At the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas won an Oscar for their song No Time to Die from the film of the same name starring James Bond.
The twins won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media in March 2021. Billie Eilish is also the first twenty-first-century-born artist to win an Oscar.
Billie Eilish stated upon receiving the award,
“I’m about to shout since this situation is so absurd. The 20-year-old vocalist praised Hans Zimmer, who composed the song’s orchestral arrangement, and Johnny Marr, the guitarist, for “making our song worthy of James Bond.”
In the meantime, Hans Zimmer won the Academy Award for best original composition for the Dune soundtrack.
In the meantime, Finneas said,
“Our parents have always been our greatest inspirations and role models. We appreciate you not only as parents but also as individuals. Thank you kindly, Academy. We promise not to lose them.”
Here are fan reactions to Billie Eilish and Finneas winning the award for Best Original Song:
“Twitter users reacted to Billie Eilish’s newfound success by tweeting videos of her performing No Time to Die at the Oscars. Some submitted photographs of her growing up with her brother Finneas, while others emphasized her 20-year-old achievements.”
More on Billie Eilish’s accomplishments
Billie Eilish is one of the youngest Academy Award winners. Previously. In 2008, Markéta Irglová was 19 years old when she received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Falling Slowly.
In contrast, Billie Elish and Finneas are the first American songwriters to win Best Original Song for a James Bond theme.
Other nominees for Best Original Song included Dixson and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter for Be Alive from King Richard, Lin-Manuel Miranda for Dos Oruguitas from Encanto, Van Morrison for Down to Joy from Belfast, and Diane Warren for Somehow You Do from Four Good Days.
Skyfall and Spectre both won the Oscar for Best Original Song, yet both songs were composed by English vocalists and songwriters.
Adele and Paul Epworth composed Skyfall, while Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes composed Writings on the Wall for Spectre. By earning the Academy Award, Billie Eilish has completed her EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony).
Last month, No Time to Die won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Over her career, Billie Eilish has received numerous accolades and awards, the most recent being seven Grammy nominations in 2020 and 2021.
In 2020, the singer received Record of the Year and Song of the Year for the album Bad Boy.
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