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Nigerian international sensation Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems has made history by becoming the first Nigerian artist to earn an Oscar nomination.
Tems was nominated for her contribution as a songwriter on ‘Lift Me Up’ one of the soundtracks on Marvel’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.
She co-wrote “Lift Me Up” with global singer, Rihanna; music producer, Ludwig Göransson; and Black Panther’s director, Ryan Coogler.
The full list of nominations was released on Tuesday with multiverse sci-fi smash, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, topping the list with 11 nominations.
Voting for the 2023 Oscars will run from March 2nd -7th. The 2023 Oscar award is set to hold on Sunday, March 12 at the Dolby Theater and it will be hosted by comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.