20 Musicians Who Have Won Oscars

Not just in the musical categories...

1. Cher - Best Actress, 1987

Cher took home to gold for her performance in Norman Jewison's "Moonstruck".

2. David Byrne - Best Original Score, 1988

The Talking Heads front man won an Oscar for the original score of the 1987 film “The Last Emperor,” in collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su. He was also nominated for Best Original Song in 2023 for "Everything Everywhere All at Once".

3. Bob Dylan - Best Original Song, 2001

Bobby D. won for his song 'Things Have Changed' from the film "Wonder Boys".

4. The Beatles - Best Original Score, 1971

The fab four won Best Original Song Score in 1971 for their documentary film "Let It Be".

Paul McCartney would later receive two nominations in the Best Original Song category for films "Live and Let Die", and "Vanilla Sky".

5. Adele - Best Original Song, 2013

Like McCartney, Adele was nominated for a James Bond film, winning for her song 'Skyfall'.

6. John Legend and Common - Best Original Song, 2015

The duo won for their song 'Glory' from "Selma".

7. Sam Smith - Best Original Song, 2016

Smith won Best Original Song for the Bond film "Spectre"and mistakenly claimed that no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar...tell that to our next artist!

8. Elton John - Best Original Song, 1995

John won for 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight' from "The Lion King". He was also nominated 3 times in that category alone!

9. Lady Gaga - Best Original Song, 2019

Gaga won for 'Shallow' and was also nominated for Best Actress that night!

10. Jared Leto - Best Supporting Actor, 2014

Although I will always know him as Jordan Catalano, Jared Leto not only is an accomplished actor, he is also frontman of Thirty Seconds to Mars, a band he created with his brother Shannon.

11. Barbra Streisand - Best Actress, 1969

And she should've been the first woman to win Best Director but that's a story for another time...

12. Eminem - Best Original Song, 2003

Eminem won in 2003, for the film "8 Mile" and who could forget this iconic moment from the 2020 Oscars?

13. Jennifer Hudson - Best Supporting Actress, 2007

The singer is also an EGOT winner becoming the second Black woman to achieve the honor!

14. Carly Simon - Best Original Song, 1989

Carly Simon won for "Working Girl"!

15. H.E.R - Best Original Song, 2021

Ladies and gentleman, H.E.R. The singer won for her song 'Fight For You' from "Judas and the Black Messiah".

16. Questlove - Best Documentary Feature, 2022

The drummer and D.J. won for his film "Summer of Soul".

17. Frank Sinatra - Best Supporting Actor, 1954

Ol Blue Eyes won for "From Here to Eternity".

18. Jon Batiste - Best Original Score, 2021

Jon Batiste won alongside Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for the animated feature "Soul".

19. Melissa Etheridge - Best Original Song, 2007

The singer won for the film "An Inconvenient Truth".

20. Phil Collins - Best Original Song, 2000

An finally, Phil Collins won for his incomparable work on "Tarzan". He didn't have to go that hard on the soundtrack, but he did...he did it for us.

Check out my piece on cartoons with amazing music: https://www.thehotchildinthecity.com/post/another-list-of-cartoons-with-great-music