Viola Davis Achieves EGOT Status After Winning Grammy for Her Audiobook ‘Finding Me’, Netizens Extremely Proud

• The Woman King star Viola Davis won her first Grammy this past weekend at the 65th annual ceremony
• The award was given to the American actress for her outstanding work in her spoken book, Finding Me
• The prestigious trophy earned Davis the EGOT certification, which is rare to obtain for Hollywood celebs

Viola Davis took home the Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording for her book Finding Me at the 2023 ceremony.

The Grammy trophy earned Davis her EGOT status. According to Grammy.com, the EGOT badge refers to celebs who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards.

Cosmopolitan reports that the status is so rare that in addition to Viola, only two other black women have it. They include Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Hudson.

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Netizens proud of Viola Davis after reaching EGOT status

Taking to Twitter, @PopBase announced Viola's new achievement and the timeline went crazy. Peeps said they are so happy she received the honour during Black History Month.

Check out netizens' reactions to Viola Davis' new EGOT status below:

@fazpo said:

"Black woman on top."

@zoeselesi shared:

"During Black history month as well. Oh so blessed."

@Thats_barnaby posted:

"She deserves her flowers "

@EightGreatDanes replied:

"This genuinely made my day "

@JeromeM94Movies commented:

"Rightfully so! Viola Davis is phenomenal!"

@akakaylen also said:

"She deserves it. Happy Black History month to mother!"

@stabohemia also shared:

"Black excellence."

@kendallhosseini wrote:

"This feels good and right."

@ncanarchist added:

"This makes her the fourth black entertainer to accomplish this (Whoopi, Jennifer, John Legend)."

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In other entertainment news, Briefly News reported that Nomcebo Zikode is taking over the world with her talent. The talented singer, who rose to fame with her hit single Jerusalema, recently scooped her first Grammy Award.

Nominated in the Best Global Music Performance category was Nomcebo Zikode, Zakes Bantwini and Wouter Kellerman's hit song Bayethe, alongside hits by stars like Burna Boy, Matt B, Aroof Aftab, Anoushka Shankar and Rocky Dawuni.

Winning a Grammy is definitely one of Nomcebo Zikode's career highlights. The star headed to her social media pages to celebrate the big win. The Xola Moya Wam' hitmaker said she never imagined that God would take her this far.

Source: Briefly News