Esperanza Spalding Upsets Justin Bieber for Best New Artist Grammy

WASHINGTON - MAY 12: Esperanza Spalding, 24, ...

Esperanza Spalding upsets Justin Bieber for Best New Artist Grammy.


Esperanza Spalding has just won the Grammy for Best New Artist, upsetting the heavy favorite, Justin Bieber.

It's been a weekend of firsts for Bieber — the premiere of his first movie, Never Say Never; his first Grammy performance; perhaps the first suggestion that he wears a wig, courtesy of David Letterman. But he won't be getting his first Grammy.

Esperanza Spalding's victory was the longest shot to win the Best New Artist ...

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Published on February 13, 2011 19:27
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