Awards Season: Elton’s An EGOT; Grammys Announce First Set Of Performers

Elton John’s won countless awards across his storied career and now he’s hit on the combination to join one of the most exclusive clubs in entertainment: the EGOTs.

The initialism stands for Emmy-Grammy-Oscar-Tony and John is the 19th person to win at least one trophy from each of the major awards shows in a competitive category after Monday’s Emmy win for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for “Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium.”

John started his EGOT journey relatively late in his career, winning his first Grammy in 1987 for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group (with Vocal) for his superstar collaboration “That’s What Friends Are For” with Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder. He added an Oscar in 1995 for Best Original Song for “Can You Feel The Love Tonight?” from “The Lion King” (for which he also won a Best Pop Performance Grammy). His Tony came in 2000 for Best Original Score for “Aida.”

All told, Elton’s won five Grammys, two Oscars and one each of Tonys and Emmys.

The first EGOT was composer Richard Rodgers, who completed his collection in 1962. Other musical artists in the group include John Legend and Jennifer Hudson. Five other people — including Harry Belafonte and Barbra Streisand — can be considered EGOTs if honorary awards are included.

Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa and Billie Eilish Announced As First Set Of Grammy Performers

Three women with 13 Grammys between them already and nominated for a combined 14 more at this year’s ceremony are the first performers announced for the February 4 awards show at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena.

Seven-time winner Billie Eilish and three-time winners Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo are set to perform, the Recording Academy and CBS announced Tuesday. More performers will be announced in the coming weeks.

The 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be produced by Fulwell 73 Productions for the Recording Academy for the fourth consecutive year. Ben Winston, Raj Kapoor and Jesse Collins are executive producers.

Hosted by Trevor Noah, the Grammys will be telecast on CBS and Paramount+ at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 Pacific February 4.