Oscar Winners for Best Original Song, 2005 – 2015

Over the past decade, there've been great and puzzling Oscar wins for Original Song. Many losers should’ve been recognized, but favorites don't always win.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Over the past decade, there've been great and puzzling Oscar wins for Original Song. Many losers should’ve been recognized, but favorites don't always win.
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Drake shocks the world by releasing an unexpected mixtape, 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late'. Mixtape or not, Drake is clearly "in the zone."
![Marilyn Manson, The Pale Emperor [📷: Loma Vista]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/marilyn-manson-the-pale-emperor-loma-vista.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
This playlist isn’t about jealousy, Biblical matters, or hell itself. Each song title features hell in some form. After listening, you'll need to repent!

Although The Pinkprint is a scattered effort, rapper/singer/songwriter Nicki Minaj’s third studio album proves to be captivating.

Up-and-coming pop heartthrob Austin Mahone delivers an enjoyable and respectable introduction to the world with EP, 'The Secret'.
![Michael Jackson, Xscape [📷: Epic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/michael-jackson-xscape-epic.jpg?fit=768%2C761&ssl=1)
Xscape is a 'much better than expected' posthumous Michael Jackson album. It doesn’t fall into the same league as Jackson’s best, but a welcome addition.
![Shakira, Shakira. [Photo Credit: RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/shakira-shakira-rca.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Shakira. is a sound, enjoyable effort from the Latin-pop superstar that misses a “Hips Don’t Lie” caliber hit.
![Celine Dion, Loved Me Back to Life [Photo Credit: Sony]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/celine-dion-loved-me-back-to-life-sony.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Canadian pop powerhouse Celine Dion shows that she’s ‘still got it’ on Loved Me Back to Life, her first new studio album since 2007.

Review: Pop trio Emblem3 may truly have ‘Nothing to Lose’ but do they ‘gain enough’ to become commercially successful on their debut album?

R&B/Blue-eye soul standout Robin Thicke Delivers an enjoyable set of pop-soul cuts on ‘Blurred Lines,’ which is no “one trick pony.”
![Kid Cudi, Indicud [Photo Credit: Republic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/kid-cudi-indicud-republic.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Although lengthy and overstuffed, Kid Cudi delivers plenty of intriguing moments throughout the course of his third studio album, ‘Indicud.’

One Direction has a clear 'hierarchy.' While the band lacks the personality of 90s boy bands, there are distinctions within the group musically.