That’s an impressive turnaround, but an even more remarkable feat was achiеved by one songwriting team and an individual songwriter who secured consecutive Oscars. 

At the 2024 Oscars held on Sunday (March 10), Billie Eilish and Finneas clinched their second Oscar for the best original song within a three-year span.

Having previously won in the same category in 2022 for “No Time to Diе” from the James Bond film of the same namе, the siblings repeated their success this year with “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie.

 This accomplishment marks them as the first songwriter or songwriting team to achieve two wins in three years since Tim Rice accomplished the feat in 1993, 1995, and 1997, collaborating with different partners for each victory.

Eilish and Finneas are also noteworthy for being the first songwriting team since Alan Menken and Howard Ashman in 1990 and 1992, respectively, to secure two wins in the best original song category within a three-year timeframe.

 Their winning song, “What Was I Made For?” triumphed over another Barbie song, “I’m Just Ken” co-written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt.

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The other nominees for the best original song this year included “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot (Diane Warren), “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony (Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson), and “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George).