Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program was an annual award given to performers in a variety/music series or specials. The award has been retired; it was last presented in 2008.

Winners and nominations

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Total awards by network

• CBS – 25
• NBC – 12
• PBS – 10
• HBO – 7
• ABC – 5
• A&E – 2
• Fox – 2
• Syndicated – 1

Performers with multiple awards

4 awards

• Harvey Korman (2 consecutive)

3 awards

• Tim Conway
• Billy Crystal

2 awards

• Mikhail Baryshnikov
• Tony Bennett
• Carol Burnett (consecutive)
• Art Carney (consecutive)
• Cloris Leachman
• Bette Midler
• Leontyne Price (consecutive)
• Barbra Streisand
• Tracey Ullman
• Robin Williams (consecutive)

Performers with multiple nominations

14 nominations

• Billy Crystal

9 nominations

• Tracey Ullman

7 nominations

• Harvey Korman

6 nominations

• Tim Conway
• Lily Tomlin

5 nominations

• Mikhail Baryshnikov
• Dana Carvey
• David Letterman
• Jon Stewart

4 nominations

• Carol Burnett
• Ellen DeGeneres
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Julie Kavner
• Vicki Lawrence
• Robin Williams

3 nominations

• Wayne Brady
• George Carlin
• Stephen Colbert
• Arte Johnson
• Angela Lansbury
• Cloris Leachman
• Dinah Shore
• Barbra Streisand

2 nominations

• Edie Adams
• Debbie Allen
• Fred Astaire
• Harry Belafonte
• John Belushi
• Tony Bennett
• Ruth Buzzi
• Art Carney
• Chevy Chase
• Perry Como
• Plácido Domingo
• Judy Garland
• Goldie Hawn
• Gregory Hines
• Hugh Jackman

• Danny Kaye
• Patti LaBelle
• Jay Leno
• Jon Lovitz
• Bill Maher
• Bette Midler
• Dennis Miller
• Liza Minnelli
• Rita Moreno
• Luciano Pavarotti
• Leontyne Price
• Gilda Radner
• Chris Rock
• Sarah Vaughan
• Andy Williams

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