After top Grammy win, singer H.E.R. is heading to the Oscars

A NIGHT after winning the top Grammy Award for songwriting, R&B singer H.E.R. and her collaborators Tiara Thomas and D’Mile have become Oscarnominated songwriters.

H.E.R.’s protest anthem I Can’t Breathe won Song of the Year at Sunday’s Grammys, and another soulful song with poignant lyrics by the singer – Fight for You from Judas and the Black Messiah – is nominated for Best Original Song at the 2021 Academy Awards.

H.E.R. wrote both tracks with D’Mile – the ubertalented producer who has created songs for everyone, from Janet Jackson and Bruno Mars, to Beyoncé and Jay-Z – and Thomas, a singer who has had success with her own music and has written other songs with H.E.R. like Avenue and the double-platinum hit Slide.

AP H.E.R. poses in the press room with the award for Song of the Year for ‘I Can’t Breathe’ and Best R&B Song at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday.