Barack Obama is actually a two-time Grammy winner, scooping both of his awards prior to being elected US President. His two Grammy victories were in the Best Spoken Word Album category, for the audiobook versions of his Dreams From My Father and The Audacity Of Hope. Carrie FisherChris Jackson/Getty ImagesCarrie Fisher landed a posthumous Grammy in 2018, again in the Best Spoken Word album category, for the audiobook version of her memoir, The Princess Diarist. Sadly, it wasn’t a win for her too-often-overlooked single What If, but a victory in the Best Spoken Word Album For Children category. AdvertisementMartin Luther King JrEverett/ShutterstockIt’s probably no surprise that Martin Luther King Jr’s Grammy win is in the Best Spoken Word category, for the recording of his speech Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam.

Source: Huffington Post January 31, 2026 07:31 UTC