USA for Africa 'We are the World' (Nominated)

1986 Album of the Year

While the charity single "We are the World" is certainly iconic and undeniably altruistic, that does not necessarily make it an award-worthy song. And it surely doesn't justify a nomination for the same-named album which included unreleased throwaways by participating artists like Steve Perry's "If Only for the Moment, Girl" and a live version of Huey Lewis and the News' "Trouble in Paradise." Oh, and it also contained the terrible Canadian famine-relief tune "Tears are not Enough." It's great that people bought it, but academy voters were being a little too charitable here.