The Rule Change That Cost Zendaya a Grammy for ‘The Greatest Showman’

Zendaya won her first EGOT-level award Sunday night (Sept. 20)—a Primetime Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for HBO’s Euphoria. Some of you may be thinking: Wait a second, didn’t The Greatest Showman win a Grammy for best compilation soundtrack for visual media a couple of years ago? Zendaya had several tracks on the album. Wouldn’t she have won for that?
The Greatest Showman did indeed win a 2018 Grammy in that category, and, yes, Zendaya does have sev