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“Golden” may be on the verge of making history at the Academy Awards. The global smash, which won best original song at the Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes, appears to be the front-runner to win in that category at the Oscars as well. The awards will be presented on March 15 at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The song from KPop Demon Hunters topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and helped the soundtrack top the Billboard 200 for two weeks. The soundtrack spent its first 35 weeks on the Billboard 200 inside the top 10. It’s one of only 10 soundtracks to log 35 or more weeks in the top 10 since Billboard merged its previously separate stereo and mono charts into one comprehensive chart in August 1963. (The Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular weekly basis in March 1956 but split into mono and stereo LP charts from 1959-63.) Related Ludwig Göransson Will Set These 6 Records If His ‘Sinners’ Score Wins an Oscar “Golden” is one of two best original song nominees that will be performed live on the Oscar telecast. The other is “I Lied to You” from Sinners, which has been a cultural phenomenon. The film received a record 16 Oscar nominations, We rounded up five records that “Golden” will set if it wins best original song, but first, a quick reminder of this year’s nominees: “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park “I Lied to You” from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike “Train Dreams” from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave Here are five records “Golden” will set if it wins. First winner in this category with more than four credited writers “Golden” has seven credited writers. To date, no song with more than four writers has won in this category. The two songs with four writers that have won are: 1982: “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” from Arthur — Music and Lyric by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen 2018: “Shallow” from A Star Is Born — Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt First winners in this category to have to share one statuette The Motion Picture Academy has a strict rule that it will award no more than four statuettes in this category. If a song has five or more co-writers, as is the case with “Golden,” the writers must sign an agreement that, should they win, they will share one statuette. They will all forever be known as Oscar winners. They just won’t each have a shiny trophy to show for it. Here’s the rule, verbatim, from the rulebook for the 98th Oscars. “No more than two statuettes will normally be given in the Original Song category. A third statuette may be awarded when there are three essentially equal writers of a song. The Music Branch Executive Committee has the right, in what it alone determines to be a very rare and extraordinary circumstance, to award a fourth statuette. In cases where five or more credited songwriters function as collaborators, a single statuette may be awarded to the group. Each songwriter must agree to the single “group statuette” option by signing and returning a Group Award form prior to the submission deadline. Final determination of the awardable songwriters in the group will be made by the Music Branch Executive Committee.” Longest-running No. 1 hit to win an Oscar for best original song in more than 20 years ”Golden” is vying to become only the third song that spent eight or more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 to win an Oscar. The first two were “You Light Up My Life” from the film of the same name (Debby Boone’s cover version spent 10 weeks on top in 1977) and “Lose Yourself” from 8 Mile (Eminem’s original version spent 12 weeks on top in 2002-03). Moreover, “Golden” would be the first song that had already hit No. 1 to win an Oscar since “Lose Yourself.” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” had climbed as high as No. 5 before the Oscar telecast in 2019. It zoomed to No. 1 (for one week) after it won and after the two stars memorably performed the song on the show. The Oscar for best original song was first presented in 1935. The Hot 100 originated in 1958. First Kpop smash to win an Oscar “Golden” has already made KPop awards show history. On Feb. 1, it became the first KPop smash to win a Grammy. It won best song written for visual media, beating three songs from Sinners and one each from Tron: Ares and Elton John: Never Too Late. Six of the seven writers are vying to become the first South Koreans to win in this category EJAE, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park were all born in South Korea. (The other co-writer, Mark Sonnenblick, was born in the U.S.) Karen O, who was born in South Korea, was nominated 12 years ago for co-writing “The Moon Song” from Her, but the award went to “Let It Go” from Frozen. In addition, Maggie Kang, who co-directed KPop Demon Hunters, may become the first South Korean to win for best animated feature. Across all categories, four people from South Korea have won Oscars: Bong Joon-ho, Kwak Sin-ae and Han Jin-won all won for Parasite in 2020. Youn Yuh-jung won best supporting actress for Minari in 2021. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up Leave a Comment Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Website Post Comment Want to know what everyone in the music business is talking about? Get in the know on Visit Billboard Pro for music business news