Only Four Hot 100-Topping Film Songs Have Landed Oscar Nods Since 2000: Could ‘Golden’ Be Next?

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Even if the writers of the 'KPop Demon Hunters' smash win, they won't each person a trophy. Here's why.

9/23/2025

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“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters leads the Billboard Hot 100 for the sixth week, the longest tally for a movie opus since “See You Again” from Furious 7 topped the illustration for 12 weeks a decennary ago. So you mightiness deliberation “Golden” is simply a cinch to onshore an Oscar information for champion archetypal song.

It surely could beryllium nominated, but its illustration occurrence provides nary guarantee. Of the 14 movie songs that person topped the Hot 100 since 2000, conscionable 4 were nominated for champion archetypal opus astatine the Oscars. Even “See You Again” failed to onshore a nomination. The soothing code of the opus helped fans mourn the nonaccomplishment of Paul Walker, 1 of the stars of the franchise, who had died successful a 2013 car crash. Given the magnitude of the hit, and the song’s touching backstory, you mightiness reasonably person expected it to beryllium nominated, but voters sometimes surprise.

Netflix’s authoritative Oscar introduction connected “Golden” lists 5 songwriters: EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, 24, IDO, and TEDDY. Oscar rules stipulate that if determination are much than 4 songwriters connected a song, they indispensable motion a signifier saying they hold to person 1 “group statuette” for each of them to someway share, should they win.

The Academy introduced the champion archetypal opus class successful 1935, erstwhile astir songs were written by 1 oregon 2 songwriters. No victor successful this class had adjacent 3 writers until “The Windmills of Your Mind” by Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn Bergman won successful 1969. None had 4 writers until “Arthur’s Theme (The Best That You Can Do)” by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen won successful 1982. The Academy is intelligibly uncomfortable with the inclination towards much songwriters, but trying to clasp backmost that tide is not truly their role. Rewarding excellence is.

Let’s instrumentality a look astatine the 14 movie songs that person topped the Hot 100 since 2000. The years shown are the years the songs topped the Hot 100. We amusement you however agelong they remained connected successful the apical spot, who wrote the songs and archer you their Oscar fate.