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Will a new chapter of EGOT history be made at the 2026 Grammy Awards?
With the Trevor Noah-hosted ceremony set to air from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles Feb. 1, you may be curious if any of the nominees will move into the hallowed halls of EGOT status, meaning they have won at least one competitive award from each of the major entertainment branches: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.
To date, 27 celebrities have achieved the status—coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas in 1984—with the most recent additions being Elton John and composers Benj Pasek and JustinPaul, who were all minted after winning Emmys in 2024.
Other names that received their own coveted EGOTs include John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Viola Davis and composer Robert Lopez—the only person to have EGOTed twice (meaning he has two of each trophy).
There are also those who have achieved the status through non-competitive wins, including Barbra Streisand—who earned a special Tony in 1970—and the late James Earl Jones—who was recognized with an honorary Academy Awards in 2011.
So, will the 2026 Grammys bring about any new EGOT winners? Sadly, no, because none of the stars who are one award away have been nominated for a Grammy this year.
Still, that’s not to say stars like Jessica Lange, Helen Mirren or Al Pacino—all of whom need a Grammy to complete their EGOT collection—could never achieve the feat.
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And while those three are still awaiting a chance to be honored by the Recording Academy, there are others who are hoping to nab an Oscar and finish their EGOTs, like Ben Platt, Billy Porter, Hugh Jackman and Cynthia Erivo. While the Wicked star missed out on a nomination for the 2026 Academy Awards, she has picked up three previous nominations.
As for those hoping to nab a Tony, there’s famed director Martin Scorsese, Beatles alums Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, theatrical legend Julie Andrews—who turned down her 1996 Tony nomination for Victor/Victoria—as well as Kate Winslet and Lady Gaga.
For a deep dive into more stars who are just one trophy shy of achieving EGOT glory, keep reading.
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Adele
Got: An Emmy for Adele One Night Only; 16 Grammys; an Oscar for “Skyfall”
Needs: A Tony
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Julie Andrews
Got: Two Emmys for The Julie Andrews Hour and Broadway: The American Musical; two Grammys for Julie Andrews's Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies and Mary Poppins (plus a Lifetime Achievement Award); an Oscar for Mary Poppins
Needs: A Tony
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Jon Batiste
Got: A Sports Emmy for “NOLA Vibes” from 2022 NCAA March Madness; seven Grammys; an Oscar for Soul
Needs: A Tony
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Ellen Burstyn
Got: Two Emmys for Law & Order: SVU and Political Animals; an Oscar for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore; a Tony for Same Time, Next Year
Needs: A Grammy
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Cher
Got: An Emmy for Cher: The Farewell Tour; a Grammy for "Believe”; an Oscar for Moonstruck
Needs: A Tony
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Common
Got: An Emmy for "Letter to the Free" from 13th; three Grammys for "Love of My Life (an Ode to Hip Hop)," "Southside" and "Glory”; an Oscar for "Glory" from Selma
Needs: A Tony
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Cynthia Erivo
Got: A Daytime Emmy for her performance from The Color Purple on Today; a Grammy for the cast recording of The Color Purple; a Tony for The Color Purple
Needs: An Oscar
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Eminem
Got: An Emmy for the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show; 15 Grammys; an Oscar for “Lose Yourself” from 8 Mile
Needs: A Tony
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Lady Gaga
Got: A Sports Emmy for her performance at Super Bowl LIX; 14 Grammys; an Oscar for “Shallow” from A Star is Born
Need: A Tony
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Joel Grey
Got: A Grammy for Anything Goes; an Oscar for Cabaret; a Tony for Cabaret (plus a Lifetime Achievement Award)
Needs: An Emmy
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H.E.R.
Got: A Children’s and Family Emmy Award in 2022 for We the People; five Grammys for H.E.R., “I Can’t Breathe,” “Better Than I Imagined” and “Fight For You”; an Oscar for “Fight for You” from Judas and the Black Messiah
Needs: A Tony
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Ron Howard
Got: Two Emmys for Arrested Development and From Earth to the Moon (also a Television Academy Hall of Fame honoree); a Grammy for The Beatles: Eight Days A Week The Touring Years; two Oscars for A Beautiful Mind
Needs: A Tony
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Jeremy Irons
Got: Three Emmys for Big Cat Week: Game of Lions, Elizabeth I and The Great War and Shaping of the 20th Century; an Oscar for Reversal of Fortune; a Tony for The Real Thing
Needs: A Grammy
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Hugh Jackman
Got: An Emmy for hosting the 58th Annual Tony Awards; a Grammy for The Greatest Showman; a Tony for The Boys From Oz (and a Special Tony Award)
Needs: An Oscar
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Jessica Lange
Got: Three Emmys for Grey Gardens and American Horror Story; two Oscars for Tootsie and Blue Sky; a Tony for Long Day's Journey Into Night
Needs: A Grammy
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Cyndi Lauper
Got: An Emmy for Mad About You; two Grammys for Best New Artist and Kinky Boots; a Tony for Kinky Boots
Needs: An Oscar
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Paul McCartney
Got: An Emmy for The Beatles: Get Back; 18 Grammys; an Oscar for Let It Be
Needs: A Tony
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Audra McDonald
Got: An Emmy for Live From Lincoln Center; two Grammys for Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny; six Tony Awards
Needs: An Oscar
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Frances McDormand
Got: Two Emmys for Olive Kitteridge; four Oscars for Fargo, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Nomadland; a Tony for Good People
Needs: A Grammy
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Bette Midler
Got: Three Emmys for Bette Midler: Ol’ Red Hair Is Back, Bette Midler: Diva Las Vegas and her performance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; three Grammys for Best New Artist, "The Rose" and "Wind Beneath My Wings”; a Tony for Hello, Dolly! (as well as a Special Tony Award)
Needs: An Oscar
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Liza Minnelli
Got: An Emmy for Liza With a “Z”; an Oscar for Cabaret; three Tony Awards for Flora the Red Menace, The Act and Liza’s at The Palace…. (as well as a Special Tony Award)
Needs: A Grammy
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Got: An Emmy for the 67th Tony Awards; five Grammys for In the Heights, Hamilton, Moana and Encanto; three Tonys for In the Heights and Hamilton
Needs: An Oscar
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Helen Mirren
Got: Four Emmys for Prime Suspect: The Final Act, Elizabeth I, The Passion Of Ayn Rand and Prime Suspect: Scent Of Darkness; an Oscar for The Queen; a Tony for The Audience
Needs: A Grammy
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Cynthia Nixon
Got: Two Emmys for Sex and the City and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; a Grammy for An Inconvenient Truth; two Tonys for Rabbit Hole and The Little Foxes
Needs: An Oscar
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Al Pacino
Got: Two Emmys for Angels in America and You Don't Know Jack; an Oscar for Scent of a Woman; two Tonys for Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? and The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel
Needs: A Grammy
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Ben Platt
Got: A Daytime Emmy for his performance from Dear Evan Hansen on Today; a Grammy for the cast recording of Dear Evan Hansen; a Tony for Dear Evan Hansen
Needs: An Oscar
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Billy Porter
Got: An Emmy for Pose; a Grammy for the cast recording of Kinky Boots; a Tony for Kinky Boots
Needs: An Oscar
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Vanessa Redgrave
Got: Two Emmys for Playing for Time and If These Walls Could Talk 2; Oscar for Julia; a Tony for Long Day's Journey Into Night
Needs: A Grammy
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Geoffrey Rush
Got: An Emmy for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers; an Oscar for Shine; a Tony for Exit the King
Needs: A Grammy
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Martin Scorsese
Got: Three Emmys for Boardwalk Empire and George Harrison: Living in the Material World; a Grammy for No Direction Home; an Oscar for The Departed
Needs: A Tony
Watch the Grammys 2026 Sunday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
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