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Grammy Award for Song of the Year
The Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Awards ceremony, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 to the composer (not the performer) of the song in question. It is almost always the case that one or more recordings are...
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Don't Speak
"Don't Speak" is a song by the American rock band No Doubt. It was released as the third single from the band's second album Tragic Kingdom (1995) in 1996.
Despite the song's popularity, "Don't Speak" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 (as rules...
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I Believe I Can Fly
"I Believe I Can Fly" is a 1996 song by R&B; singer R. Kelly. The song was written, produced and performed by R. Kelly. It was featured in the 1996 motion picture Space Jam.
"I Believe I Can Fly" was #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the R&B;...
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How Do I Live
"How Do I Live" is a 1997 song, written by Diane Warren. It was released originally by LeAnn Rimes and shortly afterward by Trisha Yearwood.
The song was originally intended for release as a single for the 1997 action blockbuster Con Air soundtrack....
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Sunny Came Home
"Sunny Came Home" is a Grammy Award-winning folk-rock song by American musician Shawn Colvin. It is the theme song to her 1996 concept album A Few Small Repairs, and quickly became a hit when it was released as a CD single on June 24, 1997.
The song...
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Where Have All the Cowboys Gone
"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" is the name of a song by Paula Cole. It is featured in her album This Fire. The song is Cole's (as yet) only U.S. Top Ten hit on Billboard's Hot 100, reaching number 8. It is also Cole's only UK Top-40 hit to date,...
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My Heart Will Go On
"My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. With music by James Horner, lyrics by Will Jennings, and production by Walter Afanasieff, it was recorded by Céline Dion. Originally released in 1997 on Dion's album Let's...
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Iris
"Iris" is a song by American alternative rock band the Goo Goo Dolls. Originally written for the soundtrack of 1998 film City of Angels, the song was later included on the band's sixth album Dizzy Up the Girl. The acoustic guitar in the song gives a...
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You're Still the One
"You're Still the One" is a Grammy Award winning song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the third country single from Shania Twain's 1997 album, Come on Over, while it was the first to be released to pop and international markets. Released in...
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I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a single by American rock band Aerosmith. It appeared on the soundtrack to the film Armageddon and debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 (a first for the band after 28 years together). The song stayed at...
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Lean on Me
"Lean on Me" is a popular song performed by Bill Withers on the 1972 album Still Bill.
It was his first (and only) number one on both the soul singles and the Billboard Hot 100. It is ranked number 205 on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of...
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Smooth
"Smooth" is a collaboration between Santana and Rob Thomas, the latter of the rock group Matchbox Twenty. The song was written by Rob Thomas and Itaal Shur and sung by Rob Thomas. Originally conceived by Shur as a song called "Room 17", the lyrics...
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Livin' la Vida Loca
"Livin' la Vida Loca" (English: Living the Crazy Life) is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released in 1999 from Martin's self-titled debut English album. The song was composed by Desmond Child and Draco Rosa and topped the charts...
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I Want It That Way
"I Want It That Way" is the most successful song by the Backstreet Boys, and their first single from their 1999 album Millennium. It is considered to be their signature hit. It was written by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson. The song was highly...
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Unpretty
"Unpretty" is a 1999 (see 1999 in music) single recorded by R&B; girl group TLC. Produced by Dallas Austin and co-written by Austin and TLC group member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, "Unpretty" was the second single released from Fanmail. It became the...
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Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC (pronounced /ʃəˈnaɪə ˈtweɪn/; August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop artist. Her third album Come on Over is the best-selling album of all time by a female musician and the best-selling album in the history of country music. She...
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Beautiful Day
"Beautiful Day" is the first song and lead single from U2's 2000 album, All That You Can't Leave Behind. It was a commercial success, helping launch the album to multi-platinum status, and is one of U2's biggest hits to date. It was their fourth #1...
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Say My Name
"Say My Name" is another hit song by American R&B; group Destiny's Child. The song was the third single from the group's 1999 album The Writing's on the Wall, released through Columbia label in 2000 (see 2000 in music). The single is the most...
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I Try
"I Try" is the second single from Macy Gray's debut album On How Life Is, released in 1999 internationally, but not becoming a hit in her native United States until 2000. It was Gray's biggest hit to date. It peaked at number six in the United...
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Breathe
"Breathe" is a country song by Faith Hill, released as the first single from the album of the same name. The song was extremely successful in the United States, and became Hill's signature song.
In November 1999, "Breathe" was released to Country...
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I Hope You Dance
"I Hope You Dance" is a crossover country pop song written by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers, and recorded by country singer Lee Ann Womack along with Sons of the Desert. The song, which was featured on Womack's 2000 album of the same name, reached...
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Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" is the second single from U2's 2000 album, All That You Can't Leave Behind. The song, characterized by gospel-tinged melodies and saccharine lead guitar part, won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by...
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Fallin'
"Fallin'" is a song recorded, written, and produced by American R&B-soul; singer–songwriter Alicia Keys for her debut album, Songs in A Minor (2001). Released to radio and music video outlets in 2001, it is generally considered her signature song. ...
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I'm like a Bird
"I'm like a Bird" is a song written by Portuguese-Canadian singer Nelly Furtado, and produced by Gerald Eaton and Brian West, as the first single from her first album Whoa, Nelly! (2000). It was one of the year's critically acclaimed songs and...
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Drops of Jupiter
"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" (or sometimes just shortened to "Drops of Jupiter") is an alternative rock song by California rock band Train on their second album Drops of Jupiter (2001). It was their first single from the album, and hit the top 5 of...
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Complicated
"Complicated" is a song by Avril Lavigne and was her debut single, released in 2002 from her debut album, Let Go. It was written by Lavigne and The Matrix (Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, and Graham Edwards), and produced by The Matrix. The single...
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A Thousand Miles
"A Thousand Miles" is a pop song written by American singer Vanessa Carlton and recorded for her 2002 debut album Be Not Nobody. It was co-produced and co-arranged by Carlton and Ron Fair, and was released as the album's first single in 2002. Her...
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Don't Know Why
"Don't Know Why" is a song written by Jesse Harris and originally appears on his 1999 album, Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos. It was the second single by Norah Jones from her breakthrough 2002 album Come Away with Me. Although Jones's version only...
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Where Were You
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" is a country song composed by Alan Jackson. Written in the wake of the September 11 attacks and introduced at the Country Music Association's annual awards show on November 7, 2001, it reached the...
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The Rising
"The Rising" is the title track on Bruce Springsteen's twelfth studio album The Rising, and was released as a single in 2002. Springsteen wrote the song in reaction to the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City. It gained critical praise and...
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I'm with You
"I'm With You" is a song written by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne and The Matrix (Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards) for Lavigne's debut album, Let Go, and was Lavigne's first ballad released as a single. It was also released on KQMQ-FM....
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Beautiful
"Beautiful" is a song written and produced by Linda Perry and recorded by American singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera for her second studio album, Stripped (2002). It is a cello-driven, classically-flavored ballad in which its protagonist deals...
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Lose Yourself
"Lose Yourself" is an Academy Award-winning hip hop song by American rapper Eminem. It was released in 2002 as part of the soundtrack to the film 8 Mile, also starring Eminem, later released as a single in 2002, and re-released on Eminem's greatest...
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Dance with My Father
"Dance with My Father" is the title track from the 2003 Luther Vandross album Dance with My Father. It was written by Vandross and Richard Marx. It has also been performed by Céline Dion, Steve Brookstein, Scott Savol, Kellie Coffey, and Tamyra Gray...
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Keep Me in Your Heart
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If I Ain't Got You
"If I Ain't Got You" is a song recorded, written, and produced by American R&B-soul; singer Alicia Keys for her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003). Released in February 2004 as the album's second single, the song peaked at number...
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Daughters
"Daughters" is the third single from Heavier Things, the 2003 studio album from Blues singer-songwriter, John Mayer. The critically-acclaimed song won numerous awards, including the 2005 Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 47th Grammy Awards....
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Live Like You Were Dying
"Live Like You Were Dying" is a song by American country music artist Tim McGraw which appears on his Live Like You Were Dying album. It reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard country music charts, and held that position for a total of seven weeks. In...
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The Reason
"The Reason" is the hit 2004 single by the modern rock band Hoobastank, off their album The Reason. The song is Hoobastank's most commercially successful single, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks. In...
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Jesus Walks
"Jesus Walks" is a hip hop song by American rap artist Kanye West. It was released on May 25, 2004 as the third single from his debut album, The College Dropout. The song is built around a sample of "Walk with Me" as performed by the ARC Choir. ...
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Umbrella
"Umbrella" is a song recorded by Barbadian R&B; singer Rihanna, featuring a rap verse by American hip hop artist Jay-Z. The song was written by Terius Nash, Christopher Stewart, Kuk Harrell and Jay-Z, and was produced by Stewart. It was released as...
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Chasing Pavements
"Chasing Pavements" is the second single from soul singer Adele. Adele performed the song on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 7 December 2007. It was released digitally in Ireland on 13 January 2008 and entered the Irish singles chart at number 26...
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American Boy
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Love Song
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Viva la Vida
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Poker Face
"Poker Face" is an electropop song by American pop singer-songwriter Lady Gaga from her debut album, The Fame. Produced by RedOne, it was released as the album's second single in late 2008 for some markets and in early 2009 for the rest of the world...
Single Ladies
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" is a song by American R&B; singer Beyoncé Knowles, composed by Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Kuk Harrell and Knowles for her third solo album, I Am... Sasha Fierce. The song was released as the album's second...
Use Somebody
"Use Somebody" is the second single from Only by the Night, the fourth studio album by Kings of Leon, released on December 8, 2008. The music video was premiered exclusively on the band's MySpace page on November 4, 2008.
On Sunday, December 7, 2008...
You Belong with Me
"You Belong With Me" is a song co-written and recorded by American country artist Taylor Swift. It is the third single from her second album, Fearless. The song was originally released as a digital single, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100...
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Pretty Wings
"Pretty Wings" is the first single from Maxwell's fourth studio album BLACKsummers'night. It was produced by Maxwell and Hod David.
The song was nominated at the 52nd Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Best R&B; Song and Grammy...
