Beauty and the Beast won two Academy Awards. At the 64th Academy Awards in 1992, Alan Menken won Best Original Score, and Menken and Howard Ashman won Best Original Song for “Beauty and the Beast.”
The film received six Oscar nominations in total, including Best Picture, making it the first animated feature nominated in that category. It also earned nominations for Best Sound and two additional original songs: “Belle” and “Be Our Guest.”
A common mix-up is counting nominations rather than wins. The film was nominated in six categories but won only two. Another source of confusion is the song category: three songs from the film were nominated, but only the title song won. Howard Ashman died before the ceremony, so the award was accepted posthumously on his behalf.