The EGOT(Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony) is the 'Show Biz Grand Slam'. By 2020, who won the EGOT in the shortest time?

EGOT, an acronym for the 'Emmy', 'Grammy', 'Oscar', and 'Tony' Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four awards. Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, recording, film, and theatre.

As of 2020, fifteen people have accomplished this feat.

The EGOT acronym was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas in late 1984, when his role on the new hit show 'Miami Vice' brought instant fame, stating a desire to achieve the EGOT within five years. However, he intended that the "E" should be for the 'Primetime Emmy Award', and not a 'Daytime Emmy' nor any of the awards presented at the other types of 'Emmy' ceremonies. Nevertheless, two of the 15 EGOT winners have won only the 'Daytime Emmy'.

Robert Lopez is an American songwriter of musicals, best known for co-creating The Book of Mormon and Avenue Q, and for co-writing the songs featured in the 3D Disney computer animated films Frozen (and its sequel, Frozen II) and Coco, with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Of the fifteen EGOT recipients, he is the youngest, at 39 years & 8 days old, and quickest (10 years) to win all four, and, as of 2018, is the only person to have won all four awards more than once.

As of June 2020 he has in fact won 4 'Emmys' (2 Primetime, 2 Daytime) 5 'Grammys', 3 'Oscars', and 3 'Tonys'.

Richard Rodgers was the first EGOT recipient, taking 17 years to achieve all four. It took John Legend a mere 12 years and 34 years for Mel Brooks.