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Lady Gaga and 'pregnant' Rihanna, empresses who shine at the Oscars
Lady Gaga and Rihanna dazzled on the stage of the 95th Academy Awards (Oscars) held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, LA, USA at 9 am (Korean time) on the 13th.
First, 'Oscar's sweetheart' Lady Gaga performed with 'Hold My Hand' from the soundtrack of the movie 'Top Gun: Maverick', which was released in May last year. This is the second stage after the celebration stage of the 91st Academy Awards. Lady Gaga, who was nominated for Best Original Song for this song, became the third person to be nominated in that category.
The work attracted the attention of many musicians and filmmakers around the world with Lady Gaga's unique explosive singing ability and magnificent sound that matches the movie, and ranked 49th on the Billboard Singles Chart (Billboard Hot 100).
Lady Gaga won the Best Original Song Award for 'Shallow' from the soundtrack of the movie 'A Star Is Born' at the 91st Academy Awards, and was also nominated for Best Actress for the movie 'House of Gucci' in the same year. Lady Gaga was nominated for the first time at the 88th Academy Awards for her song 'Til It Happens To You', the soundtrack to the documentary film 'The Hunting Grounds' released in 2015. At the 87th Academy Awards, the 50th anniversary stage of 'The Sound of Music' was performed.
Lady Gaga is a superstar who has won more than 300 pop culture awards, including 13 Grammys. Lady Gaga, who successfully debuted at number two on the Billboard album chart with her first album, has released seven full-length albums to date. Of these, five albums topped the Billboard album chart.
Rihanna, who first became associated with Oscar through 'Lift Me Up' from the soundtrack of the movie 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever', also performed a congratulatory performance with the song.
Rihanna was nominated for Best Original Song for ‘Lift Me Up’. It is a tribute song to Chadwick Boseman, who played the role of 'Black Panther', who passed away in 2020, and attracted a lot of attention around the world because it was a new song released 6 years after his 8th regular album 'ANTI'.
Rihanna decorated the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, USA on the morning of the 13th of last month (Korean time). Rihanna, who appeared in the air wearing a red jumpsuit, performed a medley of her representative songs including 'Umbrella', 'Diamonds', and 'S&M'. She finished the stage in a relaxed manner until the end, receiving cheers from the audience and showing off her status as the 'Queen of Pop'.
Rihanna is the person who recorded the legend of the Billboard chart. There are a total of 14 songs that ranked #1 on the Billboard single chart, and a whopping 42 songs entered the top 20. She is also a successful businesswoman and the only woman under the age of 40 to be included in the Forbes list of 'America's Billionaires.'
Meanwhile, the 'Academy Awards', also known as the 'Oscars', is the largest film award in the United States awarded by the American film industry and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts, a social corporation.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr
