Former US First Lady Michelle Obama won a Grammy for the best spoken word album for Becoming, her best-selling memoir, during the awards ceremony's pre-show. Becoming was read by Obama in the audiobook. She was nominated alongside artistes including Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz, reports a Hollywood portal.

 

 

 

 

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We’re finally here! I’m so excited to share my memoir with all of you today! As I’ve reflected on my journey, I’ve learned so much about where I came from, about the people and moments that shaped me, about all of the struggles and the growth along the way. But mostly, I learned to embrace the fullness of my story—every bit of it. As I write in the preface, “Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.” I hope this book is meaningful to you, even in the smallest of ways. I hope you find something in it that resonates with your life. Most of all, I hope that each of you can embrace the beauty of who you are, and I wish you all the best in your own process of becoming. Go to becomingmichelleobama.com and share your own #IAmBecoming story with me.

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It was Obama's first Grammy win. She she was previously nominated for American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America in 2013.

Obama has joined a list of political winners in the Grammy category including Hillary Clinton, a fellow former first lady, as well as three US Presidents -- Jimmy Carter (who won the award three times), Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, along with spoken recordings of John F. Kennedy and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

(Source: IANS)