Grammy Award for Song of the Year | |
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![]() "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish is the most recent recipient | |
Awarded for | Quality song containing both lyrics and melody |
Country | United States |
Presented by | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
First awarded | 1959 |
Currently held by | Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell – "What Was I Made For?" (2024) |
Website | grammy.com |
The Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.[1] The Song of the Year award is one of the four most prestigious categories at the awards (alongside Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Album of the Year), presented annually since the 1st Grammy Awards in 1959. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide, the award is presented:
to honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position.[2]
If a winning song contains samples or interpolations of existing material, the publisher and songwriter(s) of the original song(s) can apply for a Winners Certificate.[3]
Song of the Year is related to but is conceptually different from Record of the Year or Album of the Year: