Best Original Song
| Academy Award for Best Original Song | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Quincy Jones Bob Russell |
Banning | "The Eyes of Love" | Nominated | First black people to be nominated for Best Original Song. |
| 1968 | For Love of Ivy | "For Love of Ivy" | Nominated | First black people to be nominated twice for Best Original Song. | |
| 1971 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | "Theme from Shaft" | Won | First black winner for Best Original Song; First black winner for any award other than in the acting categories. |
| 1981 | Lionel Richie | Endless Love | "Endless Love" | Nominated | |
| 1983 | Irene Cara | Flashdance | "Flashdance (What a Feeling)" | Won | First black woman to win a non-acting Academy Award; Shared nomination with composer Giorgio Moroder and co-lyricist Keith Forsey. |
| 1984 | Stevie Wonder | The Woman in Red | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | Won | |
| 1984 | Ray Parker, Jr. | Ghostbusters | "Ghostbusters" | Nominated | |
| 1985 | Lionel Richie | White Nights | "Say You, Say Me" | Won | |
| 1985 | Quincy Jones Lionel Richie Rod Temperton |
The Color Purple | "Miss Celie's Blues" | Nominated | |
| 1987 | Jonas Gwangwa | Cry Freedom | "Cry Freedom" | Nominated | Shared nomination with white composer George Fenton. |
| 1988 | Lamont Dozier | Buster | "Two Hearts" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Phil Collins. |
| 1993 | Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis Janet Jackson |
Poetic Justice | "Again" | Nominated | |
| 1994 | James Ingram | Beethoven's 2nd | "The Day I Fall In Love" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Carole Bayer Sager and Cliff Magness. |
| 1995 | Junior | "Look What Love Has Done" | Nominated | Shared nomination with Carole Bayer Sager, James Newton Howard and Patty Smyth. | |
| 2005 | Juicy J Frayser Boy DJ Paul |
Hustle & Flow | "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" | Won | First black rappers to win an Academy Award. |
| 2006 | Siedah Garrett | Dreamgirls | "Love You I Do" | Nominated | Shared nomination with white composer Henry Krieger. |
| 2007 | Jamal Joseph Charles Mack Tevin Thomas |
August Rush | "Raise It Up" | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Siedah Garrett | Rio | "Real in Rio" | Nominated | Shared with Sergio Mendes & Carlinhos Brown. Garrett is now the most nominated Black female songwriter. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Black Academy Award Winners And Nominees
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