H.E.R.is one letter — well, award — closer to an EGOT!The singer-songwriter earned the Best Original Song honor at the 93rd Academy Awards Sunday night — meaning that she now has half of the awards needed to achieve the elusive EGOT (the title for winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony).H.E.R. (née Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson), won Sunday night for her song “Fight for You,” a collaboration with Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas that appeared inJudas and the Black Messiah.Listen below to the episode ofour daily podcast PEOPLE Every Dayfor more on the 2021 Oscars.The 23-year-old musician has also won fourGrammy Awards. This year, she won Song of the Year for “I Can’t Breathe” and Best R&B Song for “Better Than I Imagined.” She won in 2019 for Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Album. The “Slide” singer has been nominated for a total of 13 Grammys.H.E.R.Chris Pizzelo-Pool/GettyThe current list of EGOT winners includes 16 Hollywood multi-hyphenates: Mel Brooks, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mike Nichols, Scott Rudin, Robert Lopez, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend, Tim Rice and Alan Menken.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Inaccepting her Oscaron Sunday, H.E.R. said she “did not expect to win this award.““I am so, so, so grateful, not only to win but to be a part of such an important story,” she said. “Musicians, filmmakers, I believe we have an opportunity and a responsibility, to tell the truth, and to write history the way that it was, and how it connects us to today, and what we see going on in the world today. I have no words, I’m so, so thankful.““Knowledge is power, music is power, and as long as I’m standing, I’m always gonna fight for us,” she added. “I’m always gonna fight for my people and fight for what’s right, and I think that’s what music does, and that’s what storytelling does.“The 93rd Academy Awards aired live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
H.E.R.is one letter — well, award — closer to an EGOT!
The singer-songwriter earned the Best Original Song honor at the 93rd Academy Awards Sunday night — meaning that she now has half of the awards needed to achieve the elusive EGOT (the title for winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony).
H.E.R. (née Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson), won Sunday night for her song “Fight for You,” a collaboration with Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas that appeared inJudas and the Black Messiah.
Listen below to the episode ofour daily podcast PEOPLE Every Dayfor more on the 2021 Oscars.
The 23-year-old musician has also won fourGrammy Awards. This year, she won Song of the Year for “I Can’t Breathe” and Best R&B Song for “Better Than I Imagined.” She won in 2019 for Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Album. The “Slide” singer has been nominated for a total of 13 Grammys.
H.E.R.Chris Pizzelo-Pool/Getty
The current list of EGOT winners includes 16 Hollywood multi-hyphenates: Mel Brooks, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mike Nichols, Scott Rudin, Robert Lopez, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend, Tim Rice and Alan Menken.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Inaccepting her Oscaron Sunday, H.E.R. said she “did not expect to win this award.”
“I am so, so, so grateful, not only to win but to be a part of such an important story,” she said. “Musicians, filmmakers, I believe we have an opportunity and a responsibility, to tell the truth, and to write history the way that it was, and how it connects us to today, and what we see going on in the world today. I have no words, I’m so, so thankful.”
“Knowledge is power, music is power, and as long as I’m standing, I’m always gonna fight for us,” she added. “I’m always gonna fight for my people and fight for what’s right, and I think that’s what music does, and that’s what storytelling does.”
The 93rd Academy Awards aired live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
source: people.com
