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Historic Award winners

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Beyonce

Whoopi Goldberg

Ed Asner

Taylor Swift

Cloris Leachman

Game of Thrones

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Saturday Night Live

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John Ford

Richard Rodgers

Katherine Hepburn

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift has four Album of the Year Grammy awards, surpassing legends Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, and Paul Simon.

Ed Asner

• Best known for his character Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Asner was a major contributor to television in the 70s
• He won 5 Emmy's solely for his role as Lou Grant, and two Emmy's for two different television shows in the 70s
• 1971 - Lou Grant
• 1972 - Lou Grant
• 1975 - Lou Grant
• 1976 - Axel Jordache in "Rich man, Poor man"
• 1977 - Captain Thomas Davies in "Roots"
• 1978 - Lou Grant
• 1980 - Lou Grant

Whoopi Goldberg

She first one a Grammy, specifically the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for her one-woman show in 1986. She then went on to win an Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in the 1990 film "Ghost". For her work as a host on "The View" she received two Daytime Emmy's. Finally, she's been awarded three Tony awards, her first being for her role in producing "Thoroughly Modern Millie" in 2002.

Whoopi Goldberg is an actor, comedian, author, and television personality, best known for her roles in Ghost and The View. In 2002, she reached EGOT status, marking herself as one of the very few actors to receive all four, but also the first black woman to reach it.

Beyoncé

Beyoncé at the 2023 grammys

Beyoncé with Destiny's child

• In the entire duration of her career, Beyonce has received 99 Grammy nominations, tied with her husband Jay-Z
• Out of the 99, she has won 32 Grammys, the most going to her seventh studio album Renaissance

• She won her first Grammy with Destiny's Child in 2001
• Her first solo Grammy was won for her 2004 album Dangerously in Love, with 5 awards

Saturday Night Live

Running since 1975, Saturday Night Live (SNL) holds the record for most Emmys won for a comedy series. Even with significant cast changes over the years, SNL's remains in high quality and viewership, proving why they derserve their 101 Primetime Emmys.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Winning a total of 8 Emmys for her roles in "Seinfeld" (1989) and "Veep" (2012), Julia Louis-Dreyfus holds the record for most Emmy awards won, a title she shares with Cloris Leachman.

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman has won eight Emmy's from 22 nominations, making her the most Emmy-nominated woman in the industry. She shares her number of wins with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, however what sets her apart from Dreyfus is that her 22 nominations come from six different television shows.

Game of Thrones

From 2011-2019, Game of Thrones received 164 Emmy nominations, winning 59 of those. GOT made history for being the most Emmy-won drama series, consecutively winning throughout its eight season run.

Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers, best known for his work with Oscar Hammerstein on musicals like The Sound of Music and Oklahoma. Rodgers was the first to ever achieve EGOT status: Oscar: In 1946, Rodgers won for Best Original Song for "It Might as Well Be Spring" from State Fair Tony: Rodgers won multiple Tony Awards, including Best Musical for South Pacific in 1950 and The King and I in 1952 Grammy Rodgers won Grammys: for The Sound of Music and No Strings Emmy: In 1962, Rodgers won for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television for Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years

Katherine Hepburn

One of the most iconic actresses of the 20th century

Katherine Hepburn has starred in 44 feature films throughout her career, winning four Academy Awards.

1933 - Morning Glory 1967 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1968 - The Lion in the Winter 1981 - On Golden Pond

John Ford

John Ford is a director best known for his 130 films, including silent films and drama films like Grapes of Wrath. Throughout his career, he has won six Oscars, the most amount of Oscars won for a director.

He won four Best Director Oscars: The Informer (1935) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) How Green Was My Valley (1941) The Quiet Man (1952).

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