document_title: Rice (surname)

question_text: where does the last name rice come from

question_tokens: where does the last name rice come from

text: Rice (surname)

text: Rice is a surname that is frequently of Welsh origin, but also can be Irish, English, or even German. In Wales it is a patronymic surname, an Anglicized transliteration of Rhys, as are Reese and Reece. The German name Reiss has also been transliterated as Rice in the United States.[1]

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text: A[edit]

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Abbott Barnes Rice (1862–1926), businessman and Massachusetts state legislator
Albert E. Rice (1845–1921), U.S. politician, Lt. Governor of Minnesota
Alex Rice (born 1972), Canadian First Nations actress
Alexander H. Rice, Jr. (1875–1956), U.S. geographer and explorer
Alexander H. Rice (1818–1895), U.S. politician, Governor of Massachusetts
Alice Hegan Rice (1870–1942), U.S. novelist
Alice May Bates Rice (1868 - after 1907), American singer
Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904), U.S. Civil War general (Union) and U.S. Congressman
Amy Rice (born 1966), U.S. Rhode Island state politician
Andrew Rice (born 1973), Oklahoma state senator
Andrew E. Rice (1922-2010), Founder of Peace Corps and Society for International Development
Anna Rice (born 1980),  Canadian badminton player
Anne Rice (born 1941), U.S. author of Gothic and religious themed novels
Anneka Rice (born 1958), British television presenter
Arthur Rice, 6th Baron Dynevor (1836–1911)

text: B[edit]

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Benjamin F. Rice (1828–1905), U.S. Republican Senator from Arkansas
Benjamin L. Rice (1837-1927), epigraphist in India
Boyd Rice (born 1956), U.S. experimental sound/noise musician, also known as NON
Britton Rice (born 1981), American musician and record producer
Bryan Rice (born 1978), Danish singer also known as Brian Risberg Clausen
Buddy Rice (born 1976), U.S. auto racing driver

text: C[edit]

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Cale Young Rice (1872–1943), U.S. poet and dramatist
Caleb Rice (1792–1873), attorney and politician who was first president of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Cecil Spring Rice (1872–1943) British diplomat.
C. Allen Thorndike Rice (1851–1889), publisher, editor and journalist
Charles Owen Rice (1908–2005), U.S. labor activist, Roman Catholic priest
Chester W. Rice (1888–1951), U.S. inventor
Chris Rice, U.S. singer and songwriter of contemporary and Christian music
Christopher Rice (born 1978), U.S. novelist, son of Anne Rice
Clive Rice (1949–2015), South African cricketer
Condoleezza Rice (born 1954), U.S. academic and public official, former Secretary of State
Constance L. Rice (born 1956), U.S. civil rights activist
Craig L. Rice, (born 1972), U.S. politician from Maryland
Craig Rice (author) (1908–1957), U.S. author of mysteries

text: D[edit]

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Damien Rice (born 1973), Irish musician
Dan Rice (1823–1900), U.S. entertainer, primarily a clown
Danica Rice, Canadian sprint kayaker
David Rice (disambiguation), multiple people
Dean Rice (born 1968), former Australian Rules football player
Del Rice (1922–1983), U.S. baseball player and team manager, American League
Donna Rice (born 1958), figure in U.S. political sex scandal, anti-pornography crusader
Dorothy P. Rice (1922-2017), U.S. public health statistician

text: E[edit]

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Ed Rice (1918–2001), U.S. author, publisher, photojournalist and painter
Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), Irish Roman Catholic missionary, founder of Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers
Edmund Rice (1638) (1594–1663), early Massachusetts Bay settler who has many descendants in the northern U.S.A.
Edmund Rice (general) (1842–1906), brigadier general, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Edmund Rice (politician) (1819–1889), U.S. Congressman from Minnesota
Edward A. Rice, Jr. (born 1955), U.S. Air Force Lt. General
Edward E. Rice (1847–1924), writer in U.S. theater
Edward Loranus Rice (1871–1960), U.S. biologist and educator
Edward Y. Rice (1820–1883), U.S. representative from Illinois
Elliott Warren Rice (1835–1887), U.S. Civil War general (Union)
Elmer Rice (1892–1967), U.S. Pulitzer Prize winning playwright
Eugene Rice (1891-1967), U.S. federal judge
Eugene F. Rice, Jr. (1924-2008), U.S. historian

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Florence Rice (1911–1974), U.S. film actress of the 1930s and early 1940s
Florence M. Rice (b. 1919), New York City consumer advocate
Francis Rice, 5th Baron Dynevor (1804–1878)
Franklin Pierce Rice (1852–1919) publisher, historian and antiquarian

text: G[edit]

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Gary Rice, a former British cricketer
George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (1765–1852)
George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor (1795–1869)
George Walter Rice, (1855–1884) Canadian photographer and arctic explorer
George Washington Rice (1823–1856), U.S. businessman known for founding the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Gigi Rice (born 1965), U.S. movie and television actress
Glen Rice (born 1967) U.S. professional basketball player
Gordon Rice (born 1933), Canadian artist
Grantland Rice (1880–1954) U.S. sportswriter

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Harvey Rice, (1800–1891) lawyer, publisher, author and Ohio state legislator
Helen Steiner Rice (1900–1981), U.S. writer of religious poetry
Henry Rice, (1786–1867) U.S. military officer, merchant and Massachusetts state legislator
Henry Gordon Rice (1920-2003), U.S. logician known for Rice's theorem
Henry Mower Rice  (1816–1894), U.S. Senator from Minnesota
Homer Rice (b. 1927), U.S. professional and college football coach
Horace Rice (1872–1950), Australian tennis player
Howard Rice, U.S. sailor

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Ignatius Rice (1883–1955) headmaster of Douai School in England
Isaac Rice (1850–1915), U.S. inventor and chess player

text: J[edit]

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J Rice (born 1988), American singer songwriter
Jackie Rice (born 1990), Filipina actress and model
Jacob Rice (1787–1879), New Hampshire politician
Jacob Rice (New York) (1847–1930), New York politician
James A. Rice (born 1957), U.S. politician and jurist
James Clay Rice (1828–1864), U.S. Civil War general (Union)
James R. Rice, (born 1940), U.S. scholar in the field of solid mechanics
James S. Rice, (1846–1939), U.S. rancher & businessman
James Rice (cricketer), English amateur cricketer from 1811 to 1813
James Rice (writer) (1843–1882), English novelist
Jerry Rice, Jr. (born 1991) U.S. football player in college
Jerry Rice, (born 1962), former U.S. football player in the National Football League
Jim Rice (born 1953), former U.S. baseball player
Joan Rice (1930–1997), British movie actress
Joel Ryce-Menuhin (1933–1998), or Joel Taylor Rice, pianist and Jungian psychologist
John Blake Rice (1809–1874), U.S. actor and  politician
John C. Rice (1857–1915), U.S. stage actor
John R. Rice (1895–1980), U.S. evangelist and publisher
Johnathan Rice (born 1983), U.S. musician
Jonas Rice (1672–1753), founder of Worcester, Massachusetts
Joseph Waldo Rice (1828–1915) American-born entrepreneur and Australia pioneer

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L. Scott Rice (born 1958), U.S. Air Force major general
Laban Lacy Rice (1870–1973), U.S. educator
Landon Rice (born 1988), Canadian football player
Larry Rice (1946–2009), U.S. racing car driver
Len Rice (1918–1992), U.S. baseball player
Lilian Jeannette Rice (1889–1938), American architect
Lucy Wilson Rice (1874–1963), American artist based in Texas
Luther Rice (1783–1836), U.S. minister and missionary

text: M[edit]

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Mack Rice (1933-2016), U.S. songwriter
Mandy Rice-Davies (1944-2014) British model involved in the Profumo affair
Marjorie Rice (born 1923), U.S. amateur mathematician
Matthew Rice (born 1982), U.S. college and professional football player
Michael Rice (disambiguation) or Mike Rice, several people
Milton P. Rice (1920-2018), American lawyer
Miriam C. Rice (1918-2010), American artist

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Nathaniel Rice (c.1694-1753), colonial governor of North Carolina
Norm Rice (born 1943), former mayor of Seattle, Washington

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Pat Rice (born 1949), Northern Ireland football player and coach
Paul Rice (born 1949), Australian District Court Judge
Paul North Rice (1888–1967) American librarian
Percy Fitch Rice, (1882–1954) inventor and businessman
Peter Rice (1935–1992), Irish structural engineer

text: R[edit]

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Rachel Rice (born 1984), Welsh actress and model
Ray Rice (born 1955), U.S. Professional Kickboxing Champion and Martial Arts Instructor
Ray Rice (born 1987), U.S. professional football player
Rice Brothers John and Greg, (born 1951) U.S. identical twin dwarfs, actors in commercials
Richard Rice (disambiguation), multiple people
Robert V. Rice (born 1924), U.S. biochemist
Ronald Rice (born 1945) U.S. New Jersey state politician

text: S[edit]

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Sam Rice (Edgar Charles "Sam" Rice), (1890–1974) U.S. baseball player
Samuel Allen Rice (1828–1864), U.S. Civil war general (Union)
Santino Rice (born 1974), U.S. fashion designer
Sarah Rice, U.S. stage actress
Sidney Rice (born 1986), U.S. professional football player
Simeon Rice (born 1974), U.S. professional football player
Spencer Rice (born 1973), Canadian writer and comedian
Stan Rice (1942–2002), U.S. poet and artist, husband of Anne Rice
Stephanie Rice (born 1988), Australian swimmer
Steven Rice (born 1971), 1990s National Hockey League player from Canada
Stuart A. Rice (born 1932), U.S. theoretical and physical chemist
Susan Rice (born 1964), U.S. foreign policy advisor and ambassador to the United Nations
Suzy Rice, U.S. screenwriter and graphic artist

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Terry Rice (born 1954), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Thomas Rice (disambiguation), multiple people
Tim Rice (born 1944), British lyricist, worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tim Rice-Oxley (born 1976), English musician, co-founder of Keane
Tony Rice (football) (born 1967) is a former U.S. professional football player
Tony Rice (born 1951) U.S. bluegrass musician
Tom Rice (born 1957) U.S. Congressman (SC-7, GOP)
Travis Rice (born 1982) U.S. professional snowboarder

text: V[edit]

text: Victor M. Rice (1818–1869), New York politician

text: W[edit]

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Wallace Rice (1859–1939), U.S. author, lecturer, and poet
Walter Rice, 7th Baron Dynevor (1873–1956)
Willard Rice (1895–1967), American silver medalist in 1924 Winter Olympics
William B. Rice (1840–1909), American industrialist and corporate executive
William "Bill" Rice (1931–2006), American artist, writer, actor, and director
William Craig Rice (born 1955), American pedagogy expert
William Hyde Rice (1846–1924), sugar plantation owner and politician from Kauaʻi, Hawaii
William Marsh Rice (1816–1900), American businessman, founder of Rice University
William North Rice (1845–1928), American geologist
William T Rice (1912–2006), American railroad executive
William W. Rice (1826–1896), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

text: Notes[edit]

text: Jump up ^ "Origins of Rice Surname". Edmund Rice (1638) Association. Retrieved 25 April 2009.

text: Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Rice. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

text: SurnamesAnglicised Welsh-language surnames

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document_title: Sing (2016 American film)

question_text: who plays the voice of johnny's dad in sing

question_tokens: who plays the voice of johnny 's dad in sing

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text: Sing (2016 American film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In a world of anthropomorphic animals, koala Buster Moon owns a theater, having been interested in show business since his father took him to his first music show as a child. Following financial problems brought up by the bank representative Judith, he tells his wealthy friend Eddie that he will host a singing competition with a prize of $1,000. But Buster's assistant, Miss Crawly, accidentally appends two extra zeroes, and the promotional fliers showing $100,000 are blown out of Buster's office into the city streets.

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text: Animals from all around the city gather for auditions. Those selected include: housewife and mother of 25 piglets Rosita; street musician mouse Mike; mobster's son gorilla Johnny; punk-rock porcupine Ash; a trio of frogs; and a camel named Pete. Shy teenage elephant Meena fails her audition out of stage fright, while Ash's boyfriend Lance is dismissed from the contest. Rosita is paired with another contestant, an exuberant pig named Gunter, for a dance routine. Although Buster discovers the flyers show a prize of $100,000 (money he does not have), he remains optimistic. Buster convinces Eddie to arrange a visit with Eddie's grandmother, former opera singer and theater actress Nana Noodleman, to persuade her to sponsor the prize money. She is hesitant to contribute, but agrees to see a private screening of the show.

text: Encouraged by her grandfather, Meena tries to ask Buster for another chance, but becomes his stage hand instead. When the frogs quit, and Pete is injured, Meena is added as an act. The performers' individual problems begin to hinder rehearsals: Rosita flounders in her dance routine with Gunter, after having been distracted by her parenting duties that have fallen into disarray. After discovering Lance with a new girlfriend and evicting them from her apartment, Ash is devastated and can no longer sing her assigned song, Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe." Johnny is torn between having to help his father as the driver of a getaway car in a heist and making the practices. When he tries to do both, he does not show up for the planned pickup in time, and his father and his gang are arrested. Meena does not get any help in overcoming her stage fright, and Mike, certain that the prize money is as good as his, buys a fancy car to impress a female mouse, and then swindles a group of bears in a card game at a nightclub.

text: The day of the screening, the bears interrupt the show, demanding the money from Mike, who in turn, points to Buster. The bears open the chest containing the prize money, but it is nowhere near $100,000. The glass tank full of luminescent squids that Buster got to light up the theater breaks under all their weight, flooding the theater, which then comes crashing down. With the lot repossessed by Judith, Buster, who had been living in his theater's office desk, takes up residence at Eddie's place (his parents' pool house). Although the contestants (besides Mike, who saw Buster as a fraud) visit him and try to cheer him up, Buster is too despondent to listen to them. He tries to start over by opening a car wash, using the same bucket that his father had used to earn money for Buster's theater.

text: When Meena goes to the theater's rubble lot and sings Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," Buster hears her and is inspired to reinstate the show without the prize money. They perform on a makeshift stage on the lot in front of Rosita and Meena's family members. As Rosita and Gunter perform Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," more animals are attracted to the scene as the show is broadcast on the news. Johnny's rendition of Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" impresses his father, who then escapes from prison to reconcile with him. Despite an interruption by Judith, Ash sings her original rock song "Set It All Free." Mike returns to the show and sings Frank Sinatra's "My Way." Meena finally overcomes her fears and sings Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing," which literally brings down the house. The show becomes a success and impresses Nana, who was in the audience. Nana buys the lot and the theater is rebuilt and reopened.

text: Voice cast[edit]

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Matthew McConaughey as Buster Moon, an optimistic koala who plans to save his theater from closure by holding a singing competition.[3][5]
Reese Witherspoon as Rosita, a pig who gave up her teenage music dreams to become a devoted wife to Norman, and mother to their 25 piglets.[5]
Seth MacFarlane as Mike, a white mouse with a big Frank Sinatra-esque voice and an arrogant attitude.[5]
Scarlett Johansson as Ash, a teenage porcupine punk rocker who takes part in an alternative-rock music duo with her boyfriend Lance.[1][5]
John C. Reilly as Eddie Noodleman, a sheep and Buster's friend who doubts the future of the theater.[5][6]
Tori Kelly as Meena, a teenage elephant with an exquisite voice and severe stage fright.[5]
Taron Egerton as Johnny, a teenage gorilla who wants to sing, though his father would rather have him follow his criminal footsteps.[5]
Jennifer Saunders as Nana Noodleman, a sheep and Eddie's grandmother who was a singer in her glory days.[7][8]

Jennifer Hudson[1] as Young Nana

Garth Jennings as Miss Crawly, an elderly iguana with a glass eye who is Buster's administrative assistant.[1]
Peter Serafinowicz as Big Daddy, a gorilla gang leader who wants his son Johnny to follow in his crime business.[1]
Nick Kroll as Gunter, a passionate dancing pig who is partnered with Rosita for the show.[9][7]
Beck Bennett as Lance, a porcupine and Ash's boyfriend.[1]
Jay Pharoah[7] as Meena's grandfather who pressures her to overcome her stage fright.
Nick Offerman[7] as Norman, a pig and Rosita's husband.
Leslie Jones as Meena's mother
Rhea Perlman as Judith,[1][10] a brown llama from the bank who warns Buster that his theater will be repossessed if he does not pay.
Laraine Newman as Meena's grandmother
Adam Buxton as Stan, a gorilla who is a member of Big Daddy's gang.
Brad Morris as a Baboon, whom Mike attacks for not donating more money to his street performances.
Bill Farmer as News Reporter Dog, who documents Buster's singing competition.
Oscar, Leo, Caspar, and Asa Jennings as Piglets.

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text: Production[edit]

text: In January 2014, it was announced that Garth Jennings would write and direct an animated comedy film for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, about "courage, competition and carrying a tune,"[11] which was originally titled Lunch,[12] and then retitled as Sing.[5]

text: On January 14, 2015, Matthew McConaughey was cast in the film's lead voice role.[3] Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy produced the film.[3] On June 17, 2015, it was confirmed that McConaughey's character is named Buster and that John C. Reilly would voice Eddie, a sheep and Buster's best friend.[6] In November 2015, it was announced that Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, Tori Kelly and Taron Egerton had joined the cast of the film.[5]

text: The film features 65 pop songs, the rights to which cost 15 percent of the film's $75 million budget.[13] The animation was created entirely in France by Illumination MacGuff.[14]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: A soundtrack album for the film was released on December 21, 2016.

text: Release[edit]

text: The almost complete[15] film was screened as a work in progress beginning September 11, 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival.[16] Universal Studios released the film on December 21, 2016.[17]

text: Home media[edit]

text: Sing was released on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Ultra HD Blu-ray and DVD on March 21, 2017. It includes three short films: Gunter Babysits, Love at First Sight, and Eddie's Life Coach.[18]

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In Gunter Babysits, Gunter offers to watch over Rosita and Norman's piglets while they are away as he works to prove himself to be a good babysitter.
In Love at First Sight, Johnny sets Miss Crawly up with an online dating website where she manages to score a date with a lizard named Herman.
In Eddie's Life Coach, Eddie's mother sets Eddie up for a digital training seminar where he will be assigned to a dachshund named Garry "The Winner" Wishman.

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Sing grossed $270.3 million in the U.S. and Canada and $364 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $634.3 million, against a production budget of $75 million.[2] Deadline.com calculated the net profit of the film to be $194.2 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenue for the film, making it the 7th most profitable release of 2016.[19]

text: In North America, the film opened alongside Passengers and Assassin's Creed, and was expected to gross around $70 million from 4,022 theaters over its first six days of release.[20] The film made $1.7 million during its Tuesday night previews.[21] It went on to gross $35.3 million in its opening weekend (a six-day total of $75.5 million), finishing second at the box office behind Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which was in its second week.[22] Sing holds the record for being the highest-grossing film to never finish first at the North American box office, besting My Big Fat Greek Wedding ($241.4 million in 2002).[23]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: Sing received positive reviews from critics. On the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 73% based on 157 reviews; the average rating is 6.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sing delivers colorfully animated, cheerfully undemanding entertainment with a solid voice cast and a warm-hearted – albeit familiar – storyline that lives up to its title."[24] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[25] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[26]

text: Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars and wrote, "In a year full of talking-animal hits, Sing isn't quite as strong a number. It's a tale that might not be particularly thought-provoking but sure is toe-tapping."[27] In her review for the Los Angeles Times, Katie Walsh called Sing, "a cute movie with genuinely funny moments (keep an eye out for the koala car wash), and some great tunes to boot."[28] The Arizona Republic's Bill Goodykoontz was rather mixed about the movie in his review and overall said, "Sing is like an album with a good song here and there, but too much filler and not enough hits."[29] Reviewing the version of the film screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, Stefan Pape of the British website HeyUGuys gave the film a mixed review of 2/5, stating that "Garth Jennings's Sing effectively acknowledges early on that it's following a completely unoriginal formula, and yet carries on regardless."[30] While Peter Debruge of Variety, who also saw the film during the same festival, did not find the subplots to have any "profound life lessons," he overall praised Jennings' direction, the cast's voice performances and the film's silliness.[31]

text: Accolades[edit]

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List of awards and nominations

Award
Date of ceremony
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
Ref(s)

AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards
February 6, 2017
Best Movie for Grownups who Refuse to Grow Up
Sing
Nominated
[32]

Annie Awards
February 4, 2017
Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production
Joby Talbot
[33]

Golden Globe Awards
January 8, 2017
Best Animated Feature Film
Sing
[34]

Best Original Song
"Faith" – Ryan Tedder, Stevie Wonder and Francis Farewell Starlite

Hollywood Music in Media Awards
November 17, 2016
Best Song – Animated Film
[35][36]

Best Soundtrack Album
Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Outstanding Music Supervision – Film
Jojo Villanueva
Won

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
March 11, 2017
Favorite Animated Movie
Sing
Nominated
[37]

Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie
Reese Witherspoon

Most Wanted Pet

Favorite Soundtrack
Sing

Saturn Awards
June 28, 2017
Best Animated Film
Nominated
[38]

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text: Sequel[edit]

text: Universal and Illumination have announced plans for a Sing 2, slated for December 25, 2020.[39]