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EGOT status is a rare feat as only 21 individuals have earned the highly-respected award presented to individuals who have won an Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar, and a Tony.
Benj Pasek and Justin Pau are the newest individuals to celebrate the prestigious award following their recent 2024 Emmy win for best song, “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” from Only Murders in the Building.
Find out more about their previous awards below along with the other 19 talented individuals they join who have also secured EGOT status in years past.
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
This duo became the 20th and 21st, as well as most-recent members of the EGOT family with their 2024 Emmy win for best song, “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” from Only Murders in the Building. Prior to 2024 the collaborative duo secured a Tony and Grammy for their work on Dear Evan Hansen and an Oscar for La La Land’s “City of Stars.”
Elton JohnThe most recent entertainer to reach EGOT status after snagging a win at the 2024 Emmy Awards for Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium. Sir Elton earned his first award counting towards EGOT status in 1987 when he took home his first GRAMMY. He continued on to win his first Oscar as a co-writer for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King and won his Tony Award in June 2000 for Aida.
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Viola Davis
Viola Davis sealed the deal at the 2023 GRAMMY Awards after winning Best Audiobook, Narration and Storytelling Recording for her memoir, Finding Me. Additionally, she has two Tonys, for King Hedley II and Fences, an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress as housewife Rose Maxson in Fences and won an Emmy for her role of Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder. She is one of three Black women to achieve EGOT status.
Jennifer Hudson
Hudson became an EGOT achiever at the 75th annual Tony Awards as she took home the trophy for Best Musical as a result of her work as co-producer of A Strange Loop. Hudson's EGOT journey began in 2006 when she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in Dreamgirls. Additionally, she received two GRAMMYs, Best R&B Album for her self-titled debut in 2009 and Best Musical Theater Album for The Color Purple in 2017. Additionally, she won a Daytime Emmy as an executive producer of Baba Yaga in 2021.
Alan Menken
The Disney composer secured EGOT status in 2020 after winning an Emmy for “Waiting in the Wings” from Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure. As the mastermind behind several Disney compositions, he’s also achieved 11 GRAMMYs, 7 Oscars, and 1 Tony Award for songs from Disney movies including The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast and more.
John LegendTrue to his last name, John Legend’s EGOT achievement was legendary as he became the first Black man to achieve the status in 2018. Helping him reach EGOT were his three GRAMMY wins for his debut album, Get Lifted, his Tony win as a co-producer of Jitney, his Emmy for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert and lastly, his 2015 Oscar for his song with Common, for their song, "Glory," in the film Selma.
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Tim Rice
Tim Rice achieved his EGOT alongside John Legend and Andrew Lloyd Webber as they all received an Emmy for their work with Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert in 2018. Rice, alongside Webber, wrote the original 1970 Broadway musical. Additionally, he’s worked on several other musicals including Aladdin, The Lion King and Aida which earned him a Tony, GRAMMY and Oscar, essentially qualifying him for EGOT.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Webber was one of three to earn the esteemed EGOT award in 2018 after completing the four-part acronym with an Emmy for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. He’s also composed music for Evita, Cats and Phantom of the Opera which helped him fulfill his additional requirements with a Tony, GRAMMY and Oscar.
Robert Lopez
Robert Lopez made history with his EGOT win as the very first double EGOT winner. His first EGOT achievement was solidified in 2014 and just four years later, he added multiple awards to his collection qualifying him for the very first double EGOT. By 2018, he’d earned two Oscars (for “Let It Go” from Frozen and “Remember Me” from Coco), three GRAMMYs (2 for Frozen and one for Book of Mormon), two Daytime Emmys (for songs in Wonder Pets) and three Tonys (one for Avenue Q, and two for Book of Mormon).
Scott Rudin
Rudin’s EGOT journey was 28 years in the making after starting with an Emmy win in 1984 for He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin. He celebrated full EGOT status in February 2012 after winning a GRAMMY for The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording. In between, he snagged an Oscar for No Country for Old Men and a Tony for the musical, Passion.
Whoopi Goldberg
Goldberg was the very first Black performer to achieve EGOT status after completing the acronym in 2002. Her accolades at the time of her achievement included 2 Emmy’s (one for Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel and one for The View); a GRAMMY for Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Show Recording; two Oscars (one for Gone With The Wind and one for Ghost) and a Tony as a producer of Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Mike Nichols
Nichols’ 2001 GRAMMY win for An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May secured his EGOT. 2001 was a big year for him as he also took home two Emmys that same year for the televised adaptation of Wit. Also adding to his EGOT are his Oscar win in 1968 for The Graduate and his first Tony in 1964 for multiple projects including Annie and Death of a Salesman.
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks took 34 years to achieve his EGOT with his first Emmy arriving in 1967 and finishing it off with three Tonys in 2001 for The Producers. In between, he earned an Oscar for The Producers in 1969 and a total of three GRAMMYs — one for The 2000 Year Old Man in 2000 and two for The Producers in the following years.
Jonathan Tunick
Tunick began his EGOT journey in 1978 with an Oscar for A Little Night Music. He continued to work toward the highly-coveted award with an Emmy win in 1982 for music in Night of 100 Stars and a GRAMMY as an arranger for “No One is Alone” on the album Cleo Laine Sings Sondheim. He achieved EGOT in ’97 with a Tony for his musical work with Titanic, the Broadway show.
Marvin Hamlisch
Hamlisch clinched EGOT in 1995 by rounding out his wins with two Emmys for his work on Barbra: The Concert. He started his EGOT journey with just as much momentum as he won three Oscars in one night. In between, Marvin secured four GRAMMYs in 1975, one of them being for Best New Artist. Also adding to his EGOT was his win for a Chorus Line in 1976.
Audrey Hepburn
The late Audrey Hepburn sadly passed before being awarded EGOT status as she was awarded her Emmy and GRAMMY after she passed. Hepburn earned EGOT in March 1994 after being awarded a GRAMMY for her narration of Audrey Hepburn’s Enchanted Tales. Her Emmy came just eight months after her passing for Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn. Her EGOT journey first started in 1954 with an Oscar win for Roman Holiday and three months later got her Tony for Ondine.
John Gielgud
Gielgud made history as the first EGOT born outside the United States. The England native was also the first LGBTQ EGOT. His work in Big Fish, Little Fish; Arthur; Ages of Man; Readings from Shakespeare and Summer’s Lease all helped him secure EGOT status across 30 years. He is currently the oldest EGOT achiever at 87 years and four months.
Rita Moreno
Moreno clinched EGOT in September 1977 and in doing so became the first person of Latin origin to achieve the award. She started her 15-year EGOT journey winning an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1962 for West Side Story. She finished up the acronym with an Emmy win in 1977 for an episode of The Muppet Show.
Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes won the first of four awards in EGOT in 1932 with an Oscar for her role in The Sin of Madelon Claudet. She was awarded EGOT in 1977 with a GRAMMY for Great American Documents. In her 45 year journey she also took home an Emmy in 1953 for Schlitz Playhouse of Stars and a Tony for the play, Happy Birthday and Time Remembered.
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rogers secured EGOT status before EGOT was known. He achieved all four awards by 1962 and the acronym was not recognized as an award until 1984. Unfortunately, Rodgers passed before he was able to be honored for his high accomplishment, but he remains the first to ever accomplish the status. His first win was in 1946 for “It Might as Well be Spring” from State Fair and he secured the status at the Emmys in 1962 for his original music in Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years.
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