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Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny Are Now Halfway to EGOT Status After Their First Emmy Wins

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Achieving EGOT&nbsp;status is considered one of the most prestigious accomplishments a celebrity can achieve in their career&mdash;and now, two of today&rsquo;s biggest pop stars, Sabrina Carpenter&nbsp;and Bad Bunny,&nbsp;have taken another major step toward reaching that milestone.EGOT is an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar,&nbsp;and Tony Awards, collectively referred to as the &ldquo;grand slam&rdquo; of American show business. The four awards recognize outstanding achievements in television, music and audio recording, film, and Broadway theater, respectively.<div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1788764289544[image] - 5414707.jpg" style="width: 700px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="700">Photo from @sabrinacarpenter</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1788764324938Screenshot 2026-09-07 145409.png" style="width: 700px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="700">Bad Bunny for the promotional of his album, Deb&iacute; Tirar M&aacute;s Fotos | Photo by Eric Rojas</div><div> </div>So far, only 28 people have achieved EGOT status, including legendary names such as Audrey Hepburn, John Legend,&nbsp;and Viola Davis.&nbsp;Meanwhile,&nbsp;Robert Lopez remains the only person to have won all four awards twice.Now, Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny have moved halfway toward the coveted EGOT, joining the ranks of artists who have already secured both an Emmy and a Grammy.During the&nbsp;78th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, Sabrina Carpenter took home her first Emmy for her work as executive producer and performer on The Muppets. The special won&nbsp;Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), adding an Emmy to the Grammy Awards she had previously earned.&ldquo;Thank you @televisionacad. So incredibly proud of the whole muppets crew on our Emmy wins!!!!! A lot of love and happiness and hard work and diva fights went into making this special,&rdquo; the &ldquo;Espresso&rdquo; singer wrote on her Instagram Story.Sabrina previously won her first Grammy Awards in 2025, taking home&nbsp;Best Pop Solo Performance for &ldquo;Espresso&rdquo;&nbsp;and Best Pop Vocal Album for Short n&rsquo; Sweet.<div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1788769039145798404389_18644987665009287_6548398542078471762_n.jpg" style="width: 700px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="700">Photo from @sabrinacarpenter</div><div> </div>Meanwhile, Bad Bunny made Emmy history by earning seven awards for his performance at the&nbsp;Super Bowl LX halftime show&mdash;the most Emmys ever won by a halftime show performer to date.His halftime show earned recognition across seven Emmy categories, including Directing, Lighting Design, Music Direction, Sound Mixing, Choreography, Technical Direction and Camerawork,&nbsp;and Outstanding Variety Special (Live).The Puerto Rican rapper currently has six Grammy Awards to his name. His first came in 2021 for YHLQMDLG, which won&nbsp;Best Latin Pop or Urban Album. More recently, he scored another major Grammy victory by taking home&nbsp;Album of the Year&nbsp;for&nbsp;Deb&iacute; Tirar M&aacute;s Fotos.<div> </div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17887690610851770002924901grammys_1770000030_3823358341012353656_1352742.webp" style="width: 700px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="700">Bad Bunny at the Grammys | Photo from @grammys</div><div> </div><div>Other Pop Stars on the Road to EGOT</div>Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny are not the only pop stars who are halfway to achieving EGOT status.Beyonc&eacute; and&nbsp;Taylor Swift&nbsp;have also secured both Emmy and Grammy Awards, putting them two awards away from completing the prestigious four-award collection.Meanwhile, Adele&nbsp;and Lady Gaga&nbsp;have each won three of the four major awards, leaving only the Tony Award to complete their EGOT journey. For&nbsp;Cyndi Lauper, the missing piece is the Oscar, as she has already won an Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.With Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny now adding their first Emmys to their Grammy wins, the two pop stars have officially taken another major step toward one of the most coveted achievements in the entertainment industry.<div> </div>Lead photos from&nbsp;@sabrinacarpenter and Eric Rojas

Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny are officially halfway to EGOT glory, adding their first Emmy wins to their already impressive Grammy collections.

Sabrina Carpenter and Bad Bunny are officially halfway to EGOT glory, adding their first Emmy wins to their already impressive Grammy collections.