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Is There a Best New Artist Curse? What Happened to These 30 Grammy Winners
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Esperanza Spalding

Year won: 2011

Was she cursed? Nope. Esperanza Spalding's win actually made her more visible, since most people hadn't really heard of her before she became "the girl who beat Justin Bieber." She was the first-ever jazz artist to nab the award, and she's been working steadily ever since.

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