--- title: Tony Awards: John Legend Now Just Needs an Emmy to 'EGOT' description: After earning a Tony for producing August Wilson’s "Jitney," the musician is now just an Emmy away from achieving coveted "EGOT" status. canonical: https://time.com/4815037/john-legend-tony-egot/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-12T17:40:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:24.706Z og:title: John Legend Now Just Needs an Emmy to Achieve 'EGOT' og:description: The musician earned a Tony Award for co-producing August Wilson’s "Jitney" og:url: https://time.com/4815037/john-legend-tony-egot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d25bf537c8b1d0c/6988caaebc6cfcfaec3e1113/john-legend1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: John Legend attends the 2017 TIME 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Legend Now Just Needs an Emmy to Achieve 'EGOT' twitter:description: The musician earned a Tony Award for co-producing August Wilson’s "Jitney" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d25bf537c8b1d0c/6988caaebc6cfcfaec3e1113/john-legend1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # All John Legend Needs to Achieve 'EGOT' Status Now Is an Emmy by [Isabella Biedienharn / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Isabella Biedienharn / Entertainment Weekly Jun 12, 2017 5:40 PM UTC  John Legend attends the 2017 TIME 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City. John Legend attends the 2017 TIME 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City.Patrick McMullan—Patrick McMullan via Getty Images by [Isabella Biedienharn / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Isabella Biedienharn / Entertainment Weekly Jun 12, 2017 5:40 PM UTC After [winning a Tony Award Sunday night](http://ew.com/theater/2017/06/11/tonys-2017-winners/) for co-producing the revival of August Wilson’s play, _Jitney,_ John Legend is now one letter away from achieving coveted EGOT status — earning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony over the course of one’s career. Legend took home an Oscar in 2015 for his song “Glory” from the movie _Selma,_ and, of course, has won a whopping 10 Grammys across his _Legend_\-ary music career. The only thing the actor-writer-musician-producer needs now is an Emmy. This could happen if Legend were to win an Emmy for his series This could happen if Legend were to win an Emmy for his series _Underground,_ which he executive produces and [appeared in as Frederick Douglas](http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/03/john-legend-underground-frederick-douglass-preview/). The hitch in that plan for the moment, though, is that WGN canceled _Underground_ at the end of May. Still, Legend [has expressed hope](http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/30/underground-canceled-wgn-america/) that the series will find a home at another network. Here’s hoping Legend seeks out more TV projects in the near future! Legend’s wife, Chrissy Teigen, for one, was thrilled by his proximity to the rare honor. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/874091328300351488) The [list of artists who have actually achieved EGOT status](http://ew.com/awards/egot-winners/audrey-hepburn) is slim. Only 12 people have won an award in all four major categories, including composer Richard Rodgers, stars Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Brooks, and Whoopi Goldberg, director Mike Nichols, _Frozen’s_ Robert Lopez, and producer Scott Rudin. Also one letter away from EGOT are notables [Lin-Manuel Miranda](http://ew.com/awards/2017/01/24/oscar-nominations-lin-manuel-miranda-egot/) (who needs an “O”) and [Viola Davis](http://ew.com/books/2017/02/27/viola-davis-audiobook-grammy-egot/) (who needs her “G”). _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/theater/2017/06/12/john-legend-egot-emmy/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com/) Tony Awards: John Legend Now Just Needs an Emmy to 'EGOT' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4815037/john-legend-tony-egot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4815037/john-legend-tony-egot/"},"headline":"All John Legend Needs to Achieve 'EGOT' Status Now Is an Emmy","datePublished":"2017-06-12T17:40:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:24.706Z","description":"After earning a Tony for producing the revival of August Wilson’s 'Jitney,' the musician is now just an Emmy away from achieving EGOT status","url":"https://time.com/4815037/john-legend-tony-egot/","keywords":["Newsfeed","entertainment","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d25bf537c8b1d0c/6988caaebc6cfcfaec3e1113/john-legend1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Isabella Biedienharn / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d25bf537c8b1d0c/6988caaebc6cfcfaec3e1113/john-legend1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"John Legend attends the 2017 TIME 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City.","caption":"John Legend attends the 2017 TIME 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City.","creditText":"Patrick McMullan—Patrick McMullan via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4815037/john-legend-tony-egot/","name":"All John Legend Needs to Achieve 'EGOT' Status Now Is an Emmy"}}]}] ```