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@admirablewomen.bsky.social

Esperanza Spalding was the first jazz artist to win the Grammy for Best New Artist (2011), beating out Justin Bieber and Drake. The now 5-time Grammy-winning virtuoso bassist, singer, and composer is a leading figure in 21st-century #jazz. She was born #OTD in 1984. #Music #MusicSky

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@leerowan.bsky.social

Beating out... ..... .... No disrespect to the lady but HOW HARD could it be to beat out Justin Bieber?

18/10/26, 2:22 pm0 reposts2 likes

Charlie Ricci

@bloggerhythms.bsky.social

C'mon. It's the Grammys. There's no telling how they'll vote. Often their votes make no sense. After all, didn't Milli Vanilli & Starland Vocal Band win Best New Artist, so I could see Bieber winning the award.

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@leerowan.bsky.social

Oh, I could see him winning a Grammy but I thought there were categories and classical or jazz musicians have to be a LOT more talented than a moderately nice-looking young pop singer who dances around on stage. My first reaction was 'why is a Little League player winning a trophy in the WNBA?'

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@leerowan.bsky.social

LOL. Now some twit is calling me a narcissist because I compared Bieber to Little League because the winner's name was Spalding. I looked it up; the sports equipment company is SPAULDING My comment was essentially that Bieber was out of his league among those 3 nominees. Misinterpretation much?