Though there were no politicians in the running this year, there were six politicians who have won Grammy Awards in the past - all in the Best Spoken Word Album category. (The Best Spoken Word Album category has had many other names in the past, but the category has been around by one name or another since 1959.)
The Politicians who have won Grammy Awards are (in chronological order):
- U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois for Gallant Men in 1968
- U. S. Presidential candidate Reverend Jesse Jackson for Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson in 1989
- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for It Takes a Village in 1997
- President Bill Clinton for My Life in 2005
- President Barack Obama for Dreams from My Father in 2006
- President Jimmy Carter for Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis in 20007
Thanks to Dirksen, the Democrats have not had a clean sweep of the Grammy Awards as he was a Republican.
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Source: Wikipediak, Grammy.com
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