Esperanza Spalding Over Bieber for Best New Artist
Esperanza Spalding won the Grammy for 'Best New Artist, the 24 year old from Portland, Oregon made a lot of believers of jazz musicians and a million haters from Bieber fans.
Esperanza Spalding won the Grammy for 'Best New Artist, the 24 year old from Portland, Oregon made a lot of believers of jazz musicians and a million haters from Bieber fans.
The 2011 Grammys may have been Gaga's show, but people actually won some awards, too. Biggest shocker (maybe?) was unknown songstress Esperanza Spalding making enemies with a nation of Justin Bieber fans by taking Best New Artist. And Lady Antebellum winning pretty much everything else. Here's a good chunk of the winners, and photos from many of the performances.
There are a lot of weird awards given out each year for the Grammys that don't get any airplay. Just think of all those chubby, goateed sound engineers clutching awards to their chests, wishing that the world would recognize their craft so they could thank mom on-air. Poor guys. Here are five obscure Grammy award categories and some recent honorees.