The Grammy Awards they’re known as “music’s biggest night,” but the Recording Academy also hands out tons of trophies in non-music categories, and you might be surprised find out who won them.
One of the main sources of unusual Grammy winners is Best Spoken Word Album, first awarded in 1959. This award has been for statesmen who read their speeches (Martin Luther King Jr.), poets reciting their work (Maya Angelou) and, more recently, authors and actors who read audiobooks (LeVar Burton, Cynthia Nixon, Michael J. Fox and many more).
It’s certainly not easy to win a Grammy, but the sheer breadth of categories has helped several stars complete their EGOT—the showbiz feat of winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony.
The legendary Audrey Hepburnfor example, he won an Oscar in 1953 for Roman festivala Tony in 1954 for ondine and an Emmy in 1993 for Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn. Finally, in 1994, the Breakfast at Tiffany’s The star won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children, making her the first person to win all four awards posthumously. (He died a month before the ceremony.)
Keep scrolling for the most surprising Grammy winners over the years: