JAY-Z has received his third Emmy Award for his involvement in Rihanna‘s Super Bowl halftime show.
Alongside Hamish Hamilton, Hov took home the award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special at the 2023 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday night (January 7) for co-directing the February 2023 performance.
Other nominees in the category included Joel Gallen (Chris Rock: Selective Outrage), Linda Mendoza (Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer), Paul Miller (Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love) and Glenn Weiss (The Oscars).
British-born Hamilton has directed the Super Bowl halftime present yearly since 2010, whereas his résumé additionally contains the Academy Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards and the Summer Olympics.
The 57-year-old beforehand collaborated with JAY-Z on the 2003 movie In Concert and his OTR II Tour with spouse Beyoncé, in addition to the likes of Eminem, The Weeknd and Alicia Keys.
Hamish Hamilton and Shawn Carter (@sc) win the #Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special for The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring @Rihanna (@FOXTV)! #Emmys#75thEmmyspic.twitter.com/iPtGvi9TOQ
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) January 8, 2024
JAY-Z, who has served because the NFL’s reside music leisure strategist since 2019, heaped excessive reward on Rihanna after she was introduced because the performer for Super Bowl LVII in 2022.
“Rihanna is a generational talent, a woman of humble beginnings who has surpassed expectations at every turn,” he stated. “A person born on the small island of Barbados who became one of the most prominent artists ever. Self-made in business and entertainment.”
Hov beforehand received the Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics for his efficiency of “Run This Town” with Rihanna at Super Bowl XLIV in 2011.
He additionally took dwelling silverware finally 12 months’s Primetime Creative Arts Emmys due to his function in Dr. Dre‘s star-studded Super Bowl LVI halftime show, which boasted appearances from Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent and Anderson .Paak.
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The performance won Outstanding Variety Special (Live), Outstanding Music Direction and Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special, while it was also nominated for Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special and Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special.
Elswhere at the 2023 Creative Arts Emmys, Keke Palmer was crowned Outstanding Game Show Host for NBC’s Password, which is the primary time the class has been a part of the Primetime Emmys after transferring from the Daytime awards.
“Couldn’t do it without you @jimmyfallon!” she wrote on Instagram after receiving the award. “I’m so grateful for the opportunity to be apart of such a classic game show such as Password. It’s a true honor, I won! I’m excited, BOOTS! Thank you to the @televisionacad.”
The seventy fifth Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards aired on Saturday (January 6) and Sunday (January 7) on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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