John Legend becomes first black man to earn EGOT status

JOHN Legend has become the first black man to win an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony and an Oscar and his wife Chrissy Teigen had a sweet way of celebrating the rare milestone.

John Legend has picked up a rare honour. Picture: Getty Images

JOHN Legend has made history again.

The Ordinary People singer became the first black man to earn the coveted EGOT — that is, to win all four types of awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony — status on Sunday at the Creative Arts Emmys.

According to The New York Post, Legend won his Emmy for his role in the NBC musical Jesus Christ Superstar Live.

He, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Time Rice all became EGOT winners — making them the 13th, 14th and 15th people in history to earn all major accolades.

John Legend with musical icons, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Price during the Creative Arts Emmys in LA. Picture: Getty Images/AFP

But the celebration may continue as Legend, 39, who played Jesus in the musical, is also up for another trophy for outstanding actor in a limited series or movie at the Primetime Emmys next week.

Thus far, Legend has 10 Grammys to his name, an Oscar for Best Original Song for Glory (2015) and a co-producing Tony for Best Revival of a Play for the Broadway show Jitney (2017).

He joins the ranks of Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Brooks and Whoopi Goldberg, who is the first black woman to join the EGOT club.

Before ending the night with a round of “EGOT pancakes,” Chrissy Teigen shared a video of her husband finding a place on his trophy shelf for his new hardware — then him looking on with pride at his achievements.

“And I say hey, what wonderful kind of day,” she captioned the video.

This story first appeared in The New York Post and is republished with permission.