Only 18 songs have achieved a rare double victory: winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song and reaching No. 1 on the Hot 100.
Billboard’s chart history places B.J. Thomas’ Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head at the beginning of the group. Written for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the song topped the chart before receiving the Oscar in 1970.
The list spans several decades and includes Theme From Shaft, The Way We Were, Evergreen, Flashdance… What a Feeling, Take My Breath Away, and My Heart Will Go On. Eminem’s Lose Yourself later joined the group, followed by Shallow from A Star Is Born.
Golden, featured in KPop Demon Hunters, is the newest addition to this select collection.
The 1980s produced several songs that combined major commercial success with recognition from Academy voters. Since then, the achievement has become less common, even as movie soundtracks continue to generate popular singles.
Together, these songs show how a movie track can move beyond the screen, dominate the charts, and earn one of film’s highest honors.