Popular Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, a.k.a Tems, breaks the record as she becomes the first ever Nigerian to be nominated for the Oscar Awards.
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This is the 95th edition of the Oscars award, scheduled to hold on March 12 2023.
This was announced in the 2023 nomination list released by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Twitter handle on Tuesday.
Tems was nominated for an award owing to her contribution as a songwriter on ”Lift Me Up,” one of the soundtracks on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Reacting to this big win a Twitter user @Zazarat wrote, “When Tems name comes up anywhere now Oscar award nominee Tems Imagine if/when she wins Oscar award winner Tems.”
Another user @Chinoso wrote, “Essence really blew Tems and brought her to the limelight giving her multiple awards and nominations now an Oscar nominee but what happened to wizkid that featured her on the track.”
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