Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program

{{Short description|Former entertainment award for television}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program

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| awarded_for = Outstanding Performance of a Musical Artist and the Program’s production

| presenter = {{Flatlist|

• NATAS
• ATAS

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| country = United States

| year = 2016

| year2 = 2019

| holder = The cast of The Band's Visit,
Today Show (2019)

| website = [http://www.emmyonline.org/daytime/ emmyonline.org/daytime]

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The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program was an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS).

It was first awarded at the 43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2016 when the award was originally called Outstanding Musical Performance in a Talk Show/Morning Program and was first presented to Rachel Platten for her performance of her hit single "Fight Song" on the morning program Good Morning America.{{cite web |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_winners_creative.pdf |title=The 43rd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award Winners |work=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |publisher=emmyonline.org |access-date=April 29, 2016 |date=April 29, 2016 |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821184421/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_winners_creative.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/2016/04/43rd-annual-daytime-creative-arts-emmy.html |title=43rd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winner's List |first=Roger |last=Newcomb |work=We Love Soaps |date=April 30, 2016 |access-date=April 30, 2016}}{{cite news|title='Young and the Restless,' 'Mind of a Chef' Lead Daytime Emmy Creative Arts Winners|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/young-and-the-restless-mind-of-a-chef-daytime-emmy-creative-arts-winners-1201763931/|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|access-date=May 1, 2016|date=April 30, 2016}} The Award honors the work of a musical artist and the Program’s production of the performance.{{cite web |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_whats_new.pdf |title=The 43rd Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award: What's New? |publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=March 15, 2016 |year=2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322192920/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_category_submission_guide.pdf |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |location=Los Angeles |url-status=live }} With the current title award name that was established in 2017, on-camera musical performances from any appropriate Daytime show and several entries for performances by different musical artists appearing on a program are eligible to enter the competition, rather than just a talk show or morning program.{{cite web |url=http://daytimeemmys.dmds.com/Content/documents/2016-2017WhatsNew.pdf |title=The 44th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award: What's New? |publisher=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=January 29, 2016 |year=2016 |location=Los Angeles |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202060550/http://daytimeemmys.dmds.com/Content/documents/2016-2017WhatsNew.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

The award was removed in November of 2019 after category changes were announced.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8542030/daytime-emmys-rule-change-ends-controversial-egot-shortcut |title= Daytime Emmys' Rule Change Ends Controversial Shortcut to EGOT Status |publisher=Billboard |access-date=February 1, 2020 |year=2020}}

The Emmy was named after an "Immy", an affectionate term used to refer to the image orthicon camera tube.{{cite web |title=Emmy Central: The Daytime Emmys® on soapcentral.com |url=http://soapcentral.com/emmys/archives/index.php |publisher=Soapcentral |access-date=September 3, 2013 |location=Philadelphia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825204618/http://soapcentral.com/emmys/archives/index.php |archive-date=August 25, 2013 |url-status=live }} The statuette was designed by Louis McManus, who modeled the award after his wife, Dorothy. The Emmy statuette is fifteen inches tall from base to tip. The statuette weighs 5 pounds and is composed of iron, pewter, zinc and gold.