Disney composer Alan Menken achieves EGOT status after winning Daytime Emmy

Disney composer Alan Menken, who composed music for "The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin," and "Pocahontas," has now achieved EGOT status.

.@AIMenken has joined the elite group of #EGOT winners with #RapunzelsTangledAdventure winning the 2020 @DaytimeEmmys award in Outstanding Original Song in a Children’s, Young Adult or Animated Program category. Congratulations! #DaytimeEmmys pic.twitter.com/tqVr0wU0RB

— Disney Channel PR (@DisneyChannelPR) July 27, 2020

Menken just won the 2020 Daytime Emmys award in Outstanding Original Song in a Children’s, Young Adult or Animated Program category "Waiting in the Wings" from the children's show "Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventures."

The win makes him the 16th person in history to reach EGOT status.

EGOT, which stands for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four awards.

71-year-old Menken joins the ranks of Aubrey Hepburn, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and John Legend, among others.

—JCB, GMA News