" Earned It " peaked at number three on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 , becoming The Weeknd 's first top five single . The song 's popularity made '' Fifty Shades of Grey '' the latest soundtrack to generate concurrent top-ten singles with Ellie Goulding 's " Love Me like You Do " , which also peaked at number three . Its music video was directed by the film 's director Sam Taylor-Johnson , features the film 's lead actress Dakota Johnson , and it features clips of the film and the same BDSM theme . The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 88th Academy Awards and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards
58th Annual Grammy Awards
58th Annual Grammy Awards
Earned It