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At that place were several big upsets at the 53rd Grammy Awards on Sunday dark, simply perchance the nights biggest winner was an nearly unknown Jazz creative person from Portland, Oregan name Esperanza Spalding.

Esperanza Spalding took abode the Grammy for all-time new creative person, to the shocker of Justin Bieber and Drake fans, but more then Bieber, who was the hot favourite.

Spalding, who beat out Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence & The Motorcar, and Mumford & Sons to capture best new artist, gave a resounding spoken communication. Non only was she grateful for the acquittance of being nominated, simply also even more grateful for her win.

"I certainly did not expect to even be considered for that type of nomination, me beingness a little quondam jazz musician and everything," she told EW in December afterwards the nominees were appear. "Everybody and their mother-police force started texting me and saying, 'Oh my God!'"

Just after the win, Justin Bieber fans went on a rampage on social media sites Twitter and Facebook, to show their frustration with the Grammy Academy.

Just Spalding continues to show her class equally an artist. She was both pleased and bemused past the attending. "I mean, for jazz musicians, normally the recognition comes from your peers," she said. "If someone that you really respect artistically likes your record, that's all the honour you need. But information technology is meaningful, and I don't want to deed like it's nothing, that someone outside of my little jazz circle knows nigh me and wanted to acknowledge me."

Esperanza Spalding has played for President Obama by request at his Nobel Prize Ceremony.

Although she didn't expect to win at the 2022 Grammy Awards against the likes of Justin Bieber and Drake who are both platinum selling artists, Esperanza Spalding clearly earned the Academy'southward respect for her talent.

See Esperanza Spalding perform for President Obama below.

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