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Academy Award for Best Original Song

The Academy Award for Best Original Song, introduced in 1935 at the 7th Academy Awards, is presented annually for the best achievement in original song writing for a film from the previous year.

Beginning in 1947 the category was limited to 5 nominees, and in 2008 it was established that a maximum of two songs from a film could be nominated. The songs that are nominated for this award are typically performed during the ceremony and before this award is presented.

Sorted Chronologically by Awards Year. Winners in BOLD. Acceptance speech linked in Notes (where available).

UPDATED: May 2026

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AWARD RECORDS:
Most Awards: Sammy Cahn (4)
Most Nominations: Sammy Cahn (26)
Most Nominations Without a Win: Diane Warren (16)

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CATEGORY NAME HISTORY:
1935–1975: Music (Song)
1976–Present: Music (Original Song)

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  • The Gay Divorcee

    1

  • Gold Diggers of 1935

    2

  • Swing Time

    3

  • Waikiki Wedding

    4

  • The Big Broadcast of 1938

    5

  • The Wizard of Oz

    6

  • Pinocchio

    7

  • Lady Be Good

    8

  • Holiday Inn

    9

  • Hello, Frisco, Hello

    10

  • Going My Way

    11

  • State Fair

    12

  • The Harvey Girls

    13

  • Song of the South

    14

  • The Paleface

    15

  • Neptune's Daughter

    16

  • Captain Carey, U.S.A.

    17

  • Here Comes the Groom

    18

  • High Noon

    19

  • Calamity Jane

    20

  • Three Coins in the Fountain

    21

  • Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

    22

  • The Man Who Knew Too Much

    23

  • The Joker is Wild

    24

  • Gigi

    25

  • A Hole in the Head

    26

  • Never on Sunday

    27

  • Breakfast at Tiffany's

    28

  • Days of Wine and Roses

    29

  • Papa's Delicate Condition

    30

  • Mary Poppins

    31

  • The Sandpiper

    32

  • Born Free

    33

  • Doctor Dolittle

    34

  • The Thomas Crown Affair

    35

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    36

  • Lovers and Other Strangers

    37

  • Shaft

    38

  • The Poseidon Adventure

    39

  • The Way We Were

    40

  • The Towering Inferno

    41

  • Nashville

    42

  • A Star Is Born

    43

  • You Light Up My Life

    44

  • Thank God It's Friday

    45

  • Norma Rae

    46

  • Fame

    47

  • Arthur

    48

  • An Officer and a Gentleman

    49

  • Flashdance

    50

  • The Woman in Red

    51

  • White Nights

    52

  • Top Gun

    53

  • Dirty Dancing

    54

  • Working Girl

    55

  • The Little Mermaid

    56

  • Dick Tracy

    57

  • Beauty and the Beast

    58

  • Aladdin

    59

  • Philadelphia

    60

  • The Lion King

    61

  • Pocahontas

    62

  • Evita

    63

  • Titanic

    64

  • The Prince of Egypt

    65

  • Tarzan

    66

  • Wonder Boys

    67

  • Monsters, Inc.

    68

  • 8 Mile

    69

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    70

  • The Motorcycle Diaries

    71

  • Hustle & Flow

    72

  • An Inconvenient Truth

    73

  • Once

    74

  • Slumdog Millionaire

    75

  • Crazy Heart

    76

  • Toy Story 3

    77

  • The Muppets

    78

  • Skyfall

    79

  • Frozen

    80

  • Selma

    81

  • Spectre

    82

  • La La Land

    83

  • Coco

    84

  • A Star Is Born

    85

  • Rocketman

    86

  • Judas and the Black Messiah

    87

  • No Time to Die

    88

  • RRR

    89

  • Barbie

    90

  • Emilia Pérez

    91

  • KPop Demon Hunters

    92