Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams Host Oscars’ Original Song Contenders at Songwriters Hall of Fame Panel

Nile Rodgers & Chic and Jade Bird.They’ll join headliners Royal Blood, The Streets and Madness at the 2021 edition of the festival, which will take place at Southsea Seafront in Portsmouth across August Bank Holiday Weekend (27-29).Joining Rodgers & Chic and Bird at the festival will be Frank Turner, Annie Mac, Ella Eyre, Clean Bandit and more.

Sunday's Academy Awards saw some of the top names in film collect awards on Hollywood's biggest night. Despite the ceremony looking slightly different than previous years, musicians left their own mark.

Singer-songwriter H.E.R aka Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson bagged an Oscar for Best Original Song 'Fight For You' shortly a month after winning a Grammy. Just last month, H.E.R won Song of The Year for "I Can't Breathe".

Best Original Song is one of the most coveted awards in the music industry – arguably more so than the Grammy for Song of the Year. The accolade was first introduced in 1934 at the 7th Academy Awards, and was won by “The Continental” (Con Conrad, Herb Magidson) from Best Film nominee The Gay Divorcee.

"Fight For You" from Judas and the Black Messiahtook home the Academy Award for best original song during the 2021 OscarsSunday night. H.E.R.'s song beat out fellow nominees "Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga; "lo Sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se); "Speak Now" from One Night in Miami and "Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7.

H.E.R. hopes creators continue to use their platforms responsibly. The 23-year-old performer took home the award for Best Original Song at the2021 Oscars on Sunday, and spoke about the importance of using art to «tell the truth.» «Oh my god.

Jon Burlingame In one of the only upsets of the evening, “Fight for You,” H.E.R.’s end-title theme for “Judas and the Black Messiah,” won the best song Academy Award Sunday night.The 23-year-old singer-songwriter was clearly shocked by the win but thanked her parents, noting, “those days of listening to Sly and the Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye — they really paid off!”The soul-flavored song by the singer and her co-writers, D’Mile and Tiara Thomas, featured under the end titles

H.E.R. is an Oscar winner!

“Fight for You” is taking home Oscar’s best original song at the 93rd ceremony from the Warner Bros. movie Judas and the Black Messiah. 

If you tuned in at 8:00 PM EST for the Academy Awards, then odds are you missed some of the best moments of the evening. As expected, the Academy broadcast the Best Original Song performances during the pre-show, with standout performances by Celeste, H.E.R., Leslie Odom, Jr., Laura Pausini, Daniel Pemberton, Molly Sandén and Diane Warren mixed in with red carpet moments galore.

Celeste adds a little something extra to her red carpet look at the 2021 Oscars – a human heart!

Chris Willman Music WriterWith the Oscars coronating another winner for best original song, it’s an occasion to look back at 20 of the times when the golden guy got it most right with the tune he carried, from “Lullaby of Broadway” to “Lose Yourself.”1: “White Christmas”from “Holiday Inn” (1942), by Irving BerlinIt always feels strange watching the “Holiday Inn” scene where Bing Crosby, playing a songwriter, teaches this song to Marjorie Reynolds as something that had recently come off the top

Paul Raci rocks out on the red carpet at the 2021 Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25) at Union Station in Los Angeles.

OMG! This is definitely going to make you think twice before grabbing for a bottle of anything in the middle of the night!

Louis Knight made quite the impression on the judges as he made his “American Idol” comeback on Monday night.

10 contestants from last year‘s season of American Idol returned to the show on Monday (April 19) and one of them will earn a place in this year’s Top 10… and it seems like that person might be Louis Knight.

Wyatt Pike has dropped a new original song following his mysterious exit from American Idol last week.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSongwriters of North America (SONA) will launch its first ever SONA Warrior Awards on May 23, with legendary songwriter Paul Williams as the inaugural honoree.The virtual event will feature tributes and performances dedicated to Williams.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Oscars have confirmed that the best original song nominees will be performed in full on the pre-telecast “Oscars: Into the Spotlight” show Sunday night, with each of the five performed in full by the singer who introduced the song on film.Four of the five performances will be pre-recorded on the Dolby Family Terrace of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, with the fifth being filmed in Húsavík, Iceland, the Academy said — the last of those being, of course, the

A Canadian music icon is being recognized for her life’s work.