Sam Smith - Wikipedia

English singer and songwriter (born 1992) For other people named Sam Smith, see Sam Smith (disambiguation).

Sam Smith
Smith in 2025
Born	Samuel Frederick Smith (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 33)London, England
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2008–present
Works	Discography
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Genres	Pop soul dance R&B
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Capitol EMI
Website	samsmithworld.com
Musical artist

Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. In 2012, they[a] rose to prominence when they featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. The following year, they featured on Naughty Boy's single "La La La", which became a number one single in the UK.

Smith's debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour (2014), was released through Capitol Records UK and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.[3] The album's lead single, "Lay Me Down", was released prior to "La La La". The album's second single, "Money on My Mind", became their second number one single in the UK.[4] Its third single, "Stay with Me", was internationally successful, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, while subsequent singles "I'm Not the Only One" and "Like I Can" reached the top ten in the UK. The album won four awards at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

Smith's song "Writing's on the Wall" served as the theme for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), and won Smith a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Smith's second studio album, The Thrill of It All (2017), debuted atop the UK and US album charts. The album's lead single, "Too Good at Goodbyes", reached number one in the UK and Australia and number four in the US. Following the 2018 single "Promises" (with Calvin Harris), which peaked at number one in the UK, Smith released "Dancing with a Stranger" (with Normani) in 2019, which peaked within the top ten in the UK and the US, also receiving a nomination for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards. The singles, along with "How Do You Sleep?", would precede the release of their third studio album, Love Goes (2020).[5] In 2022, Smith's single "Unholy" (with Kim Petras), would become their first number one single in the US and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The song would precede their fourth album, Gloria (2023).[6]

Smith's numerous accolades include five Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, and an American Music Award, as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. On the UK Albums Chart, In the Lonely Hour was the best-selling debut album of the 2010s and the sixth best-selling album of the decade, while collectively Smith's albums spent the fourth-most weeks at number one in the 2010s, behind Ed Sheeran, Adele and Eminem.[7][8] Smith is the first openly non-binary musician to both release a song that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and to win a Grammy Award.[6]

Early life

Samuel Frederick Smith[9] was born in London on 19 May 1992[10] to Frederick Smith and broker Kate Cassidy.[10][11] Smith grew up in the village of Great Chishill in Cambridgeshire, where they attended Thomas More Primary School.[12] They were bullied for having breasts as a child and underwent liposuction at age 12.[13] As part of Youth Music Theatre UK, Smith appeared in the troupe's 2007 production of Oh! Carol, a musical featuring the music of Neil Sedaka.[14] Before entering the musical theatre, they had been in jazz bands.[15] While studying singing and songwriting under jazz pianist Joanna Eden for a number of years,[16] Smith attended St Mary's Catholic School in Bishop's Stortford[17] and was a member of the Bishop's Stortford Junior Operatics (now Bishop's Stortford Musical Theatre Society) and the Cantate Youth Choir.[18] Smith attended the Anglican St Mary the Virgin church, Saffron Walden, with family members, as a youth.[19] Smith released two singles, "Bad Day All Week" in 2008 and "When It's Alright" in 2009.[20]

Career

2012–2016: In the Lonely Hour

Smith was featured on the Disclosure song "Latch", which was released on 8 October 2012 and peaked at No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart. In February 2013, Smith released the first single from their debut album, "Lay Me Down", and later in the year featured on Naughty Boy's single "La La La". It was released on 19 May 2013 and peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. Smith's first EP Nirvana was released the following year. The first song on the EP, titled "Safe with Me", is produced by Two Inch Punch and was first broadcast on MistaJam's BBC Radio 1Xtra show on 24 July 2013.[21] The second song on the EP is titled "Nirvana" and is produced by Craze & Hoax and Jonathan Creek. The EP also includes Smith's acoustic solo version of "Latch" and a live version of "I've Told You Now".[22] Smith released the Disclosure, Nile Rodgers, and Jimmy Napes collaboration "Together" on 25 November 2013 as the only single from Settle: The Remixes. In December 2013, Smith was nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics' Choice Award and the BBC's Sound of 2014 poll,[23][24] winning both.[25][26]

The second single from Smith's debut album, titled "Money on My Mind", was released on 16 February 2014. It was announced on 16 December that Smith's debut studio album, titled In the Lonely Hour, would be released on 26 May 2014 through Capitol Records.[3] Smith described the album as "all about unrequited love" stemming from personal experience, having never been loved back by any previous love interests.[27] The album reached number one in the UK Albums Chart and number two on the Billboard 200, and by 5 November it had become the second biggest selling album of 2014 in the US behind only 1989 by Taylor Swift.[28][29] In January 2015, In the Lonely Hour was named the second best selling album of 2014 in the UK, behind x by Ed Sheeran.[30]

A live version of album track "I've Told You Now", performed at St Pancras Old Church, was made available as a free download as part of an Amazon.com promotion on 27 December 2013.[31] The album track "Make It To Me", co-written by Howard of Disclosure and Jimmy Napes, was made available as a free download as part of an iTunes Store promotion on 13 January 2014.[32] Smith went on their debut American headlining tour in the second quarter of 2014, with a setlist of primarily new material.[27] On 20 January 2014, Smith made their American television debut performing "Latch" with Disclosure on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Smith also performed on Saturday Night Live on 29 March 2014, performing the gospel-tinged "Stay with Me" and an acoustic version of "Lay Me Down".[33][34][35] "Stay with Me" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100.[36][37] The fourth single from the album, "I'm Not the Only One", reached number three in the UK and number five in the US.[37] Smith performed "Stay With Me" live at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on 24 August at The Forum in Inglewood, California.[38] On 15 November 2014, they joined the charity group Band Aid 30 along with other British and Irish pop acts, recording the latest version of the track "Do They Know It's Christmas?" at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, to raise money for the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa.[39]

In 2015, it came to light that singer Tom Petty, noting similarities between "Stay with Me" and his 1989 hit song "I Won't Back Down", had negotiated an out-of-court settlement with Smith in October 2014. Petty and co-composer Jeff Lynne were awarded 12.5 percent of the royalties from "Stay with Me", and the names of Petty and Lynne joined James John Napier (known professionally as Jimmy Napes) in the ASCAP song credit.[40] At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, held on 8 February 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Smith performed "Stay with Me" and also received four Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for "Stay with Me") and Best Pop Vocal Album (for In the Lonely Hour).[41] At the 2015 Brit Awards held at The O2 Arena in London on 25 February, they performed "Lay Me Down", and won the Brit Awards for British Breakthrough Act, and Global Success.[42] In March 2015, "Lay Me Down" was re-released as the sixth single from the album, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Smith's third US top 10 single).[43] The same month, Smith recorded another version of the song, featuring John Legend, for the British charity telethon Comic Relief, which reached number one in the UK.[44] At the 2015 Billboard Music Awards on 17 May, Smith received three Billboard Awards: Top Male Artist, Top New Artist, and Top Radio Songs Artist.[45] They featured on Disclosure's single "Omen", which was released on 27 July 2015.[46]

On 8 September 2015, Smith and Jimmy Napes confirmed that they had composed "Writing's on the Wall", the theme song to Spectre, the 24th James Bond film.[47] The song was released on 25 September 2015 and became the first James Bond theme to reach number one in the UK.[48] On 19 October, Smith was presented with two Guinness World Records—one for recording the first James Bond theme song to go to number one in the UK and another for scoring the most consecutive weeks in the UK top 10 by a debut album, for In the Lonely Hour.[48]

At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards on 10 January 2016, they received the Award for Best Original Song for "Writing's on the Wall".[49] On 14 January, the song earned Smith an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.[50] In the nominations for the 2016 Brit Awards announced on 14 January, the song was among the nominees for Best British Video.[51] Smith performed "Writing's on the Wall" at the Academy Awards on 28 February and, along with Napes, collected the prize for Best Original Song.[52] In their acceptance speech, Smith referenced an article by Ian McKellen published before the awards ceremony that claimed no openly gay man had won an Oscar for Best Actor; Smith misquoted McKellen as saying that no gay man in general had won an Oscar. This was quickly discredited by openly gay recipient Dustin Lance Black,[53] but McKellen mentioned that the error "doesn't detract" from Smith's achievement.[54]

2017–2021: The Thrill of It All and Love Goes

On 8 September 2017, Smith released a new single titled "Too Good at Goodbyes", which debuted at number one in the United Kingdom and number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.[55] Their second studio album, The Thrill of It All, debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, becoming their first number one album in the US.[56][57] On 20 March 2018, Smith started the Thrill of It All Tour, which visited Europe, North America, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa until 2019. On 27 March 2018, they released "Pray" featuring American rapper Logic. On 17 August 2018, the singer collaborated as the main vocalist on Calvin Harris's new track "Promises".[58] The song became Smith's seventh number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and their first top song on Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart.[59] They also released the song "Fire on Fire" as the Watership Down soundtrack.

In January 2019, Smith released the song "Dancing with a Stranger" with Normani as a single and it reached the top ten in the UK, the US and other countries. In February, Smith performed a medley of songs alongside Calvin Harris, Rag'n'Bone Man and Dua Lipa at the 2019 Brit Awards held at the O2 Arena in London. "How Do You Sleep?" was released on 19 July 2019.[60] In December 2019, the Official Charts Company named In the Lonely Hour the best-selling debut album of the 2010s and the sixth best-selling album of the decade in the UK, while at 10 weeks, Smith's albums collectively spent the fourth-most weeks at number one in the UK in the 2010s, behind Ed Sheeran, Adele and Eminem.[7][8]

On 13 February 2020, Smith revealed that a third studio album, then titled To Die For, was scheduled to be released on 1 May.[61] On 30 March, Smith announced that, due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, they would be delaying the release of their third album and would include a number of changes to the album track list and the title, as they would continue to work on it. However, they did state that it would still be released sometime within 2020.[62]

"I'm Ready", a collaboration with American singer Demi Lovato was released on 16 April and charted well in the top 40 of several countries.[63] On 6 July, Smith released their cover of Coldplay's "Fix You". They had originally performed the song earlier in May for the iHeartRadio Living Room Series.[62] On 17 September, they released a new single, "Diamonds", and then announced the new title for their third album, Love Goes, which was released on 30 October.[64] On 29 September they announced that they would be performing a livestream concert on 30 October from Abbey Road Studios in London, their only live performance of 2020.[65] The concert featured guest appearances by British actress Jade Anouka on "My Oasis" and singer Labrinth on "Love Goes", and included a cover version of "Time After Time", which drew praise from the song's original singer and writer Cyndi Lauper.[66] The concert was recorded and released as a live album, Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios, on 19 March 2021.[67] The same year, Smith recorded a cover of "You Will Be Found", in collaboration with Summer Walker, for the soundtrack album of the 2021 film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen. Their version of the song also plays during the closing credits of the film itself.[68]

2022–present: Gloria

On 25 August 2022, Smith announced that they had collaborated with German singer Kim Petras on a song titled "Unholy", with Petras calling it "the best song" she has been part of.[69] The first single from Smith's fourth studio album Gloria, it reached number one in the UK, the US (Smith's first US chart topper), Australia and other markets.[70][71] The song made Smith and Petras the first openly non-binary and first openly transgender musicians, respectively, to release a song that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] On 18 November, Smith released the single "Night Before Christmas", which was added to their EP The Holly & the Ivy.[72] Gloria was released on 27 January 2023, garnering generally favourable reviews from critics.[73][74][75]

In February 2023, Smith and Petras won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Unholy". This made Smith the first openly non-binary artist to win a Grammy, and Petras the first openly transgender artist to win a major-category Grammy.[6][76] In April of that year, Smith embarked on the Gloria World Tour to promote the album. The concert tour visited Europe, North America, Asia, and Oceania throughout the year. In July 2023, Smith and Scottish DJ Calvin Harris collaborated for a second time, and released a song titled "Desire" on 28 July 2023 with Sony Music.[77][78] The song peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.[79]

In August 2024, Smith performed at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.[80][81][82]

Artistry

Musical style and influences

Smith has cited Adele (left) and Amy Winehouse (right) as primary influences.

Musically, Smith's music encompasses pop,[83][84] soul,[85][86] dance,[87] and R&B.[88]

Smith cited Adele and Amy Winehouse as primary influences.[89][90] They admire Adele's "honesty in her music" and the way she has handled fame; they expressed a wish to maintain a similar public image.[89] Winehouse's debut album Frank was the first album Smith ever bought.[91] Early in their career, Smith received advice from Mary J. Blige and Chaka Khan, both of whom they listened to during their youth; Smith said that this inspired them to offer help to new artists themself.[91] They called Taylor Swift a "role model" and praised her "soulfulness" as well as her "honesty".[91]

Smith stated that the story of Lady Gaga's career beginnings encouraged them to move to London to start their own career.[16][92] They also credited her with helping them come out as non-binary.[93] Smith described Robyn as a major influence on Love Goes and said that they listened to her "nonstop" while making the album because they "could dance and be sad at the same time and feel empowered".[94] They further cited Beyoncé and Christina Aguilera as sources of inspiration and empowerment.[92][94] Speaking to Rolling Stone in January 2016, Smith named Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey as the greatest R&B voices.[95][96] Smith's other influences include Britney Spears[97] and Brandy.[98]

In an October 2017 interview for Attitude magazine, Smith spoke of the impact of their close friend Ed Sheeran's success: "It makes you push yourself. Watching him this past year has just been incredible, but yeah, of course it makes me hungry."[99] They had previously mentioned to GQ in January 2015 that they "envy the competition that people like [Frank] Sinatra would have ... because you could tell he was working off them".[91]

Vocal style

A VH1 profile of Smith's vocal coach Joanna Eden noted that Smith's vocal range "can soar from baritone to tenor for dramatic effect".[100] Smith places a lot of emphasis on their voice and stated they tried to make it the main element of their debut album In the Lonely Hour.[16] Following the release of the album, their vocals were often compared to those of Adele.[101][102] Jessica Robertson of The Fader considers that Smith represents "a return of the virtuosic vocalist in popular music", in the vein of Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross.[16] Jim Farber wrote for The New York Daily News that Smith is "utterly unafraid to sound feminine";[103] Mary J. Blige thought that Smith was a black woman when she first heard them sing on Disclosure's "Latch".[92] Asked about the "diva quality" of their voice, Smith remarked in January 2014:

It's all I listened to. I actually didn't listen to male vocalists until about two years ago. I just listened to Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan. Massive voices.[104]

Personal life

In May 2014, Smith came out to the public as gay and acknowledged they had been in a brief relationship with actor and model Jonathan Zeizel.[105][106] In 2015, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards when "Stay with Me" won an award for Record of the Year, they said, "I want to thank the man this record is about, whom I fell in love with last year. Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys!".[107] In October 2017, Smith stated that their album The Thrill of It All showed "the gay guy I've become".[108] In September 2017, Smith revealed a relationship with actor Brandon Flynn in an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. In June 2018, it was announced that Smith and Flynn had split after nine months of dating.[109]

In October 2017, Smith came out as non-binary,[110] saying, "I feel just as much a woman as I am a man"[108] and speaking of a period in their youth where they "didn't own a piece of male clothing and would wear full makeup while attending school".[111][112] In September 2019, they changed their pronouns to they/them, stating, "After a lifetime of being at war with my gender I've decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and out ...".[1][2]

Smith has struggled with body image issues since preteen years and been open about this in interviews.[13] They identify as a feminist.[113]

Smith is the godparent of close friend and collaborator Jimmy Napes' son.[114][non-primary source needed]

Smith confirmed their long-term relationship with fashion designer Christian Cowan to the New York Times in May 2024.[115]

Discography

Main article: Sam Smith discography

• In the Lonely Hour (2014)
• The Thrill of It All (2017)
• Love Goes (2020)
• Gloria (2023)

Tours and residencies

Headlining

• In the Lonely Hour Tour (2015)
• The Thrill of It All Tour (2018–2019)
• Gloria the Tour (2023)

Residencies

• To Be Free (2025)[116]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	On the Record: Sam Smith	Themself	Documentary	[117]
2018	Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute		CBS special	[118]
2023	And Just Like That...		Episode: "The Last Supper Part One: Appetizer"	[119]
2024	The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy	Dr. Azazel	Main role

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Sam Smith

See also

• List of highest-certified music artists in the United States
• List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
• List of best-selling singles in the United States

Notes

1. ^ Smith is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[1][2]

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Preceded byAdele"Skyfall", 2012	James Bond title artist "Writing's on the Wall", 2015	Succeeded byBillie Eilish"No Time to Die", 2020
Preceded byThe National	Saturday Night Live musical guest 29 March 2014	Succeeded byPharrell Williams
Awards and achievements
Preceded byTom Odell	Brit Award for Rising Star 2014	Succeeded byJames Bay
Preceded byCommon and John Legend	Academy Award forBest Original Song 2015	Succeeded byJustin Hurwitz andBenj Pasek & Justin Paul
	Golden Globe Award forBest Original Song 2015
Preceded byBastille	Brit Award for Best New Artist 2015	Succeeded byCatfish and the Bottlemen
Preceded byMacklemore & Ryan Lewis	Grammy Award for Best New Artist 2015	Succeeded byMeghan Trainor
Preceded byLil Nas X	GLAAD Media Award forOutstanding Music Artist 2021	Succeeded byLil Nas X

v t e Sam Smith
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	In the Lonely Hour The Thrill of It All Love Goes Gloria
Live albums	Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios
Unauthorized albums	The Lost Tapes – Remixed Diva Boy Live at the Spectator
Extended plays	Nirvana
Singles	"Bad Day All Week" "When It's Alright" "Lay Me Down" "Money on My Mind" "Stay with Me" "I'm Not the Only One" "Like I Can" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "Writing's on the Wall" "Too Good at Goodbyes" "One Last Song" "Pray" "Baby, You Make Me Crazy" "Promises" "Fire on Fire" "Dancing with a Stranger" "How Do You Sleep?" "I Feel Love" "To Die For" "I'm Ready" "My Oasis" "Diamonds" "Kids Again" "The Lighthouse Keeper" "Love Me More" "Unholy" "Night Before Christmas" "Gimme" "I'm Not Here to Make Friends" "Vulgar" "Desire" "In the City"
Featured singles	"Latch" "La La La" "Moments" "Omen" "Ahi"
Promotional singles	"Burning"
Other songs	"Safe with Me" "How Will I Know" "You Will Be Found" "Man I Am"
Tours	The Thrill of It All Tour Gloria the Tour

Awards for Sam Smith

v t e Academy Award for Best Original Song 1934–1940 "The Continental" Music: Con Conrad Lyrics: Herb Magidson (1934) "Lullaby of Broadway" Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Al Dubin (1935) "The Way You Look Tonight" Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Dorothy Fields (1936) "Sweet Leilani" Music and lyrics: Harry Owens (1937) "Thanks for the Memory" Music: Ralph Rainger Lyrics: Leo Robin (1938) "Over the Rainbow" Music: Harold Arlen Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg (1939) "When You Wish Upon a Star" Music: Leigh Harline Lyrics: Ned Washington (1940) 1941–1950 "The Last Time I Saw Paris" Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (1941) "White Christmas" Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin (1942) "You'll Never Know" Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Mack Gordon (1943) "Swinging on a Star" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Johnny Burke (1944) "It Might as Well Be Spring" Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (1945) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1946) "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" Music: Allie Wrubel Lyrics: Ray Gilbert (1947) "Buttons and Bows" Music: Jay Livingston Lyrics: Ray Evans (1948) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" Music and lyrics: Frank Loesser (1949) "Mona Lisa" Music and lyrics: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston (1950) 1951–1960 "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" Music: Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1951) "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" Music: Dimitri Tiomkin Lyrics: Ned Washington (1952) "Secret Love" Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1953) "Three Coins in the Fountain" Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1954) "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1955) "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" Music and lyrics: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (1956) "All the Way" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1957) "Gigi" Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner (1958) "High Hopes" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1959) "Never on Sunday" Music and lyrics: Manos Hatzidakis (1960) 1961–1970 "Moon River" Music: Henry Mancini Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1961) "Days of Wine and Roses" Music: Henry Mancini Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1962) "Call Me Irresponsible" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1963) "Chim Chim Cher-ee" Music and lyrics: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (1964) "The Shadow of Your Smile" Music: Johnny Mandel Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1965) "Born Free" Music: John Barry Lyrics: Don Black (1966) "Talk to the Animals" Music and lyrics: Leslie Bricusse (1967) "The Windmills of Your Mind" Music: Michel Legrand Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1968) "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David (1969) "For All We Know" Music: Fred Karlin Lyrics: Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin (1970) 1971–1980 "Theme from Shaft" Music and lyrics: Isaac Hayes (1971) "The Morning After" Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (1972) "The Way We Were" Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1973) "We May Never Love Like This Again" Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (1974) "I'm Easy" Music and lyrics: Keith Carradine (1975) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" Music: Barbra Streisand Lyrics: Paul Williams (1976) "You Light Up My Life" Music and lyrics: Joseph Brooks (1977) "Last Dance" Music and lyrics: Paul Jabara (1978) "It Goes Like It Goes" Music: David Shire Lyrics: Norman Gimbel (1979) "Fame" Music: Michael Gore Lyrics: Dean Pitchford (1980) 1981–1990 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Music and lyrics: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen (1981) "Up Where We Belong" Music: Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie Lyrics: Will Jennings (1982) "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Music: Giorgio Moroder Lyrics: Keith Forsey and Irene Cara (1983) "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Music and lyrics: Stevie Wonder (1984) "Say You, Say Me" Music and lyrics: Lionel Richie (1985) "Take My Breath Away" Music: Giorgio Moroder Lyrics: Tom Whitlock (1986) "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Music: Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz Lyrics: Franke Previte (1987) "Let the River Run" Music and lyrics: Carly Simon (1988) "Under the Sea" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman (1989) "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" Music and lyrics: Stephen Sondheim (1990) 1991–2000 "Beauty and the Beast" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman (1991) "A Whole New World" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Tim Rice (1992) "Streets of Philadelphia" Music and lyrics: Bruce Springsteen (1993) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Music: Elton John Lyrics: Tim Rice (1994) "Colors of the Wind" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz (1995) "You Must Love Me" Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice (1996) "My Heart Will Go On" Music: James Horner Lyrics: Will Jennings (1997) "When You Believe" Music and lyrics: Stephen Schwartz (1998) "You'll Be in My Heart" Music and lyrics: Phil Collins (1999) "Things Have Changed" Music and lyrics: Bob Dylan (2000) 2001–2010 "If I Didn't Have You" Music and lyrics: Randy Newman (2001) "Lose Yourself" Music: Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto Lyrics: Eminem (2002) "Into the West" Music and lyrics: Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox (2003) "Al otro lado del río" Music and lyrics: Jorge Drexler (2004) "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" Music and lyrics: Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul (2005) "I Need to Wake Up" Music and lyrics: Melissa Etheridge (2006) "Falling Slowly" Music and lyrics: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2007) "Jai Ho" Music: A. R. Rahman Lyrics: Gulzar (2008) "The Weary Kind" Music and lyrics: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (2009) "We Belong Together" Music and lyrics: Randy Newman (2010) 2011–2020 "Man or Muppet" Music and lyrics: Bret McKenzie (2011) "Skyfall" Music and lyrics: Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (2012) "Let It Go" Music and lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2013) "Glory" Music and lyrics: John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn (2014) "Writing's on the Wall" Music and lyrics: James Napier and Sam Smith (2015) "City of Stars" Music: Justin Hurwitz Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016) "Remember Me" Music and lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2017) "Shallow" Music and lyrics: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (2018) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" Music: Elton John Lyrics: Bernie Taupin (2019) "Fight for You" Music: D'Mile and H.E.R. Lyrics: H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas (2020) 2021–present "No Time to Die" Music and lyrics: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2021) "Naatu Naatu" Music: M. M. Keeravani Lyrics: Chandrabose (2022) "What Was I Made For?" Music and lyrics: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2023) "El Mal" Music: Clément Ducol and Camille Lyrics: Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard (2024) v t e American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Jim Croce (1974) John Denver (1975) John Denver (1976) Elton John (1977) Barry Manilow (1978) Barry Manilow (1979) Barry Manilow (1980) Kenny Rogers (1981) Kenny Rogers (1982) John Mellencamp / Rick Springfield (1983) Michael Jackson (1984) Lionel Richie (1985) Bruce Springsteen (1986) Lionel Richie (1987) Paul Simon (1988) George Michael (1989) Bobby Brown (1990) Phil Collins (1991) Michael Bolton (1992) Michael Bolton (1993) Eric Clapton (1994) Michael Bolton (1995) Michael Jackson (1996) Eric Clapton (1997) Babyface (1998) Eric Clapton (1999) Will Smith (2000) Kid Rock (2001) Lenny Kravitz (2002) Eminem (2003) Kid Rock (2003) Usher (2004) Will Smith (2005) Sean Paul (2006) Justin Timberlake (2007) Chris Brown (2008) Michael Jackson (2009) Justin Bieber (2010) Bruno Mars (2011) Justin Bieber (2012) Justin Timberlake (2013) Sam Smith (2014) Ed Sheeran (2015) Justin Bieber (2016) Bruno Mars (2017) Post Malone (2018) Khalid (2019) Justin Bieber (2020) Ed Sheeran (2021) Harry Styles (2022) Bruno Mars (2025) v t e BBC Sound of... winners 50 Cent (2003) Keane (2004) The Bravery (2005) Corinne Bailey Rae (2006) MIKA (2007) Adele (2008) Little Boots (2009) Ellie Goulding (2010) Jessie J (2011) Michael Kiwanuka (2012) HAIM (2013) Sam Smith (2014) Years & Years (2015) Jack Garratt (2016) Ray BLK (2017) Sigrid (2018) Octavian (2019) Celeste (2020) Pa Salieu (2021) PinkPantheress (2022) FLO (2023) The Last Dinner Party (2024) Chappell Roan (2025) Skye Newman (2026) v t e Brit Award for British Breakthrough Artist Graham Parker / Julie Covington (1977) The Human League (1982) Yazoo (1983) Paul Young (1984) Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1985) Go West (1986) The Housemartins (1987) Wet Wet Wet (1988) Bros (1989) Lisa Stansfield (1990) Betty Boo (1991) Beverley Craven (1992) Tasmin Archer (1993) Gabrielle (1994) Oasis (1995) Supergrass (1996) Kula Shaker (1997) Stereophonics (1998) Belle and Sebastian (1999) S Club 7 (2000) A1 (2001) Blue (2002) Will Young (2003) Busted (2004) Keane (2005) Arctic Monkeys (2006) The Fratellis (2007) Mika (2008) Duffy (2009) JLS (2010) Tinie Tempah (2011) Ed Sheeran (2012) Ben Howard (2013) Bastille (2014) Sam Smith (2015) Catfish and the Bottlemen (2016) Rag'n'Bone Man (2017) Dua Lipa (2018) Tom Walker (2019) Lewis Capaldi (2020) Arlo Parks (2021) Little Simz (2022) Wet Leg (2023) Raye (2024) The Last Dinner Party (2025) Lola Young (2026) v t e Brit Award for Rising Star Adele (2008) Florence and the Machine (2009) Ellie Goulding (2010) Jessie J (2011) Emeli Sandé (2012) Tom Odell (2013) Sam Smith (2014) James Bay (2015) Jack Garratt (2016) Rag'n'Bone Man (2017) Jorja Smith (2018) Sam Fender (2019) Celeste (2020) Griff (2021) Holly Humberstone (2022) Flo (2023) The Last Dinner Party (2024) Myles Smith (2025) Jacob Alon (2026) v t e GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist Outstanding Music Artist (1991–present) Two Nice Girls (1991) Phranc and John Corigliano (1992) Elton John and Garth Brooks (1993) Melissa Etheridge (1994) Melissa Etheridge, Indigo Girls, and Disappear Fear (1995) Boy George and Jill Sobule (1996) Meshell Ndegeocello (1997) Janet Jackson (1998) Rufus Wainwright and Queen Pen (1999) Indigo Girls (2000) k.d. lang (2001) k.d. lang and Tony Bennett (2003) Rufus Wainwright (2004) Scissor Sisters (2005) Melissa Etheridge (2006) Scissor Sisters (2007) Rufus Wainwright (2008) k.d. lang (2009) Lady Gaga (2010) Scissor Sisters (2011) Lady Gaga (2012) Adam Lambert and Frank Ocean (2013) Tegan and Sara (2014) Against Me! (2015) Troye Sivan (2016) Tegan and Sara (2017) Halsey (2018) Janelle Monáe (2019) Lil Nas X (2020) Sam Smith (2021) Lil Nas X (2022) Fletcher (2023) Reneé Rapp (2024) Doechii (2025) Young Miko (2026) Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist (2021–present) Chika (2021) Lily Rose (2022) Dove Cameron (2023) David Archuleta (2024) Durand Bernarr (2025) Katseye (2026) v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1960s "Town Without Pity" – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington (1961) No Award (1962) No Award (1963) "Circus World" – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington (1964) "Forget Domani" – Music by Riz Ortolani; Lyrics by Norman Newell (1965) "Strangers in the Night" – Music by Bert Kaempfert; Lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder (1966) "If Ever I Would Leave You" – Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner (1967) "The Windmills of Your Mind" – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1968) "Jean" – Music and lyrics by Rod McKuen (1969) 1970s "Whistling Away the Dark" – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1970) "Life Is What You Make It" – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1971) "Ben" – Music by Walter Scharf; Lyrics by Don Black (1972) "The Way We Were" – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1973) "I Feel Love" – Music by Euel Box; Lyrics by Betty Box (1974) "I'm Easy" – Music and lyrics by Keith Carradine (1975) "Evergreen" – Music by Barbra Streisand; Lyrics by Paul Williams (1976) "You Light Up My Life" – Music and lyrics by Joseph Brooks (1977) "Last Dance" – Music and lyrics by Paul Jabara (1978) "The Rose" – Music and lyrics by Amanda McBroom (1979) 1980s "Fame" – Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford (1980) "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" – Music and lyrics by Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross, and Carole Bayer Sager (1981) "Up Where We Belong" – Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings (1982) "Flashdance... What a Feeling" – Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyrics by Irene Cara and Keith Forsey (1983) "I Just Called to Say I Love You" – Music and lyrics by Stevie Wonder (1984) "Say You, Say Me" – Music and lyrics by Lionel Richie (1985) "Take My Breath Away" – Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyrics by Tom Whitlock (1986) "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" – Music by John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz; Lyrics by Franke Previte (1987) "Let the River Run" – Music and lyrics by Carly Simon / "Two Hearts" – Music by Lamont Dozier; Lyrics by Phil Collins (1988) "Under the Sea" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (1989) 1990s "Blaze of Glory" – Music and lyrics by Jon Bon Jovi (1990) "Beauty and the Beast" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (1991) "A Whole New World" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Tim Rice (1992) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (1993) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice (1994) "Colors of the Wind" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (1995) "You Must Love Me" – Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Tim Rice (1996) "My Heart Will Go On" – Music by James Horner; Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings (1997) "The Prayer" – Music and lyrics by David Foster, Tony Renis, Carole Bayer Sager, and Alberto Testa (1998) "You'll Be in My Heart" – Music and lyrics by Phil Collins (1999) 2000s "Things Have Changed" – Music and lyrics by Bob Dylan (2000) "Until..." – Music and lyrics by Sting (2001) "The Hands That Built America" – Music and lyrics by Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, and Larry Mullen Jr. (2002) "Into the West" – Music and Lyrics by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore, and Frances Walsh (2003) "Old Habits Die Hard" – Music and lyrics by Mick Jagger and David A. Stewart (2004) "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" – Music by Gustavo Santaolalla; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin (2005) "The Song of the Heart" – Music and lyrics by Prince Rogers Nelson (2006) "Guaranteed" – Music and lyrics by Eddie Vedder (2007) "The Wrestler" – Music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (2008) "The Weary Kind" – Music and lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (2009) 2010s "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren (2010) "Masterpiece" – Music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, and Jimmy Harry (2011) "Skyfall" – Music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (2012) "Ordinary Love" – Music and lyrics by Bono, Adam Clayton, the Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., and Danger Mouse (2013) "Glory" – Music and lyrics by Common and John Legend (2014) "Writing's on the Wall" – Music and lyrics by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes (2015) "City of Stars" – Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016) "This Is Me" – Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2017) "Shallow" – Music and lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt (2018) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin (2019) 2020s "Io sì (Seen)" – Music by Diane Warren; Lyrics by Diane Warren, Laura Pausini, and Niccolò Agliardi (2020) "No Time to Die" – Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2021) "Naatu Naatu" – Music by M. M. Keeravani; Lyrics by Chandrabose (2022) "What Was I Made For?" – Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell (2023) "El Mal" – Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard (2024) "Golden" – Music by Joong Gyu-kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, and Park Hong-jun; Lyrics by Kim Eun-jae and Mark Sonnenblick (2025) Complete List (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s) (2020s) v t e Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1950s "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" – Domenico Modugno (May 1959) "Mack the Knife" – Bobby Darin (November 1959) 1960s "Theme from A Summer Place" – Percy Faith (1961) "Moon River" – Henry Mancini (1962) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" – Tony Bennett (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Henry Mancini (1964) "The Girl from Ipanema" – Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1965) "A Taste of Honey" – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1966) "Strangers in the Night" – Frank Sinatra (1967) "Up, Up and Away" – The 5th Dimension (1968) "Mrs. Robinson" – Simon & Garfunkel (1969) 1970s "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" – The 5th Dimension (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Simon & Garfunkel (1971) "It's Too Late" – Carole King (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Roberta Flack (1974) "I Honestly Love You" – Olivia Newton-John (1975) "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain & Tennille (1976) "This Masquerade" – George Benson (1977) "Hotel California" – Eagles (1978) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (1979) 1980s "What a Fool Believes" – The Doobie Brothers (1980) "Sailing" – Christopher Cross (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Kim Carnes (1982) "Rosanna" – Toto (1983) "Beat It" – Michael Jackson (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Tina Turner (1985) "We Are the World" – USA for Africa (1986) "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood (1987) "Graceland" – Paul Simon (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (1989) 1990s "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Bette Midler (1990) "Another Day in Paradise" – Phil Collins (1991) "Unforgettable" – Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (1992) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton (1993) "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (1994) "All I Wanna Do" – Sheryl Crow (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (1996) "Change the World" – Eric Clapton (1997) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" – Celine Dion (1998) 2000s "Smooth" – Santana featuring Rob Thomas (2000) "Beautiful Day" – U2 (2001) "Walk On" – U2 (2002) "Don't Know Why" – Norah Jones (2003) "Clocks" – Coldplay (2004) "Here We Go Again" – Ray Charles & Norah Jones (2005) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Dixie Chicks (2007) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (2008) "Please Read the Letter" – Alison Krauss & Robert Plant (2009) 2010s "Use Somebody" – Kings of Leon (2010) "Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele (2012) "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra (2013) "Get Lucky" – Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2014) "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – Sam Smith (2015) "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (2016) "Hello" – Adele (2017) "24K Magic" – Bruno Mars (2018) "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (2019) 2020s "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish (2020) "Everything I Wanted" – Billie Eilish (2021) "Leave the Door Open" – Silk Sonic (2022) "About Damn Time" – Lizzo (2023) "Flowers" – Miley Cyrus (2024) "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (2025) "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar with SZA (2026) v t e Grammy Award for Song of the Year Awarded to songwriters 1950s "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" – Domenico Modugno (1959) 1960s "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (1960) "Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (1961) "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (1962) "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (1964) "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (1965) "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (1966) "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (1967) "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (1968) "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (1969) 1970s "Games People Play" – Joe South (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (1971) "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (1974) "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1975) "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (1976) "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (1977) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (1978) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (1979) 1980s "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (1980) "Sailing" – Christopher Cross (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (1982) "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (1983) "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (1985) "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (1986) "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (1987) "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (1989) 1990s "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (1990) "From a Distance" – Julie Gold (1991) "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (1992) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (1993) "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (1994) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (1996) "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (1997) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (1999) 2000s "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (2000) "Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (2001) "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (2002) "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (2003) "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (2004) "Daughters" – John Mayer (2005) "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (2007) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (2008) "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (2009) 2010s "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (2010) "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (2012) "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (2013) "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (2014) "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (2015) "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (2016) "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (2017) "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (2018) "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (2019) 2020s "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (2020) "I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (2021) "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (2022) "Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt (2023) "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (2024) "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (2025) "Wildflower" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (2026) v t e Grammy Award for Best New Artist Bobby Darin (1960) Bob Newhart (1961) Peter Nero (1962) Robert Goulet (1963) The Swingle Singers (1964) The Beatles (1965) Tom Jones (1966) Bobbie Gentry (1968) José Feliciano (1969) Crosby, Stills & Nash (1970) The Carpenters (1971) Carly Simon (1972) America (1973) Bette Midler (1974) Marvin Hamlisch (1975) Natalie Cole (1976) Starland Vocal Band (1977) Debby Boone (1978) A Taste of Honey (1979) Rickie Lee Jones (1980) Christopher Cross (1981) Sheena Easton (1982) Men at Work (1983) Culture Club (1984) Cyndi Lauper (1985) Sade (1986) Bruce Hornsby & The Range (1987) Jody Watley (1988) Tracy Chapman (1989) Milli Vanilli (1990) Mariah Carey (1991) Marc Cohn (1992) Arrested Development (1993) Toni Braxton (1994) Sheryl Crow (1995) Hootie & the Blowfish (1996) LeAnn Rimes (1997) Paula Cole (1998) Lauryn Hill (1999) Christina Aguilera (2000) Shelby Lynne (2001) Alicia Keys (2002) Norah Jones (2003) Evanescence (2004) Maroon 5 (2005) John Legend (2006) Carrie Underwood (2007) Amy Winehouse (2008) Adele (2009) Zac Brown Band (2010) Esperanza Spalding (2011) Bon Iver (2012) Fun (2013) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (2014) Sam Smith (2015) Meghan Trainor (2016) Chance the Rapper (2017) Alessia Cara (2018) Dua Lipa (2019) Billie Eilish (2020) Megan Thee Stallion (2021) Olivia Rodrigo (2022) Samara Joy (2023) Victoria Monét (2024) Chappell Roan (2025) Olivia Dean (2026) v t e Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance 2010s "Body and Soul" – Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse (2012) "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra (2013) "Get Lucky" – Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers (2014) "Say Something" – A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera (2015) "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (2016) "Stressed Out" – Twenty One Pilots (2017) "Feel It Still" – Portugal. The Man (2018) "Shallow" – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (2019) 2020s "Old Town Road" – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus (2020) "Rain on Me" – Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande (2021) "Kiss Me More" – Doja Cat featuring SZA (2022) "Unholy" – Sam Smith and Kim Petras (2023) "Ghost in the Machine" – SZA featuring Phoebe Bridgers (2024) "Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (2025) "Defying Gravity" – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande (2026) v t e Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album 1960s Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles (1968) 1990s Longing in Their Hearts – Bonnie Raitt (1995) Turbulent Indigo – Joni Mitchell (1996) Falling into You – Celine Dion (1997) Hourglass – James Taylor (1998) Ray of Light – Madonna (1999) 2000s Brand New Day – Sting (2000) Two Against Nature – Steely Dan (2001) Lovers Rock – Sade (2002) Come Away with Me – Norah Jones (2003) Justified – Justin Timberlake (2004) Genius Loves Company – Ray Charles and various artists (2005) Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson (2006) Continuum – John Mayer (2007) Back to Black – Amy Winehouse (2008) Rockferry – Duffy (2009) 2010s The E.N.D. – Black Eyed Peas (2010) The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga (2011) 21 – Adele (2012) Stronger – Kelly Clarkson (2013) Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars (2014) In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith (2015) 1989 – Taylor Swift (2016) 25 – Adele (2017) ÷ – Ed Sheeran (2018) Sweetener – Ariana Grande (2018) 2020s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? – Billie Eilish (2020) Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa (2021) Sour – Olivia Rodrigo (2022) Harry's House – Harry Styles (2023) Midnights – Taylor Swift (2024) Short n' Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter (2025) Mayhem – Lady Gaga (2026) From 1968–1993, the category was discontinued. v t e Melon Music Award for Best Pop Song Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa — "Payphone" (2012) Bruno Mars — "Young Girls" (2013) Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars — "Uptown Funk" (2015) Justin Bieber — "Love Yourself" (2016) Ed Sheeran — "Shape of You" (2017) Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug — "Havana" (2018) Billie Eilish — "Bad Guy" (2019) Sam Smith — "To Die For" (2020) v t e NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration Duo or Group (1979–2007) The Jacksons (1979) The Commodores (1980) Kool & the Gang (1981) Gladys Knight & the Pips (1982) No Award (1983–1985) Atlantic Starr (1986) Gladys Knight & the Pips (1987) LeVert (1988) After 7 (1989) No Award (1990) The O'Jays (1991) Boyz II Men (1992) En Vogue (1993) No Award (1994) Boyz II Men (1995) Kirk Franklin (1996) Boyz II Men (1997) Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey (1998) Destiny's Child (1999) Destiny's Child (2000) Destiny's Child (2001) India Arie and Stevie Wonder (2002) Outkast (2003) Destiny's Child (2004) Destiny's Child (2005) The Cheetah Girls (2006) Eddie Levert and Gerald Levert (2007) Duo, Group or Collaboration (2008–2019) Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia (2008) Black Eyed Peas (2009) John Legend and The Roots (2010) Mary J. Blige and Drake (2011) Mary Mary (2012) Robin Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell (2013) Sam Smith and Mary J. Blige (2014) Empire Cast featuring Estelle and Jussie Smollett (2015) Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar (2016) Kendrick Lamar featuring Rihanna (2017) Kendrick Lamar and SZA (2018) Blue Ivy, Saint Jhn, Beyoncé, and Wizkid (2019) Contemporary (2020–present) Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé (2020) Tobe Nwigwe featuring Fat Nwigwe (2021) Chris Brown featuring Wizkid (2022) Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay (2023) Wizkid featuring Brent Faiyaz (2024) Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller and Usher (2025) Traditional (2020–present) Chloe x Halle (2020) Silk Sonic (2021) Silk Sonic (2022) Ciara and Chris Brown (2023) Adam Blackstone and Fantasia (2024) 803Fresh featuring Fantasia (2025)

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