Grammy Award for Song of the Year

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Grammy Award music award

The Grammy Award for Song of the Year is a major annual music industry honor recognizing outstanding songwriting for a single track.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "This Is America"	2
Grammy Award for Song of the Year nomination	2
Grammy Award for Song of the Year (nomination)	1
Song of the Year Grammy for Not Ready to Make Nice	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grammy Award ⓘ music award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Song of the Year ⓘ
awardedFor	lyrics and melody ⓘ quality of composition ⓘ
awardFor	single track ⓘ songwriting ⓘ
categoryType	general field category ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criteria	honors songwriters rather than performers ⓘ
distinctionFrom	Grammy Award for Album of the Year ⓘ Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
eligibility	song first released or first achieved prominence during the eligibility year ⓘ
field	music industry ⓘ
firstAwarded	1959 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	music ⓘ
hasAwardedTo	Adele ⓘ Alicia Keys ⓘ Amy Winehouse ⓘ Beyoncé ⓘ Billie Eilish ⓘ Bob Dylan ⓘ Bruno Mars ⓘ Carole King ⓘ Christopher Cross ⓘ Cyndi Lauper ⓘ Ed Sheeran ⓘ Eric Clapton ⓘ James Taylor ⓘ Lady Gaga ⓘ Lionel Richie ⓘ Paul Simon ⓘ Sam Smith ⓘ Stevie Wonder ⓘ Taylor Swift ⓘ U2 ⓘ
inception	1959 ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
locationOfCeremony	various cities in the United States ⓘ
notableAs	one of the four major Grammy general field awards ⓘ
organizer	Recording Academy ⓘ surface form: The Recording Academy
partOf	Grammy Award ⓘ surface form: Grammy Awards
presentedBy	Recording Academy ⓘ surface form: The Recording Academy
relatedAward	Grammy Award for Album of the Year ⓘ Grammy Award for Best New Artist ⓘ Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
scope	songwriting achievement ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by members of The Recording Academy ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grammy Award for Record of the Year → BigFourPeer → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Hello, Dolly! → GrammyAward → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

subject surface form: Hello, Dolly! (song)

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Song of the Year nomination

Song of the Year → alsoKnownAs → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "This Is America" → alsoWon → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "This Is America"

From a Distance → award → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

song "Vision of Love" → award → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

subject surface form: Vision of Love

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Song of the Year nomination

Wind Beneath My Wings → award → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

subject surface form: Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler recording)

A Whole New World → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Adele → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

All That You Can’t Leave Behind → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Always on My Mind → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Amy Winehouse → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Beautiful Day → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Bobby McFerrin → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Carole King → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Childish Gambino → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Coldplay → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Fallin' → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Formation → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Song of the Year (nomination)

H.E.R. → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

James Horner → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Jimmy Napes → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

John Mayer → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Kim Carnes → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Ludwig Göransson → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Luther Vandross → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

My Heart Will Go On → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Seal → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Tapestry → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

This Is America → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

We Are the World → awardReceived → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Ludwig Göransson → awardReceivedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "This Is America"

Recording Academy → awards → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Grammy Award for Record of the Year → differsFrom → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Dixie Chicks → hasAward → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

song "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

subject surface form: All I Wanna Do

All Night Long (All Night) → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

All of the Lights → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

American Boy → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Beautiful → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Beauty and the Beast → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

subject surface form: Beauty and the Beast (song)

Bon Iver → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Can You Feel the Love Tonight → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Can’t Slow Down → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

subject surface form: Can't Slow Down

CeeLo Green → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Elton John → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Hozier → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

I Just Called to Say I Love You → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

If I Ain't Got You → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ

Irreplaceable → nominatedFor → Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ