Blue Ivy Carteris making history once again!
Earning the award alongside her music icon mom, 40, Blue Ivy also shares the honor with “Brown Skin Girl” collaborator Wizkid and SAINt JHN. Cinematographersfor the videoare Benoit Soler, Malik H. Sayeed, MOHAMMAED ATTA AHMED, Santiago Gonzalez, and Ryan Helfant.
Fellow nominees in the category includedBillie Eilish(“Therefore I Am”),Foo Fighters(“Shame Shame”),Justin Bieberft.Chance The Rapper (“Holy”)Lady Gaga(“911”), andLorde(“Solar Power”).
Blue Ivy Carter.Allen Berezovsky/Getty
“Brown Skin Girl,” one of the tracks from Beyoncé’sLion Kingcompanion album,The Lion King: The Gift, got a standalone visual treatment onYouTubein August 2020.
The video had previously only been available toDisney+subscribers as a part of Beyoncé’s most recent musical film,Black Is King, which dropped exclusively on the streaming service in July 2020.
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
In the video, the 28-time Grammy winner enlisted famous friends, includingNaomi Campbell,Lupita Nyong’oand her formerDestiny’s ChildbandmateKelly Rowland— all of whom she name drops on the song — to sing the praises of black beauty, alongside her daughter, who sings on the opening and closing of the track.
Blue Ivy received a writing credit for the track, which also scored not only her first official feature, buther first official entry ontothe Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Along with becoming the youngest VMA winner, Blue Ivy also won herfirst Grammy awardearlier this year for the hit song. The win made her the second youngest artist to ever win a Grammy Award followingLeah Peasall, who won at the 2001 ceremony for her work on the album of the year-winning soundtrack toO Brother, Where Art Thou?at age 8.
source: people.com
