Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in an Animated Film

The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in an Animated Film is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best "original" song, written specifically for an animated film. The award was first given in 2014, during the fifth annual awards.

Hollywood Music in Media for Best Original Song in an Animated Film
Country	United States
Presented by	Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)
First awarded	2014
Currently held by	"Better Place" from Trolls Band Together
Website	www.hmmawards.com

Statistics

The Trolls film series (alongside Justin Timberlake) have the most wins in this category with three.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Film	Song	Nominees
(2014) 5th ^[1]
	The Lego Movie	"Everything Is Awesome"	Shawn Patterson, Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone
	How to Train Your Dragon 2	"Where No One Goes"	Jónsi and John Powell
	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	"Kid"	Peter Andre
	Planes: Fire & Rescue	"Still I Fly"	Spencer Lee, Michael Smidi Smith and Windy Wagner
	Rio 2	"What Is Love"	Janelle Monáe
(2015) 6th ^[2]
	Home	"Dancing in the Dark"	Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Ester Dean, Maureen Anne McDonald & Rihanna
	Home	"Feel the Light"	Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Kiesza Rae Ellestad and Emile Haynie
	The Peanuts Movie	"Better When I'm Dancin'"	Meghan Trainor
	Shaun the Sheep Movie	"Feels Like Summer"	Tim Wheeler, Ilan Eshkeri and Nick Hodgson
(2016) 7th ^[3]
	Trolls	"Can't Stop the Feeling!"	Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Shellback
	Moana	"We Know the Way"	Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa'i and Lin-Manuel Miranda
	Sausage Party	"The Great Beyond"	Evan Goldberg, Alan Menken, Seth Rogen & Glenn Slater
	Sing	"Faith"	Francis Farewell Starlite, Ryan Tedder & Stevie Wonder
	Zootopia	"Try Everything"	Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Sia
(2017) 8th ^[4]^[5]
	Leap!	"Confident"	Demi Lovato, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh
	Beauty and the Beast	"How Does a Moment Last Forever"	Alan Menken and Tim Rice
	Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie	"Captain Underpants Theme Song"	"Weird Al" Yankovic
	Despicable Me 3	"There's Something Special"	Pharrell Williams
	Smurfs: The Lost Village	"I'm a Lady"	Martin René & Meghan Trainor
		"You Will Always Find Me in Your Heart"	Christopher Lennertz & KT Tunstall
(2018) 9th ^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
	Sherlock Gnomes	"Stronger Than I Ever Was"	Elton John and Bernie Taupin
	Early Man	"Good Day"	New Hope Club
	Peter Rabbit	"I Promise You"	Ezra Koenig
	Smallfoot	"Finally Free"	Niall Horan
(2019) 10th ^[10]
	Abominable	"Beautiful Life"	Bebe Rexha (songwriter/performer); Nicholas Black, David Saint Fleur, Christopher Tempest, Samuel James Zammarelli (songwriters)
	The Addams Family	"Haunted Heart"	Christina Aguilera (songwriter/performer); Antonina Armato, Tim James (songwriters)
	Frozen 2	"Into the Unknown"	Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez (songwriters); Idina Menzel (performer)
	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	"Together From Afar"	Jónsi (songwriter/performer); John Powell (songwriter)
	Klaus	"Invisible"	Jussi Ilmari Karvinen, Caroline Pennell, Justin Tranter (songwriters); Zara Larsson (performer)
	The Secret Life of Pets 2	"It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"	Aminé, LunchMoney Lewis (songwriters/performers); Nathan Cunningham, Brandon Hamlin, Skip Scarborough, Marc Sibley, Bill Withers (songwriters)

2020s

Year	Film	Song	Nominees
(2020) 11th ^[11]^[12]
	Trolls World Tour	"Just Sing"	Max Martin, Justin Timberlake, Ludwig Göransson, Sarah Aarons (writers)
	The Croods: A New Age	"Feel the Thunder"	Haim (writers/performers); Ariel Rechtshaid (writer)
	The One and Only Ivan	"Free"	Diane Warren (writer), Charlie Puth (performer)
	Onward	"Carried Me with You"	Brandi Carlile (writer/performer); Phil and Tim Hanseroth (writers)
	Over the Moon	"Rocket to the Moon"	Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield, Helen Park (writers); Cathy Ang (performer)
	Two by Two: Overboard!	"Stand for Hope (When I Stand with You)"	Eímear Noone (writer), Sibéal (performer)
(2021) 12th ^[13]^[14]
	PAW Patrol: The Movie	"Good Mood"	Adam Levine (writer/performer); Oscar Görres, Savan Kotecha, Karl Johan Schuster (writers)
	Arlo the Alligator Boy	"Follow Me Home"	Ryan Crego & Alex Geringas (writers); Mary Lambert & Michael J. Woodard (performers)
	The Boss Baby: Family Business	"Together We Stand"	Gary Barlow (writer); Ariana Greenblatt (performer)
	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	"On My Way"	Alex Lahey (writer/producer/performer), Gab Strum (writer/producer), Sophie Payten (writer)
	Sing 2	"Your Song Saved My Life"	U2 (writer/performer)
	Spirit Untamed	"Fearless (Valiente)"	Amie Doherty (writer); Eiza González & Isabela Merced (performers)
(2022) 13th ^[15]
	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	"Ciao Papa"	Alexandre Desplat; Lyrics by Roeben Katz and Guillermo del Toro (writers); Gregory Mann (performer)
	The Bob's Burgers Movie	"Sunny Side Up Summer"	Loren Bouchard and Nora Smith (writers); Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, and Kristen Schaal (performers)
	Turning Red	"Nobody Like U"	Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (writers); 4*TOWN (Finneas O'Connell, Grayson Villanueva, Jordan Fisher, Josh Levi, and Topher Ngo) (performers)
	My Father's Dragon	"Lift Your Wings"	Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna, Frank Danna, Nora Twomey, Meg LeFauve (writers); Anohni (performers)
	Minions: The Rise of Gru	"Turn Up the Sunshine"	Jack Antonoff, Kevin Parker, Sam Dew, Patrik Berger (writers); Diana Ross and Tame Impala (performers)
(2023) 14th ^[16]
	Trolls Band Together	"Better Place"	Shellback, Justin Timberlake, and Amy Allen (writers); NSYNC (performers)
	Elemental	"Steal the Show"	Ari Leff, Michael Matosic, and Thomas Newman (writers); LAUV (performer)
	PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie	"Down Like That"	Bryson Tiller, Chantry Johnson, Michelle Zarlenga, and Charlie Heath (writers); Bryson Tiller (performers)
	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	"Am I Dreaming"	Mike Dean, Peter Lee Johnson, Rakim Mayers, Roisee, Landon Wayne, and Leland Wayne (writers); A$AP Rocky, Metro Boomin, and Roisee (performers)
	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	"Peaches"	Jack Black, John Spiker, Eric Osmond, Michael Jelenic, and Aaron Horvath (writers); Jack Black (performer)
	Wish	"This Wish"	Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, and JP Saxe (writers); Ariana DeBose (performer)

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