Lady Gaga is now just a Tony short of coveted EGOT status -- meaning an artist has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and a Tony -- which fewer than two dozen people have achieved.
The "Born This Way" singer was awarded a Sports Emmy in the category of outstanding music direction for singing "Hold My Hand" before the Super Bowl began in this year's host city, New Orleans. Gaga used the moment to pay tribute to the 14 people who died during a Jan. 1 terrorist attack during New Year's celebrations on Bourbon Street.
She led a moving performance that also included sports greats Tom Brady and Michael Strahan, along with dozens of first responders. Brady said that it's important to "never let evil win," while Strahan said, "We gather together with heavy hearts for our families and friends."
Gaga performed at a piano placed on the legendary New Orleans street with a local gospel choir.
The poignant moment had been nominated alongside "Evolution of the Black Quarterback," "The Lionheart," "Noche UFC: For Mexico, For All Time," and "The Turnaround."
Gaga has won 14 Grammys, beginning with her 2008 song "Just Dance." Her most recent win came in February for "Die With a Smile," with awards for projects including her 2009 album The Fame Monster and 2020's Chromatica.
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She checked off the "O" by taking home an Oscar for her work on the 2018 song "Shallow," which was used in the A Star Is Born, her remake with Bradley Cooper. The singer had previously been nominated in 2016 for best song ("Til It Happens to You" from the documentary The Hunting Ground). Her win came in the same year she was nominated for best actress. She was up for another Oscar this year, thanks to "Hold My Hand," which was featured at the end of Top Gun: Maverick.
In March, she accepted another honor that doesn't fit into the EGOT framework: iHeartRadio's Innovator Award. She teased that more work is to come, however.
"On the one hand, I feel like I've been doing this forever, and on the other hand, I know I'm just getting started," Gaga said. "So even though the world might consider a woman in her late 30s old for a pop star, which is insane, I promise that I'm just getting warmed up."