Digital Sauce Rihanna 2023 Oscars
Rihanna took the stage at the 2023 Oscars to deliver a stunning performance of her soulful ballad “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Unfortunately, she lost the Best Original Song award to “Naatu Naatu” from RRR. However, her chances of winning at the 2024 Grammys look bright, especially for “Lift Me Up,” which she co-wrote with Tems, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson.
Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” has emerged as a strong contender for a nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Besides, the song is likely to receive nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year categories. Rihanna has been nominated thrice for Record of the Year for “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z), “Work” (featuring Drake), and as a featured artist on Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie.”
However, if “Lift Me Up” gets nominated for Song of the Year, it would be Rihanna’s first nod in that category. So far, she has only received songwriting nods for “Run This Town,” which won Best Rap Song, and “Kiss It Better,” which was nominated for Best R&B Song.
Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up” is also likely to receive a nomination in a performance category, either Best R&B Performance or Best Traditional R&B Performance. However, the decision on where to slot performances that seem to be on the border between two categories is made by a large screening committee based on the sound of the performance, not chart position or the artist’s image.
Rihanna has been nominated twice in R&B performance categories for “Needed Me” and “Hate That I Love You,” a 2007 collaboration with Ne-Yo. However, she is yet to be nominated for Best Traditional R&B Performance.
In 2019, “All the Stars,” from the first Black Panther movie, was nominated for Grammy awards in four categories, though it didn’t win any. The smash hit by Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA was nominated for Record and Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance, and Best Song Written for Visual Media.
The eligibility year for the 66th annual Grammy Awards will end on August 31, one month earlier than usual. So the eligibility “year” will be just 11 months long.
/Mark S., Digital Sauce
- Rihanna performed “Lift Me Up” at the 2023 Oscars but lost the award for Best Original Song.
- The song, co-written by Rihanna, Tems, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson, is a front-runner for a nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2024 Grammys.
- “Lift Me Up” could also receive nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, potentially marking Rihanna’s first nomination in the latter category.
- Rihanna has been nominated for Record of the Year three times before, but has yet to win.
- The eligibility year for the 66th annual Grammy Awards will end on August 31, 2023, and “Lift Me Up” will be eligible for nominations at the 2024 Grammys.
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