Esperanza Spalding
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Esperanza Emily Spalding, sometimes professionally known with the stylized name of esperanza spalding, is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Award
Spalding performing in 2026
Spalding at the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, 2007
Spalding performs at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert of 2009
Spalding sings to the audience at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 2009
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960 "for a new artist who releases, during the Eligibility Year, the first recording which establishes the
Esperanza Spalding
…Music Society (2010), was a commercial success, charting at number 34 on the Billboard 200, and resulting in Spalding winning her first Grammy Award for Best New Artist. She saw further acclaim for her fourth release, Radio Music Society (2012), which earned the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album, as well as the track…
Olivia Dean is the most recent recipient
Inaugural winner Bobby Darin won in 1960.
Comedian Bob Newhart won in 1961. The same year he also won the Album of the Year award.
The Swingle Singers were the first group and Foreign act to win this award in 1964.