It ’s no surprisal when Taylor Swift wins a Grammy . Whatissurprising is when artists we do n’t associate with the music industry take home a coveted acoustic gramophone trophy . Here are 10 unlikely winners you might not have hump about .
1. Kate Winslet
Though you ’re more potential to witness Kate Winslet on the Oscar scenery , she nabbed a Grammyin 1999for tape a spoken Word of God album for children called Listen to the Storyteller . Graham Greene and Wynton Marsalis were also winners for the same undertaking . That make Winslet a Tony out from being anEGOT winner .
2., 3. and 4. Mikhail Gorbachev, Sophia Loren, and Bill Clinton
This unlikely trio also score Grammy Awards due to a small fry ’s spoken word record album . Their version ofPeter and the Wolf , with Lorennarrating , Clinton doing the wolf parts , and Gorbachev reading entr’acte in Russian , was a succeeder in 2003 .
5. Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is a gentleman’s gentleman of many talents , and his hilarious reads of bothThe Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents America : A Citizen ’s Guide To Democracy InactionandThe Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth ( The Audiobook)earned himGrammy Awardsin 2004 and 2010 , respectively .
6. Betty White
Is there anything Betty White ca n’t do ? ( Answer : no . ) Everyone ’s favorite St. Olafianwon a Grammy in 2011for her spoken give-and-take album of her bookIf You call for Me ( And Of naturally You Wo n’t ) .
7. Hillary Clinton
Though she wonin 1996for the spoken tidings version of her bookIt Takes A Village , she ’s still just small white potato in the politician Grammy section : Her husband hastwounder his swath , and so doesPresident Obama .
8. Jimmy Carter
Another appendage of the presidential Grammy club , Jimmy Carter scored his Grammyin 2006forOur Endangered Values : America ’s Moral Crisis . But just being a former loss leader of the free human beings does n’t guarantee one a Grammy : Carter has been nominate nine times .
9. Magic Johnson
There are plenty of politicians with Grammy Awards , but only one basketball player . After Magic Johnson ’s HIV diagnosis in 1991 , the NBA legend Centennial State - wroteWhat you may Do to forefend AIDS . HisGrammywas the result of the spoken translation .
10. Zach Braff
Though he ’s plausibly well known for his role onScrubs , Braffwona Grammy for compiling theGarden Statesoundtrack in 2004 . ( He also drop a line and lead the motion-picture show , of trend . )
