Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Song

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Song. It's presented to the performer and songwriters for the best original song written specially for a film. Performers who also wrote the song is credited with one win or nomination.

History
This award was first introduced as Outstanding Original or Adapted song from 2001 - 2013. At the 14th Annual Black Reel Awards the category was renamed to Outstanding Original Song only allowing original songs written specifically for a film to be eligible.

This award was first presented at the 2nd Annual Black Reel Awards where Meshell Ndegeocello's "Fool of Me" from Love & Basketball won.

John Legend holds the record with the most wins as both a performer and songwriter with 3 wins. Legend is the most nominated songwriter in this category with 6 nominations and tied with Beyonce for the most nominations as a performer with 5 nominations.

Other multiple winners in this category includes Raphael Saadiq, Mary J. Blige & Common (rapper).

Love & Basketball, The Brothers, Brown Sugar, Dreamgirls, The Princess and the Frog, The Butler, Creed, Black Panther, Queen & Slim & The Harder They Fall are the only films to receive 2 or more nominations in this category. The Butler, Creed & The Harder They Fall are the only films to not have one of their songs win.

Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Multiple wins

 * 3 Wins
 * John Legend


 * 2 Wins
 * Common
 * Mary J. Blige

Multiple nominations

 * 7 Nominations
 * Beyoncé


 * 5 Nominations
 * John Legend


 * 4 Nominations
 * Pharrell Williams
 * Common
 * Jennifer Hudson
 * Alicia Keys
 * Jay Z


 * 3 Nominations
 * Mary J. Blige
 * Ludacris
 * Kendrick Lamar
 * Anika Noni Rose
 * Rihanna
 * Pharrell Williams


 * 2 Nominations
 * Joe Budden
 * Andra Day
 * H.E.R.
 * Snoop Dogg
 * The Weeknd
 * R. Kelly
 * Kanye West

Multiple wins

 * 3 Wins
 * John Legend


 * 2 Wins
 * Common
 * Mary J. Blige
 * Raphael Saadiq

Multiple nominations

 * 6 Nominations
 * Beyoncé
 * John Legend


 * 5 Nominations
 * Common
 * Raphael Saadiq


 * 4 Nominations
 * Jay Z
 * Pharrell Williams


 * 3 Nominations
 * Mary J. Blige
 * Henry Krieger
 * Alicia Keys
 * Ludacris
 * Kendrick Lamar
 * R. Kelly
 * Rihanna
 * Diane Warren


 * 2 Nominations
 * Joe Budden
 * D'Mile
 * Snoop Dogg
 * The-Dream
 * Eminem
 * Tom Eyen
 * Ludwig Goransson
 * H.E.R.
 * Jimmy Jam
 * Ne-Yo
 * Terry Lewis
 * Randy Newman
 * R. Kelly
 * Jeymes Samuel
 * Taura Stinson
 * The Weeknd
 * Kanye West