Daai Oscar wink vir Beyonce. And it’s about time, as the diva of pop already has 23 Grammy Awards.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists for consideration for the 92nd Academy Awards.
These include Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.
Of those categories, Queen Bey was nominated for her song Spirit from The Lion King. It’s also the only film with two songs on the list; Never Too Late written by Tim Rice and Elton John is also nominated in the same category for Original Song.
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/SPIRIT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SPIRITnow #TheLionKing https://t.co/RYtZbQYCvn
— BEYONCÉ (@Beyonce)
The track featured on The Lion King official soundtrack as well as her own album The Lion King: The Gift, which featured artists Burna Boy and Donald Glover, as well as her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/Beyonce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BeyonceKnowles-Carter, will release 7/19. “Spirit,” the single from the album & soundtrack for The Lion King, will be available tonight. https://t.co/IbMpQvJ97U pic.twitter.com/AA7Fxl7hb7
— The Lion King (@disneylionking)
If nominated, Beyoncé will be up against fellow artists Pharrell Williams for Letter To My Godfather; Elton John for both The Lion King and Rocketman; and Thom Yorke for Daily Battles in the Edward Norton period drama Motherless Brooklyn.
CONSIDER: Lion King soundtrack list. Picture: Instagram
But Taylor Swift, 30, did not make the cut for her song Beautiful Ghosts, which she co-wrote with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and also performs in the musical Cats.
However, she’s min gespin as she was over the moon at being nominated for Best Original Song for Beautiful Ghosts alongside Webber for the 2020 Golden Globes. The nomination is the third Golden Globe nod for both artists.
The Academy judges have to slog through 15 songs from 75 entered and 15 scores from a list of 170 before trimming down the list to five each in time for voting from 2 January.
Nominees will be announced on 13 January.