony, the number of nominees has been reduced back to eight.

Recipients

1950s

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1959

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)"

| Domenico Modugno

| "Catch a Falling Star"

| Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss

| Perry Como

| "Fever"

| John Davenport and Eddie Cooley

| Peggy Lee

| "Gigi"

| Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

| Louis Jourdan

| "Witchcraft"

| Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh

| Frank Sinatra

1960s

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1960

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "The Battle of New Orleans"

| Jimmy Driftwood

| Johnny Horton

| "High Hopes"

| Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen

| Frank Sinatra

| "I Know"

| Karl Stutz and Edith Linderman

| Perry Como

| "Like Young"

| Paul Francis Webster and André Previn

| André Previn

| "Small World"

| Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim

| Johnny Mathis

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1961

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Theme from Exodus"

| Ernest Gold

| "He'll Have to Go"

| Charles Randolph Grean, Joe Allison and Audrey Allison

| Jim Reeves

| "Nice 'n' Easy"

| Lew Spence, Marilyn Keith and Alan Bergman

| Frank Sinatra

| "The Second Time Around"

| Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen

| Andy Williams

| "Theme from A Summer Place"

| Max Steiner

| Percy Faith

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1962

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Moon River"

| Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer

| Henry Mancini

| "Big Bad John"

| Jimmy Dean

| "A Little Bitty Tear"

| Hank Cochran

| Burl Ives

| "Lollipops and Roses"

| Tony Velona

| Jack Jones

| "Make Someone Happy"

| Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green

| Various Artists

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1963

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "What Kind of Fool Am I?"

| Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley

| Sammy Davis Jr.

| "As Long as He Needs Me"

| Lionel Bart

| Shirley Bassey

| "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"

| Douglas Cross and George Cory

| Tony Bennett

| "My Coloring Book"

| John Kander and Fred Ebb

| Sandy Stewart

| "The Sweetest Sounds"

| Richard Rodgers

| Various Artists

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1964

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Days of Wine and Roses"

| Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer

| Henry Mancini

| "Call Me Irresponsible"

| Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen

| Frank Sinatra

| "The Good Life"

| Sacha Distel and Jack Reardon

| rowspan=2| Tony Bennett

| "I Wanna Be Around"

| Sadie Vimmerstedt and Johnny Mercer

| "Wives and Lovers"

| Burt Bacharach and Hal David

| Jack Jones

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1965

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Hello, Dolly!"

| Jerry Herman

| Louis Armstrong

| "Dear Heart"

| Henry Mancini, Ray Evans and Jay Livingston

| Andy Williams

| "A Hard Day's Night"

| John Lennon and Paul McCartney

| The Beatles

| "People"

| Jule Styne and Bob Merrill

| Barbra Streisand

| "Who Can I Turn To?"

| Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley

| Tony Bennett

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1966

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "The Shadow of Your Smile"

| Paul Francis Webster and Johnny Mandel

| Tony Bennett

| "I Will Wait for You"

| Michel Legrand, Norman Gimbel and Jacques Demy

| Connie Francis

| "King of the Road"

| Roger Miller

| "The September of My Years"

| Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn

| Frank Sinatra

| "Yesterday"

| John Lennon and Paul McCartney

| The Beatles

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1967

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Michelle"

| John Lennon and Paul McCartney

| The Beatles

| "Born Free"

| John Barry and Don Black

| Various Artists

| "The Impossible Dream"

| Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion

| Richard Kiley

| "Somewhere, My Love"

| Paul Francis Webster and Maurice Jarre

| Ray Conniff

| "Strangers in the Night"

| Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder

| Frank Sinatra

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1968

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Up, Up, and Away"

| Jimmy Webb

| The 5th Dimension

| "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"

| Jimmy Webb

| rowspan=2| Glen Campbell

| "Gentle on My Mind"

| John Hartford

| "My Cup Runneth Over"

| Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt

| Ed Ames

| "Ode to Billie Joe"

| Bobbie Gentry

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1969

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Little Green Apples"

| Bobby Russell

| O. C. Smith

| "Harper Valley PTA"

| Tom T. Hall

| Jeannie C. Riley

| "Hey Jude"

| John Lennon and Paul McCartney

| The Beatles

| "Honey"

| Bobby Russell

| Bobby Goldsboro

| "Mrs. Robinson"

| Paul Simon

| Simon & Garfunkel

1970s

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! width="40%" | Songwriter(s)

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1970

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Games People Play"

| Joe South

| "I'll Never Fall in Love Again"

| Burt Bacharach and Hal David

| Dionne Warwick

| "A Time for Us"

| Larry Kusik, Eddie Snyder and Nino Rota

| Henry Mancini

| "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"

| Burt Bacharach and Hal David

| B. J. Thomas

| "Spinning Wheel"

| David Clayton-Thomas

| Blood, Sweat & Tears

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1971

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Bridge over Troubled Water"

| Paul Simon

| Simon & Garfunkel

| "Everything Is Beautiful"

| Ray Stevens

| "Fire and Rain"

| James Taylor

| "Let It Be"

| John Lennon and Paul McCartney

| The Beatles

| "We've Only Just Begun"

| Roger Nichols and Paul Williams

| The Carpenters

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1972

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "You've Got a Friend"

| Carole King

| James Taylor / Carole King

| "Help Me Make It Through the Night"

| Kris Kristofferson

| "It's Impossible"

| Sid Wayne and Armando Manzanero

| Perry Como

| "Me and Bobby McGee"

| Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster

| Janis Joplin

| "Rose Garden"

| Joe South

| Lynn Anderson

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1973

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

| Ewan MacColl

| Roberta Flack

| "Alone Again (Naturally)"

| Gilbert O'Sullivan

| "American Pie"

| Don McLean

| "Song Sung Blue"

| Neil Diamond

| "The Summer Knows"

| Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Michel Legrand

| Michel Legrand

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1974

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Killing Me Softly with His Song"

| Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox

| Roberta Flack

| "Behind Closed Doors"

| Kenny O'Dell

| Charlie Rich

| "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"

| Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown

| Dawn featuring Tony Orlando

| "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"

| Stevie Wonder

| "You're So Vain"

| Carly Simon

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1975

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "The Way We Were"

| Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch

| Barbra Streisand

| "Feel Like Makin' Love"

| Gene McDaniels

| Roberta Flack

| "I Honestly Love You"

| Jeff Barry and Peter Allen

| Olivia Newton-John

| "Midnight at the Oasis"

| David Nichtern

| Maria Muldaur

| "You and Me Against the World"

| Paul Williams and Ken Ascher

| Helen Reddy

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1976

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Send in the Clowns"

| Stephen Sondheim

| Judy Collins

| "At Seventeen"

| Janis Ian

| "Feelings"

| Morris Albert

| "Love Will Keep Us Together"

| Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield

| Captain & Tennille

| "Rhinestone Cowboy"

| Larry Weiss

| Glen Campbell

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1977

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "I Write the Songs"

| Bruce Johnston

| Barry Manilow

| "Afternoon Delight"

| Bill Danoff

| Starland Vocal Band

| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"

| Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield

| Neil Sedaka

| "This Masquerade"

| Leon Russell

| George Benson

| "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

| Gordon Lightfoot

| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 1978

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" (TIE)

| Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams

| Barbra Streisand

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "You Light Up My Life" (TIE)

| Joe Brooks

| Debby Boone

| "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"

| Richard Leigh

| Crystal Gayle

| "Hotel California"

| Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey

| Eagles

| "Nobody Does It Better"

| Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager

| Carly Simon

| "Southern Nights"

| Allen Toussaint

| Glen Campbell

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1979

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Just the Way You Are"

| Billy Joel

| "Stayin' Alive"

| Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb

| Bee Gees

| "Three Times a Lady"

| Lionel Richie

| Commodores

| "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"

| Neil Diamond and Alan and Marilyn Bergman

| Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand

| "You Needed Me"

| Randy Goodrum

| Anne Murray

1980s

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| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | 1980

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "What a Fool Believes"

| Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald

| The Doobie Brothers

| "After the Love Has Gone"

| David Foster, Jay Graydon and Bill Champlin

| Earth, Wind & Fire

| "Chuck E.'s in Love"

| Rickie Lee Jones

| "Honesty"

| Billy Joel

| "I Will Survive"

| Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren

| Gloria Gaynor

| "Minute by Minute"

| Lester Abrams and Michael McDonald

| The Doobie Brothers

| "Reunited"

| Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren

| Peaches & Herb

| "She Believes in Me"

| Steve Gibb

| Kenny Rogers

| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 1981

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Sailing"

| Christopher Cross

| "Fame"

| Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford

| Irene Cara

| "Lady"

| Lionel Richie

| Kenny Rogers

| "The Rose"

| Amanda McBroom

| Bette Midler

| "Theme from New York, New York"

| John Kander and Fred Ebb

| Frank Sinatra

| "Woman in Love"

| Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb

| Barbra Streisand

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1982

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Bette Davis Eyes"

| Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon

| Kim Carnes

| "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"

| Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Christopher Cross

| Christopher Cross

| "Endless Love"

| Lionel Richie

| Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

| "Just the Two of Us"

| Bill Withers, William Salter and Ralph MacDonald

| Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers

| "9 to 5"

| Dolly Parton

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1983

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Always on My Mind"

| Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson

| Willie Nelson

| "Ebony and Ivory"

| Paul McCartney

| Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder

| "Eye of the Tiger"

| Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik

| Survivor

| "I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)"

| Donald Fagen

| "Rosanna"

| David Paich

| Toto

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1984

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Every Breath You Take"

| Sting

| The Police

| "All Night Long (All Night)"

| Lionel Richie

| "Beat It"

| rowspan=2| Michael Jackson

| "Billie Jean"

| "Maniac"

| Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky

| Michael Sembello

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1985

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "What's Love Got to Do with It"

| Graham Lyle and Terry Britten

| Tina Turner

| "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"

| Phil Collins

| "Hello"

| Lionel Richie

| "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

| Stevie Wonder

| "Time After Time"

| Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman

| Cyndi Lauper

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1986

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "We Are the World"

| Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie

| USA for Africa

| "The Boys of Summer"

| Don Henley and Mike Campbell

| Don Henley

| "Everytime You Go Away"

| Daryl Hall

| Paul Young

| "I Want to Know What Love Is"

| Mick Jones

| Foreigner

| "Money for Nothing"

| Mark Knopfler and Sting

| Dire Straits

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1987

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "That's What Friends Are For"

| Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager

| Dionne Warwick & Friends (Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder)

| "Addicted to Love"

| Robert Palmer

| "Graceland"

| Paul Simon

| "Higher Love"

| Steve Winwood and Will Jennings

| Steve Winwood

| "Sledgehammer"

| Peter Gabriel

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1988

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Somewhere Out There"

| James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

| Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram

| "Didn't We Almost Have It All"

| Michael Masser and Will Jennings

| Whitney Houston

| "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"

| Adam Clayton, David Evans, Larry Mullen, Jr. and Paul Hewson

| U2

| "La Bamba"

| Ritchie Valens

| Los Lobos

| "Luka"

| Suzanne Vega

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1989

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

| Bobby McFerrin

| "Be Still My Beating Heart"

| Sting

| "Fast Car"

| Tracy Chapman

| "Giving You the Best That I Got"

| Anita Baker, Skip Scarborough and Randy Holland

| Anita Baker

| "Piano in the Dark"

| Brenda Russell, Jeff Hall and Scott Cutler

| Brenda Russell

1990s

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1990

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Wind Beneath My Wings"

| Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar

| Bette Midler

| "Don't Know Much"

| Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow

| Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville

| "The End of the Innocence"

| Don Henley and Bruce Hornsby

| Don Henley

| "The Living Years"

| Mike Rutherford and B. A. Robertson

| Mike + The Mechanics

| "We Didn't Start the Fire"

| Billy Joel

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1991

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "From a Distance"

| Julie Gold

| Bette Midler

| "Another Day in Paradise"

| Phil Collins

| "Hold On"

| Chynna Phillips, Glen Ballard and Carnie Wilson

| Wilson Phillips

| "Nothing Compares 2 U"

| Prince

| Sinéad O'Connor

| "Vision of Love"

| Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies

| Mariah Carey

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1992

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Unforgettable"

| Irving Gordon

| Natalie Cole (with Nat King Cole)

| "Baby Baby"

| Amy Grant and Keith Thomas

| Amy Grant

| "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"

| Bryan Adams, Mutt Lange and Michael Kamen

| Bryan Adams

| "Losing My Religion"

| Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe

| R.E.M.

| "Walking in Memphis"

| Marc Cohn

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1993

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Tears in Heaven"

| Eric Clapton and Will Jennings

| Eric Clapton

| "Achy Breaky Heart"

| Don Von Tress

| Billy Ray Cyrus

| "Beauty and the Beast"

| Alan Menken and Howard Ashman

| Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson

| "Constant Craving"

| k.d. lang and Ben Mink

| k.d. lang

| "Save the Best for Last"

| Wendy Waldman, Jon Lind and Phil Galdston

| Vanessa Williams

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1994

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "A Whole New World"

| Alan Menken and Tim Rice

| Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle

| "Harvest Moon"

| Neil Young

| "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"

| Jim Steinman

| Meat Loaf

| "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"

| Sting

| "The River of Dreams"

| Billy Joel

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1995

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Streets of Philadelphia"

| Bruce Springsteen

| "All I Wanna Do"

| David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow and Kevin Gilbert

| Sheryl Crow

| "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"

| rowspan=2| Elton John and Tim Rice

| rowspan=2| Elton John

| "Circle of Life"

| "I Swear"

| Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers

| John Michael Montgomery / All-4-One

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1996

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Kiss from a Rose"

| Seal

| "One of Us"

| Eric Bazilian

| Joan Osborne

| "I Can Love You Like That"

| Maribeth Derry, Sam Diamond and Jennifer Kimball

| John Michael Montgomery / All-4-One

| "You Are Not Alone"

| R. Kelly

| Michael Jackson

| "You Oughta Know"

| Glen Ballard and Alanis Morissette

| Alanis Morissette

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1997

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Change the World"

| Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick and Tommy Sims

| Eric Clapton

| "Because You Loved Me"

| Diane Warren

| Celine Dion

| "Blue"

| Bill Mack

| LeAnn Rimes

| "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"

| Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds

| Whitney Houston

| "Give Me One Reason"

| Tracy Chapman

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1998

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Sunny Came Home"

| Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal

| Shawn Colvin

| "Don't Speak"

| Eric Stefani and Gwen Stefani

| No Doubt

| "How Do I Live"

| Diane Warren

| LeAnn Rimes / Trisha Yearwood

| "I Believe I Can Fly"

| R. Kelly

| "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"

| Paula Cole

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1999

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "My Heart Will Go On"

| James Horner and Will Jennings

| Celine Dion

| "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"

| Diane Warren

| Aerosmith

| "Iris"

| John Rzeznik

| Goo Goo Dolls

| "Lean on Me"

| Kirk Franklin

| "You're Still the One"

| Mutt Lange and Shania Twain

| Shania Twain

2000s

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

|- bgcolor="#bebebe"

! width="5%" | Year

! width="30%" | Song

! width="40%" | Songwriter(s)

! width="25%" | Artist(s)

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2000

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Smooth"

| Itaal Shur and Rob Thomas

| Santana featuring Rob Thomas

| "I Want It That Way"

| Andreas Carlsson and Max Martin

| Backstreet Boys

| "Livin' la Vida Loca"

| Desmond Child and Robi Dräco Rosa

| Ricky Martin

| "Unpretty"

| Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Dallas Austin

| TLC

| "You've Got a Way"

| Shania Twain and Mutt Lange

| Shania Twain

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2001

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Beautiful Day"

| Adam Clayton, David Evans, Larry Mullen Jr. and Paul Hewson

| U2

| "Breathe"

| Stephanie Bentley and Holly Lamar

| Faith Hill

| "I Hope You Dance"

| Mark Sanders and Tia Sillers

| Lee Ann Womack

| "I Try"

| Macy Gray, Jinsoo Lim, Jeremy Ruzumna and David Wilder

| Macy Gray

| "Say My Name"

| Beyoncé Knowles, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, LeToya, LaTavia Roberson and Kelly Rowland

| Destiny's Child

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2002

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Fallin'"

| Alicia Keys

| "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)"

| Charlie Colin, Rob Hotchkiss, Patrick Monahan, Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood

| Train

| "I'm Like a Bird"

| Nelly Furtado

| "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"

| Adam Clayton, David Evans, Larry Mullen, Jr. and Paul Hewson

| U2

| "Video"

| India.Arie, Carlos "Six July" Broady and Shannon Sanders

| India.Arie

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2003

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Don't Know Why"

| Jesse Harris

| Norah Jones

| "Complicated"

| Avril Lavigne and The Matrix

| Avril Lavigne

| "The Rising"

| Bruce Springsteen

| "A Thousand Miles"

| Vanessa Carlton

| "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"

| Alan Jackson

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2004

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Dance with My Father"

| Richard Marx and Luther Vandross

| Luther Vandross

| "Beautiful"

| Linda Perry

| Christina Aguilera

| "I'm with You"

| Avril Lavigne and The Matrix

| Avril Lavigne

| "Keep Me in Your Heart"

| Jorge Calderón and Warren Zevon

| Warren Zevon

| "Lose Yourself"

| Jeff Bass, Marshall Mathers and Luis Resto

| Eminem

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2005

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Daughters"

| John Mayer

| "If I Ain't Got You"

| Alicia Keys

| "Jesus Walks"

| Rhymefest and Kanye West

| Kanye West

| "Live Like You Were Dying"

| Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman

| Tim McGraw

| "The Reason"

| Daniel Estrin and Douglas Robb

| Hoobastank

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2006

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"

| Adam Clayton, David Evans, Larry Mullen Jr. and Paul Hewson

| U2

| "Bless the Broken Road"

| Bobby Boyd, Jeff Hanna and Marcus Hummon

| Rascal Flatts

| "Devils & Dust"

| Bruce Springsteen

| "Ordinary People"

| John Legend and will.i.am

| John Legend

| "We Belong Together"

| Johntá Austin, Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal Jr.

| Mariah Carey

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2007

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Not Ready to Make Nice"

| Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Dan Wilson

| Dixie Chicks

| "Be Without You"

| Johnta Austin, Mary J. Blige, Bryan-Michael Cox and Jason Perry

| Mary J. Blige

| "Jesus, Take the Wheel"

| Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson

| Carrie Underwood

| "Put Your Records On"

| John Beck, Steve Chrisanthou and Corinne Bailey Rae

| Corinne Bailey Rae

| "You're Beautiful"

| James Blunt, Amanda Ghost and Sacha Skarbek

| James Blunt

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2008

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Rehab"

| Amy Winehouse

| "Before He Cheats"

| Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins

| Carrie Underwood

| "Hey There Delilah"

| Tom Higgenson

| Plain White T's

| "Like a Star"

| Corinne Bailey Rae

| "Umbrella"

| Kuk Harrell, Shawn Carter, Christopher Stewart and The-Dream

| Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2009

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Viva la Vida"

| Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin

| Coldplay

| "American Boy"

| Estelle, Keith Harris, John Legend, Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, Kanye West and will.i.am

| Estelle featuring Kanye West

| "Chasing Pavements"

| Adele Adkins and Eg White

| Adele

| "I'm Yours"

| Jason Mraz

| "Love Song"

| Sara Bareilles

2010s

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

|- bgcolor="#bebebe"

! width="5%" | Year

! width="30%" | Song

! width="40%" | Songwriter(s)

! width="25%" | Artist(s)

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2010

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

| Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash and Christopher Stewart

| Beyoncé

| "Poker Face"

| Lady Gaga and RedOne

| Lady Gaga

| "Pretty Wings"

| Hod David and Musze

| Maxwell

| "Use Somebody"

| Caleb Followill and Jared Followill and Matthew Followill and Nathan Followill

| Kings of Leon

| "You Belong with Me"

| Liz Rose and Taylor Swift

| Taylor Swift

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2011

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Need You Now"

| Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott

| Lady Antebellum

| "Beg, Steal or Borrow"

| Ray LaMontagne

| "F**k You"

| Brody Brown, Cee Lo Green, Ari Levine, Philip Lawrence and Bruno Mars

| Cee Lo Green

| "The House That Built Me"

| Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin

| Miranda Lambert

| "Love the Way You Lie"

| Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey and Marshall Mathers

| Eminem featuring Rihanna

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2012

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Rolling in the Deep"

| Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

| Adele

| "All of the Lights"

| Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West

| Kanye West featuring Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie

| "The Cave"

| Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford and Country Winston

| Mumford & Sons

| "Grenade"

| Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars and Andrew Wyatt

| Bruno Mars

| "Holocene"

| Justin Vernon

| Bon Iver

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2013

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "We Are Young"

| Nate Ruess, Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker and Andrew Dost

| Fun featuring Janelle Monáe

| "The A Team"

| Ed Sheeran

| "Adorn"

| Miguel Pimentel

| Miguel

| "Call Me Maybe"

| Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen and Josh Ramsay

| Carly Rae Jepsen

| "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"

| Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin and Ali Tamposi

| Kelly Clarkson

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2014

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Royals"

| Joel Little and Ella Yelich-O'Connor

| Lorde

| "Just Give Me a Reason"

| Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess

| Pink featuring Nate Ruess

| "Locked Out of Heaven"

| Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars

| Bruno Mars

| "Roar"

| Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter

| Katy Perry

| "Same Love"

| Ben Haggerty, Mary Lambert and Ryan Lewis

| Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2015

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Stay with Me" (Darkchild Version)

| James Napier, William Phillips and Sam Smith

| Sam Smith

| "All About That Bass"

| Kevin Kadish and Meghan Trainor

| Meghan Trainor

| "Chandelier"

| Sia Furler and Jesse Shatkin

| Sia

| "Shake It Off"

| Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift

| Taylor Swift

| "Take Me to Church"

| Andrew Hozier-Byrne

| Hozier

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2016

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Thinking Out Loud"

| Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge

| Ed Sheeran

| "Alright"

| Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Anthony Spears and Pharrell Williams

| Kendrick Lamar

| "Blank Space"

| Max Martin, Shellback and Taylor Swift

| Taylor Swift

| "Girl Crush"

| Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose

| Little Big Town

| "See You Again"

| Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charles Puth and Cameron Thomaz

| Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2017

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Hello"

| Adele Adkins and Greg Kurstin

| Adele

| "Formation"

| Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles and Michael Len Williams II

| Beyoncé

| "I Took a Pill in Ibiza"

| Mike Posner

| "Love Yourself"

| Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin and Ed Sheeran

| Justin Bieber

| "7 Years"

| Lukas Forchammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard and Morten Ristorp

| Lukas Graham

| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2018

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "That's What I Like"

| Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus and Jonathan Yip

| Bruno Mars

| "Despacito"

| Ramón Ayala Rodríguez, Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi and Marty James Garton Jr

| Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber

| "4:44"

| Shawn Carter and Dion Wilson

| Jay-Z

| "Issues"

| Benjamin Levin, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels and Justin Drew Tranter

| Julia Michaels

| "1-800-273-8255"

| Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury, Khalid Robinson and Andrew Taggart

| Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid

| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | 2019

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "This Is America"

| Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson and Jeffery Lamar Williams

| Childish Gambino

| "All the Stars"

| Kendrick Duckworth, Solána Rowe, Al Shuckburg, Mark Anthony Spears and Anthony Tiffith

| Kendrick Lamar and SZA

| "Boo'd Up"

| Larrance Dopson, Joelle James, Ella Mai and Dijon McFarlane

| Ella Mai

| "God's Plan"

| Aubrey Graham, Daveon Jackson, Brock Korsan, Ron LaTour, Matthew Samuels and Noah Shebib

| Drake

| "In My Blood"

| Teddy Geiger, Scott Harris, Shawn Mendes and Geoffrey Warburton

| Shawn Mendes

| "The Joke"

| Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth

| Brandi Carlile

| "The Middle"

| Sarah Aarons, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Kyle Trewartha, Michael Trewartha and Anton Zaslavski

| Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey

| "Shallow"

| Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt

| Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

2020s

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

|- bgcolor="#bebebe"

! width="5%" | Year

! width="30%" | Song

! width="40%" | Songwriter(s)

! width="25%" | Artist(s)

| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | 2020

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Bad Guy"

| Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell

| Billie Eilish

| "Always Remember Us This Way"

| Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Lori McKenna

| Lady Gaga

| "Bring My Flowers Now"

| Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth and Tanya Tucker

| Tanya Tucker

| "Hard Place"

| Ruby Amanfu, Sam Ashworth, D. Arcelious Harris, H.E.R. and Rodney Jerkins

| H.E.R.

| "Lover"

| Taylor Swift

| "Norman Fucking Rockwell"

| Jack Antonoff and Lana Del Rey

| Lana Del Rey

| "Someone You Loved"

| Tom Barnes, Lewis Capaldi, Pete Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn and Sam Roman

| Lewis Capaldi

| "Truth Hurts"

| Steven Cheung, Eric Frederic, Melissa Jefferson and Jesse Saint John

| Lizzo

| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | 2021

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "I Can't Breathe"

| Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas

| H.E.R.

| "Black Parade"

| Denisia Andrews, Beyoncé, Stephen Bray, Shawn Carter, Brittany Coney, Derek James Dixie, Akil King, Kim "Kaydence" Krysiuk and Rickie "Caso" Tice

| Beyoncé

| "The Box"

| Samuel Gloade, Rodrick Moore, Adarius Moragne, Eric Sloan, Larrance Dopson and Khirye Anthony Tyler

| Roddy Ricch

| "Cardigan"

| Aaron Dessner and Taylor Swift

| Taylor Swift

| "Circles"

| Louis Bell, Adam Feeney, Kaan Gunesberk, Austin Post and Billy Walsh

| Post Malone

| "Don't Start Now"

| Caroline Ailin, Ian Kirkpatrick, Dua Lipa and Emily Warren

| Dua Lipa

| "Everything I Wanted"

| Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell

| Billie Eilish

| "If the World Was Ending"

| Julia Michaels and JP Saxe

| JP Saxe featuring Julia Michaels

| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | 2022

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Leave the Door Open"

| Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II and Bruno Mars

| Silk Sonic

| "Bad Habits"

| Fred Gibson, Johnny McDaid and Ed Sheeran

| Ed Sheeran

| "A Beautiful Noise"

| Ruby Amanfu, Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Alicia Keys, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Linda Perry and Hailey Whitters

| Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile

| "Drivers License"

| Daniel Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo

| Olivia Rodrigo

| "Fight for You"

| Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas

| H.E.R.

| "Happier Than Ever"

| Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell

| Billie Eilish

| "Kiss Me More"

| Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Carter Lang, Gerard A. Powell II, Solána Rowe and David Sprecher

| Doja Cat featuring SZA

| "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"

| Denzel Baptiste, David Biral, Omer Fedi, Montero Hill and Roy Lenzo

| Lil Nas X

| "Peaches"

| Louis Bell, Justin Bieber, Giveon Dezmann Evans, Bernard Harvey, Felisha "Fury" King, Matthew Sean Leon, Luis Manuel Martinez Jr., Aaron Simmonds, Ashton Simmonds, Andrew Wotman and Keavan Yazdani

| Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon

| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;" | 2023

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Just Like That"

| Bonnie Raitt

| "ABCDEFU"

| Sara Davis, Gayle and Dave Pittenger

| Gayle

| "About Damn Time"

| Mellisa "Lizzo" Jefferson, Eric Frederic, Blake Slatkin and Theron Makiel Thomas

| Lizzo

| "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film)"

| Liz Rose and Taylor Swift

| Taylor Swift

| "As It Was"

| Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon and Harry Styles

| Harry Styles

| "Bad Habit"

| Matthew Castellanos, Britanny Fousheé, Diana Gordon, John Carroll Kirby and Steve Lacy

| Steve Lacy

| "Break My Soul"

| Beyoncé, Shawn Carter, Terius "The-Dream" Gesteelde-Diamant and Christopher A. Stewart

| Beyoncé

| "Easy on Me"

| Adele Adkins and Greg Kurstin

| Adele

| "God Did"

| Tarik Azzouz, E. Blackmon, Khaled Khaled, Francis LeBlanc, Shawn Carter, John Stephens, Dwayne Carter, William Roberts and Nicholas Warwar

| DJ Khaled featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend and Fridayy

| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | 2024

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "What Was I Made For?"

| Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell

| Billie Eilish

| "A&W"

| Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey and Sam Dew

| Lana Del Rey

| "Anti-Hero"

| Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift

| Taylor Swift

| "Butterfly"

| Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson

| Jon Batiste

| "Dance the Night"

| Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt

| Dua Lipa

| "Flowers"

| Miley Cyrus, Gregory Aldae Hein and Michael Pollack

| Miley Cyrus

| "Kill Bill"

| Rob Bisel, Carter Lang and Solána Rowe

| SZA

| "Vampire"

| Dan Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo

| Olivia Rodrigo

| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | 2025

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Not Like Us"

| Kendrick Lamar

| "A Bar Song (Tipsy)"

| Sean Cook, Collins Obinna Chibueze and Nevin Sastry

| Shaboozey

| "Birds of a Feather"

| Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell

| Billie Eilish

| "Die with a Smile"

| Dernst Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Andrew Watt

| Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

| "Fortnight"

| Jack Antonoff, Austin Post and Taylor Swift

| Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone

| "Good Luck, Babe!"

| Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro and Justin Tranter

| Chappell Roan

| "Please Please Please"

| Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter

| Sabrina Carpenter

| "Texas Hold 'Em"

| Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Atia Boggs, Megan Bülow, Nathan Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq

| Beyoncé

| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | 2026

|- style="background:#FAEB86;"

| "Wildflower"

| Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell

| Billie Eilish

| "Abracadabra"

| Henry Walter, Lady Gaga and Andrew Watt

| Lady Gaga

| "Anxiety"

| Jaylah Hickmon

| Doechii

| "APT."

| Amy Allen, Christopher Brody Brown, Rogét Chahayed, Henry Walter, Omer Fedi, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Chae Young Park and Theron Thomas

| Rosé and Bruno Mars

| "DTMF"

| Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Scott Dittrich, Benjamin Falik, Roberto José Rosado Torres, Marco Daniel Borrero, Hugo René Sención Sanabria and Tyler Spry

| Bad Bunny

| "Golden"

| Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick

| Huntrix: Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami

| "Luther"

| Jack Antonoff, Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Matthew Bernard, Ink, Scott Bridgeway, Sam Dew, Kendrick Lamar, Mark Anthony Spears, Solána Rowe and Kamasi Washington

| Kendrick Lamar and SZA

| "Manchild"

| Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter

| Sabrina Carpenter

Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
The performing artist is only listed but does not receive the award.

Songwriters with multiple awards

;Three awards

Billie Eilish
Finneas O'Connell

;Two awards

Adele
Bono
Brody Brown
Adam Clayton
D'Mile (consecutive)
The Edge
James Horner
Will Jennings
Henry Mancini
Bruno Mars
Johnny Mercer
Larry Mullen Jr.

Songwriters with multiple nominations

;8 nominations

Jack Antonoff
Taylor Swift

;7 nominations

Bruno Mars

;6 nominations

Beyoncé
Billie Eilish
Paul McCartney
Finneas O'Connell
Lionel Richie

;5 nominations

Burt Bacharach
Lady Gaga
Kendrick Lamar
Philip Lawrence
John Lennon

;4 nominations

Adele
Alan Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
Bono
Brody Brown
Sammy Cahn
Brandi Carlile
Adam Clayton
The Edge
Jay-Z
Will Jennings
Billy Joel
Hillary Lindsey
Max Martin
Larry Mullen Jr.
Ed Sheeran
SZA
Sting
Jimmy Van Heusen

;3 nominations

Amy Allen
Carole Bayer Sager
Jeff Bhasker
Justin Bieber
Christopher Brody Brown
Cirkut
Hal David
D'Mile
Phil Hanseroth
Tim Hanseroth
Don Henley
H.E.R.
Michael Jackson
Alicia Keys
Greg Kurstin
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
John Legend
Ari Levine
Henry Mancini
Lori McKenna
Johnny Mercer
Dan Nigro
Tim Rice
Liz Rose
Paul Simon
Sounwave
Bruce Springsteen
Tricky Stewart
Jule Styne
Diane Warren
Paul Francis Webster
Kanye West
Paul Williams
Andrew Wyatt

;2 nominations

Caroline Ailin
Peter Allen
Ruby Amanfu
Johntá Austin
Corinne Bailey Rae
Glen Ballard
Louis Bell
Benny Blanco
Leslie Bricusse
Mariah Carey
Sabrina Carpenter
Rogét Chahayed
Tracy Chapman
Lauren Christy
Dave Cobb
Phil Collins
Christopher Cross
Lana Del Rey
Sam Dew
Neil Diamond
Dr. Luke
The-Dream
Fred Ebb
Graham Edwards
Eminem
Omer Fedi
Dino Fekaris
Eric Fredericks
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Norman Gimbel
Howard Greenfield
Marvin Hamlisch
Kuk Harrell
James Horner
Rodney Jerkins
Elton John
John Kander
Josh Kear
R. Kelly
Kris Kristofferson
Carter Lang
Avril Lavigne
Michel Legrand
Dua Lipa
Lizzo
Post Malone
Barry Mann
Michael McDonald
Alan Menken
Julia Michaels
Anthony Newley
Freddie Perren
Linda Perry
Ricky Reed
Olivia Rodrigo
Mark Ronson
Nate Ruess
Bobby Russell
Neil Sedaka
Shellback
Eddie Snyder
Stephen Sondheim
Sounwave
Joe South
Scott Spock
Tiara Thomas
Justin Tranter
Shania Twain
Andrew Watt
Jimmy Webb
Cynthia Weil
will.i.am
Dan Wilson
Stevie Wonder

References

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External links

Official site

History and description

Achievements

Process

Recipients

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Songwriters with multiple awards

Songwriters with multiple nominations

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