Year
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Performer
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Title
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Film
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Writers
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Ref.
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2000 2nd Annual
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Meshell Ndegeocello
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"Fool of Me"
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Love & Basketball
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Meshell Ndegeocello and Federico Pena
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[1]
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Lucy Pearl
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"Dance Tonight"
|
Love & Basketball
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Dawn Robinson and Raphael Saadiq
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Janet Jackson
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"Doesn't Really Matter"
|
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
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Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
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Destiny’s Child
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"Independent Women"
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Charlie's Angels
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Beyoncé, Sam Barnes, Jean-Claude Oliver and Cory Rooney
|
Donell Jones
|
"I'll Go"
|
Love & Basketball
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Steve "Silk" Hurley and Rashaan Patterson
|
R. Kelly
|
"Bad Man"
|
Shaft
|
R. Kelly
|
2001 3rd Annual
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Eric Benet
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"Love Don't Love Me"
|
The Brothers
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Eric Benet
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[2]
|
Nelly
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"#1"
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Training Day
|
Nelly and Waiel Yaghnam
|
R. Kelly
|
"The World's Greatest"
|
Ali
|
R. Kelly
|
R.L.
|
"Good Love"
|
The Brothers
|
R.L.
|
Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg and Mr. Tan
|
"Just a Baby Boy"
|
Baby Boy
|
Battlecat, Snoop Dogg and Tyrese Gibson
|
2002 4th Annual
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Erykah Badu & Common
|
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)"
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Brown Sugar
|
Erykah Badu, Maduwkwu Chinwah, Common, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq and Glenn Strandrige
|
[3]
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Snoop Dogg, Mr. Kane, Bootsy Collins, Quaze and Fred Wesley
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"Undercova Funk (Give Up the Funk)"
|
Undercover Brother
|
George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Snoop Dogg and Jerome Brailey
|
Angie Stone
|
"Bring Me Your Heart"
|
Brown Sugar
|
Hersholt Polk, Angie Stone and Homer Talbert
|
Beyoncé
|
"Work It Out"
|
Austin Powers in Goldmember
|
Beyoncé, Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
|
Bow Wow, Fundisha, Fabolous and Jermaine Dupri
|
"Basketball"
|
Like Mike
|
James Barlower, Kurt Blow, Full Force, Robert Ford, James Moore, Shirley Walker and William Waring
|
2003 5th Annual
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Beyoncé and Walter Williams Sr.
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"He Still Loves Me"
|
The Fighting Temptations
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Big Jim Wright, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
|
[4]
|
Joe Budden
|
"Pump It Up"
|
2 Fast 2 Furious
|
Robert Bell, Just Blaze, George Brown, Joe Budden, Robert Mickens, Claydes Smith, Dennis Thomas and Richard Westfield
|
Ludacris
|
"Act a Fool"
|
2 Fast 2 Furious
|
Ludacris
|
LL Cool J and Amerie
|
"Paradise"
|
Deliver Us From Eva
|
Amerie, Samuel Barnes, Keni Burke, Allen Felder, LL Cool J, Jean-Claude Olivier, Norma Jean Wright and 50 Cent
|
Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.
|
"Runnin' (Dying to Live)"
|
Tupac: Resurrection
|
Eminem, Notorious B.I.G., Luis Resto, Tupac Shakur and Edgar Winter
|
2006 8th Annual
|
Jennifer Hudson
|
"And I'm Telling You (I'm Not Going)"
|
Dreamgirls
|
Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
|
[5]
|
Beyoncé
|
"Listen"
|
Dreamgirls
|
Beyoncé, Scott Cutler, Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
|
Jennifer Hudson
|
"I Am Changing"
|
Dreamgirls
|
Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
|
OutKast
|
"Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)"
|
Idlewild
|
André 3000
|
Alicia Keys and Lyfe Jennings
|
"People Get Ready"
|
Glory Road
|
Curtis Mayfield
|
2009 10th Annual
|
Anika Noni Rose
|
"Almost There"
|
The Princess and the Frog
|
Randy Newman
|
[6]
|
Anika Noni Rose
|
"Down in New Orleans"
|
The Princess and the Frog
|
Randy Newman
|
Ne-Yo
|
"Never Knew I Needed"
|
The Princess and the Frog
|
Ne-Yo
|
Stew, De'Adre Aziza and Daniel Breaker
|
"Keys"
|
Passing Strange
|
Stew
|
Mary J. Blige
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"I Can Do Bad All By Myself"
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I Can Do Bad All By Myself
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Mary J. Blige, Chuck Harmony and Ne-Yo
|
2010 11th Annual
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John Legend
|
"Shine"
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Waiting for Superman
|
John Legend
|
[7]
|
Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith
|
"Never Say Never"
|
The Karate Kid
|
Justin Bieber, Kuk Harrell, Adam Messinger, Nasri, Omarr Rambert and Jaden Smith
|
Leona Lewis
|
"I Know Who I Am"
|
For Colored Girls
|
Greg Barnhill, Joanna Cotten and Melissa Manchester
|
Queen Latifah
|
"Champion"
|
Just Wright
|
Cool & Dre, Queen Latifah and Jazmine Sullivan
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Jay Z, Kanye West and Rihanna
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"Run This Town"
|
Just Wright
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Jeff Bhasker, Jay Z, No I.D., Rihanna and Kanye West
|
2011 12th Annual
|
Mary J. Blige
|
"The Living Proof"
|
The Help
|
Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr., Thomas Newman and Damon Thomas,
|
[8]
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Ludacris and Slaughterhouse
|
"Furiously Dangerous"
|
Fast Five
|
Kon Artis, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Eminem, Ludacris, Joell Ortiz, Luis Resto and Royce da 5'9"
|
Nicole Beharie
|
"My Last Day Without You"
|
My Last Day Without You
|
Scott Jacoby, Stefan Schaefer and Christoph Silber
|
Cee-Lo Green and Kenny Wayne Shepherd
|
"Walkin' Blues"
|
Footloose
|
R. L. Burnside
|
Jamie Foxx
|
"Fly Love"
|
Rio
|
Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett
|
2012 13th Annual
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John Legend
|
"Who Did That to You?"
|
Django Unchained
|
Paul Epworth and John Legend
|
[9]
|
John Legend and Ludacris
|
"Tonight (Best You Ever Had)"
|
Think Like a Man
|
Allen Arthur, Keith Justice, John Legend, Ludacris, Miguel and Clayton Reilly
|
Travis Barker, RZA, Raekwon and Tom Morello
|
"Carry It"
|
The Man with the Iron Fists
|
Travis Barker, Tom Morello, Raekwon and RZA
|
Jay Z, Kanye West and Frank Ocean
|
"No Church in the Wild"
|
Safe House
|
James Brown, Mike Dean, Jay Z, Phil Manzanera, Frank Ocean, Joseph Roach, The-Dream, Kanye West, Gary Wright and 88-Keys
|
Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston
|
"Celebrate"
|
Sparkle
|
R. Kelly
|
2013 14th Annual
|
Judith Hill
|
"Desperation"
|
20 Feet from Stardom
|
Judith Hill
|
[10]
|
Fantasia Barrino
|
"In the Middle of the Night"
|
The Butler
|
Fantasia Barrino, Keith McMasters, Abel Terry and Kassim VonRico Washington
|
Alicia Keys
|
"Queen of the Field (Patsey's Song)"
|
12 Years a Slave
|
Alicia Keys
|
Gladys Knight
|
"You & I Ain't No More"
|
The Butler
|
Lenny Kravitz
|
Pharrell Williams
|
"Happy"
|
Despicable Me 2
|
Pharrell Williams
|
2014 15th Annual
|
Common and John Legend
|
"Glory"
|
Selma
|
Common, John Legend and Rhymefest
|
[11]
|
Questlove and Eliza Colby
|
"It Ain't Easy"
|
Top Five
|
Eliza Colby and Questlove
|
Janelle Monáe
|
"What is Love"
|
Rio 2
|
Janelle Monáe, Nathaniel Irvin III and Roman Irvin
|
Rita Ora
|
"Grateful"
|
Beyond the Lights
|
Diane Warren
|
Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lamar
|
"It's On Again"
|
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
|
Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar and Hans Zimmer
|
2015 16th Annual
|
Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth
|
"See You Again"
|
Furious 7
|
Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth
|
[11]
|
Tessa Thompson
|
"Grip"
|
Creed
|
Sam Dew, Ludwig Göransson and Tessa Thompson
|
Childish Gambino, Vince Staples and Jhené Aiko
|
"Waiting for My Moment"
|
Creed
|
Ryan Coogler, Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson and Vince Staples
|
The Weeknd
|
"Earned It"
|
Fifty Shades of Grey
|
The Weeknd, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville and Belly
|
Dr. Dre
|
"Talking to My Diary"
|
Straight Outta Compton
|
Dr. Dre, Russell Brown, Camille Clerc and François de Roubaix
|
2018 19th Annual
|
Kendrick Lamar & SZA
|
"All the Stars"
|
Black Panther
|
Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Spears, Al Shuckburgh, Solána Rowe, and Anthony Tiffith
|
The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar
|
"Pray for Me
|
Black Panther
|
Abel Tesfaye, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Adam Feeney, Jason Quenneville and Martin McKinney
|
Arlissa
|
"We Won’t Move"
|
The Hate U Give
|
Arlissa Ruppert, Jessica Karpov, Kevin White and Mike Woods
|
Khalid and Normani
|
"Love Lies"
|
Love, Simon
|
Khalid Robinson, Normani Kordei Hamilton, Jamil Chammas, Ryan Vojtesak, Tayla Parks
|
Jennifer Hudson
|
"I’ll Fight"
|
RBG
|
Diane Warren
|