Black Reel Award for Best Original or Adapted Song
Here are the winners and nominees of the Black Reel Award for Best Original or Adapted Song. The award goes to the artist and the writers of the song.
Most Wins:
- John Legend – 3 wins
- Beyoncé, John Legend – 4 nominations
- Henry Krieger, Ludacris, Alicia Keys – 3 nominations
- Eminem, Joe Budden, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Randy Newman, Ne-Yo, Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam, Snoop Dogg, Anika Noni Rose, R. Kelly, Raphael Saadiq, Luis Restro, Jay Z, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Common, Ludwig Gorannson – 2 nominations
Winners and nominees
| Year | Performer | Title | Film | Writers | |
| 2000 2nd Annual | Meshell Ndegeocello | "Fool of Me" | Love & Basketball | Meshell Ndegeocello and Federico Pena | |
| 2000 2nd Annual | Lucy Pearl | "Dance Tonight" | Love & Basketball | Dawn Robinson and Raphael Saadiq | |
| 2000 2nd Annual | Janet Jackson | "Doesn't Really Matter" | ' | Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | |
| 2000 2nd Annual | Destiny’s Child | "Independent Women" | Charlie's Angels | Beyoncé, Sam Barnes, Jean-Claude Oliver and Cory Rooney | |
| 2000 2nd Annual | Donell Jones | "I'll Go" | Love & Basketball | Steve "Silk" Hurley and Rashaan Patterson | |
| 2000 2nd Annual | R. Kelly | "Bad Man" | Shaft | R. Kelly | |
| 2001 3rd Annual | Eric Benet | "Love Don't Love Me" | The Brothers | Eric Benet | |
| 2001 3rd Annual | Nelly | "#1" | Training Day | Nelly and Waiel Yaghnam | |
| 2001 3rd Annual | R. Kelly | "The World's Greatest" | Ali | R. Kelly | |
| 2001 3rd Annual | R.L. | "Good Love" | The Brothers | R.L. | |
| 2001 3rd Annual | Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg and Mr. Tan | "Just a Baby Boy" | Baby Boy | Battlecat, Snoop Dogg and Tyrese Gibson | |
| 2002 4th Annual | Erykah Badu & Common | "Love of My Life " | Brown Sugar | Erykah Badu, Maduwkwu Chinwah, Common, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq and Glenn Strandrige | |
| 2002 4th Annual | Snoop Dogg, Mr. Kane, Bootsy Collins, Quaze and Fred Wesley | "Undercova Funk " | Undercover Brother | George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Snoop Dogg and Jerome Brailey | |
| 2002 4th Annual | Angie Stone | "Bring Me Your Heart" | Brown Sugar | Hersholt Polk, Angie Stone and Homer Talbert | |
| 2002 4th Annual | Beyoncé | "Work It Out" | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Beyoncé, Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams | |
| 2002 4th Annual | 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 | Beyoncé and Walter Williams Sr. | "He Still Loves Me" | The Fighting Temptations | Big Jim Wright, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | |
| 2003 5th Annual | 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 | |
| 2003 5th Annual | Ludacris | "Act a Fool" | 2 Fast 2 Furious | Ludacris | |
| 2003 5th Annual | 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 | |
| 2003 5th Annual | Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. | "Runnin' " | ' | Eminem, Notorious B.I.G., Luis Resto, Tupac Shakur and Edgar Winter | |
| 2006 8th Annual | Jennifer Hudson | "And I'm Telling You " | Dreamgirls | Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen | |
| 2006 8th Annual | Beyoncé | "Listen" | Dreamgirls | Beyoncé, Scott Cutler, Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen | |
| 2006 8th Annual | Jennifer Hudson | "I Am Changing" | Dreamgirls | Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen | |
| 2006 8th Annual | OutKast | "Idlewild Blue " | Idlewild | André 3000 | |
| 2006 8th Annual | 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 | |
| 2009 10th Annual | Anika Noni Rose | "Down in New Orleans" | The Princess and the Frog | Randy Newman | |
| 2009 10th Annual | Ne-Yo | "Never Knew I Needed" | The Princess and the Frog | Ne-Yo | |
| 2009 10th Annual | Stew, De'Adre Aziza and Daniel Breaker | "Keys" | Passing Strange | Stew | |
| 2009 10th Annual | Mary J. Blige | "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | Mary J. Blige, Chuck Harmony and Ne-Yo | |
| 2010 11th Annual | John Legend | "Shine" | Waiting for Superman | John Legend | |
| 2010 11th Annual | Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith | "Never Say Never" | The Karate Kid | Justin Bieber, Kuk Harrell, Adam Messinger, Nasri, Omarr Rambert and Jaden Smith | |
| 2010 11th Annual | Leona Lewis | "I Know Who I Am" | For Colored Girls | Greg Barnhill, Joanna Cotten and Melissa Manchester | |
| 2010 11th Annual | Queen Latifah | "Champion" | Just Wright | Cool & Dre, Queen Latifah and Jazmine Sullivan | |
| 2010 11th Annual | Jay Z, Kanye West and Rihanna | "Run This Town" | Just Wright | 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, | |
| 2011 12th Annual | Ludacris and Slaughterhouse | "Furiously Dangerous" | Fast Five | Kon Artis, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Eminem, Ludacris, Joell Ortiz, Luis Resto and Royce da 5'9" | |
| 2011 12th Annual | Nicole Beharie | "My Last Day Without You" | My Last Day Without You | Scott Jacoby, Stefan Schaefer and Christoph Silber | |
| 2011 12th Annual | Cee-Lo Green and Kenny Wayne Shepherd | "Walkin' Blues" | Footloose | R. L. Burnside | |
| 2011 12th Annual | Jamie Foxx | "Fly Love" | Rio | Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett | |
| 2012 13th Annual | John Legend | "Who Did That to You?" | Django Unchained | Paul Epworth and John Legend | |
| 2012 13th Annual | John Legend and Ludacris | "Tonight " | Think Like a Man | Allen Arthur, Keith Justice, John Legend, Ludacris, Miguel and Clayton Reilly | |
| 2012 13th Annual | Travis Barker, RZA, Raekwon and Tom Morello | "Carry It" | The Man with the Iron Fists | Travis Barker, Tom Morello, Raekwon and RZA | |
| 2012 13th Annual | 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 | |
| 2012 13th Annual | Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston | "Celebrate" | Sparkle | R. Kelly | |
| 2013 14th Annual | Judith Hill | "Desperation" | 20 Feet from Stardom | Judith Hill | |
| 2013 14th Annual | Fantasia Barrino | "In the Middle of the Night" | The Butler | Fantasia Barrino, Keith McMasters, Abel Terry and Kassim VonRico Washington | |
| 2013 14th Annual | Alicia Keys | "Queen of the Field " | 12 Years a Slave | Alicia Keys | |
| 2013 14th Annual | Gladys Knight | "You & I Ain't No More" | The Butler | Lenny Kravitz | |
| 2013 14th Annual | Pharrell Williams | "Happy" | Despicable Me 2 | Pharrell Williams | |
| 2014 15th Annual | Common and John Legend | "Glory" | Selma | Common, John Legend and Rhymefest | |
| 2014 15th Annual | Questlove and Eliza Colby | "It Ain't Easy" | Top Five | Eliza Colby and Questlove | |
| 2014 15th Annual | Janelle Monáe | "What is Love" | Rio 2 | Janelle Monáe, Nathaniel Irvin III and Roman Irvin | |
| 2014 15th Annual | Rita Ora | "Grateful" | Beyond the Lights | Diane Warren | |
| 2014 15th Annual | 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 | |
| 2015 16th Annual | Tessa Thompson | "Grip" | Creed | Sam Dew, Ludwig Göransson and Tessa Thompson | |
| 2015 16th Annual | Childish Gambino, Vince Staples and Jhené Aiko | "Waiting for My Moment" | Creed | Ryan Coogler, Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson and Vince Staples | |
| 2015 16th Annual | The Weeknd | "Earned It" | Fifty Shades of Grey | The Weeknd, Stephan Moccio, Jason Quenneville and Belly | |
| 2015 16th Annual | 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 | - |
| 2018 19th Annual | The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar | "Pray for Me | Black Panther | Abel Tesfaye, Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Adam Feeney, Jason Quenneville and Martin McKinney | - |
| 2018 19th Annual | Arlissa | "We Won’t Move" | The Hate U Give | Arlissa Ruppert, Jessica Karpov, Kevin White and Mike Woods | - |
| 2018 19th Annual | Khalid and Normani | "Love Lies" | Love, Simon | Khalid Robinson, Normani Kordei Hamilton, Jamil Chammas, Ryan Vojtesak, Tayla Parks | - |
| 2018 19th Annual | Jennifer Hudson | "I’ll Fight" | RBG'' | Diane Warren | - |