Songwriters of the year’s biggest hits were recognized in the Song of the Year category at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

Billie Eilish resumed her lengthy streak of Grammy wins on Sunday when “Wildflower,” a melancholy acoustic ballad written with her brother, Finneas, was named song of the year.

Not too far back, American Songwriter announced the category winners of the 2024 Song Contest. With genre entries ranging from Americana to Latin Music, the acclaimed panel of judges had a lot of ...

There’s one official Oscars category that no film professional has ever won — and it’s likely because the Academy doesn't feel there are enough people to nominate.

It's become an award that exists solely to honor people's desire to win it. There's got to be a better way.

The 26th Latin Grammy Awards has added a new field and two categories, the Latin Recording Academy announced Tuesday. Visual Media will now be recognized as its own field, intended to reward original ...

We caught up with Wide Open Country’s 2024 Song Contest First and Second Place category winners to learn about the inspiration behind their songs. A Nashville-based singer-songwriter with an honest, ...

It’s the most maligned category of all the Oscars and deservedly so. I’d guess 90 per cent of most movies don’t even have songs and rare indeed is the movie in which a song is central to it. You might ...

This essay was originally published in the NPR Music newsletter; subscribe here. Are you ready to hate-watch the Academy Awards? In our time of memeable, marketable outrage, dunking on Hollywood's ...

Oscar nominees for best original song can be anything from soaring ballads to toe-tappers that ground musical numbers. Songs by Rihanna and Lady Gaga are included in this year's nominees. Every year, ...