‘Barbie’ singer Billie Eilish becomes youngest person to win two Oscars

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Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Oscar-winning siblings, created history on Sunday night by becoming the youngest two-time Best Song winners. The original soundtrack song “What Was I Made For?,” which was featured in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and which Billie had also sung during the ceremony, won an award for Billie and Finneas.

During her acceptance speech, Billie said, “I feel so incredibly lucky and honored. This goes out to everyone who was affected by the movie and how incredible it is.” The brother-sister duo previously took home the award for Best Original Song in 2021 for No Time to Die from the James Bond film of the same name, starring Daniel Craig.

An 87-year-old industry record was broken by 22-year-old Billie when she won her second Oscar. At the age of 22, Billie breaks the record set by Luise Rainer, who was 28 when she won her second Oscar, to become the youngest two-time winner of the Oscar. Barbie’s song “What Was I Made For?” earned her a nomination. The other song that was nominated for the evening came from the same film.

The ‘Bad Guy’ singer performed a remarkable live stage performance of the song for which she was nominated at the 96th Annual Academy Awards. Eilish captivated the audience with her delicate vocal harmonies, accompanied by pianist O’Connell.

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