Lady Gaga won an Oscar for 'Shallow' and her speech was inspiring AF

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Lady Gaga won an Oscar for 'Shallow' and her speech was inspiring AF
Lady Gaga won her first Oscar at the 91st Annual Academy Awards. Credit: Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images

Lady Gaga is an Academy Award winner, folks.

The best song of the year, "Shallow" from A Star Is Born, earned Lady Gaga an Oscar at the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday night, marking the first time the music legend has earned an Oscar. She shared the honor with co-writers Mark Daniel Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt.

I mean, come on, listen to this:

"I worked hard for a long time and it's not about winning, but what's about is not giving up," Lady Gaga said in her acceptance speech. "If you have a dream, fight for it."

Lady Gaga is also up for the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in A Star Is Born, the first person to ever be nominated for both awards on the same night. Earlier in February, Lady Gaga was nominated for four Grammys for the song "Shallow" and won two.

A Star Is Born was up for eight awards in total at the Oscars, and the award for Best Original Song was the film's first of the night.

Lady Gaga received her first and only other Oscar nomination in 2016 for the song, "Til It Happens to You," for the documentary The Hunting Ground.

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