The Little Mermaid composer Alan Menken becomes 16th EGOT winner after earning Daytime Emmy

Composer of ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ has won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards

Disney composer Alan Menken has earned EGOT status after winning a Daytime Emmy.

During Sunday (26 July) night’s ceremony musician, Menken was awarded the accolade for Best Original Song for the track “Waiting in the Wings” from Disney Channel animated series Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.

In winning this prize, the musician joins an exclusive group of creatives to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award in competitive categories.

Only 16 people have ever won EGOTs, with Menken joining the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg, and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Menken, 70 is best known for his work composing with Disney, having created many of the company’s most iconic songs for films including Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Hercules.

He has won eight Oscars for songs including “A Whole New World”, “Under the Sea” and “Colors of the Wind”, as well as 11 Grammys.

His Tony Award was gained in 2012 for musical Newsies, which he won for Best Original Score.

Here's the full list of EGOT winners:

Richard Rodgers

Helen Hayes

Rita Moreno

John Gielgud

Audrey Hepburn

Marvin Hamlisch

Jonathan Tunick

Mel Brooks

Mike Nichols

Whoopi Goldberg

Scott Rudin

Robert Lopez

John Legend

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Tim Rice

Alan Menken