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Charli XCX will collect the songwriter of the year award at the upcoming BRIT Awards. The Brat star is the recipient of the honorary prize, which has previously been won by British acts Ed Sheeran (2022), Kid Harpoon (2023) and most recently, Raye (2024).
The BRIT Awards ceremony will take place Saturday (March 1) at London’s O2 Arena, and will be hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall. Performances on the night will come from Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Fender, Teddy Swims, Shaboozey and more.

Charli is also competing in five additional categories on the night, including album of the year and British artist of the year. The songwriter of the year prize gives Charli her first-ever BRIT Award win, having been nominated four times previously in 2015, 2020, 2023 and 2024.

Brat was named Billboard staff’s album of the year, with Kristin Robinson writing that the LP had “most exciting and culturally significant album launches in modern memory,” and catapulted “the longtime music maker into a new stratosphere of stardom.” The record peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and at No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart.

On Monday (Feb. 24), it was announced that A.G. Cook, Charli’s close collaborator and an executive producer on Brat, would collect the producer of the year prize. The trophy was first awarded in 1977 to Beatles producer George Martin, and in recent years has been won by Fred again.. (2020), Inflo (2022), David Guetta (2023) and Chase & Status (2024).

Speaking to Variety in 2020, Charli described her working relationship with Cook. “We really trust each other, and challenge and push each other in the right ways. And we’re also very smart and equally dumb, and I think that’s really important in pop music,” she shared. “A.G. will make a beat in a few minutes and I’ll yell over it, and even if it sounds crazy, we’re not afraid of sounding stupid because we know we can get there eventually.”

She continued, “We enjoy twisting formats and breaking rules but we also kind of like some rules; we’re a bit winky but we’re also very serious; we’re both fans of pop music but equally fans of wanting to disrupt things; and we like to dance around what people think we should be doing. So there’s enough tension and push and pull to make really interesting music.”

The BRIT Awards will be broadcast live on ITV and on streaming service ITV X from 8:15 p.m. GMT.

With the 97th Oscars coming up on Sunday March 2, we’re looking back at past Oscar ceremonies, and specifically, who presented the Oscar for best original song each year.
The late, great song and dance man Gene Kelly did the honors four times, more than anyone else in Oscar history. That’s fitting: Kelly starred in Singin’ in the Rain, which topped the American Film Institute’s 2006 list of AFI’s Greatest Movie Musicals. Kelly presented best original song in 1951, in 1975 (in tandem with Shirley MacLaine), in 1980 (with Olivia Newton-John, with whom he starred in the soon-to-be-released, ill-fated musical Xanadu) and in 1986 (with his Singin’ in the Rain costars Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor).

Six people are tied as runner-up, having presented best original song three times: They are Burt Bacharach, Angie Dickinson, Gregory Hines, Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifah and John Travolta. J.Lo presented three times within four years (1999-2002), a record for most presenter assignments in the shortest time. (Not coincidentally, J.Lo landed three of her four No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in those years.)

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Bacharach and Dickinson, Hollywood’s golden couple of the era, teamed to present the award in 1971 and 1976. Bacharach teamed with Ann-Margret to present the award in 1974. Dickinson teamed with Luciano Pavarotti to present it in 1981.

Six people who won Oscars for best original song also served as presenters in the category (obviously not in the same year they won). They are Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Barbra Streisand, Bacharach, and the team of Common and John Legend. The latter team presented in 2016, the year after their win for “Glory” from Selma. Prince, who presented in 2005, never won for best original song, but he did win for his song score to Purple Rain.

The reunion of the Singin’ in the Rain cast wasn’t the only cast reunion that Oscar show producers arranged in connection with this category. In 2013, 10 years after Chicago became the first musical in more than four decades to win best picture, that film’s stars, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah and Catharine Zeta-Jones, presented best original song.

In 1988, seven years after they teamed in the box-office hit Arthur, Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli co-presented the award (which had gone, in 1982, to “Arthur’s Theme”). In 1993, a decade after their collaboration on the Broadway cast album Lena Horne: A Lady and Her Music, Quincy Jones and Lena Horne co-presented the award. In 1996, a few years after they co-starred in the Tina Turner biopic What’s Love Got to Do With It, Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne co-presented the award.

In some cases, Oscar producers had people co-present to plug an upcoming movie in which they were to co-star. Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda co-presented in 2018, months before the release of Mary Poppins Returns. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande co-presented in 2024, months ahead of their teaming in Wicked.

In 2015, Idina Menzel and John Travolta teamed to present the award – one year after Travolta inexplicably mangled Menzel’s name on the Oscar stage while attempting to introduce her performance of “Let It Go” from Frozen. (He called her Adele Dazeem.) In this presentation teaming, Menzel jokingly introduced him as Glom Gazingo – and they gracefully put it to rest.

Some presenter pairings held symbolic meaning. In 1989, singer/dancer/actor Gregory Hines co-presented with Sammy Davis Jr., the top song and dance man of a previous generation. Davis began to develop symptoms of cancer five months after this appearance. He died of complications from throat cancer in May 1990.

In 1944, Dinah Shore became the first woman to present in this category. In 1984, the biracial Jennifer Beals, star of the previous year’s smash Flashdance, became the first person of color to present in this category. The youngest presenter was Miley Cyrus, who was just 17 in 2010 when she co-presented with Amanda Seyfried.

Bacharach and Dickinson weren’t the only married couple to present in the category. Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows presented in 1961, followed by Sonny & Cher in 1973. One parent and child separately presented in this category: In 1997, Goldie Hawn co-presented with her The First Wives Club co-stars Bette Midler and Diane Keaton. In 2023, Hawn’s daughter, Kate Hudson, co-presented with Janelle Monáe.

Pavarotti was the second classical star to present in the category. The first was conductor Leopold Stokowski in 1937.

Here is the presenter of the Oscar for best original song from the first year it was presented, 1935, to the present. The years shown are the year of the ceremony. Brief identifications are shown in the early years to help our younger readers. After that, you’re on your own.

1935: Irvin S. Cobb (author)

1936: Frank Capra (director)

1937: Leopold Stokowski (conductor)

1938: Irving Berlin (songwriter)

1939: Jerome Kern (songwriter)

1940: Gene Buck (president of ASCAP)

1941: B.G. DeSylva (songwriter, film producer, co-founder of Capitol Records)

1942: B.G DeSylva

1943: Irving Berlin

1944: Dinah Shore (singer)

1945: Bob Hope (comedian)

1947: Van Johnson (actor)

1948: Dinah Shore

1949: Kathryn Grayson (actress)

1950: Cole Porter (songwriter)

1951: Gene Kelly (actor)

1952: Donald O’Connor (actor)

1953: Walt Disney (film producer and entertainment mogul)

1954: Arthur Freed (lyricist and film producer)

1955: Bing Crosby (singer)

1956: Maurice Chevalier (singer)

1957: Carroll Baker (actress)

1958: Maurice Chevalier

1959: Sophia Loren & Dean Martin

1960: Doris Day

1961: Steve Allen & Jayne Meadows

1962: Debbie Reynolds

1963: Frank Sinatra

1964: Shirley Jones

1965: Fred Astaire

1966: Natalie Wood

1967: Dean Martin

1968: Barbra Streisand

1969: Frank Sinatra

1970: Candice Bergen

1971: Burt Bacharach & Angie Dickinson

1972: Joel Grey

1973: Sonny & Cher

1974: Burt Bacharach & Ann-Margret

1975: Gene Kelly & Shirley MacLaine

1976: Burt Bacharach & Angie Dickinson

1977: Neil Diamond

1978: Fred Astaire

1979: Ruby Keeler & Kris Kristofferson

1980: Gene Kelly & Olivia Newton-John

1981: Angie Dickinson & Luciano Pavarotti

1982: Bette Midler

1983: Olivia Newton-John

1984: Jennifer Beals, Matthew Broderick

1985: Gregory Hines

1986: Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor & Debbie Reynolds

1987: Bernadette Peters

1988: Liza Minnelli & Dudley Moore

1989: Sammy Davis Jr. & Gregory Hines

1990: Paula Abdul & Dudley Moore

1991: Gregory Hines & Ann-Margret

1992: Shirley MacLaine & Liza Minnelli

1993: Lena Horne & Quincy Jones

1994: Whitney Houston

1995: Sylvester Stallone

1996: Angela Bassett & Laurence Fishburne

1997: Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton & Bette Midler

1998: Madonna

1999: Jennifer Lopez

2000: Cher

2001: Jennifer Lopez

2002: Jennifer Lopez

2003: Barbra Streisand

2004: Jack Black & Will Ferrell

2005: Prince

2006: Queen Latifah

2007: John Travolta & Queen Latifah

2008: John Travolta

2009: Zac Efron & Alicia Keys

2010: Miley Cyrus & Amanda Seyfried

2011: Jennifer Hudson

2012: Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis

2013: Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, Renée Zellweger & Catherine Zeta-Jones

2014: Jessica Beal & Jamie Foxx

2015: Idina Menzel & John Travolta

2016: Common & John Legend

2017: Scarlett Johansson

2018: Emily Blunt & Lin-Manuel Miranda

2019: Gal Gadot, Brie Larson & Sigourney Weaver

2021: Zendaya

2022: Jake Gyllenhaal & Zoë Kravitz

2023: Kate Hudson & Janelle Monáe

2024: Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande

Gracie Abrams is set to receive the Hal David Starlight Award at the 54th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner slated for Thursday, June 12, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
The award, created in 2004, is presented to “gifted young songwriters who are making a significant impact in the music industry with their original songs,” according to the announcement. The award was named after the late Oscar- and Grammy-winning lyricist and SHOF chairman emeritus, best-known for his long, hit-studded collaboration with Burt Bacharach.

Abrams, 25, has received Grammy nominations in each of the year two years. In 2024, she competed for best new artist. This year, she competed for best pop duo/group performance for “Us.” (featuring Taylor Swift, the 2010 recipient of the Hal David Starlight Award).

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Abrams’ sophomore album, The Secret of Us, reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200. It spawned a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, “I Love You, I’m Sorry.” The deluxe edition of the album spawned a top 10 hit, “That’s So True.”

Abrams, the daughter of celebrated filmmaker J.J. Abrams, is a Universal Music Publishing Group writer.

The Hal David Starlight Award is meant as a balance to the Johnny Mercer Award, the organization’s top award, which is a career-capping honor. This year’s Mercer recipient has not yet been announced. (This is a reversal from last year, when Diane Warren was announced as the Mercer recipient on Feb. 22, nearly two months before SZA was announced as the Hal David recipient.)

Previously announced 2025 SHOF inductees are George Clinton, Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Mike Love, Tony Macaulay and three members of The Doobie Brothers (Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and Patrick Simmons).

Here’s the complete list of recipients of the Hal David Starlight Award:

2004: Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty)

2005: Alicia Keys

2006: John Mayer

2007: John Legend

2008: John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls)

2009: Jason Mraz

2010: Taylor Swift

2011: Drake

2012: Ne-Yo

2013: Benny Blanco

2014: Dan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons)

2015: Nate Ruess (Fun.)

2016: Nick Jonas (Jonas Brothers)

2017: Ed Sheeran

2018: Sara Bareilles

2019: Halsey

2022: Lil Nas X

2023: Post Malone

2024: SZA

2025: Gracie Abrams

The BRIT Awards has announced that A.G. Cook is the recipient of this year’s producer of the year award.
The British musician was an executive producer for Charli XCX’s Brat LP, which hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart. 

Cook has had co-writing and co-producer credits on a number of albums, including Beyoncé’s Renaissance in 2020, but he is best known for his working relationship with Charli XCX. Cook has played executive producer on several of Charli’s projects: 2017 mixtapes Number 1 Angel and Pop 2; 2019 LP Charli; and 2020’s How I’m Feeling Now. 

Speaking on the news, Cook said, “As someone who’s always felt like a bit of an outsider, I’m very flattered to be recognized by The BRITs. From the early PC Music days to the Charli mixtapes and beyond, I’ve been lucky to work on so much music that I truly believe in. In particular, I’d like to dedicate this moment to Sophie, whose vision and artistry is still a driving force for producers everywhere.”

The honorary producer of the year prize was first awarded in 1977 to The Beatles producer George Martin, and in recent years has been won by Fred Again.. (2020), Inflo (2022), David Guetta (2023) and Chase & Status (2024). Cook was selected for the prize by a panel of expert judges.

Cook has been a key player in the British and international pop scene for the past decade. In 2013, he established the influential PC Music record label, which is credited with spearheading the hyperpop sound. In 2024, he released his third studio album, Britpop, which appeared on Billboard U.K.’s albums of the year list, with Sophie Williams writing that the LP “felt like a safe, uplifting, candy-striped wonderland where one could hide from growing global anxiety.”

The BRIT Awards ceremony will take place Saturday (March 1) at London’s O2 Arena, and will be hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall. Performances on the night will come from Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Fender, Teddy Swims, Shaboozey and more, and the ceremony will be broadcast live on ITV and on streaming service ITV X from 8:15 p.m. GMT.

Six powerhouse women – Doja Cat, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, LISA of BLACKPINK, Queen Latifah and Raye – will perform at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, March 2, at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The show also will feature a special appearance by the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Erivo and Grande are 2025 Oscar nominees for their roles in Wicked. Queen Latifah was nominated in 2003 for her role in Chicago.

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Erivo and Grande are expected to open the Oscar telecast with one or more songs from Wicked. All of the songs featured in Wicked were taken from the Broadway musical, so none were nominated for best original song, but the score by John Powell and Stephen Schwartz was nominated for best original score. Wicked received a total of 10 nominations.

The other women are expected to participate in “performances celebrating the filmmaking community and some of its legends.”

When the Oscars announced that this year’s nominees for best original song would not be performed on the telecast (but that there would instead be a single spot focused on the songwriters of those songs), some feared that music would get short shrift on the awards show. This announcement proves that that is not the case.

Oscar producers historically have focused on the best original song nominees, but they have been known to pivot when doing so would yield a prized booking. Three years ago, the Oscars featured a performance of the Encanto song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, even though that song had not been submitted for Oscar consideration and was not nominated.

Raye performed her song “Oscar Winning Tears,” from her album My 21st Century Blues, on the Grammy telecast on Feb. 2, where she was a best new artist nominee. Raj Kapoor, executive producer and showrunner of the 2025 Oscars, was an executive producer of this year’s Grammy telecast as well. These bookings constitute major coups for the British star, who swept the Brit Awards a year ago.

Kapoor and Oscars executive producer Katy Mullan will continue to announce talent joining the show leading up to the ceremony.

Hosted by Conan O’Brien, the 2025 Oscars will air live on ABC and stream live on Hulu on Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official live red carpet show airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.

Selena Gomez is giving the glory of the Only Murders in the Building cast’s 2025 Screen Actors Guild award to costars Steve Martin and Martin Short. The day after their murder-mystery Hulu series took home outstanding performance by an ensemble at this year’s SAG honors Sunday (Feb. 23), the singer-actress shared a couple older photos […]

The 2025 American Music Awards (AMAs) is set to air live from Las Vegas on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26. The special will air live coast-to-coast at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
It will be the first yearly AMAs show since the one that aired on ABC on Nov. 20, 2022, with Wayne Brady hosting.

The 2025 AMAs will broadcast globally across linear and digital platforms and will honor the most popular songs and artists of the year while paying tribute to our country’s troops. CBS’ intention is for the AMAs to air on Memorial Day going forward.

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The AMAs franchise moved to CBS on Oct. 6, 2024, with a star-studded retrospective special, American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special. As the most-streamed AMAs in the show’s history, the special surpassed 13 million in reach and averaged over 6.1 million viewers, an increase of +53% from the last show in 2022 on ABC, the largest year-over-year growth of a music special or award show.

The anniversary show featured an all-star lineup that included Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood, Green Day, Brad Paisley, Chaka Khan, Sheila E., Gladys Knight, Kane Brown, Nelly, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, RAYE, Stray Kids, AJ McLean, Jimmy Kimmel, Kate Hudson, Lance Bass, Reba McEntire, Samuel L. Jackson, and Smokey Robinson.

The American Music Awards bills itself as the world’s largest fan-voted award show. Nominees are based on key fan interactions as reflected on the Billboard charts – including streaming, album sales, song sales and radio airplay.

Legendary producer Dick Clark created the AMAs in 1973 as a fan-based alternative to the Grammys. The first two Grammy live telecasts in March 1971 and March 1972 aired on ABC. When the Grammys shifted to CBS for the March 1973 telecast, ABC looked for a show to fill that void and went with Clark’s fan-based show.

The show on Memorial Day will be the 51st yearly AMAs broadcast. (There were two shows in 2003 and none at all in 2023 or 2024.)

That first show in 1974 ran just 90 minutes. The show in the first five years had a tight focus on three broad genres – pop/rock, soul/R&B and country. It now recognizes far more genres, including hip-hop, Latin, inspirational, gospel, Afrobeats and K-pop.

Clark, a master showman, was a legend in both music and television. He received a trustees award from the Recording Academy in 1990 and was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1992. He died in 2012 at age 82.

The 2025 American Music Awards will air concurrently on both coasts. The AMAs previously aired on the West Coast on tape delay. This welcome change was introduced on the anniversary show last October.

Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Corporation. PMC is also the parent company of Billboard.

ASCAP has announced the nominees for the 2025 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards.
A first-of-its-kind program among U.S. performing rights organizations, the ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards gives the ASCAP composer community a forum to recognize the artistic accomplishments of their peers. The nominations committee includes composers and film, television and video game industry leaders. Voting is open to eligible ASCAP writer members through March 7 at 11:59 p.m. ET on the ASCAP website.

Winners will be revealed on April 30 during an exclusive party celebrating the 2025 ASCAP Screen Music Awards in Los Angeles.

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More information about the 2025 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards, including excerpts of the nominated music, is available on the organization’s website.

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Following are ASCAP composers and their works nominated for the 2025 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards. Categories with six or more nominees reflect ties in voting.

Film score of the year

(Films released in the U.S. in 2024, whether theatrically or via another medium)

Challengers – Trent Reznor

Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer

Inside Out 2 – Andrea Datzman

Nosferatu – Robin Carolan

Wicked – John Powell & Stephen Schwartz

Young Woman and the Sea – Amelia Warner

Television score of the year

(Episodes originally airing in the U.S. in 2024)

Agatha All Along – Michael Paraskevas

Mr. & Mrs. Smith – David Fleming

Only Murders in the Building – Siddhartha Khosla

Palm Royale – Jeff Toyne

Slow Horses – Daniel Pemberton & Toydrum

Television theme of the year

(Episodes originally airing in the U.S. in 2024)

Bad Monkey – Jamie Jackson & Waz

Franklin – Jay Wadley

Nautilus – Nainita Desai

Only Murders in the Building – Siddhartha Khosla

Palm Royale – Jeff Toyne

Documentary score of the year

(Documentary films or series released in the U.S. in 2024)

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life – Marc Shaiman

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes – Logan Nelson

Jim Henson Idea Man – David Fleming

Planet Earth III – Sara Barone & Hans Zimmer

The Real Red Tails – Stanley A. Smith

Will & Harper – Nathan Halpern

Video game score of the year

(Games originally released in the U.S. in 2024)

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Jack Wall

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Gordy Haab

Helldivers 2 – Wilbert Roget, II

Star Wars Outlaws – Wilbert Roget, II, Cody Matthew Johnson, Jon Everist, Kazuma Jinnouchi

Tales of Kenzera: Zau – Nainita Desai

Wicked, A Complete Unknown and I Saw the TV Glow won for best music supervision in major budget, mid-level budget and low-budget films, respectively, at the 15th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which were held at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 23.

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Wicked fans had further cause to rejoicify: Wicked creator Stephen Schwartz received the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industries. Schwartz performed “Beautiful City” from the 1973 film adaptation of his 1971 musical Godspell.

The GMS Awards honors achievements in the craft of music supervision in film, television, documentaries, advertising, trailers and video games.

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“Like a Bird” from the film Sing Sing won best song written and/or recorded for a film. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s headed for an Oscar victory for best original song on March 2. Of the nine songs to win in this category at the GMS Awards, just three went on to win the Oscar – “City of Stars” from La La Land, “Shallow” from A Star Is Born and “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie.

The field of nominees in this category at the two shows was very different this year. Just one other song, Diane Warren’s “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight, was nominated at both shows. The other Oscar nominees are “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard), “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez (Camille and Clément Ducol) and “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late (Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin).

GMS awarded three songwriters for “Like a Bird” — Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel and Adrian Quesada – while the Oscars nominated just Alexander and Quesada.

Music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg took the stage to accept the Legacy Award for her career in music supervision. Greenberg has worked on dozens of films, including Hairspray, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Pleasantville, What Women Want and It’s Complicated.

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez won the GMS Award for best song written and/or recorded for television for “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road (Sacred Chant Version)” from Agatha All Along. The Lopezes’ previous collaborations have brought them two Oscars, two Grammys, a Primetime Emmy and assorted other awards.

Steve Schnur, music supervisor and executive at EA Games, won the most awards on the night – two for his work on video games EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard. 

Alexander and Quesada performed “Like a Bird” at the GMS Awards. Danielle Ponder performed her nominated song “Egún” from Apple TV’s MANHUNT, and Role Model performed “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out” as the Spotlight artist of the evening.

The event was produced by the GMS Awards production committee: president Lindsay Wolfington, vp Heather Guibert, Janet Lopez, Priya Autrey and Joel C High. Show production was handled by Angelia Shepperd from ABS Collective with talent producer Julie Donsky, and technical production by Nick Urbom from Big Push Media Group.

Here’s a complete list of nominations for the 2025 Guild of Music Supervisor Awards, with winners marked.

Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films

Jordan Carroll – Better Man

Dave Jordan – Deadpool & Wolverine

Julianne Jordan – The Instigators

Rachel Levy – Twisters

Tom MacDougall, Matt Walker – Moana 2

WINNER: Maggie Rodford – Wicked

Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films

Deva Anderson, Rachel Lautzenheiser – The Piano Lesson

Iain Cooke – Back to Black

Pierre-Marie Dru – Emilia Pérez

WINNER: Steven Gizicki – A Complete Unknown

Frankie Pine – The Idea of You

Mary Ramos – The Greatest Hits

Best Music Supervision in Low Budget Films

WINNER: Jessica Berndt, Chris Swanson – I Saw the TV Glow

James Cartwright – Dandelion

Csaba Faltay, Milena Fessmann – Maria

Kier Lehman – Los Frikis

James A. Taylor – The Brutalist

Scotty Taylor – My Old Ass

Best Music Supervision in a Non-Theatrically Released Film

Joel C. High, Sami Posner – Meet Me Next Christmas

Susan Jacobs, Jackie Mulhearn – Out of My Mind

Rob Lowry – Sweethearts

Aminé Ramer – Lonely Planet

Morgan Rhodes – Thelma the Unicorn

WINNER: Robin Urdang – The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film

“The Idea of You” – The Idea of You; Songwriters: Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Albin Nedler; Performers: Anne-Marie, Nicholas Galitzine; Music Supervisor: Frankie Pine

“The Journey” – The Six Triple Eight; Songwriter: Diane Warren; Performer: H.E.R.; Music Supervisor: Joel C. High

“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot; Songwriters: Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi; Performer: Maren Morris; Music Supervisor: Natalie Hayden

WINNER: “Like a Bird” – Sing Sing; Songwriters: Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel, Adrian Quesada; Performers: Abraham Alexander, Adrian Quesada; Music Supervisor: Dan Wilcox

“Out of Oklahoma” – Twisters; Songwriters: Luke Dick, Shane McAnally, Lainey Wilson; Performer: Lainey Wilson; Music Supervisor: Rachel Levy

“Why I’m Here” – Shirley; Songwriters: Samara Joy, Paul Sylvester Morton Jr.; Performer: Samara Joy; Music Supervisor: Madonna Wade-Reed

Best Music Supervision in a Television Drama

Deva Anderson, Rachel Lautzenheiser – Masters of the Air Season 1

Matt Biffa – One Day Season 1

Linda Cohen – The Sympathizer Season 1

Stephanie Diaz-Matos – Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist Season 1

WINNER: Catherine Grieves – Baby Reindeer Season 1

Trygge Toven – Fallout Season 1

Best Music Supervision in a Television Comedy

George Drakoulias, Ian Herbert – Palm Royale Season 1

Kerri Drootin, Charlie Haggard – Loot Season 2

Christa Miller, Tony Von Pervieux – Bad Monkey Season 1

Javier Nuño, Joe Rodríguez – Acapulco Season 3

WINNER: Jen Ross – English Teacher Season 1

Best Music Supervision in Reality Television

Brandon Boucher, Peter Davis – The Challenge: All Stars Season 4

Jon Ernst – Love Is Blind Season 6

WINNER: Meryl Ginsberg, Sara Torres, Jordan Young – Love Island USA Season 6

Carrie Hughes – Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Season 11

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television

WINNER: “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road (Sacred Chant Version)” – Agatha All Along; Songwriters: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez; Performers: Agatha All Along Cast (Ali Ahn, Kathryn Hahn, Patti LuPone, Debra Jo Rupp, Sasheer Zamata); Music Supervisors: Dave Jordan, Justine von Winterfeldt

“Do You See Me Now” – Sweetpea; Songwriters: Daisy Bertenshaw, Isobel Waller-Bridge; Performers: CHINCHILLA, Isobel Waller-Bridge; Music Supervisor: Ollie White

“Egún” – Manhunt; Songwriter: Danielle Ponder; Performer: Danielle Ponder; Music Supervisors: Lindsey Driscoll, Brienne Rose

“Feel It” – Invincible; Songwriters: David Burke, Noah Ehler, Sam Homaee, Gray Toomey; Performer: d4vd; Music Supervisors: Gabe Hilfer, Henry van Roden

“The First Cut Is the Deepest” – The Brothers Sun; Songwriter: Cat Stevens; Performer: Bo Wang; Music Supervisor: Angela Asistio

Best Music Supervision in a Documentary Film

Maureen Crowe, Lisa Moberly, Janet Billig Rich – Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

Justin Feldman – Music by John Williams

Jonathan Finegold – Gaucho Gaucho

Dawn Sutter Madell – Eno

WINNER: Aminé Ramer – Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary

Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries

WINNER: Sam Carlin, Drew Kramer – Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza Season 1

Alexandra Eckhardt – Kings from Queens: The Run DMC Story Season 1

Ed Gerrard – Gospel Season 1

Gary Welch – Camden Season 1

Allison Wood – Breath of Fire Season 1

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Synch)

Abbey Hendrix, Jonathan Wellbelove – iPhone 15 Storage – “Don’t Let Me Go”

Andrew Kahn, Morgan Thoryk – “Two-Step”

Mike Ladman, Mara Techam – “Breaking Moves the World”

WINNER: Peymon Maskan, Gemma Schladow, Alec Stern, Jenna Wilson – “Power of She”

Nicole Palko, Jonathan Wellbelove – “iPhone 15 Plus Battery – One More”

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Original Music)

Danielle Beauvoir, Nick Maker – “Out of This World: The Official Anthem of the Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup”

Abbey Hendrix, Jonathan Wellbelove – “iPhone 16 – Imagine It. Genmoji It.”

Scott McDaniel – “1 Performance, 30 Years in the Making”

WINNER: Patrick Lawrence Zappia – “Give Your Gift.”

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Long-Form)

Codie Childs – “PS5 | Play Has No Limits”

Connie Edwards, Sunny Kapoor – “Spot it Early”

Mike Ladman, Mara Techam – “A Mountain of Entertainment – Hail Patrick”

Mike Ladman, Mara Techam – “H.O.R.S.E. on a Horse”

Nellie Rajabi, Jonathan Wellbelove – “The Relay”

WINNER: Al Risi – “An American Love Story”

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer (Film)

Megan Barbour, Greg Smith, Tyler Torrison – 28 Years Later – Official Trailer

WINNER: Maggie Baron – Anora – Official Redband Trailer

Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg  – Thunderbolts* – Trailer 2

Anny Colvin – We Live in Time – Official Trailer

Will Quiney – Cuckoo – Official Trailer

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer (Series)

WINNER: Deric Berberabe, Hudson Saxe, Jordan Silverberg – Severance: Season 2 – Official Trailer

Bobby Gumm – 3 Body Problem – Final Trailer

Vanessa Jorge Perry – Skeleton Crew – Official Trailer

Scenery Samundra, Gregory Sweeney – DISCLAIMER* – Official Trailer

Naaman Snell – The Last of Us: Season 2 – Official Teaser

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer (Video Game & Interactive)

WINNER: Jonny Altepeter, Jackie Palazzolo, Vitaly Shenderovsky – “VALORANT” – Clove Agent Trailer – 2 WORLDS

Alex Hackford, Lindsey Kohon, Naaman Snell – “Destiny 2: The Final Shape” – Launch Trailer

Lindsey Kohon – “Black Ops 6” – Gameplay Reveal Trailer

Raphaella Lima, Steve Schnur – “College Football 25” – Official Reveal Trailer

Raphaella Lima, Michael Sherwood – “Apex Legends: Upheaval” – Gameplay Trailer

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Synch)

Benjamin Beladi – The Sandbox – Alpha Season 4

Maya Halfon Cordova, Kyle Hopkins – Forza Horizon 5 – Retrowave

Nora Felder – Stranger Things VR

Alex Hackford – MLB The Show 24

WINNER: Raphaella Lima, Cybele Pettus, Steve Schnur – EA SPORTS FC 25

Ryan Tomlin, Brandon Young – Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Original Music)

Manu Bachet, Raphaël Joffres – Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown; Composers: Gareth Coker, Mentrix

Codie Childs, James Marshall – LEGO Horizon Adventures; Composer: Homay Schmitz

Codie Childs, James Marshall – Until Dawn; Composer: Mark Korven

Glenn Herweijer, Ben Sumner – Life is Strange: Double Exposure; Composers: Glenn Herweijer, Nick Hill, Tessa Rose Jackson, Luciano Rossi

WINNER: Steve Schnur – Dragon Age: The Veilguard; Composers: Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer

Sam Yang – Delta Force; Composers: Edwin, Jason H, LUMi, Johan Söderqvist, Zio

Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez were surprise (and plainly surprised) winners at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards, which streamed live on Netflix on Sunday, Feb. 23 from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles.
Chalamet won outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. Adrien Brody had won in that category at most other awards shows for The Brutalist and was expected to win here too.

“I was not expecting this at all,” Chalamet said. “This was five-and-a-half years of my life. I poured everything into playing him. It was an honor to play him, a true American hero.” Chalamet, who is just 29, said he is in pursuit of greatness, naming Marlon Brando, Daniel Day-Lewis and Viola Davis as three actors he especially admires. He said this award was “fuel” to keep going.

Chalamet is vying to become the youngest Oscar winner ever for best actor next Sunday March 2. The SAG win, and Chalamet’s thoughtful acceptance speech, won’t affect his Oscar chances. Final-round voting closed Feb. 18.

Individual SAG winners for film acting generally go on to win Oscars. Three years ago, and again two years ago, all four SAG winners repeated at the Oscars. But last year, one of the four stumbled: Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) won the SAG Award, but went on to lose the Oscar for best actress to Emma Stone (Poor Things).

Gomez shared the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series with her Only Murder in the Building co-stars Steve Martin and Martin Short, neither of whom was present. The Only Murders cast had lost the last three years to the casts of Ted Lasso, Abbott Elementary and The Bear, respectively. (Other cast members who shared in the ensemble award this season were Michael Cyril Creighton, Zach Galifianakis, Richard Kind, Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Kumail Nanjiani and Molly Shannon.)

“We never win,” an amazed Gomez said as she accepted the award. “This is so weird. Marty [Short] and Steve [Martin] aren’t here because they don’t care,” she joked. “Thank you to Marty and Steve for helping to raise me. I’m bringing this back to New York as we begin to work on Season 5.”

Short won a second award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series.

Conclave won the SAG award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. The last three winners of the SAG cast award – CODA, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Oppenheimer – went on to win the Oscar for best picture, but over the entire history of the SAG Awards, the cast award has been only a so-so predictor of Oscar glory. Of the first 28 winners of the cast award, 15 went on to win best picture; 14 did not.

The best picture race has been especially hard to peg this year. At the Golden Globes, The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez were the winners for drama and musical or comedy, respectively. At the Critics Choice Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards, Anora won. (Anora also won at three major guild awards – the Producers Guild, Directors Guild and Writers Guild.) Conclave was the pick at the BAFTA Awards.

Wicked went 0-5 on the night.It had tied the all-time SAG record for most nominations by a film. Previous films that received five SAG Award nods were Chicago, Doubt, Shakespeare in Love, The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Shōgun was the top winner on the TV side, with four awards, including outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series.

Actress and producer Kristen Bell hosted the annual ceremony, which bills itself as “the only awards show for actors, by actors.” Bell was nominated for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series for the Netflix hit Nobody Wants This. Bell sang a parody version of her Frozen hit “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” titled “Do You Want to Be an Actor,” in which early photos of dozens of nominated actors were shown.

Several songs were featured during the show. The Diane Warren composition “The Journey,” sung by H.E.R. in the Netflix film The Six Triple Eight, soundtracked the In Memoriam segment. The song is nominated for an Oscar this year. Dolly Parton’s Billboard Hot 100-topping “9 to 5” was featured in the Fonda tribute. Marlena Shaw’s version of Ashford & Simpson’s “California Soul” was featured in a segment on Los Angeles.

There was a fun segment on the many young actors who played guest roles on the long-running Law and Order, including Keke Palmer, Chalamet and Sabrina Carpener.

The SAG Awards are voted on by SAG-AFTRA’s membership of 122,000+ performers, by far the largest voting body on the awards circuit.

Silent House Productions produced the telecast in partnership with SAG-AFTRA.

Here’s the complete list of nominations, with winners marked.

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

WINNER: Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Daniel Craig, Queer

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Ralph Fiennes, Conclave

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role

Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl

Cynthia Erivo, Wicked

Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez

Mikey Madison, Anora

WINNER: Demi Moore, The Substance

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role

Jonathan Bailey, Wicked

Yura Borisov, Anora

WINNER: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown

Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl

Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson

Ariana Grande, Wicked

WINNER: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez

Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture

A Complete Unknown — Monica Barbaro, Norbert Leo Butz, Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Dan Fogler, Will Harrison, Eriko Hatsune, Boyd Holbrook, Scoot McNairy, Big Bill Morganfield, Edward Norton

Anora –Yura Borisov, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Mikey Madison, Aleksey Serebryakov, Vache Tovmasyan

WINNER: Conclave – Sergio Castellitto, Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci

Emilia Pérez –Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña

Wicked –Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh

Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture

Deadpool & Wolverine

Dune: Part Two

WINNER: The Fall Guy

Gladiator II

Wicked

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or limited series

Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

WINNER: Colin Farrell, The Penguin

Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer

Kevin Kline, Disclaimer

Andrew Scott, Ripley

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a television movie or limited series

Kathy Bates, The Great Lillian Hall

Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer

Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country

Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge

WINNER: Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer

Cristin Milioti, The Penguin

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series

Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun

Jeff Bridges, The Old Man

Gary Oldman, Slow Horses

Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal

WINNER: Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series

Kathy Bates, Matlock

Nicola Coughlan, Bridgerton

Allison Janney, The Diplomat

Keri Russell, The Diplomat

WINNER: Anna Sawai, Shōgun

Outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series

Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This

Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside

Harrison Ford, Shrinking

WINNER: Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series

Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This

Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear

Ayo Edebiri, The Bear

WINNER: Jean Smart, Hacks

Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series

Bridgerton — Geraldine Alexander,Victor Alli, Adjoa Andoh, Julie Andrews, Lorraine Ashbourne, Simone Ashley, Jonathan Bailey, Joe Barnes, Joanna Bobin, James Bryan, Harriet Cains, Bessie Carter, Genevieve Chenneour, Dominic Coleman, Nicola Coughlan, Kitty Devlin, Hannah Dodd, Daniel Francis, Ruth Gemmell, Rosa Hesmondhalgh, Sesley Hope, Florence Hunt, Martins Imhangbe, Molly Jackson-Shaw, Claudia Jessie, Lorn MacDonald, Jessica Madsen, Emma Naomi, Hannah New, Luke Newton, Caleb Obediah, James Phoon, Vineeta Rishi, Golda Rosheuvel, Hugh Sachs, Banita Sandhu, Luke Thompson, Will Tilston, Polly Walker, Anna Wilson-Jones, Sophie Woolley

The Day of the Jackal —Khalid Abdalla, Jon Arias, Nick Blood, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Ben Hall, Chukwudi Iwuji, Patrick Kennedy, Puchi Lagarde, Lashana Lynch, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, Eddie Redmayne, Sule Rimi, Lia Williams

The Diplomat — Ali Ahn, Sandy Amon-Schwartz, Tim Delap, Penny Downie, Ato Essandoh, David Gyasi, Celia Imrie, Rory Kinnear, Pearl Mackie, Nana Mensah, Graham Miller, Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, Adam Silver, Kenichiro Thomson

WINNER: Shōgun —Shinnosuke Abe, Tadanobu Asano, Tommy Bastow, Takehiro Hira, Moeka Hoshi, Hiromoto Ida, Cosmo Jarvis, Hiroto Kanai, Yuki Kura, Takeshi Kurokawa, Fumi Nikaido, Tokuma Nishioka, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai

Slow Horses —Ruth Bradley,Tom Brooke, James Callis, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Rosalind Eleazar, Sean Gilder, Kadiff Kirwan, Jack Lowden, Gary Oldman, Jonathan Pryce, Saskia Reeves, Joanna Scanlan, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hugo Weaving, Naomi Wirthner, Tom Wozniczka

Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series

Abbott Elementary –Quinta Brunson, William Stanford Davis, Janelle James, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, Tyler James Williams

The Bear —Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Ayo Edebiri, Abby Elliott, Edwin Lee Gibson, Corey Hendrix, Matty Matheson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ricky Staffieri, Jeremy Allen White

Hacks — Rose Abdoo, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Paul W. Downs, Hannah Einbinder, Mark Indelicato, Jean Smart, Megan Stalter

WINNER: Only Murders in the Building — Michael Cyril Creighton, Zach Galifianakis, Selena Gomez, Richard Kind, Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Steve Martin, Kumail Nanjiani, Molly Shannon, Martin Short

Shrinking —Harrison Ford, Brett Goldstein, Devin Kawaoka, Gavin Lewis, Wendie Malick, Lukita Maxwell, Ted McGinley, Christa Miller, Jason Segel, Rachel Stubington, Luke Tennie, Michael Urie, Jessica Williams

Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a television series

The Boys

Fallout

House of the Dragon

The Penguin

WINNER: Shōgun