Yesterday, John Legend won at the Creative Arts Emmys for co-producing Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, becoming one of the youngest EGOT winners ever and the first African-American man to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.
John Legend Earns EGOT Status
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John opened up about his Success to People Magazine after the history-making win.
“When I got into the music business, it was a dream of mine to win Grammys and have plenty of success as a musician, sell lots of records, tour around the world as a performer,” he said. “But I never had a dream of winning an EGOT — I didn’t know what that was at the time. I think the projects that we’ve done to get the EGOT have really been huge collaborative efforts. I’ve worked with Ava DuVernay, Common, the whole team at Selma to write the song ‘Glory’ — couldn’t have done it without them making such a powerful, beautiful film.”
“But tonight, it’s about Jesus Christ Superstar,” he continued. “The reason why we won tonight is because, first of all, Andrew [Lloyd Webber] and Tim [Rice] created some beautiful work, and we had the privilege performing that on television. … The idea of really believing in this powerful medium of live music and live performance to bring the country together to talk about something on television … all these people came together to make a really beautiful production. We’re so grateful for it.”
Congrats, John! This is an incredible win! So proud of all you’ve accomplished.
