Beyoncé Just Scored Her First Oscar Nomination

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is an Oscar nominee! Lastly. Whereas we had been fairly sure Lemonade gained greatest image, upon additional analysis, we’ve found that’s “in no way how something works,” and that is her first nomination. No, she didn’t get acknowledged for “Pay attention” from Dreamgirls, or for “Spirit” from The Lion King. We’re shocked too.

The Grammy winner is being honored for her track “Be Alive” from the film King Richard, starring Will Smith because the robust however loving father-coach of Venus and Serena Williams. Extra like “Bey Alive,” proper? King Richard, extra like Queen Bey, proper? Tennis, extra like…singing? Sorry, there’s a variety of Oscar information occurring; we’re drained. Let’s hearken to the track:

Knowles-Carter shares the nomination with Dixson, who cowrote the track.

Now, clearly we’re rooting for Beyoncé in every little thing at all times, but when one of many different songs takes house the gold, it’ll be comprehensible as a result of this class is stacked. “Be Alive” is up in opposition to “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto by Lin-Manuel Miranda; “All the way down to Pleasure” from Belfast by Van Morrison; “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell; and “Someway You Do” from 4 Good Days by Diane Warren.

It stays to be seen what form this 12 months’s ceremony will take; final 12 months’s was a pared-down occasion at Union Station, and no host has been introduced for this 12 months…but. However fingers are extraordinarily crossed that we get reside performances of the nominated songs as a result of we actually need to see Beyoncé belting on the Academy stage! (Full record of nominees proper this manner.)

The Oscars will air on ABC at 8 p.m. E.T. on March 27, 2022. Right here’s our information to streaming the ceremony. Within the meantime, it’s not too late to get caught up on the nominated movies so you possibly can dominate your awards bracket.