10 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Won Grammys

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Best Spoken Word Album, 1997:

It Takes a Village

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton Presented with His GRAMMY Award for Best Spoken Word Album for "My Life" - February 17, 2005
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Best Spoken Word Album, 2005:

My Life

Stephen Colbert

The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards - Press Room
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Best Comedy Album, 2010:

A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Robin Williams

The 45th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Press Room
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Best Comedy Album, 2003:

Robin Williams Live – 2002

Best Comedy Album, 1989:

Good Morning Vietnam

Best Comedy Album, 1987:

A Night at the Met

Best Comedy Album, 1980:

Reality…What a Concept

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg
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Best Comedy Album, 1986:

Whoopi Goldberg: Direct From Broadway

LeVar Burton

The 42nd Annual GRAMMY Awards
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Best Spoken Word Album, 2000:

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Lewis Black

The 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Press Room
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Best Comedy Album, 2011:

Stark Raving Black

Best Comedy Album, 2007:

The Carnegie Hall Performance

Zach Braff

The 47th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Press Room
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Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, 2005:

Garden State

Chris Rock

Comedian Chris Rock throws his Grammy Award in the
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Best Comedy Album, 2000:

Bigger & Blacker

Best Comedy Album, 1998:

Roll with the New

Kathy Griffin

56th GRAMMY Awards - Press Room
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Best Comedy Album, 2014:

Calm Down Gurrl

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