Viola Davis, Beyoncé Make History at 2023 Grammys

By TheGrio Staff, Alex Fisher and The AP

▲ Viola Davis accepts the Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording award for Finding Me during the 65th GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Viola Davis Reaches

EGOT Status with First Grammy Win

Davis becomes the third Black woman in history to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.

VIOLA DAVIS WON her first career Grammy Award, making her the latest artist to achieve EGOT status.

Davis won the Grammy for Best Audiobook, Narration, and Storytelling Recording for the audiobook version of her 2022 memoir, “Finding Me.” With this win, she joined an elite club of artists who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards.

“I wrote this book to honor the 6-year-old Viola,” Davis said during her acceptance speech. “To honor her life, her joy, her trauma, everything. And it has been such a journey. I just EGOT!” She thanks book publisher Harper Collins and “everybody who was a part of my story.”

Davis concluded her speech by thanking her husband Julius and their daughter Genesis, calling them “the best chapter in my book.” https://thegrio.com/2023/02/05/ viola-davis-reaches-egot-statuswith-first-grammywin/

The Grammy win makes Davis the third Black female to be an EGOT, following Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Hudson, according to NBC News. Before Davis, Hudson was the latest to get an EGOT when she won her first Tony Award in 2022, when the Broadway musical “A Strange Loop,” for which she was a producer, won Best Musical.

Davis won a 2015 Emmy for her role in ABC’s “How to Get Away With Murder,” a 2017 Oscar for “Fences” and has two Tony wins for 2001’s “King Hedley II” and 2010’s “Fences.” She is also only the fourth Black artist to win a competitive EGOT. John Legend achieved an EGOT in 2018 when he won an Emmy for producing ABC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert,” in the Outstanding Variety Special (Live) category.

◄ Beyonce's 2023 Grammys

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Beyoncé Broke Grammys Record

BEYONCÉ MADE HISTORY at the Grammys Sunday,

February 5th, when she became the most decorated artist in the award show's history. Beyoncé climbed to the top with her 32nd career win for best dance/electronic music album for “Renaissance," breaking a record set in 1997 set by classical conductor Georg Solti

Solti held that Grammys record for more than two decades -- until Sunday.

“I’m trying not to be too emotional, I’m trying to just receive this night,” Beyoncé said, holding her 32nd Grammy.

After thanking her family, she expressed thanks to "the queer community for your love and for inventing the genre.”

Beyoncé's first win came in 2001, when Destiny's Child won two Grammys.

Eighty-eight career nominations have led to 32 Grammys so far. Her first nomination was in 2000, her first two wins a year later.

Three wins — the first three — were as a member of Destiny’s Child.

Twenty-nine were as a solo artist or collaborator with other artists, including Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Megan Thee Stallion and her daughter Blue Ivy Carter.

Four wins were for best R&B song. Four more were for best R&B performance by a duo or group.

Three wins were for best contemporary R&B album. Three more were for best traditional R&B performance.

One win was for song of the year, her only Grammy in any of the so-called big four categories. (Edited) https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/grammys-recordbeyonc%C3%A9-broke-was-held-for-years-by-chicago-symphonyorchestra-alum/ar-AA17aG6t