The 2026 Oscars are officially in the history books.
Of course, Billboard was paying special attention to the night’s two music categories: achievement in music written for motion pictures (original song) and achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score).
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In the end, eight-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Golden,” performed by HUNTR/X (EJAE, AUDREY NUNA and REI AMI) for the Netflix animated blockbuster KPop Demon Hunters, went home victorious for best original song. The other nominees: “I Lied to You” from Sinners, music and lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson; “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!, music and lyric by Nicholas Pike; “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams, music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner, lyric by Nick Cave; and “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless, music and lyric by the film’s subject and 17-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren.
In the score category, Ludwig Goransson won his third Oscar thanks to his music for Sinners. The other nominees in that category: Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix), Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat), Hamnet (Max Richter), and One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood).
The wealth was spread among the top categories, with One Battle After Another winning best picture while Michael B. Jordan (Sinners) won best actor and Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) won best actress.
For the full list of winners on Sunday night, see below: