<P> The album was selected for the 2017 Oprah's Favorite Things list . By February 23, 2018, the track "This Is Me" was nominated for Best Original Song at the 2018 Academy Awards . According to Sky News on March 25, 2018, "music critics have put the album's success down to the feel - good, uplifting pop tunes which are also old school at the same time ." </P> <P> Sheila O'Malley of Roger Ebert called the 11 songs "memorable," praising the vocal performances of the leads . The women's magazine Bustle gave it a positive review, particularly certain vocal performances . Stereogum described the soundtrack music as eclectic in its influences, giving it a negative reception for "(serving) up earnest buoyancy in many high - fructose flavors ." Also noting the eclectic mix of musical genres, The Ringer writes that "the bombastic tunes mix EDM gleams with stadium - rock grunts, chest - pounding ballads with peppy empowerment anthems, a thoroughly modern and disconcertingly eager post-genre assault designed to barnstorm as many Spotify playlists as possible . It's a gilded cheese ball, pushing exhilaration to the point of exhaustion ." The Guardian wrote that the album brought "a whole lot of self - empowerment, enlivened with some deracinated R&B beats, and given the necessary gravitas by some power ballads of the sort that make one imagine the singer filmed from below with a wind machine blowing in their face ." </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Award </Th> <Th> Date of ceremony </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> Recipient (s) and nominee (s) </Th> <Th> Result </Th> <Th> Ref (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Golden Globe Awards </Td> <Td> January 7, 2018 </Td> <Td> Best Original Song--Motion Picture </Td> <Td> "This Is Me"--Benj Pasek and Justin Paul </Td> <Td> Won </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Critics' Choice Movie Awards </Td> <Td> January 11, 2018 </Td> <Td> Best Song </Td> <Td> "This Is Me"--Benj Pasek and Justin Paul </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Academy Awards </Td> <Td> March 4, 2018 </Td> <Td> Best Original Song </Td> <Td> "This Is Me"--Benj Pasek and Justin Paul </Td> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Award </Th> <Th> Date of ceremony </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> Recipient (s) and nominee (s) </Th> <Th> Result </Th> <Th> Ref (s) </Th> </Tr>

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