Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Song
Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Song | |
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Country | The Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
First awarded | Black Reel Awards of 2001 |
Most recent winner | H.E.R. "Automatic Woman" (Black Reel Awards of 2022) |
Website | blackreelawards |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the
History
This award was first introduced as Outstanding Original or Adapted song from 2001 - 2013. At the
This award was first presented at the
Other multiple winners in this category includes Raphael Saadiq, Mary J. Blige & Common (rapper).
Love & Basketball, The Brothers, Brown Sugar, Dreamgirls, The Princess and the Frog, The Butler, Creed, Black Panther, Queen & Slim & The Harder They Fall are the only films to receive 2 or more nominations in this category. The Butler, Creed & The Harder They Fall are the only films to not have one of their songs win.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s
Year | Artist | Writers | Song | Film | Ref |
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2001 | |||||
Meshell Ndegeocello | Meshell Ndegeocello and Federico Peña | "Fool of Me" | Love & Basketball | [1] | |
Destiny's Child | Beyoncé, Cory Rooney, Tone (as Samuel J. Barnes) and Poke (as Jean Claude Olivier) | " Independent Women "
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Charlie's Angels | ||
Janet Jackson | Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | "Doesn't Really Matter" | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | ||
Donell Jones | Rahsaan Patterson and Steve 'Silk' Hurley | "I'll Go" | Love & Basketball | ||
R. Kelly | R. Kelly | "Bad Man" | Shaft | ||
Lucy Pearl | Dawn Robinson and Raphael Saadiq | "Dance Tonight" | Love & Basketball | ||
2002 | |||||
Eric Benét | Eric Benet | "Love Don't Love Me" | The Brothers | [2] | |
Snoop Dogg, Tyrese Gibson and Mr. Tan | Battlecat, Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg and Olan Thompson | "Just a Baby Boy" | Baby Boy | ||
R. Kelly | R. Kelly | "The World's Greatest" | Ali | ||
Nelly | Nelly and Waiel Yaghnam | "#1" | Training Day | ||
R.L. | Charles Bereal, Kenneth Bereal & Walter Worth Milsap | "Good Love" | The Brothers | ||
2003 | |||||
Erykah Badu and Common | Raphael Saadiq, Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Common, Bobby Ozuna, James Poyser and Glenn Standridge | "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" | Brown Sugar | [3] | |
Beyoncé | Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Beyoncé | "Work It Out" | Austin Powers in Goldmember | ||
Bow Wow, Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha | Jimmy Bralower, Robert Ford, Full Force, James B. Moor, Kurtis Blow, Shirley Walker and William Waring | "Basketball" | Like Mike | ||
Bootsy Collins, Snoop Dogg, Mr. Kane, Quaze and Fred Wesley | George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Jerome Brailey, Snoop Dogg and Quazedelic | "Undercova Funk (Give Up the Funk)" | Undercover Brother | ||
Angie Stone | Angie Stone, Homer Talbert and Herscholt Polk | "Bring Me Your Heart" | Brown Sugar | ||
2004 | |||||
Beyoncé and Walter Williams Sr. | Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Big Jim Wright | "He Still Loves Me" | The Fighting Temptations | [4] | |
Amerie and LL Cool J | Norma Jean Wright, Allan Wayne Felder, Kenneth Burke, LL Cool J, Poke (as Jean Claude Olivier), Tone (as Samuel Barnes), Amerie and 50 Cent | "Paradise" | Deliver Us from Eva | ||
Joe Budden | Joe Budden, Justin Smith, George Funky Brown, Robert Kool Bell, Ronald Bell, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Smith, Richard Westfield, Dennis 'Dee Tee' Thomas | "Pump It Up" | 2 Fast 2 Furious | ||
Ludacris | Ludacris (as Christopher Bridges), Keith McMasters | "Act a Fool" | |||
Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur
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Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, Luis Resto, Edgar Winter | "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" | Tupac: Resurrection | ||
2005–06 | — | ||||
2007 | |||||
Jennifer Hudson | Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen | " And I'm Telling You (I'm Not Going) "
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Dreamgirls | [5] | |
Beyoncé | Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Beyoncé, and Anne Preven | "Listen" | Dreamgirls | ||
Jennifer Hudson | Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen | "I Am Changing" | |||
Lyfe Jennings and Alicia Keys | Curtis Mayfield | "People Get Ready" | Glory Road | ||
OutKast | Andre Benjamin | "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)" | Idlewild | ||
2008 | — |
2010s
Year | Artist | Writers | Song | Film | Ref |
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2010 | |||||
Anika Noni Rose | Randy Newman | "Almost There" | The Princess and the Frog | [6] | |
De'Adre Aziza, Daniel Breaker and Stew | Stew | "Keys" | Passing Strange
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Mary J. Blige | Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo & Chuck Harmon | "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" | I Can Do Bad All By Myself
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Ne-Yo | Ne-Yo | "Never Knew I Needed" | The Princess and the Frog | ||
Anika Noni Rose | Randy Newman | "Down in New Orleans" | |||
2011 | |||||
John Legend | John Legend | "Shine" | Waiting for "Superman" | [7] | |
Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith | Adam Messinger, Nasri, Justin Bieber, Kuk Harrell (as Thaddis Harrell), Jaden Smith and Omarr Rambert | "Never Say Never" | The Karate Kid | ||
Jay Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
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Shawn Carter,Kanye West, Robyn Fenty, Ernest Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Athanasios Alatas | "Run This Town" | Brooklyn's Finest | ||
Queen Latifah | Andre Lyon, Queen Latifah , Jazmine Sullivan and Marcello Valenzano | "Champion" | Just Wright | ||
Leona Lewis | Greg Barnhill, Joanna Cotten and Melissa Manchester | "I Know Who I Am" | For Colored Girls | ||
2012 | |||||
Mary J. Blige | Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas | "The Living Proof" | The Help | [8] | |
Nicole Beharie | Scott Jacoby, Stefan C. Schaefer & Chris Silber | "My Last Day Without You" | My Last Day Without You | ||
Jamie Foxx | Siedah Garrett | "Fly Love" | Rio | ||
Cee-Lo Green and Kenny Wayne Shepherd
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R.L. Burnside | "Walkin' Blues" | Footloose | ||
Ludacris and Slaughterhouse | Ryan Montgomery, Crooked I, Eminem, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Ludacris, Mr. Porter, Tony "56" Jackson, Claret Jai, Luis Resto | "Furiously Dangerous" | Fast Five | ||
2013 | |||||
John Legend | John Legend | "Who Did That to You?" | Django Unchained | [9] | |
Travis Barker, Tom Morello, Raekwon and RZA | Travis Barker, Tom Morello, Raekwon and RZA | "Carry It" | The Man with the Iron Fists | ||
Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks | R. Kelly | "Celebrate" | Sparkle | ||
Jay Z, Frank Ocean and Kanye West
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Kanye West, Jay-Z (as Shawn Carter), Mike Dean, Charles Njapa, Gary Wright, Phil Manzanera, James Brown, Joseph Maloy Roach, The-Dream (as Terius Nash), Frank Ocean | "No Church in the Wild" | Safe House | ||
John Legend and Ludacris | John Legend, Allen Arthur, Ludacris, Clayton Reilly, Keith Justice, and Miguel | "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" | Think Like a Man | ||
2014 | |||||
Judith Hill | Judith Hill | "Desperation" | 20 Feet from Stardom | [10] | |
Fantasia Barrino
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Keith McMasters, Fantasia Barrino, Ricco Barrino, and Abel Terry | "In the Middle of the Night" | The Butler | ||
Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | "Queen of the Field (Patsey's Song)" | 12 Years a Slave | ||
Gladys Knight | Lenny Kravitz | "You & I Ain't No More" | The Butler | ||
Pharrell Williams | Pharrell Williams | "Happy" | Despicable Me 2 | ||
2015 | |||||
Common and John Legend | Common, John Legend & Rhymefest | "Glory" | Selma | [11] | |
Eliza Colby and Questlove | Eliza Colby & Questlove | "It Ain't Easy" | Top Five | ||
Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lamar | Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Hans Zimmer and Kendrick Lamar | "It's On Again" | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | ||
Janelle Monáe | Janelle Monáe, Nate 'Rocket' Wonder and Roman GianArthur Irvin | "What is Love" | Rio 2 | ||
Rita Ora | Diane Warren | "Grateful" | Beyond the Lights | ||
2016 | |||||
Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth | DJ Frank E, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa | " See You Again "
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Furious 7 | [12] | |
Childish Gambino and Vince Staples
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Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler, Vince Staples and Donald Glover | "Waiting for My Moment" | Creed | ||
Dr. Dre | Dr. Dre, Slim the Mobster, Mario Johnson, Russell Brown | "Talking to My Diary" | Straight Outta Compton | ||
Tessa Thompson | Ludwig Göransson, Sam Dew and Tessa Thompson | "Grip" | Creed | ||
The Weeknd | The Weeknd, Stephan Moccio, DaHeala, Belly | "Earned It" | Fifty Shades of Grey | ||
2017 | |||||
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | "I'm Still Here" | Miss Sharon Jones! | [13] | |
Common and Bilal | Common, Karriem Riggins & Robert Glasper | "A Letter to the Free" | 13th | ||
Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys, Illangelo, Billy Walsh | "Back to Life" | Queen of Katwe | ||
John Legend | John Legend | "Start" | Southside with You | ||
Lalah Hathaway and Pharrell Williams | Pharrell Williams | "Surrender" | Hidden Figures | ||
2018 | |||||
Mary J. Blige | Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson | "Mighty River" | Mudbound | [14][15] | |
Kortnee Price | Jypsy Nichols, Jeff Paige, Bobby Huntley & Nikki Wade | "Best of Me" | La Vie Magnifique De Charlie | ||
Cynthia Erivo | Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson & Laura Karpman | "Jump" | Step | ||
Common and Andra Day | Dianne Warren & Common | "Stand Up for Something" | Marshall | ||
Phonte and Zo! | Phonte & Zo! | "Starlight" | Zo! Making SkyBreak | ||
2019 | |||||
SZA
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Kendrick Lamar, Sounwave, Al Shux and SZA | "All the Stars" | Black Panther | ||
Jennifer Hudson | Diane Warren | "I’ll Fight" | RBG | ||
Khalid & Normani | Khalid, Normani, Ryan Vojtesak, Tayla Parx and Jamil Chammas | "Love Lies" | Love, Simon | ||
The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar | The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Dukes and Doc McKinney | " Pray for Me "
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Black Panther | ||
Arlissa | Jessica Karpov, Kevin White and Mike Woods | "We Won’t Move" | The Hate U Give |
2020s
Year | Artist | Writers | Song | Film | Ref |
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2020 | |||||
Tiana Major9 and EarthGang | Olu Fann, Sonyae Elise, Stacy Barthe, Benny Cassette, Sam Barsh, Kaveh Rastegar, Akil King, and Joshua Lopez | "Collide" | Queen & Slim | [16] | |
Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | "Guarding the Gates" | Queen & Slim | ||
Robert Glasper and Ledisi | Robert Glasper | "Don’t Turn Back Now" | The Apollo | ||
Beyoncé | Ilya Salmanzadeh, Labrinth, and Beyoncé | "Spirit" | The Lion King | ||
Gizzle and Sam Fischer | Gizzle, Mike Sabath, and Sam Fischer | "It’s Not Over" | Brian Banks | ||
2021 | |||||
Leslie Odom Jr. | Leslie Odom Jr. & Sam Ashworth | "Speak Now" | One Night in Miami... | [17] | |
H.E.R. | H.E.R., Tiara Thomas & D'Mile | "Fight for You" | Judas and the Black Messiah | ||
Anika Noni Rose & Forest Whitaker | John Legend | "Make It Work" | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | ||
Radha Blank | Radha Blank | "Poverty Porn" | The Forty-Year-Old Version | ||
Andra Day | Andra Day, Raphael Saadiq | "Tigress & Tweed" | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | ||
2022 | |||||
H.E.R. | H.E.R., Van Hunt, Brittany Hazzard | "Automatic Woman" | Bruised | [18] | |
Beyoncé | Beyoncé & DIXSON
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"Be Alive" | King Richard | ||
Jay-Z & Kid Cudi | Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, Kid Cudi & Jeymes Samuel | "Guns Go Bang" | The Harder They Fall | ||
Koffee | Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter & Jeymes Samuel | "The Harder They Fall" | The Harder They Fall | ||
Jennifer Hudson | Jennifer Hudson, Carole King & Jamie Hartman | "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" | Respect | ||
2023 | |||||
Rihanna | Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson and Tems | "Lift Me Up" | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | ||
Rihanna | Rihanna, The-Dream, Ludwig Göransson and James Fauntleroy | " Born Again "
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | ||
Jessy Wilson and Angélique Kidjo | Jesy Wilson, Angélique Kidjo and Jeremy Lutito | "Keep Rising" | The Woman King | ||
Ruth B
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Ruth B. and Terence Blanchard | "Paper Airplanes" | A Jazzman's Blues | ||
Jazmine Sullivan | Jazmine Sullivan and D'Mile | "Stand Up" | Till | ||
2022 | Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Maspi | Halle Bailey, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney and Morten Ristorp | "Keep It Movin" | The Color Purple | |
Metro Boomin, ASAP Rocky and Roisee | Leland Tyler Wayne, Roisee, Rakim Mayers, Mike Dean, Peter Lee Johnson and Landon "Script" Wayne | "Am I Dreaming" | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | ||
Jon Batiste | "It Never Went Away" | American Symphony | |||
Beyoncé | Beyoncé Knowles and The-Terius "The-Dream" Adamu Ya Gesteelde-Diamant | "MY HOUSE" | Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé | ||
Lenny Kravitz | "Road to Freedom" | Rustin |
Multiple nominations and wins (Performer)
Multiple wins
- 3 Wins
- 2 Wins
Multiple nominations
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Multiple nominations and wins (Songwriter)
Multiple wins
- 3 Wins
- 2 Wins
Multiple nominations
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References
- ^ 2001 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2002 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2003 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2004 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2007 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2010 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2011 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
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- ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards – Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards
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