" I Have Nothing " was nominated for Best Original Song at the 65th Annual Academy Awards on March 29 , 1993 . David Foster and Linda Thompson were nominated for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture , Television or Other Visual Media for the song at the 36th Annual Grammy Awards on March 1 , 1994 . The song was also nominated for Best R&B Single , Female but lost to Toni Braxton 's " Breathe Again " at the 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards on March 15 , 1994 . Foster and Thompson received the award for Most Performed Song from a Film for the song at the 10th BMI Film & Television Awards on May 17 , 1994
8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
1994 Soul Train Music Awards
I Have Nothing