Trent Reznor and 12 Other Popular Musicians Who’ve Won Academy Awards

Trent Reznor celebrates his birthday today (May 17), and when he started Nine Inch Nails in 1988, the last thing he likely expected was to become was an Academy Award winner.

Along with Atticus Ross, Reznor won has won two the Oscars for Best Original Music Score for 2010’s The Social Network and 2020’s Soul.  Reznor and Ross are part of a unique club of popular musicians that have also won Academy Awards.  In honor of his birthday, browse through the gallery below to see which other musicians join him in this honor.

• Trent Reznor (2011 and 2021)

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  Best Original Music Score for ‘The Social Network’ and 'Soul.'

• David Byrne

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  Best Original Score for ‘The Last Emperor’

• Stevie Wonder

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  Best Original Song for “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from ‘The Woman in Red’
• Elton John (1995 and 2020)

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  Best Original Song for “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” from ‘The Lion King’ and Best Original Song for "I'm Gonna Love Me Again" from 'Rocketman.'

• Carly Simon

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  Best Original Song for “Let the River Run” from ‘Working Girl’

• Lionel Richie

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  Best Original Song for “Say You, Say Me” from ‘White Nights’
• Jared Leto

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  Best Supporting Actor for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’

• Prince

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  Best Original Song Score for ‘Purple Rain’

• Bruce Springsteen

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  Best Original Song for “Streets of Philadelphia” from ‘Philadelphia’
• Melissa Etheridge

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  Best Original Song for “I Need to Wake Up” from ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

• Phil Collins

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  Best Original Song for “You’ll Be in My Heart” from ‘Tarzan’

• Bob Dylan

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  Best Original Song for “Things Have Changed” from ‘Wonder Boys’
• Lady Gaga

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  Best Original Song for "Shallow" from ‘A Star is Born’