# Guild of Music Supervisors Award for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television

The Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television award is annually given by the Guild of Music Supervisors to honor the recording of a song, created directly for a television production. It was first given at their sixth annual awards function, and has continued to be ever since.

## Winners and Nominees
### 2010s

| Year | Show | Song | Composers | Recording Artists | Music Supervisor |
| 2015 | Empire (1x08 - "The Lyon's Roar") | "You're So Beautiful" | Jim Beanz, Jussie Smollett, Justin Bostwick | Jussie Smollett | Jen Ross, Dave Jordan |
| 2015 | Bessie | "Long Old Road" | Bessie Smith | Queen Latifah | |
| 2015 | Girls (4x10 - "Home Birth") | "Riverside" | Michael Penn | Allison Williams | Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy |
| 2015 | Nashville (3x17 - "This Just Ain’t a Good Day for Leavin'") | "Longer" | Andrea Davidson | Clare Bowen and Sam Palladio | Frankie Pine |
| 2015 | Texas Rising (1x05 - "The Rise of the Republic") | "Take Me to Texas" | Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally | George Strait | Greg Cahn |
| 2016 | The Get Down (1x05 - "You Have Wings, Learn to Fly") | "Set Me Free" | Louie Rubio, Alex Shultz, Raja Kumari, Baz Luhrmann | Herizen F. Guardiola, featuring Nile Rodgers and The Americanos | — |
| 2016 | Empire (2x10 - "Et Tu, Brute") | "Powerful" | Jussie Smollett, J.R. Rotem, Talay Riley | Jussie Smollett and Alicia Keys | Jen Ross, Dave Jordan |
| 2016 | Girls (5x05 - "Queen for Two Days") | "Life on Mars" | David Bowie | AURORA | Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy |
| 2016 | Rosewood (1x19 - "Sudden Deaths & Shapes Deep") | "Does She Love" | Gabriel Mann, Rebecca Kneubuhl, Jeannie Lurie | Gabrielle Dennis | — |
| 2016 | The Royals (2x10 - "The Serpent That Did Sting Thy Father’s Life") | "Half Light" | Dan Smith, Justin Parker | BANNΞRS | — |
| 2017 | Insecure (2x08 - "Hella Perspective") | "Quicksand" | SZA, D.J. Dahi, Mickey de Grand IV | SZA | Kier Lehman |
| 2017 | Girls (6x09 - "Goodbye Tour") | "How Do We Get Back to Love" | Julia Michaels, Jack Antonoff | Julia Michaels | Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy |
| 2017 | Nashville (5x05 - "I'll Fly Away") | "Sanctuary" | Jill Andrews, Gary Nicholson, Sarah Siskind | Charles Esten, Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella | Frankie Pine, Mandi Collier |
| 2017 | Stitchers (3x09 - "Kill It Forward") | "Until You Find Me" | Dani Buncher, Scott Simons | Allison Scagliotti | Heather Guibert |
| 2017 | This Is Us (1x16 - "Memphis") | "We Can Always Come Back to This" | Chris Pierce, Siddhartha Kholsa | Brian Tyree Henry, Hannah Miller | Jennifer Pyken |
| 2018 | Black-ish (5x01 - "Juneteenth") | "Juneteenth" | Aloe Blacc, Peter Saji Derek Watkins, Faune Watkins, Hilton Wright | Cast of Black-ish | Gabe Hilfer |
| 2018 | The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2x04 - "House by the Lake") | "Drive" | Ric Ocasek | Aimee Mann | Amanda Krieg Thomas |
| 2018 | Empire (4x09- "Slave to Memory") | "Trapped" | Timothy Clayton, James David Washington | Bryshere Y. Gray, Jussie Smollett | Jen Ross |
| 2018 | Insecure (3x08 - "Ghost-Like") | "The Glow" | Willie Hutch | Victoria Monét | Kier Lehman |
| 2018 | Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | "Sunflower" | Lindsey Beer, Bram Inscore, Leland, Troye Sivan, Allie X | Shannon Purser | Jonathan Watkins |
| 2019 | Better Call Saul (4x07 - "Something Stupid") | "Somethin' Stupid" | C. Carson Parks | Lola Marsh | Thomas Golubic |
| 2019 | A Million Little Things (1x01 - "Pilot") | "All These Things That I've Done" | Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci, Jr | Gabriel Mann | Kevin Edelman |
| 2019 | Black Mirror (5x03 - "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too") | "On a Roll" | Trent Reznor | Miley Cyrus as Ashley O | Amelia Hartley |
| 2019 | Game of Thrones (8x02 - "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms") | "Jenny of Oldstones" | David Benioff, Ramin Djawadi, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss | Florence + the Machine | Evyen Koran |
| 2019 | This Is Us (3x07 - "Sometimes") | "Invisible Ink" | Taylor Goldsmith, Siddhartha Kholsa | Mandy Moore | Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe |

### 2020s

| Year | Show | Song | Composers | Recording Artists | Music Supervisor | Network |
| 2020 | Watchmen (1x06 - "This Extraordinary Being") | "The Way It Used to Be" | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | Liza Richardson | HBO |
| 2020 | The Affair (5x11 - "Episode 5.11") | "The Whole of the Moon" | Mike Scott | Fiona Apple | Michael Hill | Showtime |
| 2020 | Little Fires Everywhere (1x08 - "Find a Way") | "Build It Up" | Ingrid Michaelson | Ingrid Michaelson | Mary Ramos | Hulu |
| 2020 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (3x01 - "Strike Up the Band") | "One Less Angel" | Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore | Darius de Haas | Robin Urdang | Prime Video |
| 2020 | This Is Us (4x01 - "Strangers") | "Memorized" | Taylor Goldsmith, Siddhartha Khosla | Blake Stadnik | Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe | NBC |
| 2021 | Sex Education (302 and 307) | "F*** The Pain Away" | Merrill Nisker (aka Peaches) | The Moordale Singers and Oli Julian | Matt Biffa | Netflix |
| 2021 | Homeroom | "Look At Us" | Mike Aaberg, Joseph Epperson, Lauren Evans, Mounir Ghantous, Tony Ghantous, Goapele K. Mohlbane, Faraji Wright | Goapele (feat. Rexx Life Raj) | Julie Glaze Houlihan | Hulu |
| 2021 | To All the Boys: Always and Forever | "Beginning Middle End" | Leah Nobel, Quinn Redmond | Leah Nobel | Laura Webb, Lindsay Wolfington | Netflix |
| 2021 | We the People (1x01 - "Active Citizenship") | "Change" | Ronald Colson, Jeff Gitelman, David Harris, Maxx Moore, Gabriella Wilson | H.E.R. | Jen Ross | Netflix |
| 2021 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2x09 - "Zoey's Extraordinary Mystery") | "Anyone" | Badriia Ines Bourelly, Dayyon Alexander Drinkard, Demi Lovato, Eyelar Mirzazadeh, Jay Mooncie, Samuel Elliot Roman | Cast of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (Skylar Astin) | Jen Ross | NBC |
| 2021 | Better Call Saul (6x09 - "Fun and Games") | "Perfect Day" | Harry Nilsson | Dresage, Slow Shiver | Thomas Golubić | AMC |
| 2021 | Acapulco (1x10 – "You Should Hear How She Talks About You") | "Walking on Sunshine" | Kimberley Rew | Rodrigo Urquidi, Rossana de León | Javier Nuño, Joe Rodriguez | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – (4x05 - "How to Chew Quietly and Influence People") | "Maybe Monica" | Tom Mizer, Curtis Moore | Josh A. Dawson | Robin Urdang | Prime Video |
| 2021 | The Afterparty (1x03 – "Yasper") | "Two Shots" | Jack Dolgen, Jonathan Lajoie | Ben Schwartz, Sam Richardson, Jamie Demetriou | Kier Lehman | Apple TV+ |
| 2021 | MOOD (1x06 - "F* the Fake Sh") | "Trouble" | Nicôle Lecky, Camille Purcell, Kwame Kwei-Armah Jr | Lecky | Ed Bailie, Abi Leland | BBC America |
| 2021 | Pachinko (1x08 – "Chapter Eight") | "Let's Live for Today" | Michael Julien, Guilio Rapetti Mogol, Norman David Shapiro | Leenalchi | Michael Hill | |
| 2021 | Rap Sh!t (1x03– "Something for the Hood", 1x04 – "Something for the Clubs", 1x05 – "Something for the Weekend", 1x06 – "Something for the Gram", 1x07 – “Something for the DJ", 1x08 – "Something for the Road") | "Seduce & Scheme" | Larry Dwayne Batiste, Isaac Earl Bynum, Khia Chambers, Brittany Dickinson, Aida Goitom, Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Clayton Richardson, Seandrea Sledge, Bill Summers. Kevin Toney, Michael J. Williams | Shawna & Mia | Sarah Bromberg, Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Philippe Pierre | HBO Max |
| 2021 | P-Valley (2x06 – "Savage", 2x09 – "Snow") | "Get It on the Floor" | Julian Mason, Antwon D. Moore, Megan Pete, Kelton Lanier Scott II | J. Alphonse Nicholson, Megan Thee Stallion | Sarah Bromberg, Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Katori Hall | Starz |