Music has always been a central part of TV, from Perry Como and Dinah Shore in the 1950s to Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga today.

As a result, Emmy history often overlaps with Grammy and chart trivia. These 20 Emmy factoids prove the point.

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Justin Timberlake has won four Emmys, all for his work on Saturday Night Live.

Two are for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. The other two are for Outstanding Original Music & Lyrics. Timberlake has also won nine Grammys. (Photo: Getty Images)

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The Monkees, who turn 50 this week, are the only music group to star in a sitcom that won an Emmy as Outstanding Comedy Series.

The Monkees took the award in 1967. The group had four consecutive No. 1 albums and three No. 1 singles in 1966 and 1967. (Photo: Getty Images)

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Whitney Houston is the only artist to win an Emmy for a performance on the annual Grammy telecast.

In September 1986, she won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for her appearance on the Grammys seven months earlier, where she performed (and won a Grammy for) her No. 1 smash “Saving All My Love for You.” (Photo: Getty Images)

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Two specials saluting Motown Records — Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1983) and Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985) — each won Emmys for Outstanding Variety, Music. or Comedy Program.

Michael Jackson unveiled the moonwalk on the former show, which also featured reunions of the Jackson 5 and Diana Ross & The Supremes. (Photo: Getty Images)

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Cher finally won her first Emmy in 2003 for Cher — The Farewell Tour, which was named Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special.

She had been nominated for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series four years running (1972-1975) for The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and then her solo show, Cher. (Photo: Getty Images)

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wo Barbra Streisand specials, which aired 30 years apart, each won Emmys in marquee categories.

My Name Is Barbra, taped while she was starring in Funny Girl on Broadway, won Outstanding Program Achievement in Entertainment in 1965. Barbra Streisand: The Concert, recorded at Madison Square Garden, won Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special in 1995. (Photo: Getty Images)

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MTV Unplugged received three consecutive Emmy nominations for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series from 1993 through 1995.

Two albums that were recorded for that show (Eric Clapton’s Unplugged and Tony Bennett’s MTV Unplugged) won Grammys for Album of the Year.

Two other Unplugged albums have won in other categories. Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged In New York took Best Alternative Performance of 1995. Shakira’s Shakira ? MTV Unplugged won as Best Latin Pop Album of 2000.

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Glee received back-to-back Emmy nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2010 and 2011.

Fifteen Glee albums or EPs have made the top 10, more than any other TV series in history. The tally includes two Christmas albums and EPs saluting Madonna and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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The Barry Manilow Special won an Emmy for Outstanding Special — Comedy, Variety, or Music in 1977…

…the same year his Barry Manilow/Live topped the Billboard 200 and his hit single “Looks Like We Made It” topped the Hot 100. When you’re hot, you’re hot. (Photo: Getty Images)

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Miami Vice received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Dramatic Series in 1985.

The soundtrack was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for 11 weeks in 1985-’86, longer than any other TV soundtrack in history. Jan Hammer’s “Miami Vice Theme” topped the Hot 100 in November 1985. (Photo: Getty Images)

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