Achievements
Twenty eight of the winning songs have also won the award for Record of the Year. However, the song writers were the performers, so that the recipients were the same in only 16 cases (Domenico Modugno, Paul Simon, Christopher Cross, Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie, Billy Joel, Bobby McFerrin, Natalie Cole, Eric Clapton, Seal, Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal, James Horner, U2, the Dixie Chicks, Amy Winehouse, Coldplay, Lady Antebellum, and Adele).
Christopher Cross is the first artist to receive the Grammy Award for Song of the Year as well as for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist in one ceremony. Adele is the first artist to receive the award for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Album of the Year nonconsecutively. Only four artists have won the Song of the Year and Best New Artist awards: Christopher Cross (1981), Alicia Keys (2002), Amy Winehouse (2008), and Adele. Adele and Christopher Cross are the only recipients of the four Grammys for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and New Artist.
The only other multiple winners in this category include Henry Mancini (in 1962 and 1964), James Horner (1988 and 1999) and U2 (2001 and 2006), winning two times each. However, songs written for Andy Williams and Roberta Flack have received this award twice.
The song "Volare", winner in 1959 by Domenico Modugno and performed in Italian, is the only foreign-language song to win this award.
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