Esperanza Spalding wins best newcomer Grammy

13 February 2011: Number 50 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicAt the 2011 Grammies, few expected to see Arcade Fire nab the "best album" award, but even fewer expected Justin Bieber to lose the "best newcomer" gong to an unknown experimental jazz singer and double bassist. Esperanza Spalding, 26, had already released two albums (and even served, aged 20, as one of Berklee College of Music's youngest ever professors) but her third LP, Chamber Music Society, mixed Bra...

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