Watch: Steven Spielberg Achieves EGOT Status After First Grammy WinSteven 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.)photosGrammys 2026 Red Carpet: Every Celebrity LookThough, 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.
Emma McIntyre/Getty ImagesHe 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 VideoWINNER: "Anxiety," Doechii "Love," OK Go "So Be It," Clipse "Manchild," Sabrina Carpenter "Young Lion," SadeBest Compilation Soundtrack For Visual MediaWINNER: Sinners A Complete Unknown F1 The Album KPop Demon Hunters Wicked Best Song Written For Visual MediaWINNER: "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," SinnersBest Pop Duo/Group PerformanceWINNER: "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 LamarBest Country Solo PerformanceWINNER: "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 WilsonBest Latin Pop AlbumWINNER: Cancionera, Natalia Lafourcade Cosa Nuestra, Rauw Alejandro BOGOTÁ DELUXE, Andrés Cepeda Tropicoqueta, Karol G Y Ahora Qué?, Alejandro SanzBest Rock PerformanceWINNER: "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 SniffersBest Dance/Electronic AlbumWINNER: 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, SkrillexBest Dance Pop RecordingWINNER: "Abracadabra," Lady Gaga "Illegal", PinkPantheress "Just Keep Watching (From F1 The Movie)," Tate McRae "Midnight Sun," Zara Larsson "Bluest Flame," Selena Gomez & Benny BlancoBest Alternative Music AlbumWINNER: 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 WilliamsBest Music FilmWINNER: "Music by John Williams," John Williams "Devo," Devo "Live at the Royal Albert Hall," Raye "Relentless," Diane Warren "Piece by Piece," Pharrell WilliamsBest R&B SongWINNER: "Folded," Kehlani "Yes it Is," Leon Thomas "Overqualified," Durand Bernarr "It Depends," Chris Brown "Heart of a Woman," Summer Walker Best R&B AlbumWINNER: Mutt, Leon Thomas Beloved, Givéon Why Not More?, Coco Jones The Crown, Led