Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have joined the EGOT club as the youngest to receive the coveted status following their Emmy win on Sunday.
The duo won an Emmy for 'Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?' their original song co-written with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for Only Murders in the Building at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
They beat out fellow nominees Sara Bareilles for Girls5eva‘s 'The Medium Time'; the Saturday Night Live team of Eli Brueggemann, Maya Rudolph, Auguste White, Mike DiCenzo and Jake Nordwind for 'Mother' from the variety series’ Mother’s Day episode; The Tattooist of Auschwitz‘s Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve, Walter Afanasieff and Charlie Midnight for 'Love Will Survive' and True Detective: Night Country‘s John Hawkes for 'No Use.'
The 39-year-old songwriting duo are the 20th and 21st people to reach EGOT status. They are tied with fellow songwriter Robert Lopez as the youngest to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.
They won the Oscar for the song 'City of Stars' from La La Land. In the same year, they received a Tony for composing the original score for 'Dear Evan Hansen'. For the same film, they won a Grammy for the best musical theater album. They later won a Best Compilation Soundtrack Grammy for The Greatest Showman and best musical Tony for their work as producers on A Strange Loop.
The duo were earlier nominated for Emmy for the best original music and lyrics for the Christmas Story Live! song 'In the Market for a Miracle.'
The 'Pickwick Triplets' patter song was featured in the third season of Only Murders in The Building. It is performed by Steve Martin's character in the series.
Speaking backstage after the win, Paul told Variety, “It’s obviously thrilling and very wild to think about getting to do it alongside two of our heroes who gave us our very first job in television–makes it most meaningful.”
For Paul, the collaboration on Only Murders was "one of the most joyful that we’ve ever had in our careers on a TV show that is one of our favorites in the history of television shows," he said. "We had a wonderful time. The show was wonderful."