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Steven Spielberg Achieves EGOT Status After First Grammy Win
Steven Spielberg's five-decade creative partnership with composer John Williams continues to bear fruit in new and exciting ways.
Spielberg became an EGOT Feb. 1 during the pre-televised portion of the 2026 Grammys with his win for Best Music Film, having served as a producer on the 2024 documentary Music by John Williams. (See all the 2026 Grammy winners.)
“Thank you to all the Grammy voters, whose recognition of Music by John Williams means the world to me and our Amblin team, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey, and congratulations to our partners at Imagine and the Walt Disney Company,” the 79-year-old filmmaker said in a statement, per The Hollywood Reporter. “This acknowledgment is obviously deeply meaningful to me because it validates what I have known for over 50 years: John Williams’ influence on culture and music is immeasurable and his artistry and legacy is unrivaled. I am proud to be associated with [director Laurent Bouzereau's] beautiful film.”
Spielberg's first Grammy makes him the 22nd person to have won at least one competitive honor from the Recording Academy, as well as an Oscar, Emmy and a Tony. (Otherwise, he's the 28th, including artists who've won honorary awards.)
Though, in Spielberg's case, make that four Emmys as a producer (The Pacific, Band of Brothers, Steven Spielberg Presents: A Pinky & The Brain Christmas and Steven Spielberg Presents Taken), three Oscars (for producing and directing Schindler's List, as well as directing Saving Private Ryan) and a Tony as a producer of Strange Loop.
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He and Williams have been working together for more than 50 years, their first collaboration being 1974's Sugarland Express, Spielberg's feature directing debut. Williams, 93, wrote the iconic music for classics including Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Empire of the Sun, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List and much more. (Not to mention, his non-Spielberg credits include the theme from Star Wars and a few other familiar ditties.)
“John is much more of a chameleon as a composer,” Spielberg told the Los Angeles Times in 2012, reflecting on their decades working together.” “He reinvents himself with every picture."
The small EGOT club, meanwhile, includes Rita Moreno, Viola Davis, Jennifer Hudson, Whoopi Goldberg, Audrey Hepburn and The Book of Mormon composer Robert Lopez, who, incidentally, is the only person to win each kind of award that makes up an EGOT twice.
See who else has emerged from the 2026 Grammys as a big winner:
Best Music Video
WINNER: “Anxiety,” Doechii
“Love,” OK Go
“So Be It,” Clipse
“Manchild,” Sabrina Carpenter
“Young Lion,” Sade
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
WINNER: Sinners
A Complete Unknown
F1 The Album
KPop Demon Hunters
Wicked
Best Song Written For Visual Media
WINNER: "Golden," KPop Demon Hunters
"As Alive As You Need Me to Be," Tron: Ares
"I Lied to You," Sinners
"Never Too Late," Elton John: Never Too Late
"Pale, Pale Moon," Sinners
"Sinners," Sinners
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
WINNER: "Defying Gravity," Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
"Golden (From KPop Demon Hunters)," HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
"Gabriela," KATSEYE
"APT.," Rosé, Bruno Mars
"30 for 30," SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar
Best Country Solo Performance
WINNER: "Bad As I Used to Be," Chris Stapleton
"Nose on the Grindstone," Tyler Childers
"Good News," Shaboozey
"I Never Lie," Zach Top
"Somewhere Over Laredo," Lainey Wilson
Best Latin Pop Album
WINNER: Cancionera, Natalia Lafourcade
Cosa Nuestra, Rauw Alejandro
BOGOTÁ DELUXE, Andrés Cepeda
Tropicoqueta, Karol G
Y Ahora Qué?, Alejandro Sanz
Best Rock Performance
WINNER: “Changes Back to the Beginning,” YungBlud
“Mirtazapine,” Hayley Williams
“Never Enough,” Turnstile
“The Emptiness Machine,” Linkin Park
“U Should Not Be Doing That,” Amyl and the Sniffers
Best Dance/Electronic Album
WINNER: EUSEXUA, FKA Twigs
Ten Days, Fred again..
Fancy That, PinkPantheress
Inhale / Exhale, Rüfüs du Sol
F*** U SKRILLEX U THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!! <3, Skrillex
Best Dance Pop Recording
WINNER: “Abracadabra,” Lady Gaga
“Illegal”, PinkPantheress
“Just Keep Watching (From F1 The Movie),” Tate McRae
“Midnight Sun,” Zara Larsson
“Bluest Flame,” Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco
Best Alternative Music Album
WINNER: Songs of a Lost World, The Cure
SABLE, fABLE, Bon Iver
DON'T TAP THE GLASS, Tyler, The Creator
moisturizer, Wet Leg
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, Hayley Williams
Best Music Film
WINNER: "Music by John Williams," John Williams
"Devo," Devo
"Live at the Royal Albert Hall," Raye
"Relentless," Diane Warren
"Piece by Piece," Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Song
WINNER: “Folded,” Kehlani
“Yes it Is,” Leon Thomas
“Overqualified,” Durand Bernarr
“It Depends,” Chris Brown
“Heart of a Woman,” Summer Walker
Best R&B Album
WINNER: Mutt, Leon Thomas
Beloved, Givéon
Why Not More?, Coco Jones
The Crown, Ledisi
Escape Room, Teyana Taylor
Best Rock Album
WINNER: Never Enough, Turnstile
Private Music, Deftones
I Quit, Haim
From Zero, Linkin Park
Idols, Yungblud
Best Rap Performance
WINNER: "Chains & Whips," Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
"Outside," Cardi B
"Anxiety," Doechii
"tv off," Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay
"Darling, I," Tyler, The Creator ft. Teezo Touchdown
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
WINNER: A Matter of Time, Laufey
Wintersongs, Laila Biali
The Gift of Love, Jennifer Hudson
Who Believes in Angels?, Elton John & Brandi Carlile
Harlequin, Lady Gaga
The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, Barbra Streisand
Best Country Song
WINNER: "Bitin' List," Tyler Childers
"Good News," Shaboozey
"I Never Life," Zach Top
"Somewhere Over Laredo," Lainey Wilson
"A Song to Sing," Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
WINNER: “Amen,” Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
“Honky Tonk Hall of Fame,” George Strait, Chris Stapleton
“Love Me Like You Used to Do,” Margo Price & Tyler Childers
“Trailblazer,” Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson
“A Song to Sing,” Miranda Lambert & Chris Stapleton
Best Americana Album
WINNER: BIG MONEY, Jon Batiste
Bloom, Larkin Poe
Last Leaf on the Tree, Willie Nelson
So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle
Middle, Jesse Welles
Best R&B Performance
WINNER: “Folded,” Kehlani
“Heart of a Woman,” Summer Walker
“MUTT (NPR Tiny Desk),” Leon Thomas
“It Depends,” Chris Brown
“Yukon,” Justin Bieber
Best Rap Song
WINNER: "tv off," Kendrick Lamar ft. Lefty Gunplay
"Anxiety," Doechii
"The Birds Don't Sing," Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring John Legend & Voices Of Fire
"Sticky," Tyler, The Creator Featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne
"TGIF," GloRilla
Record of the Year
"DtMF," Bad Bunny
"Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter
"Anxiety," Doechii
"Wildflower," Billie Eilish
"Abracadbra," Lady Gaga
"Luther," Kendrick Lamar with SZA
"The Subway," Chappell Roan
"APT.," Rosé, Bruno Mars
Album of the Year
DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS, Bad Bunny
Swag, Justin Bieber
Man's Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Mayhem, Lady Gaga
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Mutt, Leon Thomas
Chromakopia, Tyler, The Creator
Song of the Year
"Abracadbra," Lady Gaga
"Anxiety," Doechii
"APT.," Rosé, Bruno Mars
"DtMF," Bad Bunny
"Golden (From KPop Demon Hunters)," HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI
"Luther," Kendrick Lamar with SZA
"Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter
"Wildflower," Billie Eilish
Best New Artist
Olivia Dean
KATSEYE
The Marias
Addison Rae
sombr
Leon Thomas
Alex Warren
Lola Young
Best Pop Vocal Album
Swag, Justin Bieber
Man's Best Friend, Sabrina Carpenter
Something Beautiful, Miley Cyrus
Mayhem, Lady Gaga
I've Tried Everything But Therapy [Part 2], Teddy Swims
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Daisies," Justin Bieber
"Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter
"Disease," Lady Gaga
"The Subway," Chappell Roan
"Messy," Lola Young
Best Rap Album
Let God Sort Em Out, Clipse, Pusha T & Malice
Glorious, GloRilla
God Does Like Ugly, Jid
GNX, Kendrick Lamar
Chromakopia, Tyler, The Creator
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)
The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers, composer
Wicked, John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers
Sinners, Ludwig Göransson, composer
Severance: Season 2, Theodore Shapiro, composer
How To Train Your Dragon, John Powell, composer
Best Musical Theater Album
WINNER: Buena Vista Social Club
Death Becomes Her
Gypsy
Just In Time
Maybe Happy Ending
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