Who won Song of the Year at the most recent Grammys?

Kendrick Lamar won at the 2025 Grammys.

Who won Song of the Year in 2025?

Kendrick Lamar — Not Like Us.

Who won Song of the Year in 2024?

Billie Eilish — What Was I Made For?.

Who won Song of the Year in 2023?

Bonnie Raitt — Just Like That.

Who won Song of the Year in 2022?

Silk Sonic — Leave the Door Open.

Who has won Song of the Year the most times?

Adele, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Billie Eilish, Eric Clapton, Henry Mancini, Roberta Flack and U2 are tied with 2 wins each.

How many different winners has Song of the Year had?

60 different winners across 67 ceremonies, 1959–2025.

A visual history · Grammys

The winners who defined Song of the Year.

67 ceremonies, 1959–2025. 60 different winners. The longest run belongs to Roberta Flack, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?: Kendrick Lamar in 2025 for Not Like Us.
Who has won the most?: Adele, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Billie Eilish, Eric Clapton, Henry Mancini, Roberta Flack and U2, tied on 2 wins each.

2025Not Like UsKendrick Lamar
2024What Was I Made For?Billie Eilish
2023Just Like ThatBonnie Raitt
2022Leave the Door OpenSilk Sonic
2021I Can't BreatheH.E.R.
2020Bad GuyBillie Eilish

Years explored: 1959–2025
Different winners: 60
Category leader: Adele · 2

About this record

Awarded at every Grammy ceremony since the first in 1959.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19592025

01 / The reigns

23 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited label.

01
Adele2 wins
02
Billie Eilish2 wins
03
U22 wins

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by label; scroll sideways for the full run.

Santana'00

U2'01

Alicia Keys'02

Norah Jones'03

Luther Vandross'04

John Mayer'05

U2'06

Dixie Chicks'07

Amy Winehouse'08

Coldplay'09

Beyoncé'10

Lady Antebellum'11

Adele'12

Fun'13

Lorde'14

Sam Smith'15

Ed Sheeran'16

Adele'17

Bruno Mars'18

Childish Gambino'19

Billie Eilish'20

H.E.R.'21

Silk Sonic'22

Bonnie Raitt'23

Billie Eilish'24

Kendrick Lamar'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Universal leads the recorded label credits with 10 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Universal10 wins

Sony8 wins

Warner4 wins

Independent2 wins

Aware1 win

pgLang1 win

Wins by label

Universal1038%
Sony831%
Warner415%
Independent28%
Aware14%
pgLang14%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

Taylor Swift performing on the Eras Tour in Arlington, Texas

01Taylor Swift8 nominations

02
Avril Lavigne
2 noms
03
Brandi Carlile
2 noms
04
Bruce Springsteen
2 noms
05
Carrie Underwood
2 noms
06
Corinne Bailey Rae
2 noms

Most losses in this category

01Taylor Swift8 losses · 0 wins

02
Beyoncé
4L · 1W
03
Billie Eilish
3L · 2W
04
Adele
2L · 2W
05
Avril Lavigne
2L · 0W
06
Brandi Carlile
2L · 0W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

Year	Winner	Label
2025	Kendrick Lamar (Not Like Us) beat 7 others Shaboozey (A Bar Song (Tipsy)) Billie Eilish (Birds of a Feather) Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (Die with a Smile) Taylor Swift (Fortnight) Chappell Roan (Good Luck, Babe!) Sabrina Carpenter (Please Please Please) Beyoncé (Texas Hold 'Em)	pgLang/Interscope
2024	Billie Eilish (What Was I Made For?) beat 7 others Lana Del Rey (A&W) Taylor Swift (Anti-Hero) Jon Batiste (Butterfly) Dua Lipa (Dance the Night) Miley Cyrus (Flowers) SZA (Kill Bill) Olivia Rodrigo (Vampire)	Interscope/Atlantic
2023	Bonnie Raitt (Just Like That) beat 9 others Gayle (ABCDEFU) Lizzo (About Damn Time) Taylor Swift (All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film)) Harry Styles (As It Was) Steve Lacy (Bad Habit) Beyoncé (Break My Soul) Adele (Easy on Me) DJ Khaled (God Did) Kendrick Lamar (The Heart Part 5)	Redwing
2022	Silk Sonic (Leave the Door Open) beat 9 others Ed Sheeran (Bad Habits) Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile (A Beautiful Noise) Olivia Rodrigo (Drivers License) H.E.R. (Fight for You) Billie Eilish (Happier Than Ever) Doja Cat (Kiss Me More) Lil Nas X (Montero (Call Me by Your Name)) Justin Bieber (Peaches) Brandi Carlile (Right on Time)	Aftermath/Atlantic
2021	H.E.R. (I Can't Breathe) beat 7 others Beyoncé (Black Parade) Roddy Ricch (The Box) Taylor Swift (Cardigan) Post Malone (Circles) Dua Lipa (Don't Start Now) Billie Eilish (Everything I Wanted) JP Saxe (If the World Was Ending)	RCA/MBK
2020	Billie Eilish (Bad Guy) beat 7 others Lady Gaga (Always Remember Us This Way) Tanya Tucker (Bring My Flowers Now) H.E.R. (Hard Place) Taylor Swift (Lover) Lana Del Rey (Norman Fucking Rockwell) Lewis Capaldi (Someone You Loved) Lizzo (Truth Hurts)	Interscope/Darkroom
2019	Childish Gambino (This Is America) beat 7 others Kendrick Lamar & SZA (All the Stars) Ella Mai (Boo'd Up) Drake (God's Plan) Shawn Mendes (In My Blood) Brandi Carlile (The Joke) Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey (The Middle) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper (Shallow)	RCA/mcDJ
2018	Bruno Mars (That's What I Like) beat 4 others Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (Despacito) Jay-Z (4:44) Julia Michaels (Issues) Logic (1-800-273-8255)	Atlantic
2017	Adele (Hello) beat 4 others Beyoncé (Formation) Mike Posner (I Took a Pill in Ibiza) Justin Bieber (Love Yourself) Lukas Graham (7 Years)	Columbia/XL
2016	Ed Sheeran (Thinking Out Loud) beat 4 others Kendrick Lamar (Alright) Taylor Swift (Blank Space) Little Big Town (Girl Crush) Wiz Khalifa (See You Again)	Asylum/Atlantic
2015	Sam Smith (Stay with Me) beat 4 others Meghan Trainor (All About That Bass) Sia (Chandelier) Taylor Swift (Shake It Off) Hozier (Take Me to Church)	Capitol
2014	Lorde (Royals) beat 4 others Pink (Just Give Me a Reason) Bruno Mars (Locked Out of Heaven) Katy Perry (Roar) Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Same Love)	Lava/Republic
2013	Fun (We Are Young) beat 4 others Ed Sheeran (The A Team) Miguel (Adorn) Carly Rae Jepsen (Call Me Maybe) Kelly Clarkson (Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You))	Fueled by Ramen
2012	Adele (Rolling in the Deep) beat 4 others Kanye West (All of the Lights) Mumford & Sons (The Cave) Bruno Mars (Grenade) Bon Iver (Holocene)	XL/Columbia
2011	Lady Antebellum (Need You Now) beat 4 others Ray LaMontagne (Beg, Steal or Borrow) CeeLo Green (F**k You) Miranda Lambert (The House That Built Me) Eminem (Love the Way You Lie)	Capitol Nashville
2010	Beyoncé (Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)) beat 4 others Lady Gaga (Poker Face) Maxwell (Pretty Wings) Kings of Leon (Use Somebody) Taylor Swift (You Belong with Me)	Columbia
2009	Coldplay (Viva la Vida) beat 4 others Estelle (American Boy) Adele (Chasing Pavements) Jason Mraz (I'm Yours) Sara Bareilles (Love Song)	Parlophone/Capitol
2008	Amy Winehouse (Rehab) beat 4 others Carrie Underwood (Before He Cheats) Plain White T's (Hey There Delilah) Corinne Bailey Rae (Like a Star) Rihanna (Umbrella)	Universal Republic/Island
2007	Dixie Chicks (Not Ready to Make Nice) beat 4 others Mary J. Blige (Be Without You) Carrie Underwood (Jesus, Take the Wheel) Corinne Bailey Rae (Put Your Records On) James Blunt (You're Beautiful)	Columbia
2006	U2 (Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own) beat 4 others Rascal Flatts (Bless the Broken Road) Bruce Springsteen (Devils & Dust) John Legend (Ordinary People) Mariah Carey (We Belong Together)	Interscope/Island
2005	John Mayer (Daughters) beat 4 others Alicia Keys (If I Ain't Got You) Kanye West (Jesus Walks) Tim McGraw (Live Like You Were Dying) Hoobastank (The Reason)	Aware/Columbia
2004	Luther Vandross (Dance with My Father) beat 4 others Christina Aguilera (Beautiful) Avril Lavigne (I'm with You) Warren Zevon (Keep Me in Your Heart) Eminem (Lose Yourself)	J Records
2003	Norah Jones (Don't Know Why) beat 4 others Avril Lavigne (Complicated) Bruce Springsteen (The Rising) Vanessa Carlton (A Thousand Miles) Alan Jackson (Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning))	Blue Note
2002	Alicia Keys (Fallin') beat 4 others Train (Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)) Nelly Furtado (I'm Like a Bird) U2 (Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of) India.Arie (Video)	J Records
2001	U2 (Beautiful Day) beat 4 others Faith Hill (Breathe) Lee Ann Womack (I Hope You Dance) Macy Gray (I Try) Destiny's Child (Say My Name)	Interscope/Island
2000	Santana (Smooth) beat 4 others Backstreet Boys (I Want It That Way) Ricky Martin (Livin' la Vida Loca) TLC (Unpretty) Shania Twain (You've Got a Way)	Arista
1999	Celine Dion (My Heart Will Go On)unverified beat 4 others Aerosmith (I Don't Want to Miss a Thing) Goo Goo Dolls (Iris) Kirk Franklin (Lean on Me) Shania Twain (You're Still the One)	Columbia/Epic
1998	Shawn Colvin (Sunny Came Home)unverified beat 4 others No Doubt (Don't Speak) LeAnn Rimes / Trisha Yearwood (How Do I Live) R. Kelly (I Believe I Can Fly) Paula Cole (Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?)	Columbia
1997	Eric Clapton (Change the World)unverified beat 4 others Celine Dion (Because You Loved Me) LeAnn Rimes (Blue) Whitney Houston (Exhale (Shoop Shoop)) Tracy Chapman (Give Me One Reason)	Curb/MCA
1996	Seal (Kiss from a Rose)unverified beat 4 others Joan Osborne (One of Us) John Michael Montgomery / All-4-One (I Can Love You Like That) Michael Jackson (You Are Not Alone) Alanis Morissette (You Oughta Know)	ZTT
1995	Bruce Springsteen (Streets of Philadelphia)unverified beat 4 others Sheryl Crow (All I Wanna Do) Elton John (Can You Feel the Love Tonight) Elton John (Circle of Life) John Michael Montgomery / All-4-One (I Swear)	Columbia
1994	Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle (A Whole New World)unverified beat 4 others Neil Young (Harvest Moon) Meat Loaf (I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)) Sting (If I Ever Lose My Faith in You) Billy Joel (The River of Dreams)	Walt Disney
1993	Eric Clapton (Tears in Heaven)unverified beat 4 others Billy Ray Cyrus (Achy Breaky Heart) Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson (Beauty and the Beast) k.d. lang (Constant Craving) Vanessa Williams (Save the Best for Last)	Warner Bros.
1992	Natalie Cole (with Nat King Cole) (Unforgettable)unverified beat 4 others Amy Grant (Baby Baby) Bryan Adams ((Everything I Do) I Do It for You) R.E.M. (Losing My Religion) Marc Cohn (Walking in Memphis)	Capitol
1991	Bette Midler (From a Distance)repeatunverified beat 4 others Phil Collins (Another Day in Paradise) Wilson Phillips (Hold On) Sinéad O'Connor (Nothing Compares 2 U) Mariah Carey (Vision of Love)	MCA
1990	Bette Midler (Wind Beneath My Wings)unverified beat 4 others Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville (Don't Know Much) Don Henley (The End of the Innocence) Mike + The Mechanics (The Living Years) Billy Joel (We Didn't Start the Fire)	Avenue Records
1989	Bobby McFerrin (Don't Worry, Be Happy)unverified beat 4 others Sting (Be Still My Beating Heart) Tracy Chapman (Fast Car) Anita Baker (Giving You the Best That I Got) Brenda Russell (Piano in the Dark)	EMI-Manhattan
1988	Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram (Somewhere Out There)unverified beat 4 others Whitney Houston (Didn't We Almost Have It All) U2 (I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For) Los Lobos (La Bamba) Suzanne Vega (Luka)	MCA
1987	Dionne Warwick & Friends (Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder) (That's What Friends Are For)unverified beat 4 others Robert Palmer (Addicted to Love) Paul Simon (Graceland) Steve Winwood (Higher Love) Peter Gabriel (Sledgehammer)	Warner Bros.
1986	USA for Africa (We Are the World)unverified beat 4 others Don Henley (The Boys of Summer) Paul Young (Everytime You Go Away) Foreigner (I Want to Know What Love Is) Dire Straits (Money for Nothing)	Columbia/CBS
1985	Tina Turner (What's Love Got to Do with It)unverified beat 4 others Phil Collins (Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)) Lionel Richie (Hello) Stevie Wonder (I Just Called to Say I Love You) Cyndi Lauper (Time After Time)	Capitol
1984	The Police (Every Breath You Take)unverified beat 4 others Lionel Richie (All Night Long (All Night)) Michael Jackson (Beat It) Michael Jackson (Billie Jean) Michael Sembello (Maniac)	A&M
1983	Willie Nelson (Always on My Mind)unverified beat 4 others Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (Ebony and Ivory) Survivor (Eye of the Tiger) Donald Fagen (I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)) Toto (Rosanna)	Columbia
1982	Kim Carnes (Bette Davis Eyes)unverified beat 4 others Christopher Cross (Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)) Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (Endless Love) Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers (Just the Two of Us) Dolly Parton (9 to 5)	EMI America
1981	Christopher Cross (Sailing)unverified beat 5 others Irene Cara (Fame) Kenny Rogers (Lady) Bette Midler (The Rose) Frank Sinatra (Theme from New York, New York) Barbra Streisand (Woman in Love)	Warner Bros.
1980	The Doobie Brothers (What a Fool Believes)unverified beat 7 others Earth, Wind & Fire (After the Love Has Gone) Rickie Lee Jones (Chuck E.'s in Love) Billy Joel (Honesty) Gloria Gaynor (I Will Survive) The Doobie Brothers (Minute by Minute) Peaches & Herb (Reunited) Kenny Rogers (She Believes in Me)	Columbia
1979	Billy Joel (Just the Way You Are)unverified beat 4 others Bee Gees (Stayin' Alive) Commodores (Three Times a Lady) Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand (You Don't Bring Me Flowers) Anne Murray (You Needed Me)	Columbia
1978	Barbra Streisand (Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born))tieDebby Boone (You Light Up My Life)unverified beat 4 others Crystal Gayle (Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue) Eagles (Hotel California) Carly Simon (Nobody Does It Better) Glen Campbell (Southern Nights)	Columbia
1977	Barry Manilow (I Write the Songs)unverified beat 4 others Starland Vocal Band (Afternoon Delight) Neil Sedaka (Breaking Up Is Hard to Do) George Benson (This Masquerade) Gordon Lightfoot (The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald)	A&M
1976	Judy Collins (Send in the Clowns)unverified beat 4 others Janis Ian (At Seventeen) Morris Albert (Feelings) Captain & Tennille (Love Will Keep Us Together) Glen Campbell (Rhinestone Cowboy)	Elektra
1975	Barbra Streisand (The Way We Were)unverified beat 4 others Roberta Flack (Feel Like Makin' Love) Olivia Newton-John (I Honestly Love You) Maria Muldaur (Midnight at the Oasis) Helen Reddy (You and Me Against the World)	Columbia
1974	Roberta Flack (Killing Me Softly with His Song)repeatunverified beat 4 others Charlie Rich (Behind Closed Doors) Dawn (Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree) Stevie Wonder (You Are the Sunshine of My Life) Carly Simon (You're So Vain)	Capitol
1973	Roberta Flack (The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face)unverified beat 4 others Gilbert O'Sullivan (Alone Again (Naturally)) Don McLean (American Pie) Neil Diamond (Song Sung Blue) Michel Legrand (The Summer Knows)	Atlantic
1972	James Taylor / Carole King (You've Got a Friend)unverified beat 4 others Kris Kristofferson (Help Me Make It Through the Night) Perry Como (It's Impossible) Janis Joplin (Me and Bobby McGee) Lynn Anderson (Rose Garden)	Ode/A&M
1971	Simon & Garfunkel (Bridge over Troubled Water)unverified beat 4 others Ray Stevens (Everything Is Beautiful) James Taylor (Fire and Rain) The Beatles (Let It Be) The Carpenters (We've Only Just Begun)	Columbia
1970	Joe South (Games People Play)unverified beat 4 others Dionne Warwick (I'll Never Fall in Love Again) Henry Mancini (A Time for Us) B. J. Thomas (Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head) Blood, Sweat & Tears (Spinning Wheel)	Capitol
1969	O. C. Smith (Little Green Apples)unverified beat 4 others Jeannie C. Riley (Harper Valley PTA) The Beatles (Hey Jude) Bobby Goldsboro (Honey) Simon & Garfunkel (Mrs. Robinson)	Smash
1968	The 5th Dimension (Up, Up, and Away)unverified beat 4 others Glen Campbell (By the Time I Get to Phoenix) Glen Campbell (Gentle on My Mind) Ed Ames (My Cup Runneth Over) Bobbie Gentry (Ode to Billie Joe)	Soul City
1967	The Beatles (Michelle)unverified beat 4 others Various Artists (Born Free) Richard Kiley (The Impossible Dream) Ray Conniff (Somewhere, My Love) Frank Sinatra (Strangers in the Night)	Parlophone
1966	Tony Bennett (The Shadow of Your Smile)unverified beat 4 others Connie Francis (I Will Wait for You) Roger Miller (King of the Road) Frank Sinatra (The September of My Years) The Beatles (Yesterday)	Not listed
1965	Louis Armstrong (Hello, Dolly!)unverified beat 4 others Andy Williams (Dear Heart) The Beatles (A Hard Day's Night) Barbra Streisand (People) Tony Bennett (Who Can I Turn To?)	Kapp
1964	Henry Mancini (Days of Wine and Roses)unverified beat 4 others Frank Sinatra (Call Me Irresponsible) Tony Bennett (The Good Life) Tony Bennett (I Wanna Be Around) Jack Jones (Wives and Lovers)	Columbia
1963	Sammy Davis Jr. (What Kind of Fool Am I?)unverified beat 4 others Shirley Bassey (As Long as He Needs Me) Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco) Sandy Stewart (My Coloring Book) Various Artists (The Sweetest Sounds)	Reprise
1962	Henry Mancini (Moon River)unverified beat 4 others Jimmy Dean (Big Bad John) Burl Ives (A Little Bitty Tear) Jack Jones (Lollipops and Roses) Various Artists (Make Someone Happy)	RCA Victor
1961	Ernest Gold (Theme from Exodus)unverified beat 4 others Jim Reeves (He'll Have to Go) Frank Sinatra (Nice 'n' Easy) Andy Williams (The Second Time Around) Percy Faith (Theme from A Summer Place)	RCA Victor
1960	Johnny Horton (The Battle of New Orleans)unverified beat 4 others Frank Sinatra (High Hopes) Perry Como (I Know) André Previn (Like Young) Johnny Mathis (Small World)	Columbia
1959	Domenico Modugno (Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare))unverified beat 4 others Perry Como (Catch a Falling Star) Peggy Lee (Fever) Louis Jourdan (Gigi) Frank Sinatra (Witchcraft)	Not listed