Artist

Alan Menken

Wins

Nominations

About Alan Menken

"[A great song] should elicit an emotion, of happiness, or of celebration, or of sadness, or of sorrow, or of love, or of laughter."

Born July 22, 1949, in New Rochelle, N.Y.
Menken's breakthrough as a composer came in 1979 when he collaborated with Howard Ashman on a musical adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel God Bless You, Ms. Rosewater, a partnership that would lead to their next musical, "Little Shop Of Horrors." Menken eventually earned an Oscar nomination for the song "Mean Great Mother From Outer Space" from the 1986 film adaptation of Little Shop Of Horrors.
Menken won his first GRAMMY for 1990 for Best Recording For Children for his work composing the music for the 1989 Disney blockbuster The Little Mermaid.
Did you know? Menken initially pursued studies of composition for theater and film only to appease his parents.
In 2016 the film composer visited the GRAMMY Museum for an in-depth discussion of his illustrious career.

All Grammy Awards and
Nominations for Alan Menken

Year	Award	Artists	Work	All Nominees
2021	Best Musical Theater Album	Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff, Tom Alan Robbins, Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Alan Menken, Frank Wolf	Little Shop Of Horrors	All Nominees
2015	Best Musical Theater Album	James Monroe Iglehart, Adam Jacobs, Courtney Reed, Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken, Chris Montan	Aladdin	All Nominees
2013	Best Musical Theater Album	Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay, Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken, Chris Montan	Newsies	All Nominees
2012	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Alan Menken, Glenn Slater	I See The Light (From Tangled)	All Nominees
2012	Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media	Alan Menken	Tangled	All Nominees
2009	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz	Ever Ever After	All Nominees
2009	Best Musical Theater Album	Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Bruce Botnick, Michael Kosarin, Chris Montan	The Little Mermaid	All Nominees
2009	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz	That's How You Know	All Nominees
1996	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz	Colors Of The Wind (From Pocahontas)	All Nominees
1996	Best Musical Album For Children	Original Cast	Pocahontas Sing-Along (Album)	All Nominees
1995	Best Musical Theater Album	Alan Menken, Bruce Botnick	Beauty And The Beast: A New Musical (Album)	All Nominees
1994	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Alan Menken, Tim Rice	A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) (From Aladdin)	All Nominees
1994	Best Musical Album For Children	(Various Artists)	Aladdin - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	All Nominees
1994	Song Of The Year	Alan Menken, Tim Rice	A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)	All Nominees
1994	Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media	Alan Menken	Aladdin	All Nominees
1994	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Howard Ashman, Alan Menken	Friend Like Me (From Aladdin)	All Nominees
1993	Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media	Alan Menken	Beauty And The Beast	All Nominees
1993	Best Recording For Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken	(Various Artists)	Beauty And The Beast - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	All Nominees
1993	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Howard Ashman, Alan Menken	Beauty And The Beast (From Beauty And The Beast)	All Nominees
1993	Song Of The Year	Howard Ashman, Alan Menken	Beauty And The Beast (Single)	All Nominees
1993	Album Of The Year	Walter Afanasieff, Howard Ashman, Alan Menken	Beauty And The Beast (Album)	All Nominees
1991	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Various Artists	Kiss The Girl (The Little Mermaid)	All Nominees
1991	Best Recording For Children - Single or Album, Musical or Spoken	(Various Artists)	The Little Mermaid	All Nominees
1991	Best Song Written For Visual Media	Howard Ashman, Alan Menken	Under The Sea (From The Little Mermaid)	All Nominees
1991	Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media	Alan Menken	The Little Mermaid - Original Motion Picture (Album)	All Nominees
1984	Best Musical Theater Album	Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Phil Ramone	Little Shop Of Horrors (Album)	All Nominees