John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice win Emmys, join exclusive EGOT club
Before Sunday's Creative Arts Emmys were handed out, only 12 people had won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award, or EGOT. Then John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice won Emmys for NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar, Live in Concert — Webber wrote the music, Rice the lyrics, and Legend produced the TV version of their musical — and became EGOTs No. 13, 14, and 15. Legend also became the first black man to conquer the EGOT and the youngest winner.
"When I got into the music business it was a dream of mine to win Grammys and have plenty of success as a musician and sell lots of records and tour around the world as a performer," Legend said afterward, "but I never had a dream of winning an EGOT, I didn't even know what that was at the time." He has won 10 Grammys, an Oscar, and a Tony.
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