<p>Pop superstar Rihanna will perform at the Oscars next month, organizers said Thursday, just weeks after she made her long-awaited -- and visibly pregnant -- <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/dh-galleries/photos/in-pics-pregnant-rihanna-performs-at-super-bowl-2023-1190670" target="_blank">return at the Super Bowl</a>.</p>.<p>The Barbados-born singer will perform her Academy Award-nominated song <em>Lift Me Up</em> from <em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</em> at the film industry's top awards show in Hollywood.</p>.<p>The song is competing with the likes of Lady Gaga's <em>Hold My Hand</em> from <em>Top Gun: Maverick</em>, and the current frontrunner <em>Naatu Naatu</em> from Indian crowd-pleaser <em>RRR</em>.</p>.<p>Rihanna, 35, had not performed a live show in seven years before bringing a career-spanning medley of hits to the NFL flagship halftime show earlier this month.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/how-oscars-and-grammys-thrive-on-the-lie-of-meritocracy-1190424.html" target="_blank">How Oscars and Grammys thrive on the lie of meritocracy</a></strong></p>.<p>She has instead concentrated on the successful makeup, lingerie and high-fashion brands that have helped make her a billionaire -- as well raising her first child, a son, who was born in May.</p>.<p>Her new baby bump dominated conversation at the Super Bowl, with representatives for the singer confirming soon after the show that Rihanna is pregnant with her second child.</p>.<p>But fans hoping for a glimpse of the album she's been teasing for years were left disappointed.</p>.<p><em>Lift Me Up</em> is the first Oscar nomination for Rihanna, a nine-time Grammy winner with eight multi-platinum albums.</p>.<p>The 95th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be held at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre on March 12.</p>
<p>Pop superstar Rihanna will perform at the Oscars next month, organizers said Thursday, just weeks after she made her long-awaited -- and visibly pregnant -- <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/dh-galleries/photos/in-pics-pregnant-rihanna-performs-at-super-bowl-2023-1190670" target="_blank">return at the Super Bowl</a>.</p>.<p>The Barbados-born singer will perform her Academy Award-nominated song <em>Lift Me Up</em> from <em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</em> at the film industry's top awards show in Hollywood.</p>.<p>The song is competing with the likes of Lady Gaga's <em>Hold My Hand</em> from <em>Top Gun: Maverick</em>, and the current frontrunner <em>Naatu Naatu</em> from Indian crowd-pleaser <em>RRR</em>.</p>.<p>Rihanna, 35, had not performed a live show in seven years before bringing a career-spanning medley of hits to the NFL flagship halftime show earlier this month.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/how-oscars-and-grammys-thrive-on-the-lie-of-meritocracy-1190424.html" target="_blank">How Oscars and Grammys thrive on the lie of meritocracy</a></strong></p>.<p>She has instead concentrated on the successful makeup, lingerie and high-fashion brands that have helped make her a billionaire -- as well raising her first child, a son, who was born in May.</p>.<p>Her new baby bump dominated conversation at the Super Bowl, with representatives for the singer confirming soon after the show that Rihanna is pregnant with her second child.</p>.<p>But fans hoping for a glimpse of the album she's been teasing for years were left disappointed.</p>.<p><em>Lift Me Up</em> is the first Oscar nomination for Rihanna, a nine-time Grammy winner with eight multi-platinum albums.</p>.<p>The 95th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will be held at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre on March 12.</p>