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11 unlikely people who have won Grammys

We were surprised to hear that Hillary Clinton has one… as have Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Jun 30th 2012, 12:00 PM 8,143 Views 0 Comments

ARE YOU AS surprised as we were to discover that Hillary Clinton once won a Grammy Award? The win – for her spoken record of It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us – was one of this funny list from Buzzfeed.com on superficial reasons to like the US Secretary of State.

It set us to wondering: if Hillary – who may not necessarily have a note in her head – can win a Grammy, what other unlikely winners of the music industry award have there been?

11 unlikely people who have won Grammys
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  • Eugene Levy, 2003

    Yes, that's the dad from American Pie. Levy co-wrote The Mighty Wind song from the movie of the same name with Christopher Guest and Michael McKean and they won Best Song Written for A Motion Picture. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)

  • Alvin and the Chipmunks - 7 Grammy Awards

    The animated music group started as a novelty record in 1958 - that won created Ross Bagdasarian two Grammy Awards for engineering; a new version in the 2007 and 2009 CGI movies have won five Grammys. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

  • Steve Jobs, 2012

    Steve Jobs, shown here displaying the iPod mini in 2004, was given a posthumous Grammy for creating "products and technology that transformed the way we consume music". (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

  • Milli Vanilli, 1989

    Everyone was stunned when Rob Pilatus, left, and Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli won Best New Artist - a few days later they were stripped of their award after it emerged they hadn't sang a note on their debut album. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

  • Mikhail Gorbachev, 2004

    Here's an interesting trio: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, former US President Bill Clinton, and actress Sophia Loren won a joint Grammy for providing the voices on the Russian folk tale Peter and the Wolf. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

  • Zach Braff, 2004

    Zach Braff, best known as JD in Scrubs, won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for his film Garden State. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

  • Monks of Sherab Ling Monastery, 2003

    Sherab Ling monks from Tibet (this is one dressed as a skeleton for Tibetan New Year celebrations this year in New Delhi, India) recorded their chants and won Best Traditional World Music Album. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

  • Robin Williams, 1989

    Comedian Robin Williams won two Grammys that year - one for Best Comedy Album for his Good Morning, Vietnam bits - but also for Best Recording for Children for Pecos Bill. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

  • Michael Jackson, 1983

    It's no surprise that Michael Jackson has won lots of Grammys - but who knew that he won one for Best Recording for Children? (for ET: The Extra Terrestrial). AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File

  • Christopher Reeve, 1998

    The former Superman actor won a Best Spoken Word Album for voicing his own biog Still Me charting his experiences following the horseriding accident which left him a quadreplegic in 1995. (Toby Melville/PA Archive/Press Association Images)
  • Yes, that's the dad from American Pie. Levy co-wrote The Mighty Wind song from the movie of the same name with Christopher Guest and Michael McKean and they won Best Song Written for A Motion Picture. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
  • The animated music group started as a novelty record in 1958 - that won created Ross Bagdasarian two Grammy Awards for engineering; a new version in the 2007 and 2009 CGI movies have won five Grammys. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
  • Steve Jobs, shown here displaying the iPod mini in 2004, was given a posthumous Grammy for creating
  • Everyone was stunned when Rob Pilatus, left, and Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli won Best New Artist - a few days later they were stripped of their award after it emerged they hadn't sang a note on their debut album. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
  • Here's an interesting trio: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, former US President Bill Clinton, and actress Sophia Loren won a joint Grammy for providing the voices on the Russian folk tale Peter and the Wolf. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
  • Zach Braff, best known as JD in Scrubs, won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for his film Garden State. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
  • Sherab Ling monks from Tibet (this is one dressed as a skeleton for Tibetan New Year celebrations this year in New Delhi, India) recorded their chants and won Best Traditional World Music Album. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
  • Comedian Robin Williams won two Grammys that year - one for Best Comedy Album for his Good Morning, Vietnam bits - but also for Best Recording for Children for Pecos Bill. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
  • It's no surprise that Michael Jackson has won lots of Grammys - but who knew that he won one for Best Recording for Children? (for ET: The Extra Terrestrial). AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File
  • The former Superman actor won a Best Spoken Word Album for voicing his own biog Still Me charting his experiences following the horseriding accident which left him a quadreplegic in 1995. (Toby Melville/PA Archive/Press Association Images)

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