Alan Menken - A Whole New World (Aladdin) - 1992 |
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"A Whole New World" won the 1992 Academy Award for Best Original Song , giving Alan Menken his third win and second consecutive after his 1991 award for " Beauty and the Beast ". The song also won the 1992 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song "A Whole New World" is the featured pop single from the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney film Aladdin. It was composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Tim Rice. The song is a ballad between the primary characters Aladdin and Jasmine about the new world they are going to discover together. The original version was sung by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga during the film. They also performed the song in their characters at the 65th Academy Awards, where it won Best Song. A single version of the song was later released that year and was performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle. As the biggest pop hit for each artist, this version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 6, 1993, knocking off Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You, which had spent a then-record fourteen weeks at the top. [1] |
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