Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Song

{{short description|Motion picture award for music}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Song

| presenter = The Black Reel Awards (BRAs)

| country = United States

| year = Black Reel Awards of 2001

| holder_label = Most recent winner

| holder = Halle Bailey & Phylicia Pearl Mpasi
"Keep It Movin'" (Black Reel Awards of 2024)

| website = {{url|blackreelawards.com}}

}}

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Song. It's presented to the performer and songwriters for the best original song written specially for a film. Performers who also wrote the song is credited with one win or nomination.

History

This award was first introduced as Outstanding Original or Adapted song from 2001 - 2013. At the 14th Annual Black Reel Awards the category was renamed to Outstanding Original Song only allowing original songs written specifically for a film to be eligible.

This award was first presented at the 2nd Annual Black Reel Awards where Meshell Ndegeocello's "Fool of Me" from Love & Basketball won.

John Legend holds the record with the most wins as both a performer and songwriter with 3 wins. Legend is the most nominated songwriter in this category with 6 nominations and tied with Beyonce for the most nominations as a performer with 5 nominations.

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=

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rowspan="7" align="center"| 2001
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| Meshell Ndegeocello

| Meshell Ndegeocello and Federico Peña

| "Fool of Me"

| Love & Basketball

| rowspan="7" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2001 2001 Black Reel Awards]

Destiny's Child

| Beyoncé, Cory Rooney, Tone (as Samuel J. Barnes) and Poke (as Jean Claude Olivier)

| "Independent Women"

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2002
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| Eric Benét

| Eric Benet

| "Love Don't Love Me"

| The Brothers

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2002 2002 Black Reel Awards]

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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2003
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| 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

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2003 2003 Black Reel Awards]

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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2004
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| Beyoncé and Walter Williams Sr.

| Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Big Jim Wright

| "He Still Loves Me"

| The Fighting Temptations

| rowspan="5" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2004 2004 Black Reel Awards]

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"

| rowspan="2"| 2 Fast 2 Furious

Ludacris

| Ludacris (as Christopher Bridges), Keith McMasters

| "Act a Fool"

Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur

| Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Eminem, Luis Resto, Edgar Winter

| "Runnin' (Dying to Live)"

| Tupac: Resurrection

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rowspan="6" align="center"| 2007
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| Jennifer Hudson

| Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen

| "And I'm Telling You (I'm Not Going)"

| Dreamgirls

| rowspan="5" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2007 2007 Black Reel Awards]

Beyoncé

| Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler, Beyoncé, and Anne Preven

| "Listen"

| rowspan="2"| 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

align="center"| 2008

| colspan="5" {{n/a}}

=2010s=

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rowspan="6" align="center"| 2010
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| Anika Noni Rose

| Randy Newman

| "Almost There"

| The Princess and the Frog

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2010 2010 Black Reel Awards]

De'Adre Aziza, Daniel Breaker and Stew

| Stew

| "Keys"

| Passing Strange

Mary J. Blige

| Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo & Chuck Harmon

| "I Can Do Bad All By Myself"

| I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Ne-Yo

| Ne-Yo

| "Never Knew I Needed"

| rowspan="2"| The Princess and the Frog

Anika Noni Rose

| Randy Newman

| "Down in New Orleans"

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2011
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| John Legend

| John Legend

| "Shine"

| Waiting for "Superman"

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2011 2011 Black Reel Awards]

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

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2012
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| Mary J. Blige

| Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas

| "The Living Proof"

| The Help

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2012 2012 Black Reel Awards]

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

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2013
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| John Legend

| John Legend

| "Who Did That to You?"

| Django Unchained

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{cite web|url=http://blackreelawards.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/critics-wild-about-beasts/|title=Critics Wild About Beasts|work=Black Reel Awards|date=February 8, 2013|accessdate=August 1, 2016}}

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

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2014
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| Judith Hill

| Judith Hill

| "Desperation"

| 20 Feet from Stardom

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{cite web|url=https://blackreelawards.wordpress.com/nominees/|title=2014 Black Reel Awards – Nominees|work=Black Reel Awards|date=December 11, 2014|accessdate=August 1, 2016}}

Fantasia Barrino

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2015
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| Common and John Legend

| Common, John Legend & Rhymefest

| "Glory"

| Selma

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2015 2015 Black Reel Awards]

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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2016
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| Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth

| DJ Frank E, Andrew Cedar, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa

| "See You Again"

| Furious 7

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2016 2016 Black Reel Awards]

Jhené Aiko, Childish Gambino and Vince Staples

| 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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2017
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| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

| Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

| "I'm Still Here"

| Miss Sharon Jones!

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2017 2017 Black Reel Awards]

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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2018
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| Mary J. Blige

| Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson

| "Mighty River"

| Mudbound

| rowspan="6" align="center"| [http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-dominate-the-black-reel-awards/ Get Out Dominates the Black Reel Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219052740/http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-dominate-the-black-reel-awards/ |date=2017-12-19 }} Black Reel Awards. 13 December 2017.[http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-sinks-the-competition-at-the-black-reel-awards/ Get Out “Sinks” the Competition at The Black Reel Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228052857/http://blackreelawards.com/get-out-sinks-the-competition-at-the-black-reel-awards/ |date=2018-02-28 }} Black Reel Awards. 23 February 2018.

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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2019
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| Kendrick Lamar & SZA

| 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"

| Black Panther

Arlissa

| Jessica Karpov, Kevin White and Mike Woods

| "We Won’t Move"

| The Hate U Give

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rowspan="6" align="center"| 2020
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| Tiana Major9 and EarthGang

| Olu Fann, Sonyae Elise, Stacy Barthe, Benny Cassette, Sam Barsh, Kaveh Rastegar, Akil King, and Joshua Lopez

| "Collide"

| Queen & Slim

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000957/2020/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_7|title = Black Reel Awards (2020)|website = IMDb}}

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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2021
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| Leslie Odom Jr.

| Leslie Odom Jr. & Sam Ashworth

| "Speak Now"

| One Night in Miami...

| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{Cite web |url=http://blackreelawards.com/a-special-night-in-miami/ |title=A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards |access-date=2021-02-22 |archive-date=2021-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222074540/http://blackreelawards.com/a-special-night-in-miami/ |url-status=dead }}

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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2022
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| H.E.R.

| H.E.R., Van Hunt, Brittany Hazzard

| "Automatic Woman"

| Bruised

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Beyoncé

| Beyoncé & DIXSON

| "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

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2023
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| Rihanna

| Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson and Tems

| "Lift Me Up"

| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

| rowspan="5" align="center"|

Rihanna

| Rihanna, The-Dream, Ludwig Göransson and James Fauntleroy

| "Born Again"

| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Jessy Wilson and Angélique Kidjo

| Jesy Wilson, Angélique Kidjo and Jeremy Lutito

|"Keep Rising"

| The Woman King

Ruth B

| Ruth B. and Terence Blanchard

| "Paper Airplanes"

| A Jazzman's Blues

Jazmine Sullivan

| Jazmine Sullivan and D'Mile

| "Stand Up"

| Till

rowspan="6" align="center"| 2024
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| Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Maspi

| Halle Bailey, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney and Morten Ristorp

| "Keep It Movin"

| The Color Purple

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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

colspan="2"| 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

colspan="2"| Lenny Kravitz

| "Road to Freedom"

| Rustin

Multiple nominations and wins (Performer)

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; 3 Wins

; 2 Wins

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Multiple nominations and wins (Songwriter)

=Multiple wins=

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