Lady Gaga is now an Emmy winner, and only one trophy away from EGOT status. Here's why that matters

Lady Gaga has won the Sports Emmy for music direction for her New Year's performance in New Orleans.

Published on: May 21, 2025, 08:07:12 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Lady Gaga is now an Emmy winner. The singer-actor has won a Sports Emmy for her Super Bowl performance of Hold My Hand. Gaga won in the Outstanding music direction category for her rendition of the Top Gun: Maverick anthem on Bourbon Street in New Orleans as a tribute to the victims of the New Year’s attack. (Also read: Lady Gaga was ‘unaware’ of bomb threat at historic Rio concert; thanks 2.5 million fans in first post)

Lady Gaga has won a Sports Emmy Award. (Instagram)

Lady Gaga's Sports Emmy win

Gaga's performance was an emotional one as the performer played the piano and she was joined by a full band and choir, with the Louisiana State Police troopers, New Orleans police officers, first responders and law enforcement in the front row. Former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was also featured in the tribute.

What makes the win significant for Gaga is that now she has completed three of the four wins necessary for the EGOT status, considered the Grand Slam in American entertainment. EGOT refers to winning the Emmy, Grammy, Academy Award (Oscar), and Tony. Gaga has already won an Oscar and several Grammy Awards in the past. All she needs is a Tony Award (given for performances in theatre) to complete her EGOT status.

What is EGOT

EGOT, as a concept, was created in the 1980s by actor Philip Michael Thomas. In 1984, he said he would complete all four wins in five years. While Thomas is yet to even be nominated for a single award, a few performers have completed the grand slam since. Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, and Rita Moreno had all completed their EGOT wins prior to the 1980s. Since then, 18 performers have joined them. These include names like Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, Viola Davis, and Elton John. Some names who are just one award away from EGOT include Helen Mirren, Hugh Jackman, Eminem, Kate Winslet, and Martin Scorsese.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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