It was hardly a surprise that both Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were nominated for Golden Globes on Monday (Dec. 8) for their performances in Wicked: For Good. Both stars were nominated for their performances in the first Wicked a year ago.

And anyone who has been near a radio in recent months must have expected “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters to land a nod for best original song. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks.

Stephen Schwartz’s nods in that same category for “No Place Like Home” and “The Girl in the Bubble” and from Wicked: For Good were also expected. The only reason Schwartz wasn’t nominated for any songs from the first Wicked film is that there were no new songs in that movie. Schwartz won in this category in 1996 for cowriting “Colors of the Wind” from P

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