This It could be Rihanna’s first time receiving an Oscar, as your slot number Black Panther: Wakanda Forever manages to impress Academy voters enough to be recognized at the 95th Best Film Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 12.

lift me up sounds in the final scenes of the film, and it would also mean the triumph of the entire composition, text and production team: Nigerian singer Tems, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and young Swedish composer Ludwig Goransson, Oscar winner for the best soundtrack of 2019 Black Panther.

The Diamonds interpreter faces the experienced musician Diane Warren, 12-time Oscar nominee, once in the Best Picture category (1988) and eleven times for Best Original Song. So far, Warren has not been able to win the statuette, despite being chosen at the last five editions of the Academy Awards.

The opportunity this year could be for Applausefrom the movie Tell it like a womanplayed by Sofia Carson.

Or it could be the turn of Lady Gaga, who received the award earlier, with the emblematic song of Top Gun: Maverick, hold my hand. Gaga shares credits with songwriter and producer Michael Tucker, who goes by the stage name BloodPop. In 2019, the Oscar (and the Grammy, the Bafta and the Golden Globe) went to her Superficialfrom the movie he also starred in, A star is born.

This year, Everything Everywhere Everything at once competes in 11 categories at the Oscars, including best song with This is a lifein which Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Japanese-American singer Mitski worked. It’s a calm, orchestral piece, slow and eccentric like the film, which has no video, at least not one like its rivals. There’s nothing to do but listen to it.

But perhaps the favorite this year is the fun and definitely danceable Naatu Naatufrom Indian drama RRR. As it corresponds, the choreography is infectious and ideal for a social media challenge. It would come as a surprise to the responsible musicians, MM Keeravaani and Chandrabose, who wanted to glorify in the title “not salsa or flamenco, friend”, but folk music, the indigenous and rural aspects of their country.

Naatu Naatu He has already won the Golden Globe, the Film Critics Award, the Hollywood Critics Association Award, from Houston and online critics. The voices are by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, and the dance is by the actors Ram Charan and Rama Rao.